That’s weird, even by hyperbole standards. Which politicians, exactly? I’d only heard it about Biden, because Repiblicans project enough for an IMAX multiplex.
Trump, back during his first term (the rumors about him being on death’s door with COVID were rampant). Biden, for nearly his entire term in office. Hillary was going to die in the middle of her 2016 run. I remember people insisting Vladimir Putin was on his way out any day now all the way back in 2005 - there’s even a wikipedia article about how many times his death was misreported. And there’s an endless parade of rumors about Kim Jung Un keeling over, Ayatollah Khomanie being terminally ill, ffs “Castro is dying, get in the boats!” was a thing people said about Fidel from his mid-fifties until he handed over office to his brother Raul in 2008.
Pretty much anyone the US government / media doesn’t like gets a scattershot “dude could die any day now” headline from time to time. And the more reactionary the source, the more credulous the allegations.
But Trump was showing early signs of dementia during his first term. He’s showing signs of rapidly-advancing dementia now. Non-dementia health claims about other politicians without evidence in no way discredit the claim that he’s visibly declining with dementia symptoms. The difference here is evidence. (And is it really an improbable that an elderly President would suffer dementia in his second term, and that his staff would try to cover it up?)
Well, that’s the thing, isn’t it? It doesn’t matter what people say, the truth will reveal itself no matter one’s feelings about MAGA or liberals. Whatever people have said about other politicians, I’ve been watching the President’s mental state deteriorate in a manner congruent with the progression of dementia since the early signs in his first term. And, for the record, no, that doesn’t mean he’s going to be gone soon. The life expectancy after diagnosis is years; he might die before the end of his term, or (with the best care in the world) he might not. We’ll see about Schumer, too. I haven’t seen any dementia symptoms in him, but I haven’t paid any attention to him, either.
That’s weird, even by hyperbole standards. Which politicians, exactly? I’d only heard it about Biden, because Repiblicans project enough for an IMAX multiplex.
Trump, back during his first term (the rumors about him being on death’s door with COVID were rampant). Biden, for nearly his entire term in office. Hillary was going to die in the middle of her 2016 run. I remember people insisting Vladimir Putin was on his way out any day now all the way back in 2005 - there’s even a wikipedia article about how many times his death was misreported. And there’s an endless parade of rumors about Kim Jung Un keeling over, Ayatollah Khomanie being terminally ill, ffs “Castro is dying, get in the boats!” was a thing people said about Fidel from his mid-fifties until he handed over office to his brother Raul in 2008.
Pretty much anyone the US government / media doesn’t like gets a scattershot “dude could die any day now” headline from time to time. And the more reactionary the source, the more credulous the allegations.
But Trump was showing early signs of dementia during his first term. He’s showing signs of rapidly-advancing dementia now. Non-dementia health claims about other politicians without evidence in no way discredit the claim that he’s visibly declining with dementia symptoms. The difference here is evidence. (And is it really an improbable that an elderly President would suffer dementia in his second term, and that his staff would try to cover it up?)
That’s what was reported. But, again, none of this reporting is reliable. It’s all just court gossip.
It’s credulity. Liberals are more receptive to “conservatives in decline” than they are when it is reported of their own politicians.
That’s why Feinstein got to die in office without facing any kind of serious challenger. And why Schumer will benefit from the same.
Well, that’s the thing, isn’t it? It doesn’t matter what people say, the truth will reveal itself no matter one’s feelings about MAGA or liberals. Whatever people have said about other politicians, I’ve been watching the President’s mental state deteriorate in a manner congruent with the progression of dementia since the early signs in his first term. And, for the record, no, that doesn’t mean he’s going to be gone soon. The life expectancy after diagnosis is years; he might die before the end of his term, or (with the best care in the world) he might not. We’ll see about Schumer, too. I haven’t seen any dementia symptoms in him, but I haven’t paid any attention to him, either.