>"Only stupid people put old. You know, you don’t put old in, because they’re there for two years or three years. So you put them in young."

>– Donald J. Trump, 2024

[Trump – who is running for president at 78 – says ‘only stupid people’ put old people in top federal roles](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-supreme-court-old-age-mental-fitness-b2630718.html)