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Wall Street Journal: As Trump approaches his 80th birthday on Sunday, he and his advisers have made a strategic decision to turn the president into an omnipresent figure in American life, drawing a contrast with his octogenarian predecessor, Joe Biden. Trump makes regular marathon appearances in the Oval Office, he answers reporters cold calls and he tees off on social media at all hours of the day and night.
The result is that Americans are seeing more of both the good and the bad of an aging president.
In question-and-answer sessions that sometimes last more than 30 minutes, the president spars with reporters, delivering one-liners that ripple across cable news and the internet.
But cameras often zoom in on his bruised hands, stooped posture and closed eyes. And he sometimes trips over his words and confuses details. He has referred to Greenland as Iceland. He has called the Strait of Hormuz the Strait of Iran. And he has mixed up recent conflicts in South America and the Middle East.
https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/12/a-white-house-strategy-of-relentless-exposure/
Attilatheblond
(9,452 posts)and presents
2MuchNoise
(952 posts)livetohike
(24,490 posts)Presidents? Cant wait for him to be gone.
Lovie777
(24,362 posts)rich gets richer.
tanyev
(49,918 posts)It's not something Trump has done his entire life because he's at the absolute pinnacle of pathological narcissism?
underpants
(197,712 posts)All the Oval appearances are him seated.
I wont watch tonight but I know people will be. Its going to be a long night being in public for him.
Attilatheblond
(9,452 posts)She should've filed assault charges.
Aristus
(72,712 posts)The result is that Americans are seeing more of both the good and the bad of an aging president.
In question-and-answer sessions that sometimes last more than 30 minutes, the president spars with reporters, delivering one-liners that ripple across cable news and the internet.
There is no good, you ham hock! Jesus!
ProfessorGAC
(77,623 posts)Has been for a long time.
Ghost written; queued up; timed to be bot released at ridiculous times.
He can't stay awake more than 40 minutes at a time. He's not up all night posting.
Attilatheblond
(9,452 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,623 posts)...this fake "all hours" thing has been going on for 12 years or more.
I think the simplest explanation is that it's fake. Since he's been a fake all his life, that logic works.
Hey Joe
(885 posts)Wear him down until he drops dead and slip in JD?
Or some other useful idiot?