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Atilim87 on
It’s always been a story hence why Trump and his team deflected to Biden.
Problem isn’t Trumps mental decline it’s the stupidity and incompetence of democrats for not making use of the situation to its fullest (because the leadership is just as old) **and** anointing a guy that’s was further gone.
AntoniaFauci on
And, as is media tradition, not for the correct reasons.
They’re only picking up on it now because of his weird dance party incident. They’ve ignored numerous current (and thousands of previous) examples of his slurring, verbal aphasia, scrambled memories, sundowning and all the rest.
One of his White House employees admitted this week that they would blast music to “reset” him when he would spiral in the Oval Office. If you’ve worked old age care homes you’d recognize that technique.
But the direct evidence of his cognitive condition have been glaringly obvious to many of us for years, and it’s just accelerating. Even his cultist doctors knew, since they had him doing Montreal Cognitive Assessment screenings.
verothon on
The october surprise the media has been salivating for.
RedHuntingHat on
If Kamala crushes the Fox interview, the man’s grasp on reality might fully shatter
JackTheRicher on
Is it though? It’s nowhere near as big as it should have been.
It was the only story with Biden. I am not seeing remotely close to that.
Marcapls21 on
Not really. Only in left leading media is it being said. Not right wing media which is arguably more important to make this statement in.
anythingicando12 on
What
His 40 min Dance routine did not convince anyone he is sane
TripleSingleHOF on
If it’s what you say, I love it, especially later in the fall.
Yetiius on
His brain is mush.
Extreme_Number_2129 on
It’s about time the media started focusing more on Trump’s mental state, honestly. It’s a big issue that shouldn’t be ignored, but we’ll see if they keep it up or just move on again.
treesarethebeesknees on
The October surprise that surprised nobody.
nice-view-from-here on
Democrats should release a documentary: 30 minutes of Trump just swaying to the music in front of his crowd of supporters.
> Is the media finally figuring out how to cover Donald Trump’s profound mental unfitness for the presidency? First, CNN’s Jake Tapper dressed down a Trump surrogate for whitewashing his threat to unleash the military on his enemies. Then Trump held a strange town hall at which he abruptly stopped answering questions, which generated aggressive media coverage. And Kamala Harris has directly engaged on Trump’s mental state in a new way, drawing media attention to it. We talked to Brian Beutler, who often criticizes the media on his Off Message Substack, about the increasing signs that the press is treating Trump’s mental decline as a big story. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.
That’s a lot of words saying very little too. It doesn’t do the headline justice, which is a shame. Walk me through what’s different in the media. Don’t tease me like this.
Ben_dover8201 on
How can you Trump supporters vote for this monster?!? He’s batshit insane
Javasndphotoclicks on
Well, it only took them a few years to figure out. /s
Building_Firm on
The media will never acknowledge the millions of Trump followers for the mental health pandemic that they are. After all, if not for them, who would watch shows like The Masked Singer and The Bachelorette?
davechri on
If this man was my father I would be getting him the help he desperately needs. This is feeling like elder abuse.
Can we talk about the disaster that a Vance presidency would be?
Toosder on
Has it? I’m still not seeing the big ones reporting on it at all
AppleShampoooooo on
Has it tho?
Jawnsky222 on
Won’t change anyone’s mind. Trump could shit into his own mouth and his supporters would fucking love it and start doing it themselves.
_BeAsYouAre_ on
He’s playing sick right before the election so when/if he loses his lawyers can claim he’s to sick to stand trial.
Writer10 on
Didn’t have Trump stfu for 39 minutes and dancing on my October Surprise bingo card.
copingstoic on
Well, our great media was so hung up on “there are no specifics from Harris yet” trope. They just needed to see Trump’s DJ skills to finally label him old.
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It’s always been a story hence why Trump and his team deflected to Biden.
Problem isn’t Trumps mental decline it’s the stupidity and incompetence of democrats for not making use of the situation to its fullest (because the leadership is just as old) **and** anointing a guy that’s was further gone.
And, as is media tradition, not for the correct reasons.
They’re only picking up on it now because of his weird dance party incident. They’ve ignored numerous current (and thousands of previous) examples of his slurring, verbal aphasia, scrambled memories, sundowning and all the rest.
One of his White House employees admitted this week that they would blast music to “reset” him when he would spiral in the Oval Office. If you’ve worked old age care homes you’d recognize that technique.
But the direct evidence of his cognitive condition have been glaringly obvious to many of us for years, and it’s just accelerating. Even his cultist doctors knew, since they had him doing Montreal Cognitive Assessment screenings.
The october surprise the media has been salivating for.
If Kamala crushes the Fox interview, the man’s grasp on reality might fully shatter
Is it though? It’s nowhere near as big as it should have been.
It was the only story with Biden. I am not seeing remotely close to that.
Not really. Only in left leading media is it being said. Not right wing media which is arguably more important to make this statement in.
What
His 40 min Dance routine did not convince anyone he is sane
If it’s what you say, I love it, especially later in the fall.
His brain is mush.
It’s about time the media started focusing more on Trump’s mental state, honestly. It’s a big issue that shouldn’t be ignored, but we’ll see if they keep it up or just move on again.
The October surprise that surprised nobody.
Democrats should release a documentary: 30 minutes of Trump just swaying to the music in front of his crowd of supporters.
Edit: https://videos.metro.co.uk/video/met/2024/10/15/4039816144024812123/960x540_MP4_4039816144024812123.mp4
This “article” is one(1) paragraph.
> Is the media finally figuring out how to cover Donald Trump’s profound mental unfitness for the presidency? First, CNN’s Jake Tapper dressed down a Trump surrogate for whitewashing his threat to unleash the military on his enemies. Then Trump held a strange town hall at which he abruptly stopped answering questions, which generated aggressive media coverage. And Kamala Harris has directly engaged on Trump’s mental state in a new way, drawing media attention to it. We talked to Brian Beutler, who often criticizes the media on his Off Message Substack, about the increasing signs that the press is treating Trump’s mental decline as a big story. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.
That’s a lot of words saying very little too. It doesn’t do the headline justice, which is a shame. Walk me through what’s different in the media. Don’t tease me like this.
How can you Trump supporters vote for this monster?!? He’s batshit insane
Well, it only took them a few years to figure out. /s
The media will never acknowledge the millions of Trump followers for the mental health pandemic that they are. After all, if not for them, who would watch shows like The Masked Singer and The Bachelorette?
If this man was my father I would be getting him the help he desperately needs. This is feeling like elder abuse.
Can we talk about the disaster that a Vance presidency would be?
Has it? I’m still not seeing the big ones reporting on it at all
Has it tho?
Won’t change anyone’s mind. Trump could shit into his own mouth and his supporters would fucking love it and start doing it themselves.
He’s playing sick right before the election so when/if he loses his lawyers can claim he’s to sick to stand trial.
Didn’t have Trump stfu for 39 minutes and dancing on my October Surprise bingo card.
Well, our great media was so hung up on “there are no specifics from Harris yet” trope. They just needed to see Trump’s DJ skills to finally label him old.
It’s about time…
Alarmed? Anybody here alarmed?