Joe Biden and the Democratic Party wrestle with concerns about the President’s age in the wake of the Special Counsel’s report calling him “a well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.” Donald Trump pops up at a rally in South Carolina to remind everyone that he’s an elderly man with a poor memory who doesn’t mean well at all. And later, former Representative Mondaire Jones stops by the studio to talk about disfunction in Congress, how control of the House might hinge on New York races like his, and today’s big special election to replace George Santos.

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Show Notes:

• Politico: ‘Enough to make Reagan ill’: Trump’s NATO remarks under fire
• NYT: Favoring Foes Over Friends, Trump Threatens to Upend International Order
• NYT: Trump Says He Gave NATO Allies Warning: Pay In or He’d Urge Russian Aggression
• WSJ: NATO Leader Blasts Trump’s Suggestion He Would Encourage Russian Invasion of U.S. Allies
• NBC: Trump’s NATO jibe won’t be a surprise for Europe — but it could spell a reckoning
• NYT: G.O.P. Officials, Once Critical, Stand by Trump After NATO Comments
• NBC: Trump asks about whereabouts of Nikki Haley’s husband, who’s serving overseas
• CBS: Trump attends closed-door hearing in classified documents case
• Politico EU: Trump vowed he’d ‘never’ help Europe if it’s attacked, top EU official says (01/10/24)
• Politico EU: Europe’s Trump challenge: Is it ready to fight Vladimir Putin alone?
• FP: Trump’s NATO Bashing Confirms Europe’s Worst Fears
• Atlantic: TRUMP WILL ABANDON NATO (by Anne Applebaum) (12/06/23)
• Bloomberg: Haley Assails Trump Over NATO, Tariffs in Bid to Close 2024 Gap
• The Guardian:  Nikki Haley among Republicans to criticize Trump’s attack on Nato
• AP News: Haley tells Trump to ‘say it to my face’ after he questions her military husband’s whereabouts
• The Hill: Haley: ‘Rogue golf ball’ is closest Trump has come to combat
• WP: What the Hur report says about Biden’s ‘willful retention’ of documents 
• Politico: Dems plead with Biden to do more, not less, media as doubts grow about his capacity for the job
• WP: ‘Hair on fire’: Democratic worries grow over claims about Biden’s memory lapses
• Politico: White House frustration with Garland grows 
• Politico: Biden on Hur: ‘How the hell dare he’ 
• NYT: The Challenges of an Aging President
• HuffPost: Biden Takes Swipe At Peter Doocy In Fiery Exchange
• IPOS: Majority of Americans think both Biden and Trump are too old to serve second terms