The First Lady thought she was watching her husband have a stroke. That is not hyperbole. That is Jill Biden's own account of the debate, leaked to a US outlet. She saw the vacant stare, the frozen words, the confusion. A stroke seemed the only explanation.
But the medics say otherwise. No clot. No bleed. Just the slow, unravelling reality of cognitive decline. British neurologists, speaking on condition of anonymity, are blunt: the signs are textbook. Pauses. Loss of thread. Inappropriate affect. They see it in geriatric wards every day.
The White House insists the President is fit. But the palace intrigue tells a different story. Staff are worried. Cabinet ministers are watching. And the backbench? They are sharpening their knives.
This is not about age. It is about capability. A president who freezes on stage, who loses his train of thought, who fails to close a sentence. The question now is not whether he can serve. It is whether he should.
The polling data is dire. Swing voters are spooked. Donors are calling. The game has changed. The real story is not the debate. It is the cover-up. And the clock is ticking.
