On June 16, 2024, progressive podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen posted ( archived ) a photo of Donald Trump on Facebook. The picture showed the former U.S. president walking a red carpet on an elevated stage while holding the hand of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. According to Cohen’s caption, Trump held his son’s hand because he needed help leaving the stage. Cohen wrote, “Trump has to hold someone’s hand to guide him off stage. Cognitive decline?”
Democratic strategist Adam Parkhemenko also posted the photo on Threads on June 17, writing, “I can’t imagine why they keep falsifying photos and video of Biden. It’s almost like an attempt to distract while still projecting as always.”
Some posts on X made similar claims, while other posts on Reddit and X were more vague in their assertions.
However, the picture did not show Trump holding his son’s hand because he needed help leaving the stage. The pair quickly grabbed each other’s hands for around one second as the former president continued walking.
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