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    ”Biden’s impairments also masked the extent of Trump’s flaws as a candidate.”

    Bullshit. His flaws were obvious, but ignored or glossed over by the media.

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      true, but the contrast is bigger to someone younger like Harris. With Biden he was the old guy, now it’s Trump who is very visibly the old guy compared to Harris.

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        There was no question he was a weak candidate before he rode down the esedcalator. Perhaps people started to release Bidens age recently, but the media supportèd Trump for a long time for ratings. Don’t tell me that all of a sudden reality prevailed.

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          the fact that trump tried to highlight harris’ age is pretty telling - even he thinks the contrast between candidates is now sharp and stark and is trying to smear age “sameness” across harris.

          the dynamic shifted in a second, and he is flailing - perhaps reality is slowly prevailing.

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    The rise of Harris instantly cast Trump in a new light. He formerly seemed more ominous and threatening, which, whatever its political drawbacks, signaled strength; now he seems not just old but low-energy, stale, even pathetic. He has become the political version of Fat Elvis.

    Haha, that’s a pretty apt comparison. It’s going to be interesting if his antics after being called weird lead him to even crazier antics, leading to new mockery, spiraling uncontrollably. It would be a fitting end. We can only be so lucky…

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    Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration.

    Goodbye humans narrating things, it was fun while it lasted.

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    Trump does not recognize, and I am guilty of this, too; but Trump does not recognize that her power comes from her working as a community member and not being a total piece of shit.

    Trump does not value these things so he doesn’t understand VP Harris’ success.