As Donald Trump turns 80, he faces a foe he can never defeat: Father Time. That’s a problem for us all
Alarm over the judgment and behaviour of the world’s most powerful man, and the consequent risks to the world, can only get worse The main Nuremberg trial ended, Winston Churchill warned of an iron curtain descending across Europe, It’s a Wonderful Life received its premiere and, at Jamaica hospital in the borough of Queens, New York, Donald John Trump was born . It was 1946, also the birth year of George W Bush and Bill Clinton, but on Sunday the current US president celebrates his 80th birthda
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Donald Trump, the oldest US president sworn into office, is showing evidence of serious decline, observers say Composite: Alex Mellon for the Guardian : White House, Planet Pix, ZUMA Press Wire, ShutterstockView image in fullscreenDonald Trump, the oldest US president sworn into office, is showing evidence of serious decline, observers say Composite: Alex Mellon for the Guardian : White House, Planet Pix, ZUMA Press Wire, ShutterstockThe Sunday readDonald TrumpAs Donald Trump turns 80, he faces a foe he can never defeat: Father Time.
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