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senseandsensibility

(25,981 posts)
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 02:45 PM 18 hrs ago

Aaron Rupar outlines why Trump's age is way more of a factor than Biden's

"The nature of Trump's personalist presidency, in which the entire govt is organized around turning his whims into reality and the barest hint of dissent is swiftly punished, makes the question of his age *even more important* than it was with Biden, who was surrounded by competent people."

Jake Tapper is a lost cause of course, but how can the rest of the media be blind to this? He is not only falling asleep all the time, ranting and raving and threatening violence, gorging himself on revenge against "enemies" and endless vanity projects, HE IS MISMANAGING A WAR and even his own party knows it.

But the main point that Rupar is making, is that there is no one to stop him. IF Biden's age was a real issue (and that's a big if to me), he listened to his advisors who were experts.

That's the real story here, media. Get it together.
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Aaron Rupar outlines why Trump's age is way more of a factor than Biden's (Original Post) senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago OP
Good point. Baitball Blogger 18 hrs ago #1
Plus I think that Biden had obviously slowed down senseandsensibility 17 hrs ago #2
Biden is still very active, can string words into complex coherent sentences, and is a devoted mwmisses4289 17 hrs ago #3
I agree senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #4

Baitball Blogger

(52,867 posts)
1. Good point.
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 03:05 PM
18 hrs ago

Biden surrounded himself by competent people. Trump wanted to control everything and removed all the guardrails.

senseandsensibility

(25,981 posts)
2. Plus I think that Biden had obviously slowed down
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 03:17 PM
17 hrs ago

and lost a step, but he still had his basic morality and judgement intact. So he wasn't going to do anything dangerous anyway. And he listened to his advisors who he picked for the right reasons, Trump's situation is much, much worse and the media is failing in conveying that.

mwmisses4289

(5,118 posts)
3. Biden is still very active, can string words into complex coherent sentences, and is a devoted
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 03:48 PM
17 hrs ago

husband, father, and grandfather.
Trump is a dementia addled narcissist who has never had a clue on how to be decent human being.

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