Is 92 too old to lead a country? Malaysia doesn’t think so.
Politicians are getting older. Recently, 92-year-old Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad became the oldest elected leader in the world. In the United States, politicians like President Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders are in their 70s. Can we trust these aging leaders outwit natural cognitive decline? Two Northeastern professors who study the way we age say we can.
