Neurodegeneration associated with age can impede IQ. But he was smart when he was a young lad
Narcissistic, manipulative, impulsive and arrogant… But intelligent…
Sometimes I seriously believe his rambles are merely a way of catering towards a certain demographic within the US. Then again, footage form behind the scenes indicates he is like this behind the cameras as well as in public (incessant rambling, nonsensical rants over his political opponents etc)
Is his perceived level cognitive decline equitable to Biden? I think it’s close, but Biden certainly takes the cake when he forgets what he’s talking about mid sentence.
Trump might not make any sense half the time during his unhinged rants, but he manages to stay on topic. Whether it’s talking about injecting bleach to cure covid-19, pushing QANON, talking about firing/dismantling the livelihoods of those who dare disobey him or doxxing whistleblowers, he generally remains engrained within one particular topic during his ridiculous rambles.
Biden on the other hand forgets mid conversation. Sure, he has a speech impediment… But that doesn’t account for some of his really awkward gaffes.
I think both have some form of undiagnosed or undisclosed neurodegenerative disease associated with old age.
Yes. I said he’s not a smart man and I was speaking of his capabilities in the present. I still think that’s an accurate statement of where he is today. How he was as a lad I have no clue.
They are part of it no doubt. It certainly proved that Republicans simply do not care if you speak completely nonsensical stuff over and over again. He ran on gibberish and demonstrably impossible things and beat 16 other Republicans handily. He wasn’t wrong when he said he could shoot someone and not lose voters. But he talked shit on a lot of people and I guess that’s what Republicans cared about in 2016. Didn’t matter if it made sense or not.
Lucky for him Democrats ran maybe the only person he could have beat. They were just as stupid in 2016 to run someone every bit as unlikeable. And he still couldn’t garner more votes.
I don’t know nor particularly think it’s important. Neither is playing with close to a full deck at this point due to age. The difference is one was convinced they knew everything and didn’t need to listen to anyone and the other is aware of the folly of that. We’d far rather have Biden’s characteristics as a leader than Trump’s. Biden at least pretends we have a United States and cares about the people living in it. Trump cared about the people who supported him and that’s it. It’s why he lost and he only lost because he can’t control himself. Biden especially at his age was no unbeatable foe. But he didn’t need to attack Trump because Trump did all the work for him for four years. He created perhaps the most unwavering base in modern American history, but convinced far more Americans to pick anyone else.
Biden’s approval ratings will likely remain or go lower as Covid rages on, but he’s been significantly more liked than Trump and it’s not really close. I don’t know that he can run in 2024 as he will be really old and likely will continue to decline mentally but Dems would take Biden/Trump round two in a heartbeat. When your opponents are begging you to keep making the same mistake that’s a bad sign. It doesn’t seem (so far) as if Republicans have learned that. But I doubt Trump runs in 2024. His ego can’t take another loss. That’s why he continues to fake the whole stolen stuff.
But he likes the spotlight and he likes taking money from people who give it to him constantly so I think he lip services it until death.
Sometimes he could yes, often not. Either way ridiculous rambles is yet another reason why I’d say today he isn’t a smart man.
But Mufasa’s question about the primary is a definite yes. Even if he’s polling unreal against Republicans they will have some type of primary. It would be a short one if things were held today as he could still easily demolish any current Republican out there. But they would still have a true primary. The bigger question would be if any Republicans with a true shot would risk potential political suicide in taking him head on. But it’s a long ways out still and a lot can change between then and now.
I think they will put up some “Sacrificial Lambs” for show.
One thing that is interesting to see is someone like my “used-to-be” favorite, Nikki Haley desperately trying to appeal to the Trumpublicans while trying to not be Trump.
It not only is a “no-win scenario”…it’s sad to see someone with such Presidential potential be sucked into the Trump Vortex into oblivion.
I never understand this mindset (not sure whether it’s true or not).
You are conservative, dislike Trump and vote against, and also vote for a more liberal representative? One that could hamstring the surely more liberal president soon coming.
