Will the next president’s age put the US at a disadvantage?

WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE - Not a day goes by without the American media wringing its hands over the fact that the next US president – whether it is Mr Joe Biden or Donald Trump – will be the oldest US president in history.

When Mr Biden

entered the White House at the age of 78 in 2021,

he also entered the history books as the oldest president to be sworn in. Two years later, he became the first octogenarian in the White House and is currently the ninth-oldest among the world’s leaders.