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Wow.  No one has started such a thread yet?

After promising that most K-8 students would be in schools in the first 100 days,  apparently Joe is afraid to lead on this and has drastically scaled back that goal.

Instead, we're shooting for about half to go to school at least one day a week,  by the end of April.

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-02-09/bidens-goal-for-school-reopenings-suddenly-became-more-attainable

 

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Tweety said:

 

By stable, I mean not deteriorating.  It's like me saying his high cholesterol is stable.  It's still abnormal but it is not getting worse.  

 

We'll have to agree to disagree. From where I sit, I'm seeing some concerning trends: increased disinhibition. hostility, grandiosity, and paranoid ideation. distorted perceptions of reality, accelerating difficulties with language and judgement. On the other hand, my perceptions could well be wrong. Either way, it's speculation.

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heron said:

We'll have to agree to disagree. From where I sit, I'm seeing some concerning trends: increased disinhibition. hostility, grandiosity, and paranoid ideation. distorted perceptions of reality, accelerating difficulties with language and judgement. On the other hand, my perceptions could well be wrong. Either way, it's speculation.

I'm not saying he doesn't have all that.  He does but is it worsening?  Seems like the same things could have been said about him first term but especially after he lost the election to Biden. 

He's emboldened by his victory and his lap dogs in congress that don't stand up to him for fear of their own jobs and re-election desires.

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Trumps mental health has been in decline the entire time that he's been in the republican political spot light.  The decline is evident in his public appearances and communications.  Heron outlined some of the obvious evidence.  

Of course Trump is emboldened by his electoral victory.  That doesn't detract from his clear mental health deterioration.  

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From writer Steven Beschloss:

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Sure, let's dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we've known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.

 

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That's unfortunate news.  It's likely that the cancer was caught early and Biden will benefit from the best medical care available on this continent.  Comparatively, Trump is a cancer.  

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toomuchbaloney said:

That's unfortunate news.  It's likely that the cancer was caught early and Biden will benefit from the best medical care available on this continent.  Comparatively, Trump is a cancer.  

I read that he already has bone mets.

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heron said:

I read that he already has bone mets.

Yeah.  Very unfortunate.  I'm sorry to be so wrong.  Hopefully, Biden will have a peaceful transition to the next thing, surrounded by those who love him.  He has had an honorable career and life.  

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I wonder why anyone here would have thought that it was likely caught early?

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Beerman said:

I wonder why anyone here would have thought that it was likely caught early?

No idea? DJT Jr apparently thought Dr (of Education) Jill Biden should have caught it?

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Probably because politicians and the wealthy have the best access to the best preventative health care.  That reality in the USA might lead one to think that a new cancer dx might be an early detection. It's still a mystery why the current president's son thought that a doctor of education might diagnose a cancer.  Or maybe that type of ignorance is just genetic.  

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Tweety said:

I'm not saying he doesn't have all that.  He does but is it worsening?  Seems like the same things could have been said about him first term but especially after he lost the election to Biden. 

He's emboldened by his victory and his lap dogs in congress that don't stand up to him for fear of their own jobs and re-election desires.

I've noted before, we have very different perspectives.

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