Trump, Nearly 80, Among World’s Oldest Leaders

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 02: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. A bipartisan Congressional investigation has begun regarding Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's role in ordering U.S. military strikes on small boats in the waters off Venezuela that have killed scores of people, which Hegseth said are intended https://thedailybeast-thedailybeast-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XEDGKRPQCVEQRAYJNK5P3YAK4Q.jpg?auth=46a34b734f708650bb2e835614bb8dcd75fc1a39187f125d30aec2af2b7bccf7&smart=true&width=3422&height=1925" />
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The pomp and spectacle of Donald Trump’s 80th birthday might be https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-tacky-ufc-birthday-bash-faces-major-disruption-threat/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-tacky-ufc-birthday-bash-faces-major-disruption-threat/">disrupted by serious weather, but nothing can stop the president from joining a small group of current global leaders who are octogenarians.

Just 16 world leaders among the United Nations’ 186 member states are older than Trump, https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/06/09/as-trump-turns-80-who-are-the-oldest-and-youngest-current-world-leaders/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/06/09/as-trump-turns-80-who-are-the-oldest-and-youngest-current-world-leaders/">according to analysis from the Pew Research Center.

That makes Trump older than 91 percent of his counterparts.

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