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Trump's 'dementia cheat sheet' flagged by political analyst amid a telling silence

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President Donald Trump was photographed clutching a briefing "cheat sheet" that Republicans once called irrefutable proof of Joe Biden's dementia . During a Tuesday podcast episode , progressive commentator David Pakman seized on the image and hammered at what he framed as a bottomless well of Republican hypocrisy over presidential fitness . The photo was taken on Monday in the Oval Office, where Trump honored a sixteen-year-old lifeguard from California and the ten-year-old he rescued. "There are legitimate reasons to examine Donald Trump's fitness," Pakman said. "60 percent of voters don't think he has the mental sharpness to be president." Pakman pointed out what appeared to be "staff-prepared cards" with "photos of the two guests" and "scheduling instructions" that suggested Trump needed help remembering the details of the people he was meeting. "It tells Trump what to do and what to say," Pakman explained. "Can Donald Trump not even remember who two people are?" Pakman said the wa