Trump: "The kidney, very special, the kidney has a very special place in the heart."

[Miles Archer]

“The kidney, very special, the kidney has a very special place in the heart. It’s an incredible thing. … There’s a spirit like you see rarely,” Trump said, according to CBS reporter Kathryn Watson.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/pee-is-close-to-his-heart-the-internet-erupts-over-bizarre-trump-rant-about-kidneys/

[PJMcK]

1. What the hell is wrong with this man?! (n/t)

[trueblue2007]

24. What the heck is wrong with this man?! lock him up. Funny Farm Time.

[tblue37]

2. Melania recently had her kidneys improved. nt

[lagomorph777]

37. I never knew kidneys came in 42DD.

They do seem to have a special place near her heart though.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Kidney beans? Steak and kidney pie? He obviously has no idea what he's talking about, but...

he won't stop talking about it.

[dalton99a]

4. Very special place for him

[Polly Hennessey]

28. Oh, my goodness, tight, taut

nipple time. Why is she wearing an oven mitt?

[jmowreader]

40. It's not an oven mitt

You know what an elizabethan collar is? Those big plastic cones they stick on dogs' heads after surgery so they don't lick their incisions?

What she's wearing are elizabethan collars for her hands, so she won't break anything.

[MontanaMama]

34. Ivanka's kidneys are not real either. n/t

[tishaLA]

5. He was thinking of Melanie's kidneys

which do, in fact, have a special place in what would be his heart

[llmart]

8. Her new "kidneys" are very close to her heart.

She sure enjoyed showing them off on July 4th.

His brain is drug addled.

[tishaLA]

12. I watched the clip at the link and he actually used the phrase

"esprit de corps"

Who knew he could even throw down a phrase like that? If he were clever, he might've said "esprit de coeur"

[nolabear]

6. What on earth was the context?

I mean...Stevie Wonder? Steak and Kidney Pie?

[iscooterliberally]

13. Well the context could be this:

Trump's head is jammed so far up his own ass that one of his kidneys became lodged in his heart. That's about the best I can come up with.

[ismnotwasm]

7. He is after Medicare dollars for renal failure

He will sign on executive order modifying organ transplant allocation and procurement as well. This is my field, and the changes to procurement are needed, but I bet he fucks up kidney dialysis funding up six ways to Sunday

[MissB]

11. That would be awful for many people, right?

I’m impressed that you can read trumpian. Such a complex language.

[ismnotwasm]

15. There have been several articles about this from kidney organizations

It’s too long to get into, but Trump basically wants to shift funds from stand alone kidney dialysis centers and encourage people to do home hemodialysis.

The Medicare funding for renal failure is the closest we have to “Medicare for all” example. It’s not really, because it’s a single disorder with multiple causes, but it’s the only chronic illness with funding in this particular way
https://blog.medicarerights.org/kidney-failure-medicare-know/

[marybourg]

16. I think what they're looking for is more

home peritoneal dialysis, rather than hemodyalysis, which is very demanding for home use.

[ismnotwasm]

17. That would be spectacular--this is how it is in many countries

But that’s not what I read, I hope it’s part of it though.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/7/10/20687507/triump-kidney-disease-transplant

[marybourg]

20. OK. I just read it and it only mentions

" home-based care", not any specific kind.

[ismnotwasm]

21. We have been wanting to increase PD for years

Trump didn’t come up with this, and ANNA is excited, so I’m going to assume it means more PD as an option

[lpbk2713]

9. Give him any topic at all.

And he can feed you a line of bullshit a mile long.

Sad.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. Dementia talking everyone. Ignore it.

Unlikely Trump even knows what the function of the kidneys is.

[Scoopster]

14. Coincidentally...

Stevie Wonder said something about needing a kidney transplant today. I doubt the Cheeto Clown was referencing that..

