US presidential election campaign, Joe Bidenlaunched a new television ad this Saturday in which the president jokes about his age, an issue that is troubling voters ahead of the November election.

“Look, I’m not young. It’s no secret,” Biden, 81, says in the ad, speaking to the camera.

“But here’s the key: I understand how we can get things done for the American people. I led the country to lead it out of the Covid crisis. Today, we have the strongest economy in the world“The president argues, citing his experience.

The ad highlights the contrast between his vision for the United States and that of former President Donald Trump (2017–2021), who He plans to become the Republican nominee unopposed. in the November elections.

In response to the Biden campaign’s ad, the Trump campaign released another ad that begins with the phrase: “Look, I’m not young. It’s no secret” and then images appear of the president tripping on the stairs aboard the presidential plane Air Force One.

The video shows Biden falling last June during a military ceremony in Colorado. tripped over sandbags Used to mount devices on stage.

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The Trump campaign released a new ad on its social media account. He did not specify whether it would also be broadcast on national television..

The ad developed by the Biden campaign, in which he jokes about his age, is the first of a six-week ad campaign in which Biden’s team Democratic leader contributed $60 million.

These Biden ads will air in key states such as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. will be aimed especially at young voters and those who identify as Latino and African American are critical to his re-election.

Network overview NBKpublished last month showed that 62% of voters He felt “great concern” about the president’s age.

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Biden, the oldest president in the history of the United States, already addressed this issue during the State of the Union speech, which he delivered this Thursday before both houses of Congress and in which he was particularly energetic: what contributed to the silenceat least temporarily, criticism about his age.

During his speech, he also joked about his age and stated that the real problem is his opponent’s “old” ideas, trump, which seeks to return the United States to a time of “hatred, anger and revenge.” (EFE)