Trump turns 78: Donald prepares to celebrate with MAGA bash

Former President Donald Trump will celebrate his 78th birthday on Friday with a birthday party in West Palm Beach, Florida. The former president will headline a “Club 47” event near Mar-a-Lago at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, where some of his most vocal supporters plan to don red, white and blue to celebrate the presumptive Republican nominee.

The invitation featured the ex-president hugging an American flag — a tribute to his birth on Flag Day. Club 47 president Larry Snowden confirmed to DailyMail.com that there would be cake and the birthday song played. ‘All of the above. Big birthday party,” he wrote in an email.

Trump joins other celebrities like Dolly Parton, Steve Martin, Cher and Steve Martin in the 78 club. The festivities come just a few weeks after Trump became a convicted felon when a Manhattan jury found him guilty of all 34 charges related to falsifying business records over his hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

The day before returning to Florida for his birthday, Trump was in Washington DC for his first visit to the Capitol since leaving office. There he met GOP lawmakers from the House and Senate, where he was welcomed as they sang Happy Birthday to him. With just five months until the 2024 presidential election, age has become a major concern.

Whether Trump or President Joe Biden wins in November, both would break the record as the oldest person ever elected president of the US. Biden currently already holds the record: he was 78 years old when he was inaugurated in January 2021 and would be 86 by the time he completes a second term if re-elected. Meanwhile, if Trump wins, he would be 82 when he finishes a second term.

A majority of Americans have repeatedly said in polls that they did not want a rematch between Trump and Biden in the 2024 election, with many saying both were too old or mentally and physically unfit to serve. Nine years ago, in 2015, Trump celebrated his 69th birthday at Trump Tower, two days after announcing he was running for president in the 2016 election.

When Trump was elected president in 2016, he became the oldest man to ever take power. Biden bettered that record just four years later. Meanwhile, many younger Americans are unhappy that the age of American politicians appears to be rising, with many sticking to their positions despite their advanced age.

For example, Bill Clinton, who was president in the 1990s, is slightly younger than Trump and will turn 78 in August. A handful of US representatives are the same age as Trump after his Friday birthday – and at least fifteen are older than him.

Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, is the only US senator who is the same age as Trump, but eight other senators out of 100 in the Senate are older than 78. A total of 35 senators are 70 or older – which means more than two-thirds of the Senate are considered elderly.

Trump has insisted he is physically and mentally fit for office, claiming he has passed acuity tests and boasting that he is in far better shape than the current president, who is three and a half years his senior. Biden will turn 82 on November 20, just a few weeks after the 2024 presidential election.

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