Former GOP chair suggests Musk is steamrolling ‘too old’ Trump
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Former GOP chair suggests Musk is steamrolling ‘too old’ Trump

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The former chairman of the Republican Party turned the tables on Donald Trump’s long-running criticsm of Joe Biden and suggested it’s now the president-elect who may be “too old” to hold his own — especially against his new “best buddy” Elon Musk. Michael Steele hit out amid lawmakers’ harsh rebukes of Trump after the tech billionaire appeared to play a major role earlier this week via X to kill the first bipartisan stopgap government funding deall floated by Republican House speaker Mike Johnson. The Donald Trump I thought the people elected — not me but the other people — he’s the one that would usually like to lay down the law and be clear about where he stands.” Steele interjected: “Maybe he’s too old for the job now.” “He is aging,” Sanders Townsend responded. Former GOP chairman Michael Steele speculated that Trump may be ‘too old’ for the job, giving an opening to Elon Musk to run the show Trump, 78, has repeatedly pummeled Biden over the years as a doddering old man, even though the president is only four years older than the president-elect.

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