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An Arkansas senator has defended Donald Trump's mental faculties amid a series of gaffes by the presidential hopeful and insisted he is '110 percent' comfortable with the former president's abilities.
On CBS Sunday, Dan Sullivan leapt to Trump's defense after he was presented with a video clip where Trump appeared to confuse Biden with Barack Obama and incorrectly suggested the US has troops on the ground in Ukraine.
Sullivan stated there is 'no comparison' to Trump rival Joe Biden, who has himself been criticized over his cognitive function.
'Are you comfortable about his mental fitness?' CBS' Margaret Brenann asked Sullivan after playing the footage taken at a rally in Virginia.
'Compared to the current president? One hundred ten percent,' the Republican senator replied.
Dan Sullivan defended Donald Trump 's mental faculties amid a series of gaffes by the presidential hopeful
Sullivan was shown a clip in which Trump mixed up Biden and Obama and incorrectly stated the US has troops in Ukraine
The Arkansas senator said he is '110%' comfortable with Trump's mental acuity, compared to that of Joe Biden
'And as your polling shows, I think the American people have real concerns where President Biden is with regard to his fitness for office, particularly his mental acuity.
'And relative to President Biden — or relative to former President Trump — I don't even think it's a close call when you see the two in action.'
The poll Sullivan cited showed just 32 percent of voters believe Biden has the necessary mental and cognitive abilities to be president.
The same poll showed that 51 percent of voters also don't believe Trump has the necessary mental faculties to do the job.
But Sullivan, who has endorsed 77-year-old Trump, hit back when Brennan asked him to confirm there are no US troops in Ukraine.
'I would go back to who is demonstrating more mental fitness to be the president and I don't even think it's a close call between President Trump and President Biden right now,' he
