As Biden Departs, Trump Set to Face Questions over His Age and Acuity
- 'As Biden departs, Trump set to face questions over his age and acuity,' The Guardian, July 22, 2024. With a younger rival to emerge, the focus is likely to turn to ex-president, 78, and his often rambling, confused speeches. - Edited.
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With 78-year-old Donald Trump now certain to face a Democratic candidate younger than he is, the Republican could have the tables turned on him over the questions of age and mental agility that he often sidestepped while Joe Biden was his opponent. The age gap between Trump and any of his likely Democrat opponents Kamala Harris, 59; Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, 52; Pennsylvanias Josh Shapiro, 51 could make him the sole focus of voters desire for a generational handover of power.
And with Bidens often stumbling public appearances and especially his disastrous debate now a thing of the past, there is likely to be a fresh focus on Trumps mental acuity and his frequently rambling, confused campaign speeches. Last month, for example, Trump got the name of his own doctor wrong. Previously he has made high-profile campaign trail gaffes, in which he seemed to think Barack Obama was still president and mistook his arch Republican rival Nikki Haley for Nancy Pelosi.
Nearly 60% of US voters said last month that Biden should definitely or probably be replaced, while Trumps favorability rating had risen to 40% since his hush-money conviction and the attempt on his life eight days ago. Harriss favorability sits at around 39%. Bidens departure from the ticket upends several aspects of Republicans calculations, including that Trump the felon will now possibly have to debate Harris the former prosecutor in September if she receives the nomination.
..Trumps reaction to his recent assassination attempt pumping his fist and mouthing Fight, fight, fight! has been full of vigor and helped unify his Republican party behind him and after his brush with death, he vowed to run a unity campaign. But that pledge dissolved on Saturday when he returned to disparaging Biden, Harris and the Democratic agenda and has been delivering his usual rants on the campaign trail, often laced with conspiracy theories and even a repeated and bizarre reference to a shark...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/22/election-trump-harris
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GoodRaisin
(9,333 posts)appalachiablue
(42,207 posts)Redleg
(5,926 posts)The media doesn't even mention his felony convictions, felony indictoments, civil losses nearly often enough. The media sucked up all the space with ponderings about Biden's age, health, and debate performance.
where were the calls for the convicted felon / sex offender to step down
and he's been ranting gibberish for as long as I can remember
onetexan
(13,460 posts)Every Dem in Congress & supporter do it. Call out his crazed incoherent rants with "Do u want another 4 years of this?"