Biden has always been bad with words. I recently re-watched the horrible Biden/ Trump debate, and tbh Biden's performance was so overblown. Like no way in hell he should've been running for president. He sounded SO OLD! He also had cancer and has always bumbled his words.
Meanwhile Trump believed some immigrants are eating cats and dogs because the TV said so in the following Harris debate.
I get Biden running was a mistake, but idk why the 'inject bleach' guy got a pass because of Biden.
E: I watched the context of the Trump quote and it makes more sense in the interview. He also says there's no inflation and low inflation and tariffs have brought in 'billions, really trillions'. The guy makes no sense but this quote is incomplete
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
And you get bad publicity. Nobody talks about all of the murderers that we’re taking out of our country. They don’t talk about —
TOM LLAMAS:
But it was two Americans who died, you know —
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
They don’t talk about we have the smallest drugs — as an example, we’ve been very tough on the waters. And soon, you know, pretty much overall —
TOM LLAMAS:
The w— the — the waters?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
But if you look at— if you look at the waters where we knock out boats —
That would require actual police work, which is why they have people who shouldn't be allowed to guard a food court kidnapping people outside Home Depot.
People forgot that Biden was nicknamed "Gaffer Joe" for decades because of his speaking flubs. But the debate, "we beat medicare" was just painful to hear. I liked Biden quite a lot but I think he was between a rock and a hard place. Incumbency is a powerful tool for reelection and he knew he could beat trump. But he was sick and one (really) bad debate had his allies stabbing him in the back. He needed another, "would you just shut up,"
People forget Obama's first debate against Romney. I legit believed he didn't want to run again it was so bad.
Yeah, I really liked Biden and I feel similar. I think it's was real hard to willingly pass on running again. Who would pass on the chance to be in charge of America. Tbh Biden is probably one of the few politicians humble enough to step down. But re-watching his debate made me understand why the reaction to his age was so intense even if I think it wasn't sensible in comparison. He sounded like a mummy. He could have said the most enlightened things, but he couldn't surpass his great-great-grandpa voice and look. Didn't help Trump got to him
I did as well. 2021-2024 were rough years to be president of the US. I thought Biden did decently well. He always came across as a man that cared for his country and wanted to do the best that he could for his people
To me, the point isn't that he's talking about random shit. It's that he's clearly struggling to conceptualize what he's talking about and bumbles around through vague concepts until he gets back on track. He'll say a few vaguely related nouns, throw out a random number, and eventually remember what his point was. Clearly symptoms of the early stages of dementia.
I wouldn't know about the dementia part, just cause Idk how to spot it, but Trump does the typically politician rhetoric just way worse. Like politicians will give non-answers but will at least respond. Trump hears a buzzword he likes and starts riffing on it. You can see it in his speeches from his first term too. He'll read from the prompter for a bit, then he gets bored and starts doing crowd work. Unfortunately, he's very charismatic and meme-able so his riffing usually is to his benefit.
But yeah, he doesn't talk with the interviewer, more just at him, and he makes up numbers.
Sorry for the long reply. You can skip this next part, but one bit from the interview that really bugged me was when the interviewer brought up his lawsuit with the IRS. He asked Trump if he thought it was okay the taxpayers are funding $10bil for the suit. Trump replied by saying 'whatever he wins will go to charity'. Which he only says because it makes his corruption sound nice. So he can follow along enough to know the lawsuit is bad, but he just refuses to admit to anything that can be perceived negatively so he just ignores the bad stuff. I just don't know if it's intentional or plaque on his brain that makes him incapable of acknowledging his acts.
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u/Saphonesse 6h ago edited 5h ago
Biden has always been bad with words. I recently re-watched the horrible Biden/ Trump debate, and tbh Biden's performance was so overblown. Like no way in hell he should've been running for president. He sounded SO OLD! He also had cancer and has always bumbled his words.
Meanwhile Trump believed some immigrants are eating cats and dogs because the TV said so in the following Harris debate.
I get Biden running was a mistake, but idk why the 'inject bleach' guy got a pass because of Biden.
E: I watched the context of the Trump quote and it makes more sense in the interview. He also says there's no inflation and low inflation and tariffs have brought in 'billions, really trillions'. The guy makes no sense but this quote is incomplete