@GottaLaff

For what it's worth, kind of apropos of nothing, I was hosting a group call this morning and used "Obama" instead of "Biden." I don't think it means much. At least, I hope it doesn't. :)

@GottaLaff @abhayakara Yeah, it's one thing to mix up Ayatollah Khomeini with Ayatollah Khamenei, but he's also mixed up Orban and Erdogan, Haley and Pelosi, and this isn't the first time he's mixed up Obama and Biden.

And he'll never admit to being wrong about anything, so there's always a post hoc justification. "No, I meant Obama is secretly running things behind the scenes" or whatever.

@Thad @GottaLaff

Not defending trump here. Just noticing the irony that I did the same damned thing.

Honestly, the reason we are hassling trump about this is that he’s hassling Biden about it. Of all the fucked up things trump says, this is to me just about the least interesting or damaging.

@abhayakara @GottaLaff And if this were the only sign that Trump is experiencing cognitive decline, you would have a point.

But it isn't. It's a single data point among many. Trump was never a smart man, but he used to be more coherent.

@Thad @GottaLaff

Unquestionably. I just think it’s not the most useful talking point. The people who respect trump don’t mind that he’s got dementia, so it just works in their favor to point it out, because it gives them something to riff off of against Biden.