Not long ago, journalist Franklin Foer’s book brought concerns about Joe Biden’s advanced age to the forefront. According to the author, the President of the United States privately admitted that he was tired. Now his biggest rival has intervened on this issue: Donald Trump. “Biden is not too old,” said the entrepreneur. The octogenarian American president, under constant attack because of his age, appears to have an unlikely ally to defend him. But Trump didn’t stop there.
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The former Republican president, against whom the octogenarian Democrat could run again in the November 2024 elections, assured NBC that Joe Biden’s problem is not his age but “his incompetence.” “Some of the world’s greatest leaders were in power in their 80s,” argued the former president, a candidate in the Republican primary. “And Biden is not too old,” he added during this interview, which will air in full on Sunday.
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“But I think he is incompetent and that is a bigger problem,” the former president reiterated. When asked about his age, Donald Trump smiled: “I’m still a long way from 80,” even though the billionaire celebrated his 77th birthday in June. Recent polls show that while the age difference between the two men is small, Americans are more worried about Biden.