Welcome to the show everybody. We have a huge week ahead of us all All of a sudden, after years of obvious deterioration, the New York Times has suddenly discovered the reality of Donald Trump's cognitive decline just weeks before the 2024 presidential election.

Well, good for them. They finally stumbled across this major multi-year story. They finally figured it out and decided

hey we might want to report on this given that this guy might be within tens of thousands of votes of the presidency or might even

be president again in a new piece titled Trump's speeches increasingly angry and rambling, reignite the question of age. The New York Times

sub headline reads, with the passage of time, the 78-year-old old former president speeches have grown darker

harsher longer angrier less focused more profane and increasingly

fixated on the past according to a review of his public

appearances over the years. Now you'll notice because you I'm sure have been

following the story as we have for years.

You'll notice that when you read the New York Times article, there is nothing new or newsworthy.

It's been happening for years. What's new is that the New York Times

has decided hey there's days left until the election maybe we'll talk about

this criticism of Trump's mental fitness is obviously not new, but the New York Times has

discovered Trump's cognitive decline only after Joe Biden was pressured out of the race and after spending much time

talking about Joe Biden in this context and now as the election is close the New York Times suddenly chooses to

highlight Donald Trump's age-related issues. Is it a strategic move? I don't know.

We'll talk about it but even though the New York Times is covering it, they're covering

it in arguably a much softer way than they should be. The New York Times is presenting this Trump stuff as a recent

phenomenon, sort of framing it in terms of age rather than acknowledging the

longstanding behaviors that Trump's been exhibiting along these lines for years

and you know in some ways the New York Times article isn't bad like for example it includes a data analysis which shows Trump's speeches have become longer

filled with more negative kind of black and white all or nothing language. That's very interesting to include. The problem I have with the New York Times

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