Cohen: Trump, Trudeau both personify ageist views

Say what you will about Donald Trump, he’s giving old age new life. Seniors everywhere should rejoice.
Trump will be 72 in June. He is the oldest elected president in the history of the United States. (By contrast, Ronald Reagan was a stripling of 69 when he took office in 1981.)
Trump, in fact, represents the opposite of a youth movement; in a manner of speaking, his presidency is a senior moment. But age is not his claim alone. In 2018, age defines America’s political class, and do