they have gone to some effort for years to not show him like this. if they did it now, it wasn’t a pr decision per se, there was an overriding imperative that made it either desirable or necessary.
no idea which, though I am sure we will have a dozen experts on both sides of the issue making blanket statements of ‘fact’ on this shortly.
what I am saying is they haven’t handled his health like we have handled biden, who is now getting bossed around on camera by the easter bunny and routinely forgets basic information about current events.