TIL that the two people to have been the oldest when serving as POTUS are Joe Biden and Donald Trump
TIL that the two people to have been the oldest when serving as POTUS are Joe Biden and Donald Trump
This is based on their age at the beginning of their term.
Trump was 70 at the beginning of his term and 74 at the end. If he is elected in the upcoming election, he will be 78 when he starts again. If he serves a 4-year term only, then he will be 82 at the end of it.
Joe Biden was 78 when he started. At the end of this term, he will be 82. If he is re-elected and completes a full term, he will be 86 when he finishes.
Thus, if Trump wins the upcoming election and serves only 4 years, he will be the oldest president by 159 days over Joe Biden.
If we rank by the oldest age they reached while in office, Ronald Reagan would be in 2nd place since he served from 691 to 77 years of age.
Interestingly, the 4th oldest president was William Henry Harrison died 31 days into his term in 1841, which is the shortest presidential term in US history. The prevailing hypothesis on the cause of his death was pneumonia followed by possible typhoid fever after giving the longest inaugural speech in US presidential history in freezing cold temperatures.
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If he serves a 4-year term only
serves only 4 years
I hate that we have to consider that if he returns to office he will try to become dictator for life
Again
At least hes already old and fat. So hopefully if that happens, he won't have much longer.
Old shitheads tend to be annoyingly resilient, unfortunately.
Exhibit A: Kissinger
Don't hope the age part applies to evil people when it should and not very late. However, hoping the fat part gets him soon is actually a very good prospect.
I don't want an idiot martyr