The Health “Cover-Up” We Should Focus on Isn’t About Biden
Joe Biden has a record of delivering, not decline
The so-called “party of personal responsibility” never misses an opportunity to blame Joe Biden for all the disasters they create— and that goes for the announcement that our 46th President is battling prostate cancer. Add Jake Tapper’s book about Biden’s supposed decline that nobody asked for, and the Republicans are having a good week. These developments must be a relief for Trump’s GOP, grateful for anything to they can use to ride the news cycle over on their propaganda mills to distract from the last 100 days and counting of Trump’s ongoing train wreck.
Let’s not kid ourselves. If Joe Biden needs a nap, he’s earned it. This is the guy who inherited from Trump a country burdened with even more of the usual disasters Republicans leave in their wake, delivered the strongest economic recovery in modern history, created over 16 million jobs, lifted millions out of poverty, and restored America’s standing in the world. If that’s what “decline” looks like, I’ll take more, please.
But the real cover-up isn’t happening in the Biden household—it’s happening in Trump’s White House. As usual, the corporate media is complicit. While they analyze every Biden stumble like it’s the Zapruder film, Donald Trump gets a free pass to lie about his health, his weight, and even his miraculous “ear injury” after a registered Republican fired an AR-15 bullet at him.
The Ongoing Trump Health Cover-Up
Let’s review the facts. Donald Trump’s health record is a carnival of obvious lies and sycophantic doctor’s notes. He claims to be 6’3” and 224 pounds—give us a break. We have eyes. He dictates “perfect health” reports to doctors and the media shrugs and moves their focus back to Joe Biden.
A List of Trump’s Medical Lies and Cover-Ups
Height and Weight Fantasies: Trump’s height and weight is an easy one for the media, but they give it a pass. In April 2023, his booking documents listed him as 6’2” and 240 pounds. By August, he’d magically grown an inch and dropped 25 pounds, clocking in at 6’3” and 215 pounds. His latest physical claims 224 pounds—a 20-pound drop since 2020. Anyone with a functioning set of eyes knows that’s pure fiction.
Imagine what MAGAts and the media would do if Biden—or any other Democrat—made a similar claim.
One of these things is not like the others “Healthiest Individual Ever Elected”: In 2015 the future worst president in American history submitted his “medical records” in the form of a doctor’s letter, dictated by the future worst president himself. In it, Trump declared he’d be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency”? The media dutifully reported it, even after Dr. Harold Bornstein admitted Trump wrote it.
The “Ear Injury” : After the failed assassination attempt, Trump milked his superficial ear wound for all it was worth. The bullet “grazed” his ear, we were told, but there’s no visible scar, not even a scratch left behind from an AR-15 round. The only evidence is a paragraph signed by Ronny Jackson—a Trump loyalist and former White House physician who wasn’t even a licensed doctor at the time—attesting to the injury.
Would the media be so forgiving if Biden, Harris, and every Democrat in sight, suddenly decided that a single paragraph from a Democratic Congressman should shut them up?
Cognitive Bragging: Trump loves to tout his “perfect” cognitive scores. But the media rarely asks why a man so obsessed with his own mental prowess refuses to release actual, independent cognitive assessments. Meanwhile, they dissect every time Biden stumbled on a word.
We all remember when, at a town hall, Trump got tired of taking questions and swayed on stage to music for 20 minutes. It was barely a blip in the news cycle.
If Biden had done that on the campaign trail, they’d call for him to be involuntarily committed to a rest home.
A Different Rulebook for Trump
There aren’t just “different rules” for Republicans—there’s a whole different rulebook for Trump. The corporate media, trained by years of right-wing bad-faith attacks about 'bias”, has internalized the idea that Trump’s lies are just “Trump being Trump,” while any Democrat’s “misspeak” is tantamount to a Constitutional crisis.
Republicans and their media allies want you to believe that Biden’s health is the greatest “cover-up” in American history. But the real cover-up is the normalization of Trump’s endless, nonstop shameless lies about every imaginable topic—about his health, his weight, his injuries, and his fitness to serve, his accomplishments, his intelligence…and everything that comes out of lie hole. There’s no shame in the Republican game—just a relentless drive to gaslight the country into cheering the rollback of the American Revolution.
The Record: Biden’s Achievements vs. Trump’s Failures
Let’s tally the facts. Biden, in spite of every alleged ailment, delivered:
Historic job growth: 16.6 million jobs added, the largest in U.S. history.
Unemployment at record lows: For Black, Latino, women, veterans, and workers with disabilities.
Rising wages and wealth: Real wages up, median household wealth up 37% after inflation.
COVID-19 recovery: National strategy, American Rescue Plan, child poverty cut in half.
Restored global standing: Rejoined the Paris Agreement, revitalized NATO, led on Ukraine.
Small business boom: 21 million new applications, especially among Black and Latino entrepreneurs.
Meanwhile, Trump’s first 100 days back in the office he disgraced the first time? Economic chaos, market turmoil, attacks on democracy, global isolation, wrapped up in his plummeting approval rating. The only legislation Republicans have on deck is their “Big Beautiful Bill” of assaults on the working class.
No jobs boom. Just fear, division, and a world that no longer trusts America.
Trump’s First 100 Days (2025) of Failure
Economic Turmoil and Global Destabilization: Sweeping tariffs sparked a global trade war, leading to market turmoil and recession fears.
No Significant Legislative Achievements: Not a single major bill passed—and the “Big Beautiful Bill” they have in store is carnage for working people and the American Dream.
Attacks on Democratic Norms: Purged over 100,000 federal workers, weaponized the Justice Department, pardoned January 6 criminals while Putin cheered and Elon Musk danced with a chainsaw.
Human Rights Backlash: Mass deportations, family separations, attacks on DEI, women’s, and LGBTQIA+ rights.
Foreign Policy Isolation: Our allies are appalled, NATO is undermined, while Putin’s favorite president continues to make America as weak and reviled as he is.
Other Failures: Science and medical research is abandoned. Fascist brain drain is in full-effect. America’s once-good name won’t be easily restored.
Yeah, Biden is Old. Trump is Old AND a Traitor
Joe Biden has prostate cancer. He’s old and he wasn’t a perfect president. But he did deliver for the American people, every single day, in ways that matter.
If the choice is between a president who sometimes needs a nap but delivers results, and a serial liar who can’t tell the truth about anything, big and small, while dragging America back to the times the founders fought a revolution to escape, I’ll take the guy who delivers the American Dream. Not the narcissist who whines, lies, brags and lines his pockets at the expense of the poor and politically unconnected.
The scandal isn’t coming from Joe Biden. It’s the media’s complicity in Trump enabling Trump and his nonstop lies.
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Thank you for this, Tara! I am SO sick of the "pile on" on Joe Biden -- one of the most decent and effective Presidents this country has been fortunate enough to have. And while we're at it, f--- George Clooney, too.