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Are American politicians getting too old?

Are American politicians getting too old?

Politics Weekly America vor 3 Monaten

Jonathan Freedland speaks to Alexis Coe, a presidential historian and columnist for the New York Times Book Review, about whether the US is becoming a gerontocracy

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The debate about how old is too old to serve in public office has
resurfaced this week after the shock death of the Republican
Lindsey Graham and the surprise return of Mitch McConnell, the
84-year-old senator who published a photo of himself in hospital
after a long absence from the spotlight. With rumours continuing to
swirl around Donald Trump’s health, why is it that US politicians
seem to cling on to power for so long? Jonathan Freedland speaks to
Alexis Coe, a presidential historian and columnist for the New York
Times Book Review, about whether the US is becoming a gerontocracy