As Trump turns 80, what's it like to work as an octogenarian?

As President Donald Trump celebrates his birthday, we ask people who have worked into their 80s themselves about what it takes to keep going.

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His retirement was a birthday gift to himself on his 95th birthday, partially inspired by his brother who passed away at 95 during the Covid pandemic.

"The job was really not pleasing me anymore," he said. "I just wasn't getting that same kind of exhilaration."

Rose, a Michigan native, is part of a growing population of Americans who are working well past the typical age of retirement, which in the US is 67.

Chief among them is President Donald Trump who is turning 80 on Sunday, making him the second oldest leader of the US behind Joe Biden, who left office aged 82. Trump is also one of the oldest world leaders, according to Pew Research Center data.