Former President Donald Trump didn’t make his way out to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the first Republican debate of the forthcoming presidential election cycle. Instead, he met with former Fox News Host Tucker Carlson in Bedminster, New Jersey. During the conversation, Trump spoke about his political foe — President Joe Biden. In particular, Trump questioned if Biden would be fit to serve another term as President.
“I don’t think he’s going to make it to the gate. But you know, you never know,” Trump told Carlson.
“He can’t lift his feet out of the grass, you know, it’s only two inches at the White House, right? That’s not a lot. But you watch him and it looks like he’s walking on toothpicks. And then you see him on the beach where he can’t lift a chair.”
This is not the first time that Trump has asked questions about Biden’s age nor is he the first person to raise questions about the ages of the presidential field.
“Age has already been a constant topic, really since the last election,” Dr. Matthew Schmidt of the University of New Haven told USA Today.
Prior to November 2016, voters in the U.S. had never elected a President older than 70 years old. Since then, Donald Trump, 70, and Joe Biden, 78, were elected. Aside from Trump and Biden, major candidates like Asa Hutchinson, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Marianne Williamson and Larry Elder will also be 70 or older by November 2024.
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