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Age In Politics: How Donald Trump and Joe Biden's Ages Could Impact the 2024 Election

 
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How the current and former presidents’ ages may affect the upcoming 2024 election.

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,"The former president Donald Trump was born in Queens, New York on June 14th, 1946. He is currently 76 years old and is the 45th President of the..."

The 2020 United States Presidential election was a historic one for many reasons, one of which being the age of the candidates. Former President Donald Trump is 76 years old, and President Joe Biden is 80 years old. This age gap is making many people wonder what the 2024 election will look like.

The age of the candidates is not only a factor in the 2024 election, but also in the policies that each candidate will champion. According to Politico's Maggie Haberman, “Number two, I don't think they have the money that they thought they were going to have, and they are going to have to make some hard choices about how they want to approach policy. That is going to be really interesting, because both of these candidates are the oldest candidates the country has ever seen.” Joe Biden and Donald Trump are bizarrely on the same page on the top issues. Both of them support raising the minimum wage and cutting Social Security benefits – who want to raise the minimum age of Social Security to 70, which would be a huge blow to the wallets of the elderly who rely on it.

Biden and Trump, in their coming campaign of age-induced inanities, remind me of the two Baby Boomers who ran my Home Owner's Association and refused to listen to any new ideas or technologies. Whether it's the same with Biden and Trump remains to be seen.

A recent poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center showed that Biden holds a 41-percentage point lead in a head-to-head matchup with Donald Trump. The poll showed that “A majority of New Hampshire voters, 57%, think Biden's age of 82 is too old to be president.” This suggests that Biden's age may be a major factor in the 2024 election.

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to make his first stop of the 2024 campaign trail in Florida later this month. He is expected to use this speech to draw attention to his plans for the economy, immigration, and Social Security retirement age for people now in their 20s. Trump is also expected to use this speech to attack Biden's age, painting him as too old to be president.

Donald Trump would be 78 if elected in 2024. Joe Biden would be 82. The White House's occupants haven't been the only leaders in Washington of advanced age. During the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was 68, while Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was 68. Both of these men were much older than their predecessors, and they may be replaced by younger men in the Biden administration.

Former President Donald Trump is once again blasting his own party for its lack of loyalty, and this could be a sign of trouble in 2024. Senators Bill Cassidy and Mitt Romney are reportedly eyeing raising the retirement age to 70, which could be seen as a direct attack on the elderly – a key voting bloc for Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

My first reaction upon seeing the text message in which Tucker Carlson declares that he “hate[s] [Donald Trump] passionately” was to try to understand what it could mean for the 2024 election. Carlson is one of the most powerful voices in the conservative movement, and his words could have a major impact on the election.

The former president Donald Trump was born in Queens, New York on June 14th, 1946. He is currently 76 years old and is the 45th President of the United States. Trump has long been a vocal proponent of younger generations, and has often spoken about the need for young people to get involved in politics.

Age is becoming an increasingly important factor in the 2024 election. As Biden and Trump battle it out for the White House, their ages will be one of the key issues of the campaign. It remains to be seen whether Biden's age will be a major issue in the election, but it is sure to be a major factor in the 2024 election.

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donald trumpjoe bidenwhite house2024 electionsocial securityminimum ageage gapage-induced inanitiesnew hampshire votersmike pompeojim mattistucker carlsonqueensnew york

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