Biden is old and forgetful but to those mocking seniors, just wait!
- Shobhaa De
- TNNUpdated: Jul 6, 2024, 18:38 IST IST
Where was America’s youth brigade when the two ‘buddhas’ decided to go for the big one? Why is the median age in the US Senate 65, far above retirement age? Why do youngsters bully the elderly? Himmat hai toh compete fairly
Cormac McCarthy’s gritty novel ‘No Country for Old Men’ was made into a dark, award-winning neo-western by the Coen Brothers in 2007. Dark, violent and disquieting, it also stands out for its reflections on aging, death, fate and changing times. As one critic put it: “It pits an old man who values justice, morality and lawfulness against a world in which young men act according to their own codes.’’
Seventeen years after Coen Bros’ taut, dark thriller shook up audiences, an even more surreal script is unfolding in America. The protagonists are two old men—President Joe Biden, 81 and former president Donald Trump, 78. After Biden’s disastrous debate performance and Trump’s false claims — more than 30, according to a CNN fact check — America is left wondering how either elderly man will govern a powerful nation of more than 330 million people for four more years.
Seventeen years after Coen Bros’ taut, dark thriller shook up audiences, an even more surreal script is unfolding in America. The protagonists are two old men—President Joe Biden, 81 and former president Donald Trump, 78. After Biden’s disastrous debate performance and Trump’s false claims — more than 30, according to a CNN fact check — America is left wondering how either elderly man will govern a powerful nation of more than 330 million people for four more years.
