Like Biden, Trump is not up to the job

After the publication of a book exploring why Joe Biden lost his bid for a second term, critics and Republicans are piling on, asking why his supporters and staff allowed a man who clearly was diminished in body and mind to run for president.

Now nearly six months after Donald Trump narrowly won the election, let's look at his physical and mental acuity. Trump has difficulty navigating stairs and ramps, and stumbled on the stairs to Marine One. He is obese. He fell asleep at a meeting with the Saudis and during his own criminal trial. He habitually rambles nonsensically, lies continually, has the vocabulary of a fourth-grader, and does not know what's in the Constitution of the United States — the supreme law of the land — which he swore to uphold. When directly asked if, as president, he needed to uphold the Constitution, Trump responded, "I don't know."

I agree that Biden was in no shape to serve another four years. But neither is Trump. Why aren't his staff members, his family, his supporters and his allies in Congress blowing the whistle and declaring that Trump is physically and mentally weak and not up to the job of president? Instead, they make excuses and cover up his infirmity just like Biden's people did. Republicans will say, "It's not the same," but it is the same and there's a word for that. Hypocrisy.

Sheri Albrecht

Solon