EPISODE · May 23, 2025 · 18 MIN
The Crucial Lessons From Biden's Decline America Needs To Learn
from Mallen Baker: Faultlines · host Mallen Baker
Books have been landing in recent weeks opening up windows into the behind-the-scenes action around the cognitive decline of US president Joe Biden, and how the messy events of his nomination, and then withdrawal, in the 2024 campaign played out. We're left with a disturbing outcome. We could all see that Biden was not in great shape all the way back to the start of his 2020 election campaign. And yet experts, informed as they were by insiders talking his condition up, failed to believe it. And we're left looking at a process that - in multiple ways - contributed to America's democratic decline, and opened the door to Trump 2.0. Let's discuss.
What this episode covers
Books have been landing in recent weeks opening up windows into the behind-the-scenes action around the cognitive decline of US president Joe Biden, and how the messy events of his nomination, and then withdrawal, in the 2024 campaign played out. We're left with a disturbing outcome. We could all see that Biden was not in great shape all the way back to the start of his 2020 election campaign. And yet experts, informed as they were by insiders talking his condition up, failed to believe it. And we're left looking at a process that - in multiple ways - contributed to America's democratic decline, and opened the door to Trump 2.0. Let's discuss.
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