Former President Donald Trump stated President Biden is just not too outdated to be president however somewhat he's too “incompetent.”

“Age is interesting because some people are very sharp and some people do lose it, but you lose it at 40 and 50 also,” Mr. Trump stated on SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show,” which aired Thursday. “But no, he’s not too old at all. He’s grossly incompetent.”

The former president added that Mr. Biden wasn’t “the sharpest tack” going again 25 years.

Mr. Trump, 77, who's the main candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination isn’t too far behind Mr. Biden, 80.

Mr. Biden could be 82 when he started his second time period if he gained the election, and 86 when it will come to an in depth. Mr. Trump would begin his time period as a 78-year-old however would finish in his 80s as effectively.

Recent polls present voters are extra involved about Mr. Biden‘s age than Mr. Trump‘s. A Wall Street Journal ballot discovered that 73% of voters stated Mr. Biden is simply too outdated to run for reelection in 2024, whereas 47% thought the identical about Mr. Trump.

Even although lower than half of voters stated he was too outdated, Mr. Trump didn’t like his age and skill being referred to as into query.

“In a phony and probably rigged Wall Street Journal poll, coming out of nowhere to softened the mental incompetence blow that is so obvious with Crooked Joe Biden, they ask about my age and mentality,” Mr. Trump wrote lately on Truth Social. “Where did that come from?”

He informed Ms. Kelly that Mr. Biden‘s age doesn’t make him too outdated to be president as a result of he has buddies who're of their 80s and 90s who're nonetheless mentally sharp.

“No, not for the reason of ‘old,’” Mr. Trump stated. “Because I have many friends that are in their 80s, I have friends, Bernie Marcus, that are in their 90s and they’re sharp as a tack.”

“No, not old,” he added. “He’s incompetent.”

He stated that among the “great world leaders” had been effectively into their 80s after they had been “phenomenal.” He named Winston Churchill as a kind of folks.

“There’s great wisdom if you’re not in a position like him,” he stated of Mr. Biden.

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