[Farmer-Rick]

18. He signed something to expand kidney transplant reimbursement and access to in home dialysis.

"Careful treatment — including control of diabetes and high blood pressure, the two main culprits — can help prevent further kidney deterioration. But more than 700,000 people have end-stage renal disease, meaning their kidneys have failed, and require either a transplant or dialysis to survive. Only about a third received specialized kidney care before they got so sick." https://www.apnews.com/9703ade402c94f27b7d1c2c4d585049b

My wife had kidney failure....she died from another disease that was caused by her lack of kidney functions.

You know what else causes kidney failure on a large scale? Round Up. Trump is setting it up to protect Monsanto and Bayer. If Medicare covers fully the cost of kidney failure then will anyone have standing to file lawsuits against Round Up manufacturers?

If you have hard water, a hot environment and are exposed to Round Up, your kidneys are likely to fail.

"Of the 2 million people who receive treatment for kidney failure, the majority are treated in only five countries – the United States, Japan, Germany, Brazil, and Italy. These five countries represent only 12% of the world population. Only 20% are treated in about 100 developing countries that make up over 50% of the world population. More than 80% of all patients who receive treatment for kidney failure are in affluent countries."https://www.kidney.org/kidneydisease/global-facts-about-kidney-disease

Because the affluent nations use more Round Up on their food and landscape.

You know what states have the highest incidents of kidney failure? Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. You know what they all 3 have in common? Hard water and very hot temperatures. https://www.kidney.org/news/newsroom/nr/KD_StateHardHit

There is a map of where kidney failure is most common in the US at that last link. It is very interesting.

[ismnotwasm]

22. Also obesity rates, the kind that leads to diabetes which causes renal failure

[rsdsharp]

19. Not only is the whole thing bizarre,

but he's slurring his words throughout the speech.

[C_U_L8R]

23. Shit for brains

[Baitball Blogger]

25. That man really does love the golden showers.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. Wouldn't a normal president have said something to the effect of,

"This funding is really important for the effective treatment of kidney disease, which affects many Americans... blah blah blah.." But what does this decidedly not normal president say? “The kidney, very special, the kidney has a very special place in the heart. It’s an incredible thing. … There’s a spirit like you see rarely,” OK, maybe Melania has spirited kidneys. But stuff like this makes me long for the days when presidential incoherence was limited to comments about gynecologists not being able to practice their love with women all across the country. Trump makes W look like fuckin' Laurence Olivier.

[colsohlibgal]

27. He Is Definitely In Mental Decline

And he doesn’t have a lot upstairs to decline. Add that to the pure greedy/evil he is.....we need to beat him solidly in 2020.

[Botany]

36. You are right ... to many cases of full on stupid

The kidney is part of the heart.

The Moon is part of Mars, (or was it that Mars is part of the Moon?)

President Biden.

British airports in the American Revolution.

Ft. McHendy, the Star Spangled Banner, and the American Revolution.

Cornwallis of Yorktown and too many more ... all in the last few weeks.

I think that is why we are seeing Ivanka, Don Jr., and Kushner so close to him @
the international meetings.

[Cousin Dupree]

29. He is fondly reminded of Melanoma's surgery on her large perky kidneys.

[TNNurse]

30. Not quite right

That is the phrase used where I live to describe people who have mental issues. It certainly applies to Trump, he is "Not quite right".

[BillyBobBrilliant]

31. Kind of a

Moon-Mars relationship, I suppose.

[world wide wally]

32. His knowledge of biology is as keen as his knowledge of American history

The kidney has a place in his heart? Duuuh

[Totally Tunsie]

33. I always figured him for a kidney man.

[Gothmog]

35. trump has been showing signs of senility for a long time

[moreland01]

38. The kidney is in the heart?

Perhaps doctors should look in to that!

[Texin]

39. What? Did he also serve it up with fava beans and a nice Chianti?

[hunter]

41. Trump's handlers explain things to him as they'd talk to a five year old.

Trump repeats these explanations as he's interpreted them.

[Blue Owl]

42. His Renal Highness can go piss off

n/t