On Sunday, President Donald Trump spent the day posting a steady stream of what critics described as “deranged” AI memes on social media, prompting renewed suggestions that he may have been experiencing some form of mental health episode. The latest burst of activity came amid growing warnings that the commander in chief is showing signs of severe cognitive decline, with observers tying the posts to broader concerns about how the White House handles high-stakes crises in public.

“Trump spent his entire Sunday on a bender, posting nonstop AI images to his Truth Social page for more than six hours,” New Republic political commentator Hafiz Rashid said. “It started at 11:16 a.m. with an AI image of CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins as transgender model Dylan Mulvaney holding cans of Bud Light, and escalated from there. Bruce Springsteen, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Representative Jerry Nadler, and Trump’s longtime nemesis Rosie O’Donnell were among those targeted in his posting binge. He also posted several flattering photos of himself in mock-up movie posters and, in one instance, standing next to former President John F. Kennedy.”

Rashid said many other posts followed. He noted that none of the images included text and that they were mixed with campaign photos and pro-Iran war propaganda. “At one point, he posted nine Iran war memes three times in a row in the span of just over an hour,” Rashid said.

Political commentator Heather Delaney Reese, who said she has spent the past decade documenting Trump’s behavior, argued that the posts did not reflect any clear concern for how they would be received publicly. “There didn’t appear to be any thought to how these posts would make him look to the world, beyond trying to make himself look powerful and in control. He failed at both,” she said.

Delaney Reese also stressed the importance of the source of the posts. “This is the President of the United States. Not a troll account, a child who got their hands on a phone, or some random unidentifiable account. These all came from the verified account of the man who holds the most powerful office on earth,” she said.

She added that the timing of the social media barrage was notable. “While we were all learning about the grave threat our military and country is facing, with the shrinking munition resources, he was posting images of himself conquering Iran and winning the war,” she wrote. She pointed to a series of developments over the weekend, including reports that the conflict has burned through weapon stockpiles, admissions of failure by top officials, and accusations that the administration is lying about the American death toll.

According to Delaney Reese, “That is the real reason for all the fake war posts and the desperate attempts to distract from what is really happening. We are involved in a war we cannot sustain or win in any real sense of the word.”

Rashid concluded that “the octogenarian president is experiencing cognitive decline and had some kind of episode Sunday.” He said signs of deterioration have been evident throughout Trump’s second term, citing reports that Trump threw a tablet across a room after a bad phone call with world leaders, rambled about the history of paper clips in the middle of a speech, and zoned out during a photo op.

“It’s a terrifying thought to realize that we still have two years of Trump occupying the Oval Office with his mental state only growing worse,” Rashid said.