Trump's age finally catches up with him [View all]
When Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait raised the question of Donald Trump’s age during their conversation at the Economic Club of Chicago earlier this week, the former president got suddenly defensive.
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The reason Trump didn’t simply say that Biden was too old, it’s safe to assume, is that he’s not that much older than Trump. Trump was the oldest president in American history at the time that he served. Biden surpassed him. But if Trump were to win in November, he would reclaim the title in 2028. The last thing Trump needs is people throwing past comments about age back in his face.
Particularly given new indications that he, too, has lost a step.
In early August, The Washington Post reported that Trump’s campaign schedule was far lighter than it had been in 2016 or 2020. Even in the midst of the pandemic, Trump’s calendar had been busier by midsummer than it was this year. In response, Trump defenders suggested that he was just getting geared up, with the slow pace perhaps a function of the attempt on his life in Butler, Pa.
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