Trump Ally Shocked at President's 'Psychological State' in Private Meeting
By: New York (The Daily Beast)
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A key European ally of Donald Trump said he was "traumatized" by a meeting where the U.S. president's "psychological state" came across as "dangerous," according to diplomats with knowledge of the conversation who spoke to Politico.
Robert Fico, the populist prime minister of Slovakia, made the remarks on the sidelines of an emergency EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 22, according to five European diplomats briefed on the conversation. The conversation that so worried the Slovak took place at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida just days earlier, two of the anonymous diplomats said.
Fico, a frequent trumpeter of the president's bullish approach to international relations and hawkish stance on war, came out of the sit-down worried about the 79-year-old's "psychological state."
The diplomats, from four EU governments and including a senior EU official, said they didn't know what Trump said to elicit such a reaction from Fico. The White House rubbished the claims as "fake news" cooked up by "anonymous European diplomats who are trying to be relevant."
"The meeting at Mar-a-Lago was positive and productive," spokesperson Anna Kelly added. A senior administration official who was in the meeting and spoke to Politico shared this view.
Fico, however, characterized Trump as being "out of his mind," according to a diplomat whose boss was directly involved in the conversation.
A sixth diplomat, speaking generally, said that European leadership is growing increasingly concerned by Trump's "unpredictability."
Indeed, Trump has tested already-strained relationships with European counterparts by, at times, appearing to embrace Russian President Vladimir Putin despite his brutal assault on Ukraine and, more recently, with his demands for Denmark, a NATO ally, to hand over Greenland to the United States..
In a speech in Davos, Switzerland, last week, Trump demanded "immediate negotiations" to obtain the semi-autonomous Arctic island that he says is essential for national security. Thankfully, though, he ruled out using the military, which he had publicly flirted with doing. "We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won't do that, OK?" Trump said.
The concerns come at a time when questions about Trump's mental acuity pile up. The president, who turns 80 in June, has made a habit of appearing to doze off at public engagements and his speeches—when not guided by autocue—are more disconnected, rambling and vicious than ever.
Donald Trump's aides say the 79-year-old closes his eyes during meetings as a "listening mechanism." Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Several experts have pointed this out, as have conservative publications that appear to be struggling to ignore the obvious. Trump has routinely dismissed concerns about his mental sharpness, boasting that he has "aced" three cognitive tests.
However, he has never explained why he needs to take so many exams of this nature.
Trump, whose father died of Alzheimer's in 1999, was being interviewed by New York magazine about concerns surrounding his health when he brought up his father's struggles.
"He had one problem. At a certain age, about 86, 87, he started getting—what do they call it?" Trump said during the interview in the Oval Office, pointing to his forehead and looking toward White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt for help recalling the word.
"Alzheimer's," Leavitt interjected, before the president quickly assured the interviewer, "Well, I don't have it."
The White House and representatives for Fico have been contacted for comment.
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Trump Ally Reveals 'Shock' By 'Dangerous' Mental State After Meeting
Matias Civita 3-4 minutes 1/28/2026
According to several European diplomats, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump 's, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was reportedly "shocked" and "concerned" about Trump's mental state after meeting with him.
According to multiple European diplomats who spoke with POLITICO and were briefed on informal talks at an emergency European Union summit in Brussels, Fico expressed shock following a January 17 meeting with Trump at the president's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Fico reportedly described Trump's psychological state as concerning and used the word "dangerous" to characterize the U.S. president's demeanor during the private discussion, leaving his European counterparts unsettled.
These comment contrast with Fico's public statements regarding the meeting with President Trump. He called the invitation to Mar-a-Lago a sign of "high respect and trust" and that they agreed that the EU was in "deep crisis." Fico also called the conversation "deep and informal."
However, Fico has forcefully denied the account. In a post on the social media platform X, the Slovak premier called the POLITICO report a "lie," asserting that he never made such comments to other world leaders and did not engage in informal conversations at the Brussels event about his U.S. visit.
"No one heard anything, no one saw anything, there are no witnesses, but nothing prevented the POLITICO portal from coming up with lies," Fico wrote. The Slovak leader also accused the publication of trying to undermine Slovakia's relationships with countries around the world, including the United States.
In February 2025, the Slovak prime minister was a featured speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the United States, where he publicly endorsed Trump's approach to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and said the president was providing a "great service to Europe" by challenging existing political orthodoxies.
The White House has also pushed back against the claims reported by POLITICO. A spokesperson for the White House, Anna Kelly, said , "This is absolutely total fake news from anonymous European diplomats who are trying to be relevant. The meeting at Mar-a-Lago was positive and productive."
The United States has found itself at odds with Europe since the Trump administration began aggressively pursuing annexing the Nordic island nation of Greenland as part of the U.S . An anonymous official within the White House described the meeting between Fico and Trump as "pleasant" and "normal."
However, another European diplomat told POLITICO that the Slovakian prime minister seemed to be 'traumatized' by his meeting with Trump and that Fico said that the U.S. president seemed "out of his mind."
Politico is hardly leftist media.
“He had one problem. At a certain age, about 86, 87, he started getting—what do they call it?" Trump said during the interview in the Oval Office, pointing to his forehead and looking toward White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt for help recalling the word.
"Alzheimer's," Leavitt interjected, before the president quickly assured the interviewer, "Well, I don't have it."
This could easily pass as an snl skit.
It feels like the Republican Party is knowingly using Trump to do unimaginably horrible things, acting like they don’t know he’s losing his mind, so they can scapegoat the crazy man for the public fallout when it’s all said and done.