Simon's Blog

There are some days when you realise you are not as young as you were or think you are. They are randomly scattered amongst other days. On good day you forget or at least try and forget they are there but deep down you know. You just know.

You get aches and pains in places that you never had before. No longer are you able to bend down and a slowness enters what you are doing. It is impossible to put you finger on it but you know. You just know.

Today is an old man’s day. Tomorrow who knows?

I only mention this because every time I hear Donald Trump’s staff saying he is something he is not “…fitter than Obama … ” for example, I look at images of him and I know they are not telling the truth. I don’t wish any harm to the man but he is nearly 80, doing one of the most stressful jobs going. He is not going to be as fit as a man who left office in his 50s. You only have to look at the photos to know the job is taking its toll. It always does.

Still I doubt very much if the White House cares what I think. I’m not an American citizen so I don’t get to vote. That is all true. What is also true is that Donald Trump is an old man and old men take a longer time getting out bed in the morning. They have pains where they never used to. There is nothing we can do about that. I know and I think deep down he knows. I am certain his staff knows. Things will never get better.

Well that didn’t go where I thought it would!