Donald Trump enjoys his greatest day in 2024.
Donald Trump enjoyed his greatest day of 2024 thus far.
The previous president received a political present. After ruling that Biden had knowingly mishandled sensitive materials and that his deteriorating memory makes him hard to prosecute, an independent special counsel poured fuel on worries about Biden’s age by using pointed language regarding the president’s weak recall. At a hurriedly convened White House press conference, Biden was on the defensive. “My memory is fine,” Biden explained.
He is on a smooth route to the Republican nomination. Trump swept the Nevada and US Virgin Islands caucuses Thursday night, extending his unbroken record and making Nikki Haley’s effort appear useless.
He appeared to be on track to win a Supreme Court case. Justices were sceptical that Colorado could brand him an insurrectionist and remove him from their electoral ballots.
It’s a one-two-three combination that should give Trump confidence in his political future, at least for a time.
Feeding the hysteria over Biden's age
Special Counsel Robert Hur, a former Trump-appointed US Attorney in Maryland, said that Biden should not be charged, offering a political indictment of the president’s fitness. Hur depicted the head of the free world as a “sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory” who would be hard to convict.
The strange evaluation in a Justice Department memo sparked an immediate feeding frenzy among Biden’s opponents and will remain in the public awareness far longer than any other news.
“Is this a joke?” North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis took to social media, tweeting passages from Hur’s article.
“A man too incapable of being held accountable for mishandling classified information is certainly unfit for the Oval Office,” House Republican leaders said in a swiftly issued joint statement, capitalising on the special counsel’s portrayal of Biden in the report.
In a statement, Biden emphasised his cooperation with the special counsel investigation and expressed satisfaction with the conclusion, claiming the case is now concluded.
Hardly. Questions about his age have already arisen and are certain to grow, especially with Republicans eager to capitalise on any gaffe or linguistic error, such as when he mixed up dead European leaders last week.
In forceful remarks recognising the outrage, Biden chastised Hur for doubting his recall of his son.
“How in the hell dare he raise that?” Biden stated. “Frankly, when I was asked the question, I thought to myself, ‘Wasn’t any of their damn business.'”
He reached for Beau’s rosary and said, “I don’t need anyone to remind me of when he died.”
Biden's recall during the discussion with investigators.
Hur claimed Biden could not recall critical aspects during his contact with officials and lost key dates, including the year his son Beau died and the years when he was vice president. The White House promptly refuted the allegations enjoy.
“The report uses highly prejudicial language to describe a commonplace occurrence among witnesses: a lack of recall of years-old events,” White House lawyer Richard Sauber and Biden personal attorney Bob Bauer argued in a five-page letter to Hur.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, attempted to deflect worries about Biden’s age, calling them “ridiculous cheap shots,” while noting that Trump has also made several gaffes recorded on film in recent weeks enjoy.
More positive news for Trump.
After victories in Nevada and the US Virgin Islands on Thursday, Trump is unbeaten and in complete control of the primary campaign. Trump’s victory in Nevada was never in doubt, since party leaders rigged the delegate-awarding race in his favour. Haley, Trump’s main competitor, was not even considered by caucusgoers on Thursday. The former South Carolina governor enjoy instead elected to participate in the state-run primary earlier this week, when Trump was not on the ballot. Haley finished second to “none of these candidates,” confirming her declining political importance.