The polls, they are a changin.’ Donald Trump may rue the day that he kept harping on how old and out of it Uncle Joe was. Joe decided to pass the torch and that torch is now burning one large orange chicken. All he needs now is sweet and sour sauce on the side and he’s done. The Morning Consult poll came out for the week. It contains a lot of unpleasant truths. People not only object strenuously to Trump’s personality and how he handles himself, they are also worried about whether he would even live through another term. And let’s face it, the actuary tables put Trump at high risk. An average American male lives to be 77. Trump is 78, morbidly obese, doesn’t exercise much, and he’s clearly cognitively impaired.
According to the poll, 71 percent of respondents agreed that Harris was “in good health,” while 52 percent said the same about Trump—6 percent fewer than believed the same about Trump when Biden was the presumptive Democratic nominee.
The number of respondents who thought that Trump was “mentally fit” for the job also dropped. Roughly 64 percent of respondents believed that Harris was mentally fit, while just 48 percent believed the same about Trump—a 5 percent drop from before Biden withdrew.
Meanwhile, the number of respondents who believed that Trump is too old for the job rose. Whereas just 12 percent of polled Americans believed that the 59-year-old vice president was too old to be president, 51 percent thought that Trump had aged out of the position—7 percent more than had previously felt the same when Biden was Trump’s opponent.
Voters also said they were more concerned about Trump’s erratic behavior worsening with age should he retake the White House in November. Roughly 82 percent of polled voters said that Trump’s “poor decision making” and “erratic behavior” was a major concern, while roughly three-quarters of polled respondents listed his inability to communicate effectively with the American public, U.S. officials, and foreign officials, as well as a weakened perception of strength on the international stage, as other points of “major concern.” Another 49 percent and 44 percent of polled Americans described the potential onset of illness and death as major concerns, respectively.
All of those qualms are well grounded in reality. Now as to Trump’s mental state, I found this in Charlie Sykes column on Substack.
Meanwhile, we got this from the tangled blackened zucchini of Trump’s prefrontal cortex. Jim Stewartson posted: “Here is the actual GOP candidate for President of the United States attempting to say something about Mark Zuckerberg which is literally all I can figure out from this 90-SECOND LONG SENTENCE.”
“So Mark Zuckerberg called me first of all he called me a few times she called me after the event that he said that was really amazing it was very brave and you know and he actually announced he’s not going to support a Democrat because he can’t because he respected me for what I did that day I think what I did maybe was a norm to me it was a normal response but I was called by Mark Zuckerberg yesterday the day before on this same subject and he actually apologized he said they made a mistake etc etc in the correcting mistake a Google nobody called from Google one of the things I do in a show like yours you you show you know you see them Fox but what you really see it is all over the place they take clips of your show that you’re doing right now with me and if I do a good job they’re going to vote for me they’re going to vote for me because it’s not just on Fox it’s on Fox is a smaller part of it you’re on all over this those little beautiful cell phones you’re on you’re all over the place you have a product you have a great product you have a great brand so you have to get out you have to get out you have to do things like your show and other shows and Google has been very bad they’ve been very irresponsible and I have a feeling that Google isn’t going to be close to shut down because I don’t think Congress is going to take it I really don’t think so Google has to be careful now I will say this I believe Mark Zuckerberg he called me so he called me a lot they are working and I think they fixed it but what can he’s not doing what he did four years ago with the five hundred million dollars I don’t believe.”
My apologies for wasting your brain cells and those minutes of your life you will never get back.
But, seriously: WTAF?
That is Trump. That is the kind of “mind” that would be the leader of the western world — at least who would have that title. Most likely Olaf Scholz or Emmanuel Macron would realistically do that actual job. And domestically, the worst vermin in politics would implement Project 2025 day by day.
Meanwhile, in reality Kamala Harris and her soon to be announced VP choice will do a whirlwind tour while J.D. Vance takes his weird show on the road and Donald Trump has one gig planned, Friday in Montana.
Don’t work too hard, Donald.
That needs to be an LP ad if there’s audio or better still video. And if so and Trump chickens out of the debate as he likely will Harris should play it. And hell yes, have a good laugh followed by saying how much fun it would have been to have Trump there talking his gibberish so she could slap him around like a tetherball.
He blinked and it has ramifications for him and his watchers, who may or may not continue to agree with him blinking more. In sum, he’s blinked his way down a path of no return that has a use-by-date firmly stamped onto its underbelly. Keep blinking Don Don.
OMPG!(OH MY PHUCKING GOD)!
A clarification, Ursula:
The 77 year life span you’ve cited is the life expectancy for an Americn male born this year (more accurately 77.5 years) as stated in an actuarial table.
The table shows the life expectancy for a 78 YO American male (Von Schitzie) is 8.27 years, meaning someone in good health at 78 should turn 86 before passing. Given his lousy diet, obesity, current stress level and reputed need for adult diapers, TFG isn’t likely to make it 8 more years.
While the life expectancy for an 81 YO in good health is 6.85 years, given Joe Biden’s health and high activity level, plus the fact that in January he’ll be relieved of the stress he’s been under in recent times, I think chances are good that he’ll be here well after his 88th birthday. I daresay he’ll be able to dance, then urinate, on the Mango Messiah’s grave.
At 79, with 15 years on a coronary bypass, 8 on a Watchman implant, almost 3 on a pacemaker, and 9 on a set of titanium knees, I just may see my 7.78 year life expectancy. I didn’t expect to get to 77, much less 87, so I say a prayer of thanks every day.
hang in there like Jimmy Carter, we need all the old guys votes like us/.
Thanks, friend. Stay safe👍😁
That word salad gave me a headache just reading it.