President Donald Trump has been criticized for mocking his political opponents' physical abilities during a rally in Kentucky, where he mentioned his slow descent down the stairs and compared former President Barack Obama's ability to walk down stairs to his own. Experts believe these comments may reflect ableism but also reflect general ageism and fear of aging. In the same speech, Trump also mocked Gavin Newsom's dyslexia, suggesting that his "cognitive deficiency" made him unfit to be president. These comments also reflect a common ableist assumption that an impairment in any area of functioning implies a general incompetence in all aspects of the person being able to function. The comments also suggest that respect for people with learning disabilities, which is ableist as a sign that a specific learning disability doesn't imply a person's mental ability to reason.