Tucker Carlson, once one of Donald Trump's strongest media allies, rejected claims that the president is suffering from dementia while offering a harsh assessment of his approach to knowledge and leadership. Speaking to Lulu Garcia-Navarro on The New York Times podcast "The Interview," Carlson said he has spoken with Trump frequently this year and saw no signs of cognitive decline. "I should say, having spoken to him a lot in this calendar year, I detected no evidence at all of dementia, mental decline," Carlson told Garcia-Navarro. "You hear people say, 'Well, he's gone, you know, soft.