Donald Trump told a crowd at The Villages in Florida on Friday that he is not a senior citizen, insisting he is 'much younger' than his audience even as he campaigns for re-election at the age of 79 and prepares to turn 80 in June.
Trump, whose physical health, mental sharpness and personal conduct have all been under renewed scrutiny, made the remarks during his Florida appearance, his first major outing since an attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, where a 31-year-old man allegedly breached a Secret Service checkpoint and forced the president and first lady to be rushed to safety. It was also staged against the backdrop of a simmering dispute in Washington over Trump's handling of the Iran conflict and the extent of his war powers.
