Like the little boy who pointed out that the emperor was naked, veteran US politician Mitt Romney has just voiced an uncomfortable truth that everyone knows, but few wish to utter: America is being run by men who are too old for office.
At 76, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts and presidential contender is no spring chicken himself, but in announcing that he is retiring from being the junior senator for his native state of Utah, Romney called on both 80-year-old President Joe Biden and 77-year-old former President Donald Trump – who is running for a second term in the White House – to follow his example and step down to make room for a new generation.
The gentlemanly Romney – who ran and lost as the Republican presidential candidate against Barack Obama in 2012 – avoided any outright attacks against his fellow oldsters, but merely said that it was time for them both to go.
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