Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age

The New York Times ^ | Oct. 6, 2024 | Peter Baker and Dylan Freedman

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Former President Donald J. Trump vividly recounted how the audience at his climactic debate with Vice President Kamala Harris was on his side. Except that there was no audience. The debate was held in an empty hall. No one “went crazy,” as Mr. Trump put it, because no one was there.

Anyone can misremember, of course. But the debate had been just a week earlier and a fairly memorable moment. And it was hardly the only time Mr. Trump has seemed confused, forgetful, incoherent or disconnected from reality lately. In fact, it happens so often these days that it no longer even generates much attention.

He rambles, he repeats himself, he roams from thought to thought — some of them hard to understand, some of them unfinished, some of them factually fantastical. He voices outlandish claims that seem to be made up out of whole cloth. He digresses into bizarre tangents about golf, about sharks, about his own “beautiful” body. He relishes “a great day in Louisiana” after spending the day in Georgia. He expresses fear that North Korea is “trying to kill me” when he presumably means Iran. As late as last month, Mr. Trump was still speaking as if he were running against President Biden, five weeks after his withdrawal from the race.

With Mr. Biden out, Mr. Trump, at 78, is now the oldest major party nominee for president in history and would be the oldest president ever if he wins and finishes another term at 82. A review of Mr. Trump’s rallies, interviews, statements and social media posts finds signs of change since he first took the political stage in 2015. He has always been discursive and has...

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The NYT seems to be projecting Biden and Harris, who can spout nothing but nonsensical word salad on the rare occasions they actually appear in public, onto President Trump, who can give hours-long teleprompter-free interviews and speeches multiple times per day.

[johniegrad]

Nonsensical tripe from propagandists.

[enumerated]

Yeah sure.

[lee martell]

NYT. You don’t even have to look.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

NYT is as dementia-ridden as Biden. And as drunk as Harris.

[BradyLS]

Not believing. Biden is the angry rambler, has been, and the New York Times never cared until Trump thumped him in June.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

A drowning newspaper grasping at straws.

President Trump is sharp as a tack. He's a fit, and would happily beat to death the entire editorial staff with a golf club.

[God luvs America]

meanwhile, every time harris opens her mouth she sounds like she’s drunk.

BTW- wasn’t it the leftists who used to say, “if you’re not angry you’re not paying attention”?

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

Peter and Dylan, I wonder which one is the girl?

[Señor Presidente]

After years of deceiving the public on Biden’s cognitive and physical infirmities, age-ism now becomes a critical topic to the NYT.

[Mogger]

Well, the leftist “media” and every other leftist extremist has given a normal person such as Trump plenty to be angry about and “ramble on” about.

[GrumpyOldGuy]

His own Government has tried, and continues to try to ruin him using lies, intimidation, and threats, and “someone” has tried to kill him twice. I’d be upset too. I think he’s allowed to be himself in the way he wants to be. A MOST disingenuous piece of leftist Propoganda.

[Señor Presidente]

And also:

NYT articles, increasingly angry and rambling,...

[Red6]

Not very smart, the liberal news simply recycles stories.

But they run with this nonsense since it feeds the anti-conservative message.

Trump being a “true” conservative, (((pro-Constitution))), small government, less regulations, free markets, and America first meaning no hemorrhaging money overseas or illegals... is an unimaginable thought for the hard corps liberals that are all about bigger government for their causes, globalism, and violating all tenets of the constitution in their pursuit of an egalitarian and secure nation.

If it were a Romney, McCain, a McConnell or Bush, the MSM could accept these since they aren’t real conservatives and are basically near indistinguishable from many of their Democrat peers. But Trump is unacceptable. He makes liberals foam at the mouth.

[AZJeep]

Oh, NO!
Just few months, age did not matter.
Brandon was as fresh as spring chicken.
But now, it is different story.

I remember when they played (skillfully) the age card on Bob Dole.
And he was only 73 then!

[frank ballenger]

But if this was from the actual iconic Gray Lady, the New York Times, then shouldn’t we all believe it ?/SARC

“The New York Times is considered a national “newspaper of record” and is often regarded as the gold standard in American journalism.”

Others of us consider it 💩.

[BenLurkin]

What question of age?

[Herodes]

The “Old Gray Whore” would never lie to us....

[The_Media_never_lie]

Hahahahaha! The NYT was never concerned with the mental state of Biden, who had dementia in 2019! Pure NYT propaganda, which is what they do best.

[rktman]

So no one tuned in, thus leaving a barren wasteland where once an audience was? Nyt=gross dumbassery.