I wonder how much of this is caused by journalists and the internet picking apart every tiny thing that powerful politicians say? Nobody wastes their time doing that to the irrelevant and weak.

When Biden was at his peak, his language was garbled.

When Biden was at his low, his language was garbled.

Why don't we re-label this thread "Politicians' language is garbled." and get it all over with?

People can prefer simplicity all they want, but the actual world they live in is complex, and no amount of pretending will change that.

I remembering seeing this with a Swedish SocDem politician, many years ago.

She was pretty well educated, academically sound background, married to a competent academic, and then she wrote an article that was completely unsound. One can have different positions, but you don't suddenly reason badly because you change your mind.

She became a top name either soon before or after this.

This is a different thing than what the article talks about though, there's nothing wrong, after all, with precise language; unsound thinking and arguments aren't the same as this claimed increase in complexity but I think parties often force people to take views that make no sense and then a person without integrity agrees and becomes a 'leader'.