Trump escapes age concerns for now - Washington Examiner

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70% : ""President Trump has more energy and more stamina than anyone in politics, and is the smartest leader this country has ever seen," incoming White House communications director Steven Cheung added in a statement.
48% : Republican strategists, and three incoming Trump administration officials, discounted the idea that age will play a factor during the president-elect's second term in office.WHICH ITEMS WOULD BE AFFECTED BY TRUMP'S PROPOSED TARIFFS ON CANADA AND MEXICO"President Trump is out winning club golf championships and doing hundreds of speaking events a year, not hiding in the basement," one Republican strategist told the Washington Examiner.
27% : Biden's advancing age and deteriorating mental faculties were public concerns prior to his decision to exit the 2024 race last summer.
26% : Is President Trump older now than eight years ago?
26% : While Trump would be more predisposed to cognitive decline due to his genetic history and age, those conditions do not guarantee he would also suffer from the disease.
26% : Two former senior Biden White House officials told the Washington Examiner to "buckle up" and prepare for more political attacks on Trump's age over the next four years.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER"If you seriously think Donald Trump has the same physical measurements as an All-Pro NFL running back, I've got some magic beans to sell you," the one former Biden official joked.
26% : "Trump might have started this fight, but I don't think he'll like how it's going to end.
25% : Trump did appear to visibly suffer from fatigue during the final weeks of the cycle, including verbal gaffes and a bizarre town hall that turned into an impromptu dance party.
25% : Still, Biden's precipitous physical decline over the past few years, coupled with Trump's family history, suggests that a change in Trump could occur just as quickly in the White House.
21% : The fact that Trump will be older than Biden by the time his second term in office comes to a close isn't lost on members of the outgoing administration.
19% : Haley asked voters prior to Biden dropping out if they "really want to go into an election with two fellas that are going to be president in their 80's?"Polling conducted by YouGov just weeks before Election Day found that 44% of Americans said Trump was too old to be president, up from 35% in February of 2024.
15% : However, Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign failed to capitalize on those public moments or sow enough doubts among voters that Trump was too old for the job.

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