It is time for President Biden to exit the otherwise empty brains of Leavitt and her boss [View all]

The NYT had a long story titled

Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office

Which the White House already attacked as a vicious propaganda.

I kinda glanced through it but two paragraphs caught my eyes:

In response to a list of questions about Mr. Trump’s health, including about the results of his M.R.I. and whether or not he was falling asleep in the Oval Office, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, praised the president’s energy and pointed to Mr. Biden. “Unlike the Biden White House, who covered up Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and hid him from the press, President Trump and his entire team have been open and transparent about the president’s health, which remains exceptional,” Ms. Leavitt said in a statement.

and

Mr. Trump has hung a photo of an autopen in a space where Mr. Biden’s portrait would otherwise be, and disparages his predecessor’s physicality often. “He sleeps all the time — during the day, during the night, on the beach,” Mr. Trump said about Mr. Biden last week, adding: “I’m not a sleeper.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/trump-age-health.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U8.mRYL.UIwkZi1nQGwf&smid=url-share

(free, should be)

Why can't they just reply to questions. Why bring President Biden, who no longer holds office, to reply?