Donald Trump spent months mocking Joe Biden's age and health on the campaign trail but has now become the oldest presidential nominee in US history.
Trump, a 78-year-old with a history of heart disease and obesity, according to experts, has not shared any updated bloodwork results or other specific information during this campaign to help experts assess his ongoing medical risks.
Instead, he has released a vague, three-paragraph letter from his primary care physician, Bruce A. Aronwald, who wrote in November that the former president was in excellent physical and mental health, and who later said in a statement released by campaign officials to The Washington Post that "there is no need for President Trump to release another medical report in addition to the one he recently made public."
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From It's time to talk about Donald Trump's age (thehill.com):
Trump has repeatedly said he believes all presidential candidates should be "mandated to take a cognitive test" regardless of age. There's no time like the present, because the concerning evidence of Trump's mental decline has been mounting for years.
His memory problems are well-documented; the former president doesn't seem able to recall what he was doing or who he spoke to for most of the day on Jan. 6, 2021. He also regularly forgets who the sitting president is, often confusing Joe Biden and Barack Obama during unscripted remarks. That seems pretty important.
Concerns about how Trump's age could weigh on the Republican ticket aren't exclusive to Democrats like me. Sixty percent of voters now believe Trump is too old to serve, according to a post-debate ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll. That's up from 44 percent a little over a year ago. Of voters who watched Trump's rambling debate performance last month, fully 50 percent believe the former president should withdraw from the race and focus on his mental health.
Even some Republicans can see the writing on the wall. Back in January, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley warned GOP voters that "the first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the one who wins the election." So far, only Democrats have responded to that national concern by acting in the nation's best interest.
@#25 ... Republicans made this bed, they get to sleep in it. ...
Well, yeah.
American Voters Concerned About Age of Presidential Candidates (February 2024)
www.voanews.com
... Early primary results indicate that the 2024 U.S. presidential election will be a rematch of the 2020 contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, with voters choosing between someone who would be the country's oldest president (Biden) or its second-oldest president (Trump).
Many voters are unhappy with the choice. An ABC News/Ipsos poll earlier this month found 59% of Americans think both presumptive nominees are too old to serve another term. ...
OK, so the Democrats seem to have dealt with that issue of voters regarding the age of the candidate.
Republicans, what have ye?
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