Lara Trump rebuffs Tapper’s apology to her over Biden decline: ‘Damage is done’

Published May 28, 2025 11:42am ET



Lara Trump acknowledged Jake Tapper owned up to his misplaced criticism of her concerns regarding former President Joe Biden‘s cognitive decline, but she said it felt “a little bit too late.”

Trump said Tapper called “about two months ago” to tell her she was right about her assessment of Biden. Tapper has since aligned with Trump’s concerns in several interviews as he promotes his new book on the cover-up of Biden’s mental acuity. Trump, host of Fox News’s My View with Lara Trump, gave Tapper credit for owning up to being wrong about Biden, but she contended that “the damage is done” from his initial scolding.

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