CNN is working overtime to sell Jake Tapper's book about Biden's age and the 2024 campaign. This has engendered some backlash from people who are obviously more concerned about (waves arms at everything happening). What's more, it's pretty clear that every attack on a Democratic candidate applies so much more to Trump than it ever could to the Democrat.
Hillary Clinton had a "scandal" involving her email server. Donald Trump's team shares top secret information over Signal.
Hunter Biden's laptop...something something...he sold some paintings...something. Trump accepts outright emoluments from foreign governments and figures. Hell, you had the president of South Africa subtly teasing Trump about not having a plane to gift him and Trump was basically "Yeah, give me a plane."
Joe Biden was, indeed, old. His physical decline, including a worsening stutter and fatigue made him incapable of campaigning, especially in the years 2022-24, when he could have set the agenda better. There is some accuracy in Tapper's book about needing to add to the historical record on that issue - though it does seem to be getting some pushback from people who worked with Biden. Again, I don't think Biden has dementia; I think he was too old. He should have announced that he would not run again in the fall of 2023 and let the party move on to a fill primary.
Donald Trump is also very old. The evidence of his mental decline is abundant. The White House will not release copies of his remarks in transcript form, because he spouts gibberish every time he opens his puckered piehole. As HCR notes, Trump then launches into another trade war, this time with the EU, and then his office has to clarify that what the president very forcefully said in public - 50% tariffs on Europe - is not in fact policy. Trump has always been a profoundly stupid man whose wealth has bought him a patina of status. Quite a few MAGAts will say that we should trust him on the economy, because "he will run this country like a business" when in fact he will ruin this country like one of the many businesses that he bankrupted.
Tapper's book may or may not be entirely accurate on the details, while still capturing the fact that Biden really was too old to run for reelection.
Super.
Where are the articles on Trump? Why are we treated to breathless reporting about Biden when it is Trump whose demented derangement is creating massive instability in global markets? What's more, we know Trump's organization leaks. Hell, at some point one of his staff will likely invite a reporter into a group chat about how Trump can't remember any staffer's names.
There is a frightening chance that American democracy or the cohesiveness of our nation is slipping away. I don't think we've reached a tipping point, but it could happen.
The way the media covered this moron will be chief among the leading causes of its death.
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