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For years President Donald Trump has joyfully plundered former president Joe Biden\u2019s perceived lack of energy and measured, sluggish delivery for insults. But during one of his Oval Office afternoon televised announcements the Trump showed some semblance of mercy.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump\u2019s reckoning is finally here<\/a><\/p>\n

Irish Times correspondent Keith Duggan says it\u2019s almost like the famously snoozy Trump was feeling a rare bout of empathy.<\/p>\n

A reporter specifically asked Trump if he had noticed a cognitive decline in his predecessor when they met at the White House following Trump 2024 November victory, and Trump \u2014 in his typically crass way, of course \u2014 almost showed a hint of mercy.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, not really. He was the same guy I was watching for a long time. I mean you can go back 40 years, I watched him 40 years, 30 years ago. He was never the sharpest guy \u2014 you do know that. It wasn\u2019t like he was sharp as a tack. But no, it was the same guy,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then we met also, as you know, we did the ritual and he was fine as far as I was concerned,\u201d Trump added, again with an unfamiliar measure of compassion. \u201cI dunno, something happened him during the debate. \u2026 I would say this: he did not have a good night. No, he spoke softly, very softly. I mentioned this to people \u2013 he spoke very softly, very low and as we talked we got along really well. And I thought he was fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the memoir of the former first lady, Jill Biden released this week, the author shared her account of her husband\u2019s disastrous debate performance in Atlanta. <\/p>\n

\u201cIs this a stroke? Has he been drugged?\u201d she recalled thinking as she watched. \u201cTo this day I wish I\u2019d thought of asking for a blood test.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Trump admin accused of plotting \u2018financial murder\u2019 against millions of people<\/a><\/p>\n

Duggan notes that this month \u201cwill mark the two-year anniversary of Biden\u2019s catastrophic public lapse. And it will also mark the 80th birthday of Trump, who has found his own mental and physical health under hawkish scrutiny of late.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump appears to fall asleep so frequently at public meetings (that he himself officiates) that White House spokespeople are getting testy ay having to explain it away. Trump\u2019s Rapid Response 47 social media account resorted to posting a flurry of screenshots of CNN reporters and commentators blinking, while trying to compare the images to Trump\u2019s public snooze-fests.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s own secretary of state Marco Rubio tried to lie to Congress about Trump\u2019s public naps, despite a U.S. senator showing him footage of Trump sleeping directly beside Rubio at a recent conference.<\/p>\n

Duggan himself reports Trump\u2019s gas appears to be running low. \u201cIt is surely significant that Trump\u2019s puckish hints at running for a third term have fallen silent this year. Last May, Steve Bannon, his former White House strategist and Maga podcast host, repeatedly insisted Trump would run for a third term. But while Trump\u2019s sharpness in his day-to-day combat with White House press corps members deemed hostile to the interests of the administration is frequently on display and his belligerence towards Democratic opponents still savage, the vigor and fire are not what they were even when he took office in January 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an exhausting job at any age and when it came to giving Sleepy Joe another verbal kicking on Thursday afternoon … maybe he didn\u2019t have the energy,\u201d Duggan said.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018He lied\u2019: Trump voters are revolting at the scope of White House betrayal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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