Do you know? Most of the real power figures in the United States are elderly people, except for the 80-year-old Biden? Today we will take a look at the most powerful old man in American politics.
According to the current system in the United States, the ranking of national real power figures is the president, vice president and president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the interim chairman of the Senate, the secretary of state, the secretary of finance, the secretary of defense, the secretary of defense, today we mainly want to look at the real power figures in front of the secretary of state, and other figures are in a relatively low position, so I will not comment on it for the time being.
The current real power figures in the United States are President Biden, Vice President and Senate President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate President Patrick Joseph Leahy, and Secretary of State Blinken. These 5 main figures constitute the core of power in the United States, but there is a more bizarre phenomenon, there are 3 officials are "post-40s", that is, the elderly over 80 years old, 2 are "post-60s", and the youngest is also 58 years old.
In fact, in recent years, the US political arena has gradually aged, Obama after leaving office is actually the "post-40s" old man Trump elected president, after Trump is the older Biden, born in November 1942 Biden is about to turn 80 years old, in addition, the current government there are a number of real power figures over 80 years old, but also a number of nearly 90-year-old senators. Some people jokingly claim that the United States has entered the "old man" politics, although it is an exaggeration, but there is indeed such a situation.
Let's first take a look at the ages of the 5 powerful people in the United States, except for 80-year-old Biden. Vice President and Senate President Harris is 58, House Speaker Pelosi is 82, Senate President Lehey is 82, and Secretary of State Blinken is 60. Look at this age, do you see anything?
As the most powerful country in the world, the power of the state is actually in the hands of several 80-year-old people, is there no young people? You know, no matter what, the young people of a country still dominate, you see, kim Jong-un, the "post-80s" in our neighboring country, does not also handle all kinds of complicated state affairs in an orderly manner, and some people will definitely say that it cannot be compared, then we will look at French President Macron, who was just 40 years old when he first took office. If this is an exception, the former President of the United States, Obama, was only 48 years old, so it seems that young people can fully shoulder the heavy responsibility.
Why are there so many elderly politicians in the United States?
This question is also estimated to be the place where many people wonder, is there no younger political rookie in the United States? In fact, the reasons behind it are very complex, a variety of factors lead to the united states of the elderly politicians for a long time not to abdicate, as we all know, the election in the United States is a very money-burning activity, the general young people behind no supporters are difficult to afford the high election costs, itself young people in the eyes of the Americans are unreliable spokesmen, the first impression left on the voters is not good, so even if young people run, the probability of winning the election is relatively small. There is also the seemingly very democratic United States, in fact, behind the scenes is very dirty, politics and business have become one, mutual cooperation needs to be, so in the entire interest group by a small number of people for a long time to control the power, over time there have been a large number of elderly politicians.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is not that these elderly people are not willing to rest, but the capital behind them does not allow them to rest, people like Biden are older, indeed their health is not as good as before, and there have been several troubles, but they are not all useless, in the face of the crisis, their emotions are more stable, they can do not be alarmed, rich political experience can make them have the ability to solve complex problems, and they also have more diversified perspectives, which can make up for some shortcomings of young people. In this way, the politics of the elderly in the United States still has some practical significance.
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