U.S. Presidential candidates' ages:
Biden 80
Trump 77
Yet Biden's age is treated like it's a horrifying deficit while Trump's age is rarely, if ever, even mentioned in the press? The age difference is small.
Journalism would do well to consider >other factors< about Presidential candidates.
[Don't start with if he dies... Anyone can die in office. Younger people have. A former President, Carter, is still alive at 99.]
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@marynelson8 It has less to do with age and more to do with senility... Biden shows obvious and visible signs of senility compared to his younger self. Even his supporters have trouble denying this.
Trump is the same idiot he has always been. While its hard to have mental decline when your as stupid as he is from the get go Trump doesnt really show signs of age based senility.
@freemo @marynelson8 I would say - based on observation - that Pres. Biden takes much better care of himself on a continuing basis than Mr. Trump ever has.
That is certainly true, but also moot to the point of senility. Senility is largely genetic and sadly despite Biden taking care of himself it is very evident he is struggling with senility while Trump is not (though Trump is struggling with stupidity).
@freemo @marynelson8 As someone seeing senility in action on a near-daily basis, I question that assertion about Biden.
And as someone who knows Biden personally (an old friend of the family), and someone who has worked with quite a few senile patients professionally I stand by my opinion.
@freemo See this article in the NY Times:
How Trump’s Verbal Slips Could Weaken His Attacks on Biden’s Age
"In recent weeks, Mr. Trump has also told supporters not to vote, and claimed to have defeated President Barack Obama in an election. He has praised the collective intellect of an Iranian-backed militant group that has long been an enemy of both Israel and the United States, and repeatedly mispronounced the name of the armed group that rules Gaza."
#Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/us/politics/trump-biden-age.html