David Pakman

This is not about the way it looks.

You know, the the defenders go, oh, you know, the optics of this administration are different.

Trump's different.

This is the structure of the whole thing.

And it really says something about how decisions are being made.

Military operations don't pause because you've got a gala or because you want to golf.

Strikes happen sometimes at 3 a.m.

Targeting decisions have to be made.

Responses to retaliation have to be acted upon.

And so someone is actively directing that.

And it is not always Donald Trump, even though we are told that it is always Donald Trump.

Now, let's go back to what was being said about Joe Biden.

There was endless speculation and commentary.

that Biden was demented and had no clue what was going on and other people were making the decisions.

Biden was present for every major decision and major briefing and operational oversight during his presidency.

You might not have liked the decisions he made.

You might have recognized that he was slowing down in his age, which, of course, he was.

But we are not dealing with speculation here.

We're dealing with what we see, these absences of Trump during critical moments, the task force to eliminate fraud.

Remember that it's this major Trump initiative, but he announced it and put J.D.