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senseandsensibility

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Mon Jun 22, 2026, 02:45 PM Monday

Aaron Rupar outlines why Trump's age is way more of a factor than Biden's [View all]

"The nature of Trump's personalist presidency, in which the entire govt is organized around turning his whims into reality and the barest hint of dissent is swiftly punished, makes the question of his age *even more important* than it was with Biden, who was surrounded by competent people."

Jake Tapper is a lost cause of course, but how can the rest of the media be blind to this? He is not only falling asleep all the time, ranting and raving and threatening violence, gorging himself on revenge against "enemies" and endless vanity projects, HE IS MISMANAGING A WAR and even his own party knows it.

But the main point that Rupar is making, is that there is no one to stop him. IF Biden's age was a real issue (and that's a big if to me), he listened to his advisors who were experts.

That's the real story here, media. Get it together.
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