{"id":2439880,"date":"2025-05-28T12:53:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lara-trump-rebuffs-tappers-apology-to-her-over-biden-decline-damage-is-done\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T12:55:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:55:28","slug":"lara-trump-rebuffs-tappers-apology-to-her-over-biden-decline-damage-is-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lara-trump-rebuffs-tappers-apology-to-her-over-biden-decline-damage-is-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Lara Trump rebuffs Tapper\u2019s apology to her over Biden decline: \u2018Damage is done\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flara-trump-rebuffs-tappers-apology-to-her-over-biden-decline-damage-is-done%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2439880&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Lara Trump responded to Jake Tapper&#8217;s recent admission of his mistake regarding her concerns over President Joe Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline, stating that his acknowledgment came to late.On Fox News, Trump revealed that Tapper had called her a couple of months ago to express that she was correct about her worries about Biden. While she commended Tapper for owning up to his earlier criticism, she emphasized that &#8220;the damage is done.&#8221; Trump argued that tapper&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prior skepticism contributed<\/a> to a lack of media scrutiny regarding Biden&#8217;s mental acuity, stating that the absence of coverage is increasing public distrust in the media.She also highlighted the potential consequences had Biden won the election, suggesting that his condition would have been further concealed. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-voter-guide-group-pushes-its-way-into-universities\/\" title=\"Leftist &#039;Voter Guide&#039; Group Pushes Its Way Into Universities\">discussion reflects ongoing debates<\/a> about Biden&#8217;s fitness for office and the media&#8217;s role in covering such matters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Lara Trump rebuffs Tapper&rsquo;s apology to her over Biden decline: &lsquo;Damage is done&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2132718\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lara-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lara Trump<\/a> acknowledged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jake-tapper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jake Tapper<\/a> owned up to his misplaced criticism of her concerns regarding former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s cognitive decline, but she said it felt &ldquo;a little bit too late.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Tapper called &ldquo;about two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-hes-returning-to-butler-pennsylvania-for-an-event-like-the-world-has-never-seen\/\" title=\"... Announces He&#039;s Returning to Butler, Pennsylvania, for an \u2018Event Like the World Has Never Seen\u2019\">months ago&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to tell her she was right about her assessment of Biden. Tapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3417847\/jake-tapper-megyn-kelly-lara-trump-conservative-media-right-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">has since aligned with Trump&rsquo;s concerns<\/a> in several interviews as he promotes his new book on the cover-up of Biden&rsquo;s mental acuity. Trump, host of Fox News&rsquo;s <em>My View with Lara Trump<\/em>, gave Tapper credit for owning up to being wrong about Biden, but she contended that &ldquo;the damage is done&rdquo; from his initial scolding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3423899\/watch-live-trump-swears-in-jeanine-pirro-as-interim-u-s-attorney-for-the-district-of-columbia\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump swears in Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3423749\/sean-duffy-funding-repair-damage-natural-disasters-hurricane-helene\/\">Sean Duffy announces over $1.5 billion in funding to repair damage caused by natural disasters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3423649\/fannie-mae-launches-ai-partnership-palantir-trump-sell-off\/\">Fannie Mae launches AI partnership amid  Trump&#8217;s talk of selling off mortgage giant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We were so close to something so dangerous happening to this country. I mean, look at what actually happened,&rdquo; Trump said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Ingraham Angle<\/em>. &ldquo;Look at the millions of illegal immigrants able to pour in. People are questioning now who was actually in charge of this country, I guess whoever was in charge of the autopen. We really have to think about what would have happened if Joe Biden had been elected. These people would have swept his condition under the rug even more, and Jake Tapper saying this is like a Watergate level type of situation, now that he played a role in it, it feels a little bit too late to me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2953948&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=1cadb159c728bfbf026e9c12f157676a\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3068048\/biden-moves-put-out-fires-following-trump-debate-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Biden&rsquo;s mental decline became a national talking point<\/a> after his performance in the first 2024 presidential debate, which Tapper co-hosted with fellow CNN anchor Dana Bash.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if she thought the press would have investigated Biden&rsquo;s decline at all had the debate turned out differently for him, Trump said that was &ldquo;the scary part&rdquo; of looking back on this.<\/p>\n<p>She contended that the lack of coverage of Biden&rsquo;s decline is part of why the public&rsquo;s distrust of the press is growing. In comparison, she argued that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s &ldquo;authenticity&rdquo; is why he is back in the White House.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3423106\/jake-tapper-book-media-crisis-of-competence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JAKE TAPPER AND THE MEDIA&rsquo;S CRISIS OF COMPETENCE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president has argued that Biden&rsquo;s autopen is &ldquo;the biggest scandal in American History&rdquo; outside of the 2020 presidential election, which he has insisted was &ldquo;rigged.&rdquo; The president said whoever was in charge of the autopen approved things that Biden, had he been &ldquo;of sound mind,&rdquo; would never have agreed to, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">opening the southern border<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3422751\/trump-transgender-athletes-policy-california-gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">allowing transgender athletes to compete in female sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114582052493616430\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>As the Democratic Party seeks to move on from the 2024 election, Antonio Villaraigosa, who is running as a Democrat in California&rsquo;s 2026 gubernatorial election, has accused former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> of partaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3418760\/california-democrat-governor-candidate-antonio-villaraigosa-kamala-harris-biden-cover-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in a &ldquo;systematic cover-up&rdquo; of Biden&rsquo;s mental acuity<\/a>. 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