Asked by Welles if he still rode a horse every morning, the Duce said he did, proudly adding he had recently taken up tennis and was now, he boasted, regularly beating the pro who played with him. Welles presumably regarded both claims as implausible.[7]
The above is Mussolini in the 1940. Compare:
“I am pleased to report, for those that care, that I just won the Senior Club Championship (must be over 50 years old!) at Bedminster (Trump National Golf Club), shooting a round of 67" - Trump, August 2023, claiming to have beaten Phil Mickelson's score two weeks earlier.
