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fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
Tue May 26, 2020, 04:58 PM May 2020

WTF? Trump in Rose Garden on event announcing lower insulin costs for seniors:

Seung Min Kim ✔ @seungminkim (WaPo)

Trump in Rose Garden on event announcing lower insulin costs for seniors:

"I don’t use insulin. Should I be? I never thought about it."

(Trump is not known to have diabetes)


3:35 PM - May 26, 2020


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WTF? Trump in Rose Garden on event announcing lower insulin costs for seniors: (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa May 2020 OP
Pandering to Seniors. elleng May 2020 #1
He said that? Really? God, he's stupid. NT Ilsa May 2020 #2
Yup, HE'S SUCH A DOPE. a kennedy May 2020 #3
Takes effect in 2021. judeling May 2020 #4
If he chooses to use insulin.. FarPoint May 2020 #5
+1 dewsgirl May 2020 #12
Tell him it prevents you from getting coronavirus, better than a mask. milestogo May 2020 #17
He Must Have Heard His Poll Numbers Are Down With Seniors....nt global1 May 2020 #6
Exactly. Kingofalldems May 2020 #8
Exactly. Then he had a meeting with his advisors and this is what... Patterson May 2020 #23
Insulin taken by a non-diabetic could kill. yellowcanine May 2020 #7
He always tells us he knows everything... FarPoint May 2020 #25
he doesn't use insulin? stillcool May 2020 #9
He should give himself a nice, fat dose to calm his nerves. Eyeball_Kid May 2020 #14
A nice whopping 5 mL dose... 3catwoman3 May 2020 #19
What a rambling, senile, evil, uncaring fool. Yonnie3 May 2020 #10
Can't catch the corona virus if you're dead from an insulin overdose, so hey - 3catwoman3 May 2020 #20
You know that's not how the news reports it. They just say he's lowering the price mucifer May 2020 #11
he can bdamomma May 2020 #13
If he doesn't know if he has diabetes, then he hasn't undergone a recent physical exam Aristus May 2020 #15
Which probably means the prices are going up. fierywoman May 2020 #16
Since he is done with the hydroxychloroquine he should start now on the insulin . I can't believe lunasun May 2020 #18
Hey, in Trump world drugs are interchangeable... Thomas Hurt May 2020 #21
For now, then he'll do what he did with iowa farmers, screwed them straight after the election sunonmars May 2020 #22
Take it and wash it down with a gallon of Clorox. Golden Raisin May 2020 #24
On medicare and a supplement quaker bill May 2020 #26
I think he should start low, like 50 units or so of Novolog. Maru Kitteh May 2020 #27
(Trump is not known to have any brains) captain queeg May 2020 #28

Eyeball_Kid

(7,430 posts)
14. He should give himself a nice, fat dose to calm his nerves.
Tue May 26, 2020, 05:11 PM
May 2020

Insulin should have a VERY calming, and fast effect on people with a functioning pancreas.

Now, people. Don't try this. My comments are meant for The Golden God of Greed. He's so very special.

Yonnie3

(17,432 posts)
10. What a rambling, senile, evil, uncaring fool.
Tue May 26, 2020, 05:05 PM
May 2020

To him I say,

Sure dude, it'll grow hair back, increase sexual prowess, lower your golf score and protect against COVID infection. It will even make a liar believable if you inject enough. Go for it! What do you have to lose?

3catwoman3

(23,973 posts)
20. Can't catch the corona virus if you're dead from an insulin overdose, so hey -
Tue May 26, 2020, 05:52 PM
May 2020

- bring it on. Roll up that sleeve.

Aristus

(66,316 posts)
15. If he doesn't know if he has diabetes, then he hasn't undergone a recent physical exam
Tue May 26, 2020, 05:11 PM
May 2020

by anyone qualified to do the job.

Screening for diabetes is pretty much standard for patients of a certain age. And for patients with his particular risk factors, it's a must.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
18. Since he is done with the hydroxychloroquine he should start now on the insulin . I can't believe
Tue May 26, 2020, 05:43 PM
May 2020

he never thought about it
and honestly what does he have to lose?

sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
22. For now, then he'll do what he did with iowa farmers, screwed them straight after the election
Tue May 26, 2020, 05:56 PM
May 2020

When they were no longer needed.

quaker bill

(8,224 posts)
26. On medicare and a supplement
Tue May 26, 2020, 06:43 PM
May 2020

my prescription costs a $6.00 co-pay for a 90 day supply, if he lowers the cost, I am sure the insurance company will pocket the difference.

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