79-year-old President Donald Trump had people raising their eyebrows after he, during a discussion about Social Security, tried to claim—jokingly, one hopes—that he's "not a senior" citizen.
Trump, who turns 80 in June, was discussing his administration's pledge that Social Security benefits would be tax-free when he claimed that "seniors are loving me" and proceeded to ramble incoherently.
He said:
"Seniors are loving me and I love them. Of course, I'm not a senior, so you know... I cater to the seniors, but I don’t happen to be a senior myself.”
You can hear what he said in the video below.
In the United States, anyone over the age of 65 is considered a senior citizen. So, for Trump to joke that at the age of 79 he is somehow "NOT" one is quite rich, particularly considering his obsession with Joe Biden's age during his presidency.
Needless to say, people did not think Trump's little remark was terribly funny.
Trump does not like it when people point out his age or health issues, which have piled up over the last year.
In November, the New York Times published an article that argued that despite Trump's projection of “round-the-clock energy, virility and physical stamina" and the fact that he "and the people around him still talk about him as if he is the Energizer Bunny of presidential politics," that image is getting harder to pull off because Trump is showing signs of aging.
Trump has gone so far as to accuse anyone who questions his health of sedition and treason. In typical fashion, he went on Truth Social and said "it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean 'THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.'"
Considering how many reports have come out about the odd bruises on Trump's hands and that he recently had another hospital visit that the White House refuses to be transparent about, it's no wonder Trump is very much in denial, even if he couches it in humor.
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