Google Blocks AI Results on Trump’s Mental Health Queries

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Google’s AI Overview feature has reportedly failed to provide results for searches related to whether former President Donald Trump shows signs of dementia. This limitation stands in contrast to results available for other former presidents, according to a report by The Verge.

On Thursday, October 2, Newsweek contacted both Google and the White House press office for comments, receiving an autoreply from the White House due to staff shortages. The White House stated, “Due to staff shortages resulting from the [ongoing concerns], the typical 24/7 monitoring may experience delays.”

Donald Trump, who took office on January 20, 2021, as the oldest president in U.S. history, often criticized the mental fitness of his predecessor, Joe Biden, who left office at the age of 82. Mental health and cognition were significant issues in the last presidential election, with concerns raised about Biden’s capabilities.

In a notable difference, when users query “does Trump show signs of dementia,” Google displays a message stating, “An AI Overview is not available for this search.” In AI Mode, this query results only in a list of top search links. Meanwhile, similar queries regarding Biden or other former presidents yielded detailed AI summaries.

For example, Google’s AI Overview notes, “As of October 2025, there has been ongoing speculation and public concern regarding former President Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities,” presenting a summary of medical opinions and public observations regarding his health.

Conversely, queries about Trump’s mental health have not produced equivalent AI summaries. On Tuesday, the Verge highlighted these discrepancies in search results, noting that AI Overviews offer summaries for Biden while providing none for Trump.

Following a court filing, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, agreed to pay $24.5 million after Trump’s account was suspended from YouTube following the events of January 6, 2021. A Google spokesperson, Davis Thompson, clarified that AI Overviews and AI Mode don’t always produce responses for every query.

In public events, Trump has faced scrutiny for memory lapses and bizarre assertions. A psychologist, Dr. John Gartner, suggested that Trump has experienced a “major deterioration” in language skills, saying, “He used to speak with a high level of vocabulary… Now, there are times when he’s really unable to complete a thought.”

Trump has frequently dismissed concerns about his mental state, proclaiming himself a “very stable genius” and boasting about passing cognitive tests used to detect dementia.