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Jake Tapper Eats His Words, Apologizes to Lara Trump

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May 28, 2025

In a striking reversal five years in the making, CNN’s Jake Tapper has publicly admitted that Lara Trump was right all along about President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline—an admission that comes too late for many, including Lara herself.

In a recent segment of The Ingraham Angle, Lara Trump—host of My View with Lara Trump—revisited a now-viral moment from 2019, when she warned that then-candidate Biden showed clear signs of mental deterioration. At the time, Tapper not only dismissed her concerns but accused her of mocking Biden’s stutter.

“What we see on stage with Joe Biden is very clearly a cognitive decline,” she said then, drawing instant rebuke from Tapper. “I think you were mocking his stutter,” he charged, asserting she had “no standing” to make any assessment.

Now, Tapper has done a full about-face.

“She was right, and I was wrong,” Tapper said in a recent on-air apology while promoting his new book. “I did not see, in the moments he was having, I did see that as cognitive decline. She did. Our reporting suggests that she was correct. So, I feel humility—I have apologized to her.”

But for Lara Trump, the apology—while appreciated—feels hollow.

A Phone Call, an Apology, and a Reckoning Too Late

“He called me about two months ago,” she said. “He said, ‘I have this book coming out, and I know everyone says I should apologize to you… I plan to go on TV and say you were right and I was wrong.’ And to Jake’s credit, he did that. But the damage is done.”

Trump pointed to the real-world consequences of shielding Biden from scrutiny: the unchecked border crisis, questions over who was truly leading the country, and a media apparatus more interested in protecting its narrative than reporting the truth.

“People are questioning now who was actually in charge—maybe whoever had control of the autopen,” she said. “If Biden hadn’t been elected, how much more would have been swept under the rug?”

Lara Trump didn’t stop with Tapper. She placed the media’s failure in a broader context, noting the collapse of public trust in traditional outlets.

“You can’t lie to the American people over and over and expect a different result,” she said. “It’s why Donald Trump is in the White House right now. People want truth, even when it’s hard.”

Media’s Obsession with Control and Its Fallout

The controversy also underscores how the media’s long-standing hostility toward Donald Trump—and by extension, his family—has fueled a toxic climate.

“There’s been a hatred and loathing toward our family for the last 10 years,” she said. “They wanted him in jail, and he was almost killed—twice. This hatred helped fuel that.”

Ultimately, she suggested Tapper’s apology was more about salvaging credibility than delivering true contrition. “Forgiveness is a Christian thing to do,” she said, “but the timing here is just a little too convenient.”

For Lara Trump, the lesson is clear: when legacy media gaslights the truth for years, a too-late apology doesn’t undo the consequences.