Trump Drops Fire Response After Media Begins Yada Yadaing About His Age, ‘Fatigue,’ and Daily Schedule – RedState
Last spring, as reporters discussed Joe Biden’s decline and the press’s calculated reluctance to report on it, one thing was clear:
They were doing it (belatedly) for reasons that had nothing to do with feelings of guilt, nor were they doing it to try to improve an industry that continues to face a historic and well-deserved crisis of confidence among readers and viewers.
We saw evidence, for example, when former “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd played games of “what about” with Biden against President Donald Trump, suggesting that a tweet at 2 a.m. should cause as much concern as Biden calling out a congressman who tragically died a month before.
At the time, I wrote that “we knew this was always where it would end, right? Democratic apologists in the press using Biden’s book [by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson] as a pretext for insinuations and questions about Trump’s mental and physical health, something we’ve seen Tapper do before in various interviews. »
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And now, in a fairly predictable “I said it” moment, the usual suspects are doing just that, spreading stories about Trump allegedly showing “signs of fatigue” as he “faces the realities of aging in office”:
Shorter days, signs of fatigue: Trump faces the realities of aging in office https://t.co/FfkRIYEfWh
– Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) November 26, 2025
Although the New York Times article noted that Trump has been a much more visible president since taking office than Joe Biden, with the current POTUS having a busy schedule of meetings with world leaders and CEOs, the Times pointed to a purported change in the number of events (and the times they start) he has on his calendar this time compared to his first year in office during his first term, as an example of his age looming large:
Yet nearly a year into his second term, Americans are seeing less of Mr. Trump than before, according to a New York Times analysis of his schedule. Mr. Trump has fewer public events on his schedule and is traveling much less domestically than he did during his first year in office, in 2017, although he is making more trips abroad.
It also has a shorter public schedule than before. Most of his public appearances take place on average between noon and 5 p.m.
Thompson also added his own addition to the pile:
NYT: In 2017, Trump events started at 10:31 a.m. on average.
In 2025, Trump started scheduled events in the afternoon on average, at 12:08 p.m.
Trump’s total number of official appearances decreased by 39%. In 2017, Trump held 1,688 official events…
-Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) November 25, 2025
I think the phrase “although he’s taking more foreign trips” from the New York Times report might have been the first and only clue Alex, and even the journalists who wrote the article, needed to understand the real reasons why Trump’s schedule is a little different this time around compared to 2017.
In fact, Trump himself said this in a fiery response on Truth Social:
I have settled 8 wars, I have reached 48 new stock market highs, our economy is excellent and our country is once again respected all over the world, respected like never before. The last administration had the highest inflation in history – I’ve already brought that back to normal, and prices, including groceries, are falling. Doing this takes a lot of work and energy, and I’ve never worked so hard in my life.
Many conservatives have talked about how this term is different from the previous one, mainly because Trump knows a lot more about “the ground” and how things work in Washington compared to his first two years in office. He clearly arrived this time — after an eight-year legal battle and two assassination attempts against him — with a renewed sense of determination, to be a disruptor of the status quo, as someone who — with the right team (like Secretary of State Marco Rubio and DOT Secretary Sean Duffy) — will get things done.
Are there going to be any hiccups? Of course. When you inherit what Trump did from Biden, it takes time to untangle the damage done. Additionally, there are predictable obstacles on the Democratic side, and even a few on the Republican side. But one thing is certain: If there are any unresolved domestic issues and worldly differences left at the end of Trump’s term, it won’t be because he only made a public appearance at noon or because he supposedly fell asleep at the Resolute Desk.
Editor’s note: The mainstream media continues to distract, spin, spin, and lie about President Trump, his administration, and conservatives.
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