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Donald Trump is facing increased scrutiny over apparent memory lapses in the wake of Joe Biden pulling out the 2024 presidential race, according to a prominent academic.
Heather Cox Richardson, author and professor of history at Boston College, wrote in her Letters from an American substack that there are already signs that there might be more attention paid to Trump's apparent lapses now that focus will not be on the 81-year-old president.
After Biden ended his reelection campaign on Sunday, Trump, 78, became the oldest presidential nominee in U.S. history. If Trump wins November's election, he could overtake Biden as the oldest ever sitting U.S. president during his second term.
Despite only being three years younger than Biden, and also prone to gaffes during public speaking, Trump had not faced the same level of public concern or scrutiny that he is too old or mentally unfit to run for office again as the president.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-memory-lapses-cnn-biden-1929527