Biden couldn’t recall his last overseas trip despite having traveled to Ireland roughly 10 days earlier. Last week, the president fumbled softball questions from children during a Take Your Child to Work Day event at the White House. “We see it here again today with companies like AmePower … Florida’s business winner … award winner … Businessweek winner … You won!” Mr. Biden became exasperated as he tried to pronounce the name of an award. I know him, and I did mispronounce his name.”Įarlier in the day, Mr. “And the cheer for Musl- we cheer for Muslim athletes, like Kareem Al-J-Al-J- Abdul-Jabbar. Biden butchered the name of basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and referred to the Quran as the “quorum.” Biden has struggled in four of his past five public appearances.Īt a White House reception Monday to celebrate a Muslim holiday, Mr. Since launching his 2024 reelection campaign, Mr. “I took a hard look at it before I decided to run. It doesn’t- it doesn’t register with me,” Mr.

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“The longer you live, the greater chance you have that something natural is going to happen to you, and those odds go up the older we get,” said Michael Wasserman, a geriatrician and chair of public policy at the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine. The average 80-year-old man can live another 7.7 years, according to Social Security Administration data. Roughly 95% of people older than 60 have at least one chronic illness such as diabetes, arthritis or heart disease, and nearly 80% have more than two chronic issues, according to data from the National Council of Aging. Medical professionals say the president’s age is cause for concern. The trend is not good for them, but maybe they forgot?” “I’m not sure what they think they’re accomplishing. They did the same before he beat them in 2022,” said White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates. They attacked him over age as he built the best legislative record in modern history. “They attacked him for his age before he beat them in 2020. The White House insists that Republicans’ criticisms are ineffective. SEE ALSO: FBI file shows foreigner paid Biden in ‘criminal scheme’ to trade money for policy, Republicans say

“That could be a real issue with the tiny percentage of swing voters in Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia, and it would not take very many of them to change the election.” “It’s fair to say Kamala Harris has not wowed anyone, and the party is stuck with her,” said Robert Rowland, who teaches political rhetoric at the University of Kansas.

Danger Overseas by Carolyn Keene