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CNN anchor Jake Tapper suggested Monday that part of the reason he is now reporting on President Donald Trump’s age is because he and other reporters may have overlooked former President Joe Biden’s age during the last administration.
On “Pod Save America,” host Tommy Vietor asked Tapper, who recently co-wrote a book about Biden’s mental breakdown and the administration’s cover-up, how he believes the media should cover the “increasing incidents of Trump sleeping” or “losing a step.”
“When is the critical mass to be booked, right?” Vietor asked.
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CNN’s Jake Tapper often questioned President Donald Trump’s age and health on his show. (Screenshot/CNN)
“I mean, we cover it all the time in my program,” Tapper said. “All the time. And I think that’s to a large extent, because we saw what happened with Biden and when we put it together, we didn’t put it together… we didn’t ask as many questions as we should have at that time. And I think it’s a legitimate question for any president of any age, but especially anyone in the octogenarian range, right? We cover it all the time.”
Tapper pointed to what he said Wednesday when he criticized Trump’s Social Truth book, calling reports that he is “going slow.”
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“We have to be careful that accurate reporting of the president’s apparent aging is not treason or treason,” Tapper said during the broadcast.
Jake Tapper co-authored the book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Downfall, His Cover-Up, and His Disaster Re-election” with Axios’ Alex Thompson. (Bryan Bedder/Variety via Getty Images)
On Thursday, Tapper also questioned the White House’s explanation for the bruises seen on Trump’s hand after suggesting it was because the president is “always shaking hands.”
“The White House gave the same explanation for the injury back in July,” Tapper said. “Obviously, he’s 79 years old. And there’s something going on with his health that they’re not telling us about, because otherwise, why would he have that MRI?”
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Jake Tapper admitted he didn’t adequately cover former President Joe Biden’s mental decline years ago. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Before promoting his book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, His Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Decision to Run Again,” Tapper admitted that he had misjudged Biden’s mental decline while in office.
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“I think some of the criticism is fair, to be honest, of me,” Tapper said in May. “Of course I can’t speak for anyone else, but knowing what I know now, I look back at my vision during the Biden years and I put some of these issues together, but it’s not enough. I look back with humility.”
