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THE GOOD OLD DAYS

Grumpy Old Trump

Tells kids to get off the White House lawn

David Martin
Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age
2 min readJan 10, 2025

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Photo by René DeAnda on Unsplash

Donald Trump’s latest news conference demonstrated one thing: he’s getting old, really old. At 78 years of age and soon to be in his 80s, Trump is exhibiting many stereotypical traits of seniorhood some of which, as a 74-year-old, I’m already experiencing.

The news conference was over an hour long and revisited many of Trump’s trivial complaints. The Whiner-in-Chief once again railed against wind turbines which he called windmills. Also on his list of favorite pet peeves were low-flow toilets and showerheads, the latter producing nothing but a “drip drip drip” of water according to Trump.

With the passage of time, this pattern of behavior is likely to get worse. Don’t be surprised if President Trump demonstrates even more aging senior behaviors such as the following:

Look for Trump to wander onto the White House grounds yelling at anyone nearby to “Get off my lawn!”

He will continue to resist giving up his ancient smartphone.

Trump will constantly check the weather app on his phone, especially for the weather in Greenland.

He will repeat stories and complaints over and over, especially as they relate to the “fake news”, the “stolen…

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age
Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

Published in Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

“The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.” (Frank Lloyd Wright) Non-fiction pieces, personal essays and occasional poems that explore how we feel about how we age and offer tips for getting the most out of life.

David Martin
David Martin

Written by David Martin

Wordsmith, humorist and author of “Dare to be Average” on Amazon. Support Dave’s writing by joining Medium: https://daretobeaverage.medium.com/membership

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