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Did he do it for the memes?

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I thought you were trolling, like in a "you have to double check if I'm bullshitting you now" kind of way. But it's actually true... and unlike his Putin remark he didn't seem to even notice he said it.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Its only been getting worse as this post conference pressser has gone on.

He has forgotten entirely to respond to parts of a multipart question, meandered into basically 'I sat down with Golda Meir and Yitsak Rabin and we accomplished peace!', just keeps repeating things he did (some of which are legitimate accomplishments) that have little to do with the questions asked...

... "You said your presidency would be a bridge to younger candidates, what happened to that?"

Rambles about being in the Senate a really long time

... at one point he actually said, outloud, 'How do I not make this seem self centered?' before answering a 'Considering the stakes, do you really think you should run?' type of question.

In the time I have been typing this he has basically barked in anger after a short response to a question that was followed by the reporter asking 'thats all?'.

He also keeps doing the sort of asshole loud whisper sarcasm voice.

He is coming off as a sundowning angry old man who doesn't want his car keys taken away.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Yes and it's really getting to the point where it undoubtedly impacts his ability to perform without an aide basically at his side at all times. Imagine him telling another world leader something insane and the translator having to jump in correct him. Or worse, how can you be sure something he did mean to say was actually something he meant to say and not just another mistake? That kind of communication failure is very dangerous at the highest level.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Man, imagine being the White House translator the next four years. Whoever wins, you'll be stuck there looking apologetically at the guests going "sorry dude, IDK either".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yes, I spoke with someone earlier today about how communication is VITAL to being president. If he can't communicate, he can't do his job.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yes, his emotional regulation is pretty bad now too. He was always a seemingly calm, nice old man and now he's gotten petty, blames his staff for errors (very unlike him), and in general is acting really off.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes, I think the people here claiming Biden is as sharp now as 4 years ago, that he's always made these "gaffes," must either 1) not have watched him actually make these errors to see how bad they were 2) do not remember how sharp he was comparatively 4 years ago and/or 3) have never been around someone with cognitive decline and don't recognize how serious it is.

And the Putin remark - he caught himself, but still couldn't remember Zelensky's name. And he's met Zelenksy a few times, he should know him.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

I mean… it was pretty bad but also clearly a slip of tongue as it didn’t confuse the sentence or message - not great though , fuck the DNC