'Confused' Trump, Praises GOP Rep for Mistaken Fox TV Interview

US President Donald Trump has fuelled fresh debate over his cognitive state after enthusiastically praising a Republican congressman for a Fox News interview that, in fact, never took place.

The 79-year-old Trump hopped onto his Truth Social platform at 7:32am to celebrate Congressman Tim Burchett's 'GREAT today on Fox & Friends- a Classic' appearance. Trump's post continued, 'His take on Marjorie 'Traitor' Brown was 100% perfecto!!! Way to go, Tim!!!'

The only problem was that Burchett did not appear on Fox & Friends on Monday.

A Non-Existent Broadcast

Rather than a live interview, the Fox & Friends programme merely aired a brief, day-old clip of Tim Burchett from the network's 'The Sunday Briefing'. This small, early-morning mishap quickly snowballed, leading the former president's detractors to label him as 'confused' and 'declining'.

'This old man's cognitive abilities are rapidly declining,' wrote the left-wing commentator Vince Wilson on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Burchett, a 61-year-old Representative whose East Tennessee district is close to Greene's northwest Georgia constituency, was actually on Fox to criticise Marjorie Taylor Greene's sudden withdrawal from the MAGA movement and her looming political retirement in January.

The Congressman implied that Greene's departure was a sign of her defeat at Trump's hands. 'President Trump's the biggest dog in the pound,' Burchett said. 'You can take him on if you want, but the results are always the same.'

Adding to the speculation, Fox Host Brian Kilmeade went on to theorise that Greene became too preoccupied with appearing on left-leaning programmes, such as ABC's The View, and essentially 'turned on her own people'.

Greene's Post-MAGA Future

Despite the political drama, the 51-year-old Greene has consistently maintained her Republican values. Part of her recent public disagreement with Trump centres on the issue of the Epstein files, which she claims Trump has concealed despite promising their release—a promise that millions of his voters are still keen for him to keep.

Even as she prepares to exit Congress, rumours surrounding Greene's political future are already circulating. She is rumoured to be mulling a presidential run in 2028—a notion that shot her into the top three GOP contenders on Polymarket, placing her behind only Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Greene has attempted to quell these rumours, writing in a statement addressing speculation of a presidential bid that she 'never said I wanted to and have only laughed about it when anyone would mention it.'

An Early Morning Media Blitz

The post praising Burchett was far from the only thing on Trump's mind that Monday morning. Before sunrise, he had already posted his displeasure regarding his hometown New York Giants' loss on Sunday, launched into a rant about the intricacies of tariffs, and worked to downplay suggestions of a looming peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

The incident highlights not only Trump's unique media consumption habits but also the delicate dance his allies must perform. Burchett later acknowledged the praise without correcting the former president's error, a move seen by many as a necessary act of deference within the modern Republican party.