At 78, Trump, like Biden, shows signs of slowing down

His team is trying to make voters forget that he is just 3!2 years younger than his rival

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Donald Trump has made Mr Joe Biden’s advancing age one of his main campaign rallying points, trying to position himself as an energetic alternative to the sometimes unsteady 81-year-old Democratic incumbent.

But the Republican former president is celebrating his 78th birthday on June 14, and also has shown signs of slowing down, both physically and mentally.

Nearly every day, the billionaire businessman’s campaign team sends out videos of Mr Biden stumbling or stuttering, looking worn out or appearing disoriented at public events. They claim these clips, which are painstakingly edited together and sometimes distort reality, are proof Mr Biden cannot effectively run the US.

“His brain is straight gnocchi at this point,” senior Trump aide Jason Miller said on June 13.

Amid all the virulent criticism, Trump’s team is trying to make voters forget that he is just 3½ years younger than his November election adversary.