DOMINIC LAWSON: The 78-year-old Donald Trump shows that age is not Joe Biden's problem: the issue is much worse than that By Dominic Lawson for the Daily Mail Published: 23:01, 14 July 2024 | Updated: 07:29, 15 July 2024 e-mail 2 View comments On Saturday, someone bidding to be the oldest man ever to be elected President of the USA nearly met his maker. Fortunately the would-be assassin's bullet did no more than clip the ear of 78-year-old Donald J Trump. And the intended victim could be heard giving a clear order to the pack of Secret Service agents who were urging him: 'We've got to move, we've got to move'.
'Wait,' said Trump. He was determined to seize the moment. Getting to his feet, he began punching the air vigorously, creating an image — bloodied but unbowed, with the Stars and Stripes in the background — that might, on its own, guarantee that, this November, he is elected President (again).
That means Trump would become, during his second spell in the White House , older than Biden now is (81). Yet no one expresses concern that he will be 'too old'. If anything, the fear of Trump's opponents is that he will be too dominating and act with demonic energy.
This question of 'age' has overshadowed the race for the Presidency since Biden's performance in the first debate between the two candidates. The current occupant of the White House shocked viewers with his confusion, passages of complete gibberish and, at times, a glassy-eyed, slack-jawed appearance suggestive of.