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10. Ronald Reagan did not find it stressful at all.

Mon May 25, 2026, 09:37 AM

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80 years old is too old to be President? [View all] kentuck 21 hrs ago OP

i'm almost there rampartd 21 hrs ago #1

Yet some perform well into their 90s bucolic_frolic 21 hrs ago #2

I'm sure the stress of the job may also take a toll... kentuck 21 hrs ago #3

I've always said NJCher 20 hrs ago #6

Yes, I've often envisioned him without money PatSeg 18 hrs ago #13

Someone else has envisioned Trump without money DBoon 6 hrs ago #32

Back in 2015 someone made a youtube of Trump if he were born without $$ IrishAfricanAmerican 16 hrs ago #17

Ronald Reagan did not find it stressful at all. delisen 19 hrs ago #10

JFK became a Senator at the age of 36 Kaleva 18 hrs ago #12

It's one thing to be able to discuss complexities at age 80. NH Ethylene 8 hrs ago #27

There should be age limits for members of Congress as well. ProudMNDemocrat 20 hrs ago #5

I have no problem with older representatives. delisen 20 hrs ago #8

It is ageism. delisen 20 hrs ago #7

That's very true. NH Ethylene 7 hrs ago #29

Commercial airline pilots have to retire at 65 Grim Chieftain 18 hrs ago #11

I'll turn 80 next year... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #14

*SNORT* Skittles 8 hrs ago #26

How many 80 year olds do you see daily delisen 18 hrs ago #15

Agreed. It's simply biology not ageism. paleotn 17 hrs ago #16

I agree with the premise of your post. Tom Rinaldo 16 hrs ago #21

I feel the same.... paleotn 8 hrs ago #24

A 92 year old (Grassley) is fourth in line for the presidency question everything 16 hrs ago #19

If an existential emergency breaks out during nap time... Swede 16 hrs ago #20

I go exclusively by quality gulliver 16 hrs ago #22

Trump has always been mentally and morally unfit. Regarding ageism... Martin Eden 15 hrs ago #23

I don't know about this. Morbius 7 hrs ago #30

It is not ageist say that Inkey 6 hrs ago #31

When you start talking about standing in the water with a battery Submariner 5 hrs ago #33