 The reporter wrote, quote, up close, the president does not look quite plausible. It's not that he's old. We all know what old looks like. Bernie Sanders is old. Mitch McConnell is old. Most of the ruling class is old. The president is something stranger, something not of this earth, she wrote. This was true even in 2020. His face then had an uncanny valley quality that injectable aficionados call low trust.