Irish Examiner view: Trump's supporters are right to be worried as presidential election hots up

As the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz campaign gets going, Donald Trump is looking increasingly lost and directionless — much as Joe Biden did before he stood down

US vice president Kamala Harris and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Picture: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

There is more than a hint of irony in the fact that the reason why Joe Biden stepped down from his bid to be re-elected is the very same reason that is now making Republicans nervous about their candidate, Donald Trump.

While Biden said he ended his campaign for the good of the country, the real reason was that he was too old.