In theory, anything can be improved. Reality is another story. One could even argue that given the circumstances, it’s Afghanistan, it went better than planned.
I don’t disagree that each person should have been looking to their own safety and not making the bet that US might call off leaving. President treco would have been moving those ‘needing’ to leave, for months. Or if in less time, from several venues and with some urgency. And the message that after such and such date, you have made your own decision.
It’s easy to Monday morning quarterback, but this withdrawal effort (of which I agree with) was ineptitude, going back to Trump.
The thing is, they didn’t have to leave. They were free to stay if they chose. Basically, the plan needed to account for people who were going to wait until the last minute. They gambled on the Afghan government for their security until it was obvious that Kabul was going to fall. Now it’s Biden and/or the American government’s fault.
The real issue, that many Republicans or Trump followers are ignoring, is that we, under Trump, acknowledged the Taliban as a legitimate political power. We essentially negotiated with terrorists and gave them everything they demanded. That was the master negotiator and deal maker at work.
Trump ran as the most liberal President in history. I would say it’s more about those groups being disgusted and staying home and/or the brand being tarnished.
When Presidents have low approval ratings the party tends to have low approval ratings.
The important thing is that we have withdrawn. The other option was likely to stay forever I guess. I don’t have faith that with more time we could have done anything else.
STOP with the facts, @zecarlo…a fact that appears to be lost on just about every Conservative pundit, news agency (especially FOX), internet Troll and Trumpublican I run into.
Ding ding, we have a winner for most hyper-partisan/cheerleader post in a decent while
I almost want to ask, what if the planning for such an event (and again, based on perceived American weakness) began prior to this past week? Like a year ago? Two years ago? Or after, say, the Helsinki summit?
Because you probably wanna know what they and their followers are saying and who these followers are if they’re local. Some extremists were found and arrested here because their social media profiles were being monitored. Yeah, they’re that stupid. One dumb fuck who has probably never met a Jew in his life was going to kill a bunch of people in a synagogue and was stupid enough to post about it online. He got caught on his way there with weapons on public transport lol. Others do stuff like send funds, which is illegal here but dumbasses generally don’t know the law well.
Trump and his more extreme supporters aren’t as hard to monitor.
Not that I’m comparing Trump nor his supporters with the Taliban. Just saying it’s a source of intel although most of it would be unreliable if the Taliban itself is planning any major movements.
So the lefty narrative we seem to have going here in the thread is that Biden was powerless to use any of the executive-branch levers of power to alter anything set in motion by Donald Trump, cult master, who had the exact same level of authority as Biden does today. Biden was able to un-do all kinds of Trump executive actions, but not this one.
Somehow history’s most capable fighting force under total command of President Biden wasn’t enough to avert or possibly improve the outcome we have now.
I’m also hearing that the tens of thousands of Americans and Afghan allies who are now seemingly stuck there were all just dumb rubes who should have known better. Fuck 'em.
It would be nice if the President could offer some clarity, but to nobody’s shock he refused to take questions at his most recent press conference.
The Taliban gave a press conference as well. They actually interacted with reporters in comparably clear terms. They also correctly pointed out the hypocrisy when asked about the level of freedom of speech they intend to allow, mentioning Facebook specifically.
I won’t mince words here. The fucking Taliban appear more competent and certainly more coherent than our President, who literally turned his back on the people who have every right to ask questions. This is a disaster.
From the transcript…
[Question]
This question should be asked to those people who are claiming to be promoters of freedom of speech. Do not allow publication of all information, news, I can ask Facebook company. This question should be asked to them.
We have no international moral authority on free speech right now. You can’t bitch about your neighbor’s overgrown lawn when you’ve got a rusted-out 1983 IROC-Z sitting on blocks in your front yard.
Yup, they’ve learnt a lot about PR from China. I don’t wanna diss Biden, just like I refrained from dissing Trump while he was president, but he’s not giving the international community a lot of confidence due to his public persona. Trump was hated by most and loved by a few but at least people didn’t think he was “weak”.
