MSNBC's Joe Scarborough has turned Donald Trump's attacks about his age and mental agility back on him, and he said that must be getting under the former president's skin.
Polls have shown that voters have concerns about Biden, he turned 81 in November, having the stamina and mental fitness to serve another term, but the current's president's campaign has pounced on a series of recent comments from Trump, who is only four years younger at 77, and the "Morning Joe" host said those attacks seem to be breaking through.
"They understand now, and they're turning it out quickly," Scarborough said. "Donald Trump says something stupid, it's up online, like, 15 seconds later. It's on TikTok, it's on YouTube, it's on X, it's on Instagram reels. I mean, we've been seeing this over the last week, just how quickly they're moving on Trump. I've got to say, I think this is why Trump got away with this in the past, because all his opponents were flat-footed. Maybe even the Biden campaign in 2020 didn't have to do this as much as they're doing in 2024."
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"But you can sense, there is a real understanding, Donald Trump loses his mind, forgets what he's saying, confuses Barack Obama with Joe Biden, confuses World War II with whatever the hell he was confusing," Scarborough added. "Confuses Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi. The whole world is going to see in three seconds, and they're going to see in three seconds because they're on him now. You talk about a tight man-to-man defense, I mean, you cover the White House. What's happened over the past week or two? I mean, they are really -- the rapid response has to be driving Donald Trump crazy."
Scarborough left open the possibility that Haley could notch a stronger-than-expected showing Tuesday in the primary New Hampshire, but he said the 2024 campaign already appears to be set as a two-man race that Biden's team feels confident about winning.
"This is the race the Biden campaign has always wanted," he said. "They feel like they best match up to Trump, who they can pose as an existential threat to the nation's democracy, but also allows them to have some defense against what is President Biden's greatest vulnerability per polling, which is his age. Donald Trump only a few years younger and, as you mentioned, the verbal gaffes and the missteps and the incoherence, the flat-out incoherence from Trump has only accelerated. The Biden team is pouncing."
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