[American Thinker] The worst kept secret in Washington, D.C. is that Joe Biden is suffering from serious age-related cognitive decline. In January, although some people predicted he would remain in office for up to two years before he was gently ushered out to make room for Kamala Harris, I looked at the man and thought he was going to be retired by June. Lately, though, Biden looks as if he's heading for an April or May retirement. On Monday, he had his worst public appearance yet, when he was unable to remember either the name for his secretary of defense or the Pentagon.
Anybody who's dealt with aging relatives unlucky enough to suffer from cognitive decline, whether Alzheimer's or age-related senility, recognizes what's going on with Joe Biden. Sally Zelikovsky wrote with great compassion about what's happening in Biden's life right now:
Stress and anxiety don't cause dementia but can exacerbate a dementia patient's confusion. It can be brought on by something as mundane as a large family gathering, a change in routine, a fall, a visit to the hospital, or stress from a job. While "sundowning" or decompensating after a family event are common fallouts from stress, the real challenge is the accumulation of stress and anxiety over time that leads to confusion and, ultimately, delusions, which, in turn, can foster increased levels of anxiety that can exacerbate the confusion experienced and result in even more delusions, and so forth and so on. It's a hellacious cycle.
Biden's minders, including Mrs. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, are doing their best to insulate Biden from the stress. However, his title means he must get out of the bedroom periodically and play at being president. That effort must be wreaking havoc with Joe's tenuous grasp on memory and reality.
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