{"id":2610828,"date":"2026-06-04T19:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T23:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-denies-seeing-evidence-of-bidens-cognitive-decline-in-2024-meetings\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T23:37:27","slug":"trump-denies-seeing-evidence-of-bidens-cognitive-decline-in-2024-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-denies-seeing-evidence-of-bidens-cognitive-decline-in-2024-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump denies seeing evidence of Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline in 2024 meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-denies-seeing-evidence-of-bidens-cognitive-decline-in-2024-meetings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2610828&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump said Thursday that he did not <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >personally notice signs<\/a> of then-President Joe Biden\u2019s cognitive decline during their meetings in 2024, arguing Biden seemed the same as he\u2019d appeared for decades. Trump also claimed that during their November 2024 Oval Office meeting, Biden was \u201cfine\u201d and that their interactions went well, even making light comments about who Biden was conversing with.  <\/p>\n<p>The exchange comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dna-evidence-links-a-dead-man-to-the-1991-killings-of-4-girls-at-texas-yogurt-shop\/\" title=\"DNA evidence links a dead man to the 1991 killings of 4 girls at Texas yogurt shop\">amid renewed attention<\/a> from Jill Biden,who has suggested she observed Biden \u201cslowing down\u201d in his final years and believed he may have suffered a stroke after his poor debate performance against Trump before the 2024 election. Trump, asked about the contrast during their November meeting, added that he believed his own debate performance helped make Biden\u2019s showing look worse and said Biden had not had a \u201cgood night.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4595782\/trump-announces-build-promenade-connecting-lincoln-memorial-potomac-river\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> repeatedly said Thursday he did not personally see signs of then-President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s apparent cognitive decline during his meetings with his predecessor in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former first lady <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4594481\/jill-biden-blasts-former-spokesman-memoir-criticism-say-it-to-my-face\/\">Jill Biden<\/a> reignited the conversation about her husband\u2019s health in recent days while promoting her new book, both by suggesting she\u2019d seen signs that Biden was \u201cslowing down\u201d during his final years in office and that she believed he might have suffered a stroke during his disastrous debate with Trump in the months before the election.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4595848\/trump-china-anti-data-center-movement\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump denies China is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-denies-chinas-ties-to-anti-data-center-movement-in-us\/\" title=\"... denies China&#039;s ties to anti-data center movement in US\">funding data center opposition movement<\/a> in US<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4595849\/trump-iran-war-restart-red-line-troops\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says Iran war will restart if Tehran kills more US troops<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4595816\/trump-bill-pulte-wont-be-permanent-pick-director-national-intelligence\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump announces Bill Pulte won\u2019t be permanent pick for director of national intelligence<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reporters asked the president Thursday if during their November 2024 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4594088\/trump-makes-splash-oval-office-chart-reflecting-pool-skyscrapers\/\">Oval Office<\/a> meeting, Trump himself noticed a change in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4594405\/joe-biden-book-awkward-exchange-jill\/\">Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo, not really. He was the same guy I\u2019ve been watching for a long time,\u201d Trump responded. \u201cI mean, you could go back 40 years, I watched him 40 years ago, 30 years ago, never the sharpest guy. \u2026 It wasn\u2019t like he was sharp as a tack, but no, it was the same guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump underlined that during their November 2024 meeting, Biden \u201cwas fine as far as I was concerned\u201d and went on to suggest his own performance during their 2024 debate made Biden\u2019s seem particularly bad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI thought I had a very good debate. Nobody ever says that. They say that Biden did badly. What about me? Did I do well? You know, there\u2019s a reason he did badly,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo, the question is, did he do badly because he choked or because he didn\u2019t have it? But he didn\u2019t have a good \u2014\u00a0I would say this, he did not have a good night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4595782\/trump-announces-build-promenade-connecting-lincoln-memorial-potomac-river\/\"><strong>TRUMP ANNOUNCES HE\u2019LL BUILD A \u2018PROMENADE\u2019 CONNECTING LINCOLN MEMORIAL TO POTOMAC RIVER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president added that in the meeting, Biden spoke \u201cvery softly\u201d and \u201cvery low,\u201d but the pair \u201cgot along really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI thought he was fine. When I say fine, I mean was he, like, talking to [Interior Secretary] Doug Burgum? Was he, like, talking to [Energy Secretary] Chris [Wright]? Was he, like, talking to any of these monsters? All these tremendous politicians and environmental geniuses?\u201d he concluded. \u201cHe was fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can watch Trump\u2019s comments in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"eafk0lNExQE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Makes an Announcement on Beautiful, Clean Coal\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eafk0lNExQE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump said he never saw signs of Biden\u2019s decline in 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2610829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP24318594509213.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[80850,3620,34538,8458,3634],"class_list":["post-2610828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-2024-meetings","tag-biden","tag-cognitive-decline","tag-denial","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP24318594509213.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610828"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610832,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610828\/revisions\/2610832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}