https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8LoAsHz-Mc
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: The number of Americans who think you’re too old to serve has doubled since 2020. Wouldn’t a clear-eyed political calculus tell you that it’s gonna be much tougher to win in 2024?.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Not when you’re running against a pathological liar. Not when he hadn’t been challenged in a way that he’s about to be challenged. Not when people–
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: You’ve had months to challenge him.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Oh, sure, I had months, but I was also doin’ a hell of a lot of other things, like wars around the world, like keeping NATO together, like working-- anyway. But look.
“Listen jack, I didn’t have time to campaign against Donald Trump, I was busy doing wars around the world”
If any other head of a nuclear state said things like “I run the world” and “we are the essential nation of the world”, they would rightfully be treated as a planetary threat.
If pointing this out to someone doesn’t at least give them pause, I’m not sure they can be saved. Perfect summary of the reality we’re forced to live in.