Trump, 80, Appears to Forget Name of Candidate He’s Backing

President Donald Trump appeared to blank on the name of a Republican candidate he was campaigning for at a rally—even as the candidate was just steps away.

The 80-year-old president spoke for more than one and a half hours at a rally at the Mack Trucks factory in Macungie, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday afternoon, where he was supposed to boost GOP Rep. Ryan Mackenzie and tout his economic agenda.

But just two minutes into his speech, as Trump moved to rally support for Mackenzie’s re-election campaign, the congressman’s name appeared to escape the president, whose cognitive health has come under mounting scrutiny.

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