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"When he was a civilian..." Talk about a distinction that is completely irrelevant to his character

I really don't understand why people who work in this business are surprised by the reaction to JD Vance's past comments. And to Liam Donovan's point, running in Ohio is a much different animal than running nationwide. The body of work in Ohio (running as poorly as he did in 2022) foreshadowed all of this... and even with all of that, there seemed to be no basic vetting at all that took place.

JD Vance literally called Donald Trump Hitler, yet finds himself on the ticket as we speak. In that context, color me skeptical than anyone will care about anything relating to Jussie Smollett in YOOL 2024

Walz' comment at the end of this clip about Trump never laughing is so spot-on... He never laughs. And he always seems so angry and dour all the time

Really all I am asking is that he is treated to the same standard that any other POTUS candidate or POTUS would be if they were in this situation. And based on history, it's pretty clearly not happening. So no, I don't think we agree here

I think I've been pretty clear as to what my expectations are. If you cannot comprehend that, its on you

He should be asked about this at a debate as well...

They should also follow up when he inevitably doesn't answer or talks incomprehensibly, instead of just moving on.

Oh, so the polls are fake again now that Kamala has pulled close to even in the swing states? And because crowd sizes?

I believe that the American public deserves to know the *medical* information related to his visit. And that we should expect candidates running for office to release that information in the event that something like this happened. I'm not going to rehash this.... the precedent in past cases (ie. Reagan, Ford, etc.) isn't being met.

Not sure why that matters at all... the point is if he can't meet the expectations that come with the circumstances, you shouldn't be surprised if people hold that against him.

He's not required to, but he is running for the highest office in the land and to be the most powerful person on earth. Given the circumstances, along with his age and his general untrustworthiness, I think it's fair that people expect a lot more information than what he has released to date

Ehh, Donald Trump could release information related to his medical treatment or the doctors to speak to it today if he wanted to.

It's amazing... He's a 78 year old man running (once again) to be the most powerful man in the world. And yet, we continue to infantilize him, act as if he has no agency or control over anything. I expect more from my five year old than what many expect from this guy apparently

Maybe Former President Trump could dispel some of those rumors by releasing some of the details relating to his visit to the hospital? Or does he not have any agency here?

Last I checked, the FBI aren't in the medical field. That buck stops with the candidate who received medical treatment. I wasn't alive for Reagan's assassination attempt, but from reading about it and family who were alive at the time discussing it, he was transparent. We heard from the docs, we knew the details straight from them in a way that we just haven't here. You can go ahead and think it's nothing, fall back on "I saw what I saw on the video", but if someone wants this particular job, I expect a lot more.

NBD, he's just trolling

In the interest of transparency, should Trump release more information related to his hospitalization for what took place in Butler? And would you agree that it isn't, in fact, conspiratorial to expect more medical transparency regarding an assassination attempt on a political figure widely believed to be the front runner to become President?

I do as well, but I think you tend to dodge a lot of my questions... Such as this one: Joe Biden's experience only underscores the concerns we have with Trump and the transparency around his health, does it not?

I would add, there has been a ton of discussion about Joe Biden's age and abilities from the moment he declared for office in 2019. Certainly orders of magnitude more than has ever been had regarding Trump. It's amazing that this even a debate lol

Same. The culture war stuff is pointless, the last two pages of this thread prove it. But choosing to fight it and argue it over and over again is a choice. Really, it has no bearing on any of our lives.

Speaking of conspiracy theories...

This is exactly right. It strikes me as hypocritical to complain about Joe Biden's health or engage in conspiracies around it while ignoring or dismissing concerns around Trump

If you are concerned about Joe Biden and his age, why wouldn't you be concerned about Donald Trump going from 79 to 83? Joe Biden's experience only underscores the concerns we have with Trump and the transparency around his health, does it not?