Guy Chamberlin
Active member
Eh, I think Milley was probably spot on with his assessment. Biden was fine in the room, well-prepared, asked the right questions, and keenly understood the weight of his decisions based on decades of foreign policy experience. If you are a military man comparing Biden to Trump, a chronic narcissist who was rarely well-informed, asked ludicrous questions, and loudly proclaimed himself smarter than the generals, of course you'd want the former as your Commander in Chief, especially if you cared about your country.
Biden was definitely slowing down in 2023, not quite a liability (he'd been uttering nutty non-sequitars his whole life) but raising concerns. Most Dems thought the guy who gave a rousing SOTU address 11 months ago could pull it off. Again, I have a friend who took regular meetings with Biden who said the red flags really started that late winter and spring. Joe could still take a good meeting, but there's no way he conducts an 8 month, 24/7 campaign without generating a string of feeble memes. Dems were forced to realize that even if Biden could hang in and defeat Trump, they were facing four years of a highly compromised President.
Meanwhile, compare the mental fitness and general coherence Donald Trump showed over the same period, and find me the Republican who tried to intervene on the country's behalf.
