re: #297 KGxvi

The median age for presidents when they took office is 55. A 65 age limit would have prevented Trump, Reagan, Harrison, and Buchanan from serving when they did. It would have also prevented GHW Bush, Eisenhower, Taylor, Jackson, and John Adams from seeking a second term.

We tend to elect men in their 50s for the job (25 presidents were in their 50s when they took office). Even if you hold it to the “modern” presidency (post FDR), it’s been mostly mid-50s, early-60s with Kennedy, Clinton, and Obama bringing down the average.

I don’t think the issue with Trump is particularly his age, it’s everything else. Hell, Hillary Clinton is only 15 months or so younger than Trump.

That’s a good point. Only lunatics argue that Hillary would’ve been worse than Trump.