Morning Joe hearing whispers from conservatives that Trump 'just too old' to run for president

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Travis Gettys September 21, 2023 7:50AM ET

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The Wall Street Journal challenged the former president to take part in the second Republican debate, and the "Morning Joe" host said the op-ed gestured toward the elephant in the room that Republicans seem to be ignoring about Trump's 2024 candidacy.

"If you look at what happened last weekend, where you looked at him and he just got lost, he just blanked, he couldn't even remember, one, who he was running against in 2024, and then -- and I know it was almost eight years ago, it was a long time ago if you're -- we've all been around people with dementia, people getting older, forgetting things. Well, it was his history, so if his mind wasn't jumbled at that moment, he would have remembered he ran against Hillary Clinton in 2016. He couldn't remember who he ran against in 2016, so he just slid [Barack] Obama in there, just a catch-all, I guess – if you start your career with a racist conspiracy theory about Obama, he's got that back there somewhere. He is living somewhere in 2011, 'I'll just say Obama's name, people seem to like that.'"

The 77-year-old Trump and his allies frequently say that President Joe Biden, who's 80, is too old to run for president, and many Democrats worry about that, as well, but Scarborough believes the op-ed was expressing concerns on the right that the former president might be slipping due to his age.



"The Wall Street Journal editorial page actually suggests about as much, that maybe he is afraid he's just too old to do this," Scarborough said. "They write, 'Why is Mr. Trump afraid to confront other Republicans without the aid of a teleprompter. Is he worried he'd look his age at 77 next to younger candidates?' You know what? I know, for Donald, that line hurts, because he's seen the video of how addled he looked and how confused he looked and how shaken he looked last weekend when he couldn't even remember who he was running against."

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Well, seems to me that Joe is also whispering that trumpy is too old to run for the Presidency.
But by doing so, Joe S. also keeps the age factor for Pres Biden upfront!!!



I think Trump just likes his life of golfing whenever he likes, and being President is too much work for him.

[Lovie777]

1. Well if morning Joe is saying it out.......................

The anti-shithole people gave thegreen light.

[marble falls]

2. Let 'em use whatever excuse they need to cut TFG loose.

[Magoo48]

3. He may or may not be too old, but he certainly is too fuckin' crazy-dangerous.

[Lonestarblue]

4. Trump's father had Alzheimer's for several years before he died.

Trump’s interview with Megyn Kelly definitely showed a degree of confusion that may indicate the beginning of dementia. I don’t think Republicans care, though. The MAGA cult just wants him to be president again. Republican Party leaders also want him to be president because they can use his greed and corrupt ways to get what they want. The religious right wants him to be president because they know he doesn’t care about religion because it doesn’t affect him and he just doesn’t care who those people hurt but he will give them whatever they want in return for their votes.

[Freethinker65]

5. Not that he is too corrupt, too vindictive, too self-serving, too unstable??? But merely his age?

Those voicing concerns would support the treasonous asshole if he was, say, in his mid 50s??

[FakeNoose]

13. Back in 2016 Chump was corrupt, vindictive, self-serving and unstable

... but they elected him anyway. Now ... NOW! ... he's suddenly too old.

Repukes are only saying this because they know he's going to lose.
They're saying the quiet part out loud, finally.

[Justice matters.]

15. And too 'indicted' with too many 'counts' (91)...

And not that he could be found guilty of at least 1 count to serve in a Georgia State jail while (dog forbid) he's 'precedented'...

Constitutional crisis, much?

[magicarpet]

6. trDump being too old is not the primary issue...

.... but being a Fascist buffoon gets a hand wave and a pass to proceed toward his second term in the Oval.

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. LOLOLOLOL

THAT'S what they are concerned about ??????????

[flying_wahini]

8. Trump's EGO is running to keep his sorry ass out of jail plus he loves applause.

I don’t think he expects to win.

[BigmanPigman]

9. He didn't really expect to win the last round.

When they announced he had won on Election Night his face was in shock. He only ran because he wanted free commercials for tRump products. Ego and money are what drives his decisions.

[mountain grammy]

10. Old is one thing.. being a total lunatic is another..

Has anyone actually listened to him?

[Mr. Ected]

11. Whispers get drowned out by the media's yelling that Biden is too old

If the media doesn't report it, doesn't emphasize it, the people don't hear it, don't process it.

[DownriverDem]

12. They only say that

to make their attacks on President Biden look good.

[republianmushroom]

14. Not to old to run, but to senile to run. Get it right for a change.

[Bayard]

16. Well, if he does have dementia,

It will be blamed on Biden, Clinton, or both.

[DownriverDem]

18. Don't forget

Obama too.

[louis-t]

17. Because they don't wanna say he's "too stupid".

Or too criminal. Or too lazy. Or too illiterate.

[mahina]

19. Or too fascist. Or too racist. Or how about too stupid?

[SWBTATTReg]

20. Well, I don't want to push the 'old' button, a lot of us here on DU are getting up there in years

(pardon me if you're young in chronological age), but we're ALL young at heart!

tRUMP's issues is that he naturally nasty, hateful, spiteful, and got a mouth that won't end. My question is that (1) what happened to him, despite having all of the wealth, etc. given to him at a young age?

You would think that someone that literally had the keys to the kingdom given to him would act otherwise, but NO.

It's like sure he has the wealth (supposedly, IMHO, I think he's broke or touching the bottom of the barrel and he's finding this out by his donor base drying up, they've already given out donations till they drop or tapped dry).

His businesses show a clear path towards bankruptcy, and so now, is his so called business acumen, his personal life (Where's his wife)? Bankruptcy doesn't just show up in Court w/ a balance sheet and the debts listed. It shows up in one's dealings w/ the outside world, friends, family, etc.

He's a walking disaster area. Plain and simple.

[Emile]

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