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As Debate Looms, Trump Is Now the One Facing Questions About Age and Capacity
The New York Times ^ | Sept. 9, 2024, 3:40 p.m. ET | Peter Baker

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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To: 21twelve

I think Kim came away from that meeting feeling 6 feet tall. Only DJT could do that.


41 posted on 09/09/2024 4:38:10 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Gaffer
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42 posted on 09/09/2024 4:47:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

NYT

NOT YOUR TRUTH


43 posted on 09/09/2024 4:52:30 PM PDT by Pearfect (Ou can't beat the competition lock-in)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He speaks for two hours straight at his rallies - and has just as much energy at the end as he does at the beginning. He frequently appears at more than one event in the same day. The man got shot, stood right back up, and urged his supporters to “Fight! Fight! Fight! No one on the Democrat side could do the same.


44 posted on 09/09/2024 4:56:02 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What a gasbag chode this clown is.


45 posted on 09/09/2024 5:00:16 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Harris will be given the questions beforehand, I'm sure. The ABC mods will do everything they can to help Kamala the Simpleton.
46 posted on 09/09/2024 5:06:47 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason
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To: Gaffer
Wow....30 people.....judging from your articles, virtually everything you post is from NYT, and you got 30 people....

I've posted from all over the place for 26 years. You'd know that if you were smart enough to check.

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47 posted on 09/09/2024 5:07:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What the Left projecting again? Wow what a shock.


48 posted on 09/09/2024 5:50:01 PM PDT by AndyTheBear (Certified smarter than average for my species)
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To: Luke21

At least Trump didn’t flunk the bar exam like the just brilliant Miss Harris did.


49 posted on 09/09/2024 6:57:44 PM PDT by laconic ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump will be 5 days cold in his grave and smarter than Kamala on her BEST day


50 posted on 09/10/2024 2:05:19 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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