have said this before but trump’s brain is pretty obviously far more cooked than biden’s if you listen to what they actually say. but the presentation - basically trump being a spaz - makes trump *look and sound* less cooked to many people i think
Biden v Trump is a pretty direct ageism thing. Trump is aging worse than Biden, but due to vanity and aging in different ways Trump codes as less old and therefore gets way less shit for it.
i’m much more worried by his campaign’s inability to understand and respond to public concern in a remotely timely way. the nyt is what it is, but they just don’t have a handy, repeatable, explanation for what we saw, and the absence of one is making it worse.
