Does the media not remember the previous administration? CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson wrote a whole book about how the White House fooled them regarding President Joe Biden’s cognitive and physical decline. This is the same media that bought Karine Jean-Pierre’s “cheap fakes” line.
But now, The New York Times is concerned that we’re not seeing President Donald Trump’s cognitive and physical decline, less than a year into his presidency.
Speaking of “Original Sin” co-author Thompson, he’s not going to be fooled again. Here he is posting The New York Times piece with some commentary:
NYT: in 2017, Trump’s scheduled events started at 10:31 a.m. on average.
In 2025, Trump has started scheduled events in the afternoon on average, at 12:08 p.m.
The number of Trump’s total official appearances has decreased by 39 %. In 2017, Trump held 1,688 official events…
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) November 25, 2025
The post continues:
… between Jan. 20 and Nov. 25 of that year. For that same time period this year, Trump has appeared in 1,029 official events.
Wow. Only 1,029 official events.
Guys… https://t.co/ykUZHPIPRB
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 26, 2025
We have had more face time with Trump in 10 months than we did in 4 years with Biden and you only spoke up loudly when it became politically convenient https://t.co/8bWwREaEWo
— Brianna Lyman (@briannalyman2) November 26, 2025
The New York Times. pic.twitter.com/UevoU4AMzl
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) November 26, 2025
This is a fascinating thing to cover DURING a presidency. https://t.co/8iC4Es8gnR
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) November 26, 2025
Remember when they used to question Joe Biden’s stamina and mental acuity? Yeah, me neither.
— Fonzo 🐊 (@Godofthunder70) November 26, 2025
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Digs through 10,000 NYT articles that say the same thing about Joe Biden. Can’t find one.
— Doug Bright (@DougBright1) November 26, 2025
True he doesn’t have the stamina, vigor or mental sharpness of Biden, which is of course why the NYT is focusing on this.
— Doug (@GeigerTweeter) November 26, 2025
They give their readers the kind of content that they want. No doubt that Trump is aging but the rest is wishful thinking or pure fantasy.
— Pancake Batter (@cmsdfwnbjv) November 26, 2025
No, according to CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter, the piece is “seemingly undeniable” and “almost clinical” in its data-driven approach.
The NYT produced a seemingly undeniable report on Trump showing signs of aging. The story was data-driven, almost clinical, proving that Americans see Trump “less than they used to” and that “his battery shows signs of wear.”
Trump is trying to deny it anyway.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 26, 2025
The dishonesty of these claims are exactly why Americans trust you about as far as they can throw you.