Questions about President Joe Biden’s age and fitness for office are not going away, even as the 81-year-old president juggles multiple high-stakes international and domestic crises simultaneously and criss-crosses the country to make his case to voters for another term in the White House.
It’s a mark against the US’ political landscape that 81 year old Biden and 77 year old Trump are the frontrunners for the presidency, so far as I’m concerned. At that age, any person in a leadership position should be stepping aside to, at most, act as counsel for their successors, or at least simply get out of the way if they cannot meaningfully help.
It speaks against the individuals and the organizations’ sense of responsibility to not recognize the limits of themselves or those they prop up. You can forgive a child trying to act older than they are, but an adult acting like they’re still in their prime when they’re not is simply sad, and it looks bad when others enable and encourage them despite the risks to themselves and others.
It’s a mark against the US’ political landscape that 81 year old Biden and 77 year old Trump are the frontrunners for the presidency, so far as I’m concerned. At that age, any person in a leadership position should be stepping aside to, at most, act as counsel for their successors, or at least simply get out of the way if they cannot meaningfully help.
It speaks against the individuals and the organizations’ sense of responsibility to not recognize the limits of themselves or those they prop up. You can forgive a child trying to act older than they are, but an adult acting like they’re still in their prime when they’re not is simply sad, and it looks bad when others enable and encourage them despite the risks to themselves and others.