Worries Trump is 'deteriorating rapidly' after video shows him struggling to walk down a ramp: 'They

[highplainsdem]

can’t hide this much longer’


Raw Story article that also links to several tweets with video:

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/worries-trump-is-deteriorating-rapidly-after-video-shows-him-struggling-to-walk-down-a-ramp-they-cant-hide-this-much-longer/

Commentators on Twitter worried about President Donald Trump’s physical and mental health after video showed him struggling while descending a ramp following his graduation address at West Point.

“He minces down the ramp taking tiny baby steps and staring at his shoes, then pulls up big at the end, and blusters through the last step like he’s Patton surveying a battlefield full of knocked out panzers,” Mike Rochschild posted on Twitter.

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That tweet

Link to tweet

and the Aaron Rupar tweet and video he's commenting on:

Link to tweet

I'd turned the TV off before this, after watching the earlier part of the ceremony.

I agree Trump looks very nervous and uncertain walking down the ramp, and seems proud of himself for making it to the bottom without falling.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

1. Lifts in shoe heels forces one to tip-toe on a down ramp. n/t

[captain queeg]

5. Yeah I keep saying that

[Hekate]

15. I have to ask: why do some people perseverate on the "lifts" meme when he shows so many signs...

...of NEUROLOGICAL deficits?

Lifts inside shoes cannot cause slurring of words, word salad, loss of thoughts in mid-sentence, or an ever diminishing vocabulary.

Lifts in shoes are not dangerous to national security.

[diva77]

18. Excellent point.

I removed my response as well (which was meant in jest).

[AnotherMother4Peace]

21. Many people are saying that his recent medical emergency was a stroke.

Bunker Boy needs two hands to pick up and hold a glass to his mouth, slurs words, and has trouble walking. Sounds like a stroke to me.

[certainot]

32. everywhere he goes they need to put up ramps and obstacle courses

[2naSalit]

2. I'd like to see

him do a full on face plant... see if he falls harder than pushed.

[smirkymonkey]

19. *snort*

Would serve him right. Heartless bastard.

[2naSalit]

23. It would be

the most beloved GIF ever!

[Me.]

3. Are We Dealing With A Case Of Nancy Reagan

or President Wilson's wife? Both of whom didn't reveal their husband's illnesses and basically ran the government themselves?

[Beartracks]

6. That could only happen because those guys hadn't dismantled or hobbled so much of it.

[DBoon]

24. I suspected Nancy's astrologer actually ran the government

[Me.]

29. I KNow Nancy Did Schedule His Events According To JOan Quigley

Don Reagan let the cat out of the bag for spite because he and Nancy didn't get along

“Virtually every major move and decision the Reagans made during my time as White House Chief of Staff was cleared in advance with a woman in San Francisco [Quigley] who drew up horoscopes to make certain that the planets were in a favorable alignment for the enterprise.[3][1]”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Quigley

[Hekate]

27. Mrs Reagan and afaik Mrs Wilson both loved their husbands and wanted to protect them...

Mrs Trump 3 shows no signs of those wifely traits.

Other people are running the government, like Jared.

[Me.]

30. Tou're Right On Both Counts

However, it was unconstitutional as far as I'm concerned and the 25th should've been enacted.

I read recently that he had to renegotiate Mekania's pre-nupt to get her into the WH. And that she and her husband are very much alike.

Yes, I think both Jared and Ivanka are in charge. I wonder how much longer they'll be able to hide any problems.

[Grokenstein]

4. Just watched Newsweek's "Why Does Trump Drink Water Like a Child?"

The most astounding part was all the trumpkins in the comments insisting that it's a secret signal and we're "about to find out" what it means, and boy, are they going to LOL as we weep in the burning light of his brilliance yadda yadda yadda.

[Beartracks]

12. Interesting, but probably insignificant.

One of my closest friends does that sometimes, too, and with her I find it endearingly quirky.

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[Skittles]

8. maybe they are medicating him

to try to modify his breakdown over his poll numbers

[Gothmog]

9. That's been going on for a long time. There's something really wrong with him.

Link to tweet

[Ilsa]

17. His right wrist doesn't turn the glass or bottle bottom up.

That and his dragging right leg make me wonder if he's had a stroke affecting the right side of his body.

[bdamomma]

10. He is

such a sad pathetic POS. Watching him walk down that ramp, he definitely has gait issues, and then acts like he's the man when on level ground WTF, we know he's not well. What a waste he is.

[Johnny2X2X]

11. Meanwhile, Joe Biden

Link to tweet

?s=21

[Cha]

16. Retweeted! TY, Johnny, for Biden Running!

Link to tweet

[smirkymonkey]

20. +1000

Biden is in such better shape than Trump, even though he is older. Trump is physically at least ten years older than his chronilogical age. My dad is 80 and even he is in better shape than Trump.

[meadowlander]

22. "Bide or die" should be his campaign slogan.

[coti]

26. Ha, love it nt

[bmbmd]

25. Im an older runner

Joe is demonstrating perfect form. Very chi.

[flibbitygiblets]

37. Now THIS would make a great comparison ad! Who's "sleepy" now?

Remember in the '16 campaign, when tRump used to say HRC had "low stamina" or some such horseshit? I think it was a dog-whistle to ageism directed at women, and probably also to appeal to low-educated white males (a la "presidents need to be MEN&quot .

It would be great to do a side-by-side comparison of tRump riding golf carts, struggling to walk, etc. against Biden's (who clearly takes proper care of his body), and pipe in tRump's "low stamina" comments from a few years ago.

[Cha]

13. Not to mention that BLOTUS needed help with his left hand to drink water with right hand..

Link to tweet

trump mocking the disabled reporter has come back to bite him

[Ilsa]

14. His right foot never leads, just the left.

He steps forward with his left foot, and then brings his right even with his left, instead of swinging through. He was doing this as he walked to the podium for COVID-19 press conferences.

I wonder if he's had a TIA or has another brain illness.

[Vogon_Glory]

28. One way or another, Joe Biden might be running against Mike Pence this fall

[Warpy]

34. I think if something happens to Big Dummy

there will be a brokered convention and I doubt Pope Pence will be considered by many there as anything but an embarrassment to the religious right, since he sacrificed so many principles to stay in the White House instead of being banished to #1 Observatory Circle.

[onenote]

31. It has been reported for several years that he has a fear of stairs and slopes.

Is it because of lifts in his shoes or just a phobia? Don't know. But it's not something new.

[Warpy]

33. The ten dollar word is "kyphosis"

and his is getting worse very quickly. It usually hits elderly women, but various forms can hit children and teenagers. It's commonly called a "widow's hump" and can include compression fractures and destroyed discs. It hurts like a mofo and usually occurs along with another ten dollar word, "lordosis," or swayback, as an attempt to balance the spine's curvature so the person can manage to walk. These conditions have undoubtedly contributed to his marked loss of height.

A walker is likely in his not too distant future.

[dumdrum]

35. He's stoned

The ramp looks flat
But it’s going away from him
Trust me
He’s stoned

[flibbitygiblets]

36. Ok y'all. I really want to see something wrong with him.

Much as it pains me to say, I'm not seeing anything all that odd for lazy, morbidly obese septugenarian wearing 3" lifts and walking down a ramp. No, he's not in good health, but that's not new. I just don't see imminent collapse happening. (And believe me, I *really* want to see that.)