This past week, former US President Joe Biden’s mental health made headlines once again, after it was revealed that his health was in a much more concerning state in the lead up to the 2024 election, with aides even considering putting him in a wheelchair for his second term.
In this video, Mehdi joins ‘The Jim Acosta Show’ to talk with CNN’s former chief White House correspondent about that reporting and the state of President Donald Trump’s mental health.
“It’s very hard to have a serious conversation about whether Joe Biden had cognitive decline when the current president is ranting about groceries to the dictator in the UAE,” Mehdi tells Acosta. “If someone got onto the metro… sat next to you and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen’s skin or about being lord of the world or the reincarnation of Jesus – which is stuff that Trump has said – if they ranted to you about shower pressure or toilet flushes, you would get up and move to a different seat. In this country, we gave that person nuclear codes.”
“You live in a consequence-free environment basically if you go after Joe Biden. If you go after Joe Biden, he’s not going to call the SEC on you, he’s not going to slap you with a $300 billion bullshit lawsuit. If you go after Donald Trump and raise these issues, he’s going to want to shut everything down. If Bruce Springsteen says one thing on a tour, he sends threatening messages over Truth Social,” Acosta tells Mehdi.
Mehdi and Acosta also discuss the GOP’s plan to slash taxes for the rich at the expense of Medicaid.
“Even in the age of MAGA, even in the transformation of the Republican party to be pro-Russia and anti-free trade, one thing has remained consistent: Pay for tax cuts for rich people by screwing over poor people. That they’ve been consistent on,” Mehdi tells Acosta.
Watch the full conversation to hear the two discuss Trump’s visit to the Middle East, the MAGA base, and Mehdi’s book, ‘Win Every Argument.’
Congratulations Mehdi on Zeteo’s first anniversary. Jim you and Mehdi are a fun team. Love you both. Admirable men who dare to tell the truth intelligently.♥️🇺🇸
I. Am. Sick. To. Death. Of. "Teflon Don". He is not and never will be normal.
And watch. He's gonna have horses in his stupid parade. Just guessing after seeing all those camels on parade in SA. It's how his brain works.
But heaven help anyone who, in true Roman style, walks behind him reminding him that he is human.
A Reality show for citizenship? Hello!! Running Man.
So not surprised but very angry and terrified of ALL the Drumpf crap.
Great interview!
"Migrant Hunger Games" - Suzanne Collins better sue the pants off him for royalties if he does it!
He always puts on the dog collar in the presence of authoritarian leaders, a chronic passive.
I don't know how many times I got to say this but he's got tertiary syphilis, and all the spackle in the world won't heal those holes in his brain.
As The Atlantic pointed out, the Republicans have never reduced the deficit. They always run on reducing the deficit, but that is a scam they pass off on the American people. They have no intention of reducing the deficit. As the Los Angeles Times reporter showed back during the George W Bush years, the Republicans have spent 3-5% more of your tax dollars per year in office than the Democrats. As a speaker I heard speaking at a meeting in Florida back then as well, the difference between the Democrats and Republicans is not whether or not they want your tax dollars, but what they want to spend it on. The Democrats tend to spend more on social support goals (welfare, health care, education, etc) the Republicans spend it on the Military Industrial complex.
This is useless. We know who Trump is. What are we going to do about it? Make fun of him?
Murdoch runs Fox and WSJ: enough to give you cognitive dissonance!
PS. Yelling the truth is being nice. Ignoring the truth in an effort to be “kind” is dangerous in these times.♥️🇺🇸
More than a million people are being intentionally starved to death and you two are talking about the failure of the media to ask tough questions? And say nothing of the non response of the highly dubious Democratic opposition?
I don’t understand why Trump being unhinged is suddenly news. If media just quoted him verbatim, as they did Sarah Palin, I don’t think anyone would be talking about this now.
My sense it that msm is overreacting to criticism from his first run and term when every tweet, speech, or outrageous comment was given hours of breathless coverage, thereby keeping him at the head of all news cycles. (See Michelle Wolf’s WH corespondents set). I call bs on the notion that they’re concerned about being sued. If he was being quoted verbatim they’d probably not want to amplify the crazy.
The Lauren Windsor interview was interesting too. Wish it hadn’t been cut short. Sorry, Jim, this did not inspire me to subscribe. I’ll stick with Zeteo.
@Jim Acosta. ANDOR. Yes, terrific season 2 after powerful season 1. Layered gritty journey of building a rebellion against an anti-human evil Empire.
I volunteer at a food pantry in an impoverished part of Hartford, CT. Mostly working poor but also a number of disabled persons. On Fridays we pick up food from Foodshare for distribution on Sat. Yesterday was the smallest amount of food and with very little healthy items since the pandemic! Make America Hungry Again
Just how Orwellian are things getting?
Guys, don’t fall for the trump decline, trump is doing his Okie Doke. Keep calling out trump’s decline, his bait and switch, stop being nice, hit him where it hurts, the “truth” exposing him for his delusional behavior. It’s time to expose corporate media, and mainstream journalism
Debate or discussion includes letting your 'other' get a word in edgewise.