Trump can’t afford to lose what high-profile supporters he does have, and surprisingly, he still has a few. In fact, he has a friend who likes him so much that he uses his own competing platform, X, to amplify Trump’s candidacy, despite Trump owning Truth Social.

I’m talking, of course, about Elon Musk.

And so was Donald Trump, speaking at a rally in Wisconsin over the weekend. Well, briefly, anyway. Long enough for him to brag that “Leon” was going to send Boeing up a rocket after the “little bit of a hard time” they’ve been having.

There has been all kinds of talk about Trump adding Elon Musk, the billionaire son of a slave trade emerald miner who makes space toys now, to his administration if he wins in November.

That, or course, is probably due to the impressive amount of free advertising Musk has given the embattled former president on his social media giant, X. Despite promises that his platform would and should not be used for electioneering, Musk has unabashedly promoted Trump to his 165 million followers with reckless abandon.

Why wouldn’t Trump pay him back in kind?

That is, if he can remember who he is when this is all over. At the rally, Trump was so confused that he could quite figure out what order the four letters in Musk’s first name go in. He got them all right, he just mixed them up some. That’s what Trump’s supporters will say, anyway.

Trump says “Leon” Musk is going to have to send a rocket pic.twitter.com/Z4t8PsyJjt

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 7, 2024

At least one guy on X agreed with me, saying “Are you kidding me?!? And he isn’t in a mental decline?? ‘Leon’?? Well, at least he got the letters right will say every MAGA cult follower.”

Indeed, that is a pretty strong indicator that Trump’s beginning to sundown in more ways than just the cities he picks to campaign in.

Other commenters were less gentle in their assessments. “Dementia is setting in. Hope he can get into a decent memory care facility post-bankruptcy,” said one. “Leon Musk said that Trump was way too old to be POTUS,” joked another.

There’s been no shortage of speculation about the exact state of affairs in Donald Trump’s brainpan. Most agree, however, that the way he’s been acting lately has been almost like an exaggerated parody of what he used to accuse Joe Biden of acting like — back when Joe was the oldest guy in the race.