Finally, Trump’s Worsening Mental Decline Has Become a Big Media Story

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Is the media finally figuring out how to cover Donald Trump’s mental unfitness for the presidency? First, CNN’s Jake Tapper dressed down a Trump surrogate for whitewashing Trump’s threat to unleash the military on his enemies. Then Trump held a strange town hall at which he abruptly stopped answering questions, which generated aggressive media coverage. And Kamala Harris has directly engaged on Trump’s mental state in a new way, drawing media attention to it. We talked to Brian Beutler, who often criticizes the media on his Off Message Substack, about the increasing signs that the press is treating Trump’s mental decline as a big story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:41.4	Is the media finally figuring out how to cover Donald Trump's profound mental unfitness for the presidency?
1:46.5	Let's run through some new developments. First, CNN's Jake Tapper dressed down a Trump surrogate for whitewashing Trump's threat to unleash the military on his
1:51.7	enemies. Then Trump held a strange town hall at which he abruptly stopped answering questions
1:57.8	and swayed bizarrely to a number of tunes, which generated some
2:01.9	aggressive media coverage. And perhaps most important, Kamala Harris has directly engaged
2:08.4	on Trump's mental state in a newly aggressive way, compelling media attention to it.
2:14.5	Is something new happening? Today we're talking to Brian Boitler, who regularly criticizes the
2:20.6	media's coverage of Trump on his substack, off message. We're going to talk about whether we're
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