NYT Opinion | Donald Trump Is Unfit to Lead

the story the media should focusing on

Yet, the next twenty weeks they will pivot back to a bad debate not his performance, not his many accomplishments 1 , 2. .

Yeah, I understand that people are frustrated with inflation and the status quo. Shit keeps getting more expensive and everyone feels like they're falling behind. It's easy to blame the current leadership and say Biden isn't doing enough.

The problem is, Trump and Republicans literally have no solution for this and will only make things exponentially worse. I have this sinking feeling that more and more people are willing to vote for Trump just because they want something different. But to me it feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

I find it amazing how short people's memories are.

Did everyone in the US forget COVID-19, and all of Trump's antics during it?

Well, the 60s didn't have a propaganda organization solely devoted to ensuring public opinion wouldn't turn against a criminal Republican president.

it probably won’t be read by more than a handful of Trump followers

In actuality, most would not care, even if they believed it. They have unshakable faith that their god-emperor will be coming again to save the country from woke and put us on the path of Christian righteousness.

that will remind any MAGA recidivists who eventually experience leopards eating their faces

Bold of you to assume they can read

If this were the 1960s neither candidate would have gotten this far and would have been shamed off the ballots before the primaries.

NYT has been covering for Trump this whole time. Go watch their recent video about Project 2025. It's the most watered down BS that tries to absolve the orange turd from being responsible for it.

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No. As an Opinion column, it’s essentially invalid. They can have an opinion column to reinstate the monarchy. And doubtless have.

But he should.

Well, except that apparently the replacement the DNC has in mind is Kamala fucking Harris. I knew it'd be too much to expect them to grow any balls.

This is likely a response to criticism about their editorial saying Biden should step aside. There wasn't enough "Trump bad" in that one for people so they're making their position clear.

Yeah I don't think it matters too much how he does it but he really needs to test that ruling because that's the only way it's going to get any restrictions put on it

We can dream.

The problem is Trump seems to run the Republican party whether he's in office or not.

We need this from the New York post or one of those sites.

At this point, NYT finally writing this column is like Ja Rule finally telling us what to think .

Having continuous pieces like this make a difference. Think of how many "Biden has to step aside!" pieces have been written in the past two weeks and how much a part of the political discussion that is. The more time the media takes up shouting from the rooftops that Trump is a threat to America, the more mainstream and central the discourse becomes.

if they don't publish this and just report on biden's gaffes:

"why is the media always talking about biden but not saying anything against the orange guy?"

You left out senile and aiding in genocide

Is the broken clock analogy the new “we’re now in the find out phase” of the comment sections?

FUCK NYT

Is there a reason other than them criticizing Biden?

Edit:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_election_endorsements_made_by_The_New_York_Times

They've endorsed a Dem every election back to 1956...

But pointing out the obvious that 81 is old and Biden acts his age and suddenly it's all "FUCK NYT" because moderates act just like trumpets.

100% loyalty is permanently required, anything less and they never knew ya.

Fucking cultists really want to make the Dem party just like the Republican.

And the reason many Dems are calling for him to step aside is because of the snowballing effort of the media to push this story.

I'm not going to argue he's not old, or too old to be president - I had that opinion four years ago. As is Trump too old to be president.

What's insane to me is that there's no counter argument. There are no stories about all the accomplishments his administration has had. How incredibly productive he's been and how much better off this country is today than it was four years ago. The News is not reporting the news - they're reporting speculation. All I see is people complaining about the economy and immigration while no one is pointing out what Biden has done, or has tried to do, to help these matters. The only image they have is of an old man stammering over the course of two hours out of three years.

It's reasonable to assume that most Americans have no clue what the Biden administration has accomplished because the news rarely reports it. And now, in a moment when a wave of opposition is building, you'd think someone - the media, members of congress, Harris, Obama - would make an effort to defend the guy and at least offer some tangible, verifiable actions taken in the past three years.
Here's a few of the first results I found...

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/02/joe-biden-30-policy-things-you-might-have-missed-00139046

https://www.whitehouse.gov/therecord/

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-opinion-biden-accomplishment-data/

https://joebiden.com/accomplishments/

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/01/bidens-numbers-january-2024-update/

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-biggest-achievements-first-year-president-1670763

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/04/07/introduction-who-got-more-done/
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/04/07/trump-vs-biden-who-got-more-done-for-families-and-workers/

https://www.politifact.com/personalities/joe-biden/
https://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-promise-tracker/?ruling=true
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/?ruling=true

And frankly his antics have become normalized.

I read a few pieces saying some political journalists will retire if Trump becomes president, simply because covering him was so exhausting and stressful. I imagine many are still sick of it, and think covering him just gives him more attention anyway.

It's crazy that for something so important the dems are handling it as if they had no plan. Donald Trump should be the absolute easiest possible competition for their candidate to beat. It's like they learned nothing from 2008 and the energy around Obama. We need younger candidates who can communicate to the public well. Better policy means nothing to most swing voters if it can't be communicated effectively.

Both candidates are campaigning for the opposite party.

No, that's lazy thinking.

I’m interested to learn why you feel this way.

In contrast, I believe it takes decades of learning the political and legislative process and establishing the trust of your constituents and colleagues and organizations operating in your state. It’s one thing to be a junior senator or member of the house but, as a senior member of government, a 40 or 50 year may not be as well equipped to be proficient at their responsibilities; especially given the mixed bag of people being elected as representatives lately. That’s not to say I believe it requires someone to be older but I do think there’s a decent argument opposing your perspective. Also, by capping a representatives age, you’re failing to fully represent all Americans.

We still have a system to get older or inefficient people out of office - it’s called an election. Sadly, not many people take our electoral process, or politics, too seriously so we’re more often choosing to stick with the status quo. Now you’ve got to debate if we’re too stupid to be allowed certain freedoms or if we should have the government step in to make choices for us.

I hope you vote for the candidate whom you feel best represents you and the interests you prioritize. I hope your interests and your morals come from a place of clarity that isn't clouded by biased content designed to manipulate you.

Trump thanks you for your service.

Throwing your support behind the ‘teen wolf’ are ya?