To the Editor,
Since there is an ongoing review of President Biden's mental health, I think we should apply the same kind of scrutiny to Trump. Yes, thisarticle is an opinion piece, but Rex Huppke who watched the over 75-minute Trump screed from Tuesday night so for us saner people did not have to. If you are in doubt about the description Huppke has written, I suggest YOU watch Trump wacko speeches for yourself to prove that his description is false.
Rosemary Schwartz
I can't wait for all of the media coverage of Trump's confusing Tuesday night rally
Folks, I'm worried about Donald Trump and his mental decline, which was on full display at a rally Tuesday night on one of his Florida golf courses.
USA TODAY, I'm worried about Donald Trump and his mental decline, which was on vivid display at a rally Tuesday night on one of his Florida golf courses.
During the event, the former president slurred words, claimed his son Don Jr. is married when he's actually just engaged, and consistently described the world around him in a manner wholly inconsistent with reality.
During one heartbreaking moment, Trump stopped talking for a full minute while the usual eerie music favored by an unhinged conspiracy group called QAnon played in the background. He sweatily moved his head back and forth and randomly pointed at people, appearing to not know exactly what he was doing.
It was tough to watch, but there's little question the 78-year-old no longer has the faculties needed to take on President Joe Biden in the race for the presidency. It's now up to Trump's family and responsible members of the Republican Party to find a way for him to gracefully step aside and let a younger and more competent candidate take over, possibly someone like Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
At one point during Tuesday's rally, Trump said tourists who go to Washington, D.C., and visit the Jefferson Memorial or the Washington Monument "end up getting shot, mugged, raped." It was troubling to see a man hoping to become president again act so confused. Violent crime in the District of Columbia is down more than 20% this year, as crime nationwide has plummeted.
Trump's delusions continued as he incorrectly identified America as "a Third World nation," babbled confusingly about the fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter and then very freely said, without a hint of irony, "We are a nation where free speech is no longer allowed."
Trump's rally was sad to watch, as the 78-year-old has clearly lost it
It was truly sad. We've all known older friends or relatives whose minds have started to slip. There's no shame in it. But surely the Republican Party knows that with Trump so clearly in decline, it can't win in November.
At one point during his speech, Trump appeared to completely forget that hundreds of his supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, injuring police officers and desecrating the halls of our nation's government. Those domestic terrorists have been tried for their crimes, convicted and properly sentenced, yet Trump said: "But when people who love our country protest on January 6 in Washington, they become hostages unfairly imprisoned for long periods of time."
What the heck was he talking about?
Slurred words, imagined dystopian scenes and a rant about airports.
Trump slurred his words again while apparently making a promise that, if reelected, no American will ever overdose on drugs again: "Mothers will never again be forced to watch their children overdosing and hosplee."
I don't know what hosplee means. I don't even know if Trump knows what it means or if he even knew he was there in the South Florida heat, randomly talking about airports:
"We are a nation whose once revered airports are a dirty, crowded mess. You sit and wait for hours and then are notified that the plane won't leave, that they have no idea when they will, where tickets prices have tripled, they don't have the pilots to fly the planes, they don't seek qualified air traffic controllers and they just don't know what the hell they are doing."
Trump's imagined view of dystopian airports has no basis in reality. This past Sunday, a one-day record of 3 million travelers were screened by the Transportation Security Administration. USA TODAY recently reported that the average domestic airfare last year was only 9% more than what it was in 2019, compared with overall inflation at 19% in the same period.
Old Trump truly needs to step aside for the good of the country
Trump's clear disconnect from reality, which he admirably tries to cover with incessant lies, should prompt pundits, political strategists and all major news outlets to immediately call for him to step aside, for the good of the country.
He's obviously too old and frail to handle the rigors of another four-year term.
I look forward to the breathless news coverage and weighty editorials about a presidential candidate who has so clearly become unelectable.
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Changing the narrative from Biden to Trump is what got the Democrats where they are today with failed policies, open borders and a weaponized Justice Department.
Ignoring the obvious that Biden is not only corrupt, but also has the brain power of a potato doesn't do much to give credibility to the radical left and their idiotic agendas.
Just pointing that out.
I only sent in this letter was because between the Editor and others, there has been a constant barrage of negative responses concerning President Biden and not because I cannot list accomplishments or a vision of the Democratic Party. If the President is going to be pillared, for fairness sake a discussion should be taking place on the very unstable and convicted felon on the Republican side. Trump is mentally ill. All you have to do is listen to him.
In addition TB you do not know me and if you did you would know that as a long-time Democratic activist, I can recite chapter and verse what we believe. I can even tell you what Republicans believe if you want to know.
Rosemary Schwartz
Confused?? Just ask the President of the USA!!
The list is so long, I can't list all the idiotic agendas the Democrats are pushing. It's a clown show and an example of what happens when people are put in charge of something they are not qualified for. Our adversaries around the world run circles around Biden and his weak foreign policy. Harris laughs her way through everything and Pelosi (mid 80's) is trying to suddenly convince Biden he is too old to run for a second term.. Isn't that ironic? She's like an old horse herself.
You can't say Biden just started showing a severe mental decline a couple weeks ago. The majority of Americans have seen it for a long time. The Democrats were banking on keeping Biden hidden in the basement again for another election so they kept lying to America. Some of the major news networks also lied. Now they want a do-over because they know their horse they bet on is dead. I would suggest the Democrats get off the dead horse. The same one they should have left grazing in the pasture to begin with.
The problem with this country is there is no middle ground. Biden is clearly incompetent and has been for a long time. You can't just admit that without turning on a Republican, any Republican. I seriously doubt that any Republican is responsible for Biden being Biden. Don't be mad because you picked a loser. The Democrats should have bet on Kennedy. Yet Biden denied Kennedy Secret Service protection. Ummm I wonder why?? Better yet, why did the Democrats not pick Kennedy? Was he not radical enough? Kennedy is the horse you should have bet on.
Personally, I liked DeSantis. Trump appears to have locked up the nomination. This country could run a goat against Biden and the goat would probably win. Keep pushing the fake news, and call everyone a racist. See how far that gets you..
Maybe our guy will win in 2028.