Dotard Trump, in an interview with Megyn Kelly that aired yesterday, was asked if Joe Biden was too “old” to be President again. Apparently cognizant of the fact that Biden is only three years older than himself, Herr Gropinfuhrer deflected the whole age thing, saying that Biden’s age was irrelevant but the problem is that he is “incompetent”.
Incompetent.
This coming from an individual who was famously called the stupidest student he had ever taught by a Wharton Business School professor, who recommended folks ingest bleach and swallow light to combat Covid, that The Continental Army took over all the airports serving the Colonies and that the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. (Alright – that last one was Belushi in Animal House but you get my drift).
But Biden is the one who has a problem with his brain?
“Former President Donald Trump rejected concerns about 80-year-old President Joe Biden’s age during No, not for the reason of old, because I have many friends that are in their 80s. I have friends, Bernie Marcus, that are in their 90s and they’re sharp as a tack. Just, I mean I would say, just about what they used to be. No, not old. He’s incompetent.
He continued:
Age is interesting, because some people are very sharp and some people do lose it, but you lose it at 40 and 50 also. But no, he’s not too old at all. He’s grossly incompetent. You look at some of the great world leaders, they were in their 80s and they did— I mean, Churchill, so many people. They were phenomenal in their 80s. You know, there’s a great wisdom if you’re not in a position like him, but if you go back 25 years, he wasn’t the sharpest tack either. an interview with Megyn Kelly on Wednesday.
“There was just a poll out, 77% of Americans say that Joe Biden at age 80 is too old to be president. Are they right?” asked Kelly during an interview on The Megyn Kelly Show, to which the 77-year-old Trump responded:
“No, not for the reason of old, because I have many friends that are in their 80s. I have friends, Bernie Marcus, that are in their 90s and they’re sharp as a tack. Just, I mean I would say, just about what they used to be. No, not old. He’s incompetent.”
He continued:
“Age is interesting, because some people are very sharp and some people do lose it, but you lose it at 40 and 50 also. But no, he’s not too old at all. He’s grossly incompetent. You look at some of the great world leaders, they were in their 80s and they did— I mean, Churchill, so many people. They were phenomenal in their 80s. You know, there’s a great wisdom if you’re not in a position like him, but if you go back 25 years, he wasn’t the sharpest tack either.”
Churchill, BTW, retired when he was eighty, but then he did not have the burden that Joe Biden bears, of having to face off to defeat for a second time the greatest threat to its democracy that America has ever seen.
Here’s the exchange on YouTube:
Listen, no one here is saying that Joe is gonna be a five time Jeopardy! Champion or anything, but at least he’d finish the game with money on the board…
And what is Kelly doing interviewing again that sleazeball who commented so disgustingly on her menstural cycle anyway?
Is she the one who’s lost “it”?
Have some self respect, Megyn.
Irony is now dead.
Trump saying ANYONE else is incompetent is ironic, but saying it about Biden?
The guy who’s fixed up the mess Dimwit Donny left?
Beyond the pale.
Trump lives beyond the Pale.
The Pale was the small part of Ireland that the English controlled:rhe “civilized” part as opposed to rest of the country belonging to the “wild Irish.” In Trump’s case it refers to.the lunatic right-wing crazies.
Thanks Gillian – though I have occasionally used the phrase, I never really knew where it came from. Never to old to learn something new I always say – of course that adage does not apply to the orange one.
Thanks Gillian for adding background and context.
Wow. A couple of things hit me after reading this. First, it could be argued that Kelly might have tried setting Trump up as in if Trump agreed President Biden’s too old she (or others) could start hammering HIS age. Could that have been what she was up to? A little “gotcha” journalism? The other question is even more startling. Did Trump realize he was looking at a trap and that’s why he responded the way he did? Is it possible he/his campaign handlers have been working on this age issue and this is how they’ve decided to handle the question to keep people from saying Trump’s too old? Something to think about. If I’m right it means that despite all his legal troubles there is actual campaign staffing/work going on and that Trump is at least sometimes willing to follow advice.
From the article:
And what is Kelly doing interviewing again that sleazeball who commented so disgustingly on her menstural cycle anyway?
Is she the one who’s lost “it”?
Have some self respect, Megyn.
The answer to the first question: “It’s desperation. Plain despera-a-ation, that makes her suck up. She does it because she has no shame at all.” (Apologies to Carly Simon’s “Anticipation.”)
Kelly worked for fux nuz so it is likely she hasn’t a clue of what “self respect” is.
“Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. (Alright – that last one was Belushi in Animal House but you get my drift).”
The Japanese DID bomb Pearl Harbor, Belushi claimed it was the Germans.
Oops.