Posted on 09/09/2024 2:50:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The last time the nation held a debate with the presidency on the line, a candidate with about eight decades of life behind him faced the challenge of proving that he was still up to the job of running the country. He failed.
Two and a half months later, the cast of characters has shifted and another candidate heading toward the octogenarian club confronts his own test to demonstrate that he has not diminished with age. Whether he passes that test may influence who will be the next occupant of the Oval Office.
At 78, former President Donald J. Trump exhibits more energy and speaks with more volume than President Biden does at 81, but he, too, has mixed up names, confused facts and stumbled over his points. Mr. Trump’s rambling speeches, sometimes incoherent statements and extreme outbursts have raised questions about his own cognitive health and, according to polls, stimulated doubts among a majority of voters.
With Mr. Biden now out of the race, the politics of age have been turned on their head. Mr. Trump is now the oldest person ever to run for president on a major party ticket and, if he wins, would become the oldest president in history by the end of his term, when he would be 82. While he managed to sidestep questions about his own capacity while Mr. Biden was his opponent, the rival he will square off against at Tuesday’s prime-time debate in Philadelphia will be Vice President Kamala Harris, who at 59 is nearly two decades younger.
The issue has been propelled back into the campaign by some of Mr. Trump’s recent public performances, most notably a meandering, hard-to-follow answer to a question on child care at the Economic Club of New York last...
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No he’s not. Not by anyone who isn’t lying.
This undeniable fact is just eating away at the Trump haters.
LMAO. These headlines are pathetic. Leave it to the old, wet rag... the NY Times.
President Trump is more than capable of stomping cackles in this debate.
Look what he did to Biden just a few months ago, and you’re telling me she is better than that dementia patient? I doubt it!
She ain’t just gray, she’s dead Jim.
They’re digging again. LOL He’s on the go 24/. Doesn’t drink or smoke.
DT is way on top of the mafia deep state.
He doesn’t run from anything!
Some people might want this to be true but it’s not an honest opinion
The idiot who wrote this piece must have missed Trump’s lengthy address last week on national finances.
He loves campaigning, he loves rallies, he loves debates, he loves dealing with the press...and he loves talking extemporaneously for hours and hours.
And most of all, he loves his country so it's all a labor of love.
They are scared to death. It’s pathetic.
On Reddit, every other post is about how Trump is old and had dementia. And with this article coming out, I would bet my house that that’s the angle KumAllah and the moderators will take. They will do something to try to make PDJT look old and feeble and demented, of which he is none of that.
I was pretty embarrassed when Trump said something about our wonderful ally North Korea. Oh, wait...
No. No, he is not.
This is a talking point sent out to the media by the Democrat party. I’ve seen on social media and other sites the “cut and paste” comments that Trump is old and suffering from dementia. These obviously paid commenters state that Trump can’t speak without losing his train of thought, mispronouncing words, etc.
It is, as is this article, designed to distract from the fact they replaced Biden (after lying about his mental ability for years) with Kamala who received no votes.
No matter how much you hate, distrust, and despise the media, it is not enough.
Funny how it wasn’t an issue until they got rid of Biden.
Indeed, these people are consummate liars.
I almosgt find these articles funny except that they are hit pieces, not news.
Why doesn’t anyone ask what Harris is doing and explain how? And that’s easy, she doesn’t know how. Maybe she’s too young and lacks capacity to do the job.
Trump has already done the job.
wy69
NYT’s Peter Baker, whistling past the graveyard.
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