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He's not dead yet, but his leg is getting worse (Original Post) jmbar2 Mar 2025 OP
OMG, he looks like a potato on stilts! BlueSpot Mar 2025 #1
Grossly overweight: I'd guess his right knee is going wonky struggle4progress Mar 2025 #2
He's going bdamomma Mar 2025 #3
Made me think of this. boonecreek Mar 2025 #16
Hope he bdamomma Mar 2025 #59
Bit of a dropped foot as well Hekate Mar 2025 #4
Could be: I'm no doc struggle4progress Mar 2025 #6
Neither am I, but his gait is awful Hekate Mar 2025 #7
Posted about this a while ago -- noticed that same gait as he was walking from allegorical oracle Mar 2025 #19
I'm thinking bdamomma Mar 2025 #58
Probably Rebl2 Mar 2025 #21
Trump has to be pushing 300 lbs if not already over that. elocs Mar 2025 #24
Or, he had a stroke at some point. GoCubsGo Mar 2025 #34
There's definitely something wrong with him they're not telling us. Initech Mar 2025 #47
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2025 #60
Tweedledum StarryNite Mar 2025 #5
I'll keep this in mind for tomorrow morning Orrex Mar 2025 #8
I knew you'd like it... jmbar2 Mar 2025 #9
That video is about a month old. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #10
I was thinking that is was from this weekend, but you are probably right jmbar2 Mar 2025 #11
I just searched for it to check. Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #12
It's a better copy of a month old video. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #30
Not even trying to hide the adult diapers. tinrobot Mar 2025 #13
I so hope that is true and is confirmed publicly before his demise chicoescuela Mar 2025 #18
His britches are about to pop. GoodRaisin Mar 2025 #14
Looks to me like a hip problem. EndlessWire Mar 2025 #15
His brain it falls asleep. Kid Berwyn Mar 2025 #17
Keeping my fingers crossed... bif Mar 2025 #20
Maybe RFK Jr can prescribe some remedies for him. Norbert Mar 2025 #22
😹 Meowmee Mar 2025 #56
Be careful of what you might wish for because Vance is said to be much worse elocs Mar 2025 #23
I believe Republicans will actually stand up to Vance bif Mar 2025 #26
Im tired of this belief... AkFemDem Mar 2025 #28
Hey, that's just my opinion. bif Mar 2025 #36
Actually, I don't remember hearing about those examples. elocs Mar 2025 #38
I guess I just pay more attention or have better memory attrition? AkFemDem Mar 2025 #39
"Your opinion is lame." Nice bif Mar 2025 #41
Are you using two user names?? AkFemDem Mar 2025 #42
Sorry. Got mixed up bif Mar 2025 #43
ooooh, I get it now! AkFemDem Mar 2025 #48
Vance is worse, but he doesn't have the cult backing. haele Mar 2025 #29
Yes, Vance will not bring the maga cult with him, so that does offer some hope. elocs Mar 2025 #40
Agree. He hasn't sufficiently proved his MAGA gravitas yet. He's in training and is honing his allegorical oracle Mar 2025 #49
Although Vance Doesn't Have Millions of bamboozled Followers electric_blue68 Mar 2025 #57
Vance is really stupid EndlessWire Mar 2025 #63
Bone spurs acting up. republianmushroom Mar 2025 #25
Morbid obesity Blue Owl Mar 2025 #27
He needs leg surgery with bluestarone Mar 2025 #31
I'm getting better. Norrrm Mar 2025 #32
Bwahahahaha... jmbar2 Mar 2025 #33
Hilarious!! Sogo Mar 2025 #45
2 toothpicks trying to support the (ahem) the 225lbs of solid muscle Tribetime Mar 2025 #35
400 pounds of human