NCS anchor Jake Tapper claimed he has been protecting President Trump’s health “all the time” to make up for his lack of protection of former President Joe Biden’s psychological decline.
During an episode of “Pod Save America” on Monday, former Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor questioned whether or not Tapper has been protecting Trump showing to go to sleep throughout cupboard conferences and different indicators of the present president’s age.
“We cover it all the time on my show, all the time,” mentioned Tapper, host of “The Lead with Jake Tapper.”
“I think that is, to a large degree, because we saw what happened with Biden, and while we covered it, we didn’t ask as many questions as we should have at the time,” he continued.
“I think it is a legitimate question for any president of any age, but particularly anybody who is in, like, the range of being an octogenarian, right?”
Most lately, Tapper added, he lined Trump’s “crazy Truth Social rant” after the New York Times revealed a report that the president was exhibiting indicators of fatigue — which Trump referred to as “seditious, perhaps even treasonous.”
The NCS host has confronted heated backlash for trying to cash in on Biden’s demise along with his bombshell guide about the alleged cover-up — after staunchly defending Biden’s cognitive talents whereas the former president was nonetheless in workplace.
Tapper even apologized to first daughter-in-law Lara Trump earlier this 12 months after he berated her on air throughout the 2020 presidential marketing campaign — denying her claims that Biden was struggling a cognitive decline and accusing her of mocking the former president’s stutter.
During Monday’s episode, Tapper additionally defended his protection of Biden’s decline in his guide, co-authored by Axios reporter Alex Thompson, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.”
“I don’t know anybody who thinks that he [Biden] could be president right now and all the way through 2029,” Tapper mentioned.
“In his current state, if you see him speak, if you see him walking, I feel bad for him.”