 Friedman is influential, friendly with Biden and often supportive of the Biden administration's policy goals. So people took notice when he wrote, quote, Joe Biden, a good man and a good president, has no business running for reelection. Thomas Friedman joins me now. Welcome to All Things Considered. Great to be with you, Scott. Why did you write this column? Because it was very clear to me that President Biden did not have the mental acuity and capacity to give the most basic and obvious responses to Donald Trump in that debate.