Jake Tapper

And that non-functioning Biden would rear his head increasingly starting in like 2019, 2020. And then as his term went on, more and more behind the scenes. And, you know, we in the public would see some of it in front of the cameras or he trips or whatever, but we had no idea how bad it was.

Well, I don't think James Comer's read the book. And we don't have anything in there on the autopen.

Well, I don't think James Comer's read the book. And we don't have anything in there on the autopen.

Well, I don't think James Comer's read the book. And we don't have anything in there on the autopen.

Yeah. I think there are serious questions about his capacity to be president. And that's not questions raised by me. They're questions raised by people in his administration talking to us. One cabinet secretary, more than one cabinet secretary, told us that that proverbial 2 a.m.

Yeah. I think there are serious questions about his capacity to be president. And that's not questions raised by me. They're questions raised by people in his administration talking to us. One cabinet secretary, more than one cabinet secretary, told us that that proverbial 2 a.m.

Yeah. I think there are serious questions about his capacity to be president. And that's not questions raised by me. They're questions raised by people in his administration talking to us. One cabinet secretary, more than one cabinet secretary, told us that that proverbial 2 a.m.

phone call that comes in the middle of the night, a national security emergency that we expect our president to be able to handle, cabinet secretaries told us that they did not think he was up to that task by 2024. And that's concerning. Now, what James Comer is able to find in his committee. I don't know.

phone call that comes in the middle of the night, a national security emergency that we expect our president to be able to handle, cabinet secretaries told us that they did not think he was up to that task by 2024. And that's concerning. Now, what James Comer is able to find in his committee. I don't know.

phone call that comes in the middle of the night, a national security emergency that we expect our president to be able to handle, cabinet secretaries told us that they did not think he was up to that task by 2024. And that's concerning. Now, what James Comer is able to find in his committee. I don't know.

There is a lot that is subjective, and I would be astounded if executive privilege were not invoked so that the top aides who really knew what was going on didn't ultimately just decline to answer questions. But I do think that there are questions to ask.

There is a lot that is subjective, and I would be astounded if executive privilege were not invoked so that the top aides who really knew what was going on didn't ultimately just decline to answer questions. But I do think that there are questions to ask.

There is a lot that is subjective, and I would be astounded if executive privilege were not invoked so that the top aides who really knew what was going on didn't ultimately just decline to answer questions. But I do think that there are questions to ask.

I mean, there are a lot of responses to that. First of all, you know, books like this get written all the time. When a presidential term is over, participants in the term are much more willing to speak than when it's going on.

I mean, there are a lot of responses to that. First of all, you know, books like this get written all the time. When a presidential term is over, participants in the term are much more willing to speak than when it's going on.

I mean, there are a lot of responses to that. First of all, you know, books like this get written all the time. When a presidential term is over, participants in the term are much more willing to speak than when it's going on.

Yeah, but I mean, it always happens. I mean, Alex and I were astounded by how many people we got to talk to us because very few of them spoke to us when we were trying to get answers to these questions during the Biden presidency. Or if they did, they weren't as candid. So, I mean, that's one, like these kinds of books get written. Two... What happened was historically unprecedented.

Yeah, but I mean, it always happens. I mean, Alex and I were astounded by how many people we got to talk to us because very few of them spoke to us when we were trying to get answers to these questions during the Biden presidency. Or if they did, they weren't as candid. So, I mean, that's one, like these kinds of books get written. Two... What happened was historically unprecedented.

Yeah, but I mean, it always happens. I mean, Alex and I were astounded by how many people we got to talk to us because very few of them spoke to us when we were trying to get answers to these questions during the Biden presidency. Or if they did, they weren't as candid. So, I mean, that's one, like these kinds of books get written. Two... What happened was historically unprecedented.

It's never happened before that somebody gets his party, an incumbent president gets his party's nomination, has such a bad performance at the debate with so many questions about what that reveals about his cognition that his party essentially forces him to step down. It's never happened before. And we thought it was definitely worth exploring.