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Donald Trump claimed he would live to be 200 years old if he didn't eat so much junk food.
While campaigning in New Hampshire this week, the 77-year-old recalled former White House physician Ronnie Jackson's comments that “you can live 200 years” if you don't eat too much junk food.
Nevertheless, Trump, who is said to like Diet Coke, has declared his health to himself, telling supporters that he feels 35 years old, and “cognitively speaking,” He added that he feels 20 years younger.
“I feel like I'm about 35 years old. I feel better now than I did 30 years ago,” Trump said.
The former president was later asked by a skeptical reporter about his assessment of his health, to which he replied: Some people have great genes. ”
Both Trump and Biden have faced attacks during the campaign, sometimes from each other and sometimes from members of their own party, because of their age.
At an October event, Trump reiterated a common conservative line of attack on the president, saying of Joe Biden, who turned 81 last year, “It's impossible to put two sentences together and he's the man responsible for nuclear war.” '' he claimed.
An elated Donald Trump poses at the White House junk food buffet
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He also mocked Biden's several falls during various presidential duties.
“I see the stairs over there, I see the stairs over there. If I had to, I would jump right off this front end thing – I'd make it in time, it's about four feet high,” he said at the event.
Trump also mocked President Biden earlier this month with a parody ad depicting the White House as a “senior-only” facility where “residents can feel like they're president.”
But Trump is only four years younger than the president and has faced questions about his age.
Trump enjoying KFC on the 2016 campaign trail
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“This isn't the Donald Trump of 2015 or 2016. He's lost his fastball momentum,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters during a visit to New Hampshire last year.
Mr. DeSantis also launched an “incident tracker” to catalog Mr. Trump's various gaffes.
Meanwhile, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley called for mental competency tests to be taken for politicians over the age of 75.
Last November, Trump posted a doctor's note on his app Truth Social, claiming he was in “excellent health” thanks to “weight loss.”
A Mar-a-Lago “insider” said Trump has “lost at least 30 pounds” in recent months. Page 6 He stayed away from the buffet and was not seen “eating an ice cream sundae with two scoops of vanilla ice cream or chocolate cake.”
They credit former first lady Melania Trump with improving their eating habits.
