Jake Tapper defends Trump age protection after skipping over Biden

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CNN anchor Jake Tapper urged Monday that a part of the explanation he's now reporting on President Donald Trump’s age is as a result of he and different journalists might have overlooked former President Joe Biden’s age over the last administration.

On " Pod Save America ," host Tommy Vietor requested Tapper, who lately co-wrote a guide on Biden's psychological decline and the administration's cover-up, how he believes the media ought to cowl the "rising situations of Trump falling asleep" or "lacking a step."

"When is it a important mass that it turns into bookworthy, proper?" Vietor requested.

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CNN’s Jake Tapper often questioned President Donald Trump's age and well being on his present. (Screenshot/CNN)

"I imply, we cowl it on a regular basis on my present," Tapper stated. "On a regular basis. And I believe that's to a big diploma, as a result of we noticed what occurred with Biden and whereas we coated it, we did not cowl it...perhaps we did not ask as many questions as we must always have on the time. And I believe it's a reputable query for any president of any age, however notably anyone who's within the vary of being an octogenarian, proper? We cowl it on a regular basis."

Tapper pointed to his protection on Wednesday the place he criticized Trump's Fact Social publish that referred to as out studies that he was "slowing up."

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"We should always be aware reporting precisely on the president's fairly apparent growing older is neither seditious or treasonous," Tapper stated during the broadcast .

Jake Tapper co-authored the guide, "Unique Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cowl-Up, and His Disastrous Option to Run Once more" with Axios' Alex Thompson. (Bryan Bedder/Selection by way of Getty Pictures)

On Thursday, Tapper additionally questioned the White Home's clarification for bruising seen on Trump's hand after suggesting it was as a result of the president is "actually always shaking fingers."

"The White Home gave the identical clarification for bruising again in July," Tapper said . "Clearly, he’s 79 years previous. And there's something occurring along with his well being that they’re not telling us, as a result of in any other case, why did he have that MRI?"

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Jake Tapper admitted that he did not cowl former President Joe Biden's psychological decline sufficient through the years. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP by way of Getty Pictures; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Pictures)

Forward of selling his guide, "Unique Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cowl-Up, and His Disastrous Option to Run Once more," Tapper conceded that he didn't cover Biden's mental decline totally sufficient whereas Biden was in workplace.

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"I believe among the criticism is honest, to be trustworthy, of me," Tapper stated in Could. "Definitely I am not going to talk for anyone else, however realizing then what I do know now, I look again at my protection throughout the Biden years and I did cowl a few of these points, however not sufficient. I look again on it with humility."

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