Former President Donald Trump celebrated his 78th birthday on Friday, but mainstream media is already exaggerating his age, claiming he is showing signs of aging like President Joe Biden, who turned 81 in November.
Matthew Foster, a professor at American University, Said Foster told AFP that Trump has “the air of a drunk uncle” and his comments come as several polls have shown voters are concerned about Biden’s age.
“He sometimes comes off like a drunk old man when he speaks, which may be a sign of the loss of impulse control that comes with age,” Foster told the outlet.
The Biden campaign also criticized Trump for turning 78 years old. post X is playing a video snippet of President Trump’s remarks against a backdrop of cake and birthday candles.
“Hey Donald,” the Biden campaign video says. “You’ve been losing your mind for 78 years!”
The news agency noted that in the past few months, Trump has “upset the leaders of Turkey and Hungary” and warned that the world is heading for a “Second World War.”
In recent months, Trump has upset the leaders of Turkey and Hungary, warned that the world is heading for World War II, not World War III, and called fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter a “fantastic man.”
of The Washington Post Similarly published article In the statement, he noted that if elected in November, Trump would become “the oldest president ever to take office.”
Joel Kramer, director of the neuropsychology program at the UCSF Center for Memory and Aging, told the outlet that both Trump and Biden “are at roughly the same risk of experiencing some degree of cognitive decline over the next four to five years.”
As President Trump celebrated his birthday on Friday, First Lady Jill Biden noted that her husband is a “healthy and intelligent 81-year-old.”
a The New York TimesA Siena College poll conducted in March found that 73% of registered voters believe Biden is “too old” to serve effectively as president.
Forty-seven percent of respondents strongly agreed that Biden is too old to be an effective president, while 26% somewhat agreed. 14% somewhat disagreed that Biden is too old to be an effective president, while 11% strongly disagreed.
