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Ol Janx Spirit

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17. Let's all just take one second to clear our minds and imagine a world in which....
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 10:26 AM
Oct 7

...then President Joe Biden had not only not appeared on screen; not only did not do the interview by phone where his voice would clearly indicate it was him answering questions; but where he hid behind the anonymity of a text chain for an interview. And not like an interview for some middle school newspaper but for CNN....

I for one would actually have been extremely concerned, and MAGA would have marched on the US Capitol again to force him out.

Imagine it for any past president for that matter.

But this kind of thing is now so normalized that even some of us on DU take it with a shrug? Nobody in the press even got a hair out of place much less had to run as fast as they could for a fire extinguisher to put it out?

But the inevitable truth behind the situation is that there is a serious reason behind it. And this White House will never let us know what it is until Ted Cruz opens a closet in the new ballroom and finds his spray tanned bones....

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He very well may be in declining health, but I don't think those texts prove much of anything. bearsfootball516 Oct 7 #1
Yes, I think the point of the piece is that Trump's switch to text interviews calls into question Prairie Gates Oct 7 #2
I agree with your assessment. Gimpyknee Oct 7 #9
Let's all just take one second to clear our minds and imagine a world in which.... Ol Janx Spirit Oct 7 #17
so, either Trump was typing or voice to text interprets his word salad correctly. bucolic_frolic Oct 7 #3
Trump and Tapper. tanyev Oct 7 #4
When has Trump ever refused doing one of his trademarked bullshit call-in interviews? sop Oct 7 #5
As opposed to his coherent statements the past x years? kerouac2 Oct 7 #6
He's a chatbot. Probably programmed by ChatGOP. usonian Oct 7 #7
Jake was obviously communicating with President Miller, not his puppet. mwb970 Oct 7 #8
Dumpy's health problems are not conspiracies. Clouds Passing Oct 7 #10
Really. When these people go down, we need to make sure the wealthy people behind travelingthrulife Oct 7 #15
It's in the cards that JD Vance will be the "Big Guy" shortly. But,.. chouchou Oct 7 #11
They (3 crypto bros) are ready and waiting. usonian Oct 7 #12
All three are short-sighted fools. travelingthrulife Oct 7 #16
White supremacist Trump is inviting more. usonian Oct 7 #18
Texting while on dialysis? surfered Oct 7 #13
Jake Tapper: Fascist enabler. Miguelito Loveless Oct 7 #14
Think there will be another book coming displacedvermoter Oct 7 #20
Is he dead yet? Wicked Blue Oct 7 #19
He's not declined that fast ... JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 7 #21
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