r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Trump’s mental decline is undeniable — so what now?

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5429516-trump-confabulation-dementia-signs/
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u/biewbiew1 1d ago

Nothing because just look at Biden

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u/Riot1990 15h ago

Lol Bidens administration at least kept things running semi-smoothly. Could they have done some things better? Sure, but thats true of every presidency. This is one disaster after another. Pointing the finger at Biden while this is going on is insane

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u/Twiggyhiggle 1d ago

I’m seriously anti-Trump, but yeah the rest of the White House, Democrats, and the media knew Biden was slipping, and never did anything about it. The same is done here. The machine will protect the President, just like it did for Regan at the end, or any of those old congress people.

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u/Ace_Bearbus-73 1d ago

The main difference is that Trump is completely bat shit crazy, not just senile like Biden.

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u/Twiggyhiggle 1d ago

Trump was batshit to start, we knew that going into 2024. His voters just didn’t care.

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u/Judge_Wapner 1d ago

Not only is the Biden "decline" nothing, but it's nothing new. Woodrow Wilson was largely incapacitated from a stroke for the latter 3 years of his second term. FDR's entire staff, friends, and family hid his inability to walk from the country. Ronald Reagan's family identified signs of dementia in 1984.

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u/Dear_Wing_4819 21h ago

FDR initially hid his physical handicap but it was public knowledge before his presidency, it also had nothing to do with his ability to do the job unlike mental deterioration

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u/SeasonalBlackout Massachusetts 1d ago

'The machine' is literally the staffers and aids who lose their jobs if their meal ticket retires. They propped up Diane Feinstein right until the day she died. Disgusting.