Donald Trump will turn 79 on June 14, but the way he acted today during a ceremonial signing of an executive order, he could easily have been 99.
After announcing the executive order he hopes will control the price of prescription drugs in the United States, Trump remarked, “There’s never been anything like it. It’s a very exciting time in America. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.”
He then proceeded to wander away from the podium as if to leave the room without actually signing the order.
Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, tapped Trump on the back and motioned for him to sit down and sign the document.
See for yourself:
Trump forgets to sign the executive order that was the whole point of this whole event and starts walking away before he's reminded to do it pic.twitter.com/1j1QGX5BVv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 12, 2025
Can you imagine the hue and cry there would have been from Republicans if former President Joe Biden had done the same thing? They’d have spent a month whining that he was too old to serve as head of state and demanded the 25th Amendment be invoked to remove Biden from office.
Trump got dealt a large dose of internet karma for his latest memory mishap.
Sleepy Don has no clue what’s going on!
— Timothy Bellman (@Timothy_Bellman) May 12, 2025
A ten-day story under Biden but whatever.
— Jon Sternfeld (@jonsternfeld.bsky.social) 2025-05-12T14:53:46.047Z
25th him already!
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) May 12, 2025
Seconds after boasting about his "accomplishments" in just two months, despite it being mid-May, he can't even remember to sign the very executive order he came to announce.
— Peter (@_e_tto_) May 12, 2025
Again.https://t.co/6LhhvzIAjp
— Julie (@juliejpl) May 12, 2025
Dementia Don needs to resign. He has no idea what he’s doing.