Trump, 79, Desperately Trying to Avoid One Comparison as Health Declines

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President Donald Trump, 79, really doesn’t want to behttps://www.thedailybeast.com/desperate-trump-79-attacks-his-predecessors-over-cognitive-health/" rel=""> likened to Joe Biden, a senior White House official has claimed.

The president turns 80 on Sunday and is said to want to https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-data-guru-reveals-concern-about-trumps-health-just-hit-critical-tipping-point/" rel="">project strength and avoid comparisons to his predecessor, https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-setbacks-fuel-lame-duck-talk-he-turns-80-2026-06-10/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-setbacks-fuel-lame-duck-talk-he-turns-80-2026-06-10/">Reuters reports.

Biden’s health was repeatedly questioned during his term, which ended when he was 82.

No one asked those questions more than Trump, who regularly called him “Sleepy Joe.”

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