Romney Rules Himself Out Of 2028 Over Age, Cognition
He set the line at 80, pointing to research showing the brain loses a fifth of its volume by then.
- Romney, 79, is one year short of the very threshold he sets for others.
- He points to writer Bill Bryson's finding that brain volume drops 20% by 80.
- Romney says his current job is to help younger leaders, not to compete with them.
Why it matters: American power has no mandatory retirement age, so any limit on it depends on rare, voluntary restraint.
Deseret News, Deseret Voices podcast Ep. 39 (Romney interview) ↗ · Jul 11, 20267/11/26