LOS ANGELES.–After four years of mumbling, stumbling and bumbling, the New York Times finally admitted they were complicit in covering up 82-year-old President Joe Biden’s disabilities, citing sources that Biden tried to compensate for his declining condition by pretending to look vigorous. “But at times, people familiar his thinking recalled Mr. Biden’s pride—along with an old-school view that displaying physical vitality was the antidote to age concerns—could get in the way,” said a New York Times report. Well, if the New York Times thought Biden was not fit as commander-in-chief, why did they participate in the Democrat cover-up of Biden’s deteriorating condition? Biden was told by his old adviser Mike Donlon that he needed to look more vigorous to counter reports about his advancing age. President-elect Donald Trump, 78, said Biden suffered from dementia in 2020.
Democrats and the New York Times were quick to call Trump’s observations all right-wing propaganda with Biden in perfectly find health. “Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Biden was told by Donlon. Biden “acknowledged the concerns,” but the “warnings only ignited his defiant, competitive streak,” The Times reported. Biden, who said in 2020 he would be a one-term president, changed his mind after a strong showing in the 2022 Midterm elections, leaving control of the House and Senate in Democrat hands. So, regardless of what insiders saw about Biden’s deteriorating physical and cognitive health, no one did the right thing to have him removed from office under the 25th Amendment. No one in Biden’s inner circle, certainly not his wife Jill or sister Valerie Owens, would ever mention a thing about the true state of mind of the 46th president.
Biden’s attempt to show more vigor had numerous photo ops of him riding bikes or jogging backfired when the press caught him breaking his foot in a bicycle fall, or, when climbing steps of Air Force I or his Chinook helicopter he tripped, falling down trying to go up the steps. “Mr. Biden, who exercised on a stationary bike most days, made decisions that he thought would showcase vigor. But, at times, they had the unintended effect of showcasing his advancing years,” reported the Times, well after the fact. Biden, in fact, refused to wear a orthopedic boot after breaking his foot playing with his dog Commander right before the inauguration. “He did not want to be seen as weak—a 78-year-old president with his hand the Bible and a large, telltale contraption on his foot. He wore his brogues instead,” the Times reported, claiming his foot never fully healed.
Trump’s claims of Biden’s dementia were dismissed a right wing propaganda by all of Biden’s handlers, turning the table and saying Trump had dementia. Of course Trump only recently met for a long meeting a Mar-a-Lago with billionaire former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. Gates said he was impressed with Trump mental capacity. Would Gates say the same thing about Biden? Well maybe he would if he, like the New York Times, covered-up his age-related cognitive decline. “Mr. Biden still wanted to prove that he was physically agile,” said the Times report. “He enjoyed biking at his home near Rehoboth Beach, Del., but during the summer of 2022 when he stopped to talk with a group of onlookers and reporters, his feet got caught in the toe cages on the pedals,” causing the president to crash the bike. All the cover-ups of Biden physical and cognitive decline were shameful.
When it comes to all the consequential decisions that continue to plague the economy and foreign policy, you’d think that someone would have said something about Biden’s dementia. Democrats that support Biden didn’t want to affect his decision to run in the 2024 primaries. By the time the primaries were finished June 8, 2024, Biden has won 14 million votes, assuring him the nomination when the Democrat National Convention met in Chicago Aug. 19-22. No one could figure out why Biden’s handlers scheduled a CNN debate with Trump June 27, 2024, months before the normal debate times, usually in late September or October. Someone in Biden’s inner circle or the Democrat National Committee knew that Biden was not fit to run for president when they scheduled him for the early debate. No one has explained how his handlers arrived at the June. 27, debate.
Biden’s debate performance was worse than anyone imagined, embarrassing himself on a national stage, rambling on incoherently, proving, if nothing else, he was not fit to run for president. It took nearly of month of pressure from Democrat Party insiders before Biden finally relented and quit the race. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and former President Barack Obama twisted Biden’s arm, turning the 2024 nomination to 60-year-old President Kamala Harris. Biden said recently he could have beaten Trump but admitted, “who the hell knows.” Democrats never admitted why they took the 2024 nomination from Biden. Biden said when interviewed recently that he quit the race for party unity. But any look at Biden’s ongoing relationship with Pelosi or Obama shows that he holds a grudge. Biden’s entire presidency was one big secret wrapped in an enigma when it came to his dementia and physical health.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
