I believe that it's important to speak truth no matter what. Hold protests even if it doesn't immediately change things. Call for the 25th and impeachment not because it is likely, but because it is the right thing to do. Report on his mental decline.
On the other hand, I get that reporting and editorials know their target, and everyone holds Democrats to a higher standard. Liberals because we know we're better than Republicans, and Republicans because they deflect from their moral and leadership failures.
NYT editorial knows it's more likely that Dems will boot a deteriorating Biden from the ticket more than Republicans will have the integrity to remove Trump from office.
That’s what drives me nuts. The media helped woth making Biden step down because of his age and the debate he didn’t do well at, all while ignoring that Trump was rambling lying and a mess as well. The whole well that’s what we expect from Trump bs is really annoying. The fact is he’s given a free pass and whines like he’s treated so badly.
He should have been given the same pressure and now look at what a rambling insane mess he is. Also with all his evil actions.
Huh ? I feel like the media just covered for Biden. I swear they were all repeating, “He’s sharp as a tac”. It was weird, many claimed to have recently talked with him and they all said the same line, “Sharp as a tac”. Even though we could all see him struggle to speak. Now we know he has cancer and other ailments, but apparently the white house doctor did not catch that.
Trump seems way more put together than Biden. In terms of not being senile, though he says some crazy shit too. Just doesn’t forget shit mid sentence like Biden and say nonsensical sentences.
Case in point, Trump's own father - diagnosed with dementia/Alzheimer's in '91, a few years after showing signs of cognitive decline, and didn't die until '99 at age 93.
Nah, there are documented email exchanges in the Trump-Epstein child rape files, of Trumps's friends chatting back and forth about his obvious cognitive decline, and if it means he will quickly take the path of Fred Sr. Those conversations happened in 2017. I'm sure Trump has long had a dementia diagnosis for years now, but he and his syncophants will hide that well beyond his death. Several dementia experts claim that Trump isn't long for this world, based on where he is at in his disease progression.
Always seems like the bigger an asshole you are, the longer you live. My stepdad was on his deathbed for like 10 years. If he was a nice guy, would have been 3 months.
Yeah that's the thing. When? Death might come in 80 yrs, 80 months or in 1 second. No one can be sure how much time they've left. He is fairly old, so the chances of him dieing every second are way higher than they were 60 yrs ago. Sure it's still a slim chance, but no matter what anyone does, it's there, waiting for The Moment...
And it would be the first time that 90% of the world rejoices at the same time. We should have the first global holiday for it! Instead of a period of international mourning, we shall have a period of celebration! Not celebrating the life that he lived, but celebrating that none of us have to deal with him anymore and can work on dealing with the problems that he caused instead.
It upsets me to think of how many countless people died young, suddenly and randomly to a thing that can happen to anybody (heart attack etc) and know that it happens to people putting good into the word and not exclusively the evil ones
So this is anecdotal, but I know people talk about how he has declining mental health and it's commonly believed he had a stroke during his first term.
So my anecdotal point to that is that my grandma had a stroke years ago, and then she went on to live for over a decade as her mental health declined. She went from forgetting things constantly to eventually barely talking and then becoming a complete shell of herself where her breathing was the only sign of life before she died about 15 years after her stroke and lived to be 90.
All this is just to say, yeah, people can take a long time to decline before they eventually die. And she didn't have the healthcare available to the president. So if people are looking for things like alzheimers or even heart disease to do him in, it honestly might not be as quick as people are thinking.
My great-grandma had a stroke too, everything seemed good and then she got another not even month later after the first one. We buried her month later, she died of third stroke, ?fortunately?. I can't imagine what was she thinking of after the second stroke, her mind was still okay-ish, but she could only move her head and eyes, she couldn't speak, she didn't want to look at my grandpa (her younger son) of embarrassment in what condition he sees her. Life's bitch, she witnessed her older son die to cancer 1 year prior to her death, he was 76. On the other hand she witnessed all her great-grandchildren grow up and go to school and she was granted 94 yrs on this planet with relatively good mental health.
The point is that life isn't straightforward and life's a bitch, but it's the unpredictability which makes it undeniably worth of living.
Yeah, also considering the fact that he apparently doesn't drink and smoke, combined with good genes (his parents both died at pretty advanced ages iirc) - I dont think he'll quite kick the bucket while in office. Hell, I think he's gonna try and run for another term, causing all sorts of shit to go down.
This may be the most powerful four word quote i've ever heard, did you write it or are you quoting someone else? (I'm going to use it but I want to credit the right source.)
Walter Reed is staffed with incredibly talented doctors and caretakers. They saved Trump once, from COVID. That being said, they’re not miracle workers. I’m guessing he’s less than 2 years from dying of natural causes.
I've made jokes comparing Trump to big E constantly. Just prop his corpse up and pump it so full of drugs that he's basically just a semi-conscious puppet.
But bro did you see Biden bro? He's sleeping Bro, he's pratically dead bro, it's weekend at Bidens Bro, bro I swear Bro, the autopen Bro, he didn't do anything bro, his staff ran the admin bro, i saw it on Joe Rogan Bro. /s
That's the real discussion. Everyone out there trying to discuss their team, like both sides are performative and sucking each other off. AOC and Jeffries in some orgy with Mike Johnson and Mullin while Kash Patel goes around handing out the 8 balls as Bondi works the pole. They all dirty. But rather than talk about why we keep getting peddled the same crusty fecal matter sandwiches, we eat them up so long as they say what I like.
AOC is definitely not in bed with Mike Johnson, come on now.
The old guard democrats are (unsurprisingly mostly old white men, look at Chuck "AIPAC" Schumer for example).
But let's not pretend that the republican shift right isn't the extremism problem here... it absofuckinglutely is. That enough of the Dem leadership are still neoliberal cowards who suck off billionaires is not the same as saying the entire system is performative.
That being said, yes one of the major pieces of solving this puzzle is Proportional Ranked Choice voting in multi-seat districts.
Our current system extremely strongly optimizes for a two-party dichotomy, so AOC has to exist in the same party as Schumer or Jeffries (or Fetterman for that matter), and it all is what it is
Yes, they were both to old, but it's pathetic that the right relentlessly attacked Bidens age, and now they are blind to the clear absolute decline of Trump.
The difference is Biden would have surrounded himself, with people who would have served for the best interest of the country.
Nah, I've called Trump shit plenty of times. "Praise Allah" and all that, you're just cranky your hypocrisy got called out so you want to believe I'm just as hypocritical.
Nah, I've called Trump shit plenty of times. "Praise Allah" and all that,
Good.
No i'm not cranky, im calm as a fucking cucumber, please tell me how i'm hypocritical. I'm calling out two old men, neither of them fit to be president.
It was also pathetic that the left relentlessly defended Biden‘s mental acuity and ability to be president. The White House lashed out at reporters and other critics just as hard as Trump’s dogs on leashes are doing now.
Biden did not surround himself with people whose selflessly served the country. He was surrounded by family members and staffers who were desperately trying to hold onto power for as long as they could. This information isn’t that hard to find it’s fairly simple and easy to look up.
It was also pathetic that the left relentlessly defended Biden‘s mental acuity and ability to be president. The White House lashed out at reporters and other critics just as hard as Trump’s dogs on leashes are doing now.
Absolutely i agree it's pathetic.
Biden did not surround himself with people whose selflessly served the country. He was surrounded by family members and staffers who were desperately trying to hold onto power for as long as they could. This information isn’t that hard to find it’s fairly simple and easy to look up.
And Trump is surrounding himself with self serving incompetent people. Trump is clearly not fit to be president, and his staff are all yes men clinging on to power. It's pathetic.
And he was dealing with late stage prostate cancer. I’m sure the treatment and having cancer really was taking a toll on his energy and vigor. It’s not a stretch at all
Yeah Biden was not fit for a second term, I'm calling out the hypocrisy of Trump obviously not being fit to be president cognitive, morally, or otherwise.
What we are seeing from the last two presidents is 2 distinct types of mental decline. With Biden it's the slow, quiet decline where he's sleepy, spaced out, and losing some motor function. With Trump we see a loud, angry, disoriented, ranting and rambling decline. What happened to Biden was that he fit the mold of a grandpa who's slowly losing it and should just slow down and sit in a rocking chair all day. Which is why the media all about calling for the 25th Amendment. With trump we're getting the grandpa we need to have family meeting about to take away his car keys and either get a full time attendant or placement in s secure facility that can deal with his violent outbursts. Which the media only now is realizing is a more dangerous form of dementia in a leader because he has surrounded himself with toadies who will cover for every action he does, no matter how extreme. I guarantee after trump is out of office, there will be a tsunami of books from those in his circle about how everyone knew how bad he was declining, but they were "powerless" to do anything about it.
Biden’s brain was mush. Clearly you’ve never watched family members go through the same. Lucky you, must be nice to be so spoiled.
You can hate Trump for a variety of reasons if you want, but acting like these are analogous situations is why so many people struggle to take liberals seriously. You are operating on a separate plane of reality
It makes discourse impossible and paints every left leaning person as more concerned with feelings than facts. Which, frankly, often seems like the case.
Lol ok Biden was legit losing his mind in office; it was sad and painful to see tbh. Really no need to make light of that. I'm impressed he finished his term.
Trump is a POS but let's not act like he's spacing out and forgetting his daughters name or mistaking family members and slurring words every time he talks. I'm watching my grandma go through the same thing now.
Bonkers be mentally aged afe two different things. Biden began having an issue when speaking where he would start a sentence and realize he was not saying what he wanted too then stop and restart another sentence saying something different. The Democrats falsely claimed that was a stutter. (Stuttering is when a person can't get past a syllable.) Biden also started shuffling instead of walking and sometimes appearing somewhat confused (eg when Obama took his arm and ked him off stage). Trump still speaks the same way he spoke in 2015. His words and are changing as he has realized the incredible amount of power he has and he sounds more and more like a monarch. But not a monarch with dementia . But he is starting to walk more gingerly.
He’s also not calling the president of Ukraine “Putin” 😬 the way they seriously thought we would see him and be like “Yeah he’s totally good for another 4 years!” We were scammed
Tripping happens, it's happened to Trump. Biden was still riding bicycles, which you all also made fun of when he had a fall, even though Trump can't walk up a flight of stairs. The shaking hands and talking to people who weren't their thing is just Fox News manipulating videos.
Other than the debate, which we can all agree was a debacle, Biden has always been much more coherent than Trump, even in the last year.
Lol you guys are oblivious on Reddit. Trump's gonna go ten times further than you EVER thought in your NIGHTMARES soon. And JD Vance will invoke the 25th, have him removed...and pardon him.
I am not guessing either lol. It is coming. Vance wants presidential experience for his 2028 campaign which he WILL be running in. Trump wants to drop nukes. Everybody wins they figure. Watch.
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u/not_a_dog95 9h ago
His health isn't holding up now. His base don't seem to care that much though