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Hello everyone I'm Judge Janine Bureau along with Harold Ford Jr.

Jesse Waters Dana Perino and Greg Gutfeld. It's 5 o'clock in New York City,

and this is the five.

Operation Old Man is a go. The White House is still cooking up new ways to hide or minimize

President Joe Biden's advanced 81-year-old age. But it appears to be backfiring. an According to the latest survey, an overwhelming 81% say Joe Biden is too old for another term.

We already know how his staff gives Joe the shorter staircase for him to board Air Force One, how they deploy an

army of AIDS to hide his shuffling, and who can forget how they lace up the

president in anti-slip sneakers as a way to prevent embarrassing falls.

And now Team Biden is admitting that they police how many words the man can say.

The campaign is looking to shorten its speeches.

Biden's general election strategies,

less is more.

The president's aides are seeking to tighten his pitch

to voters with shorter

crisper speeches our campaign believes in quality over quantity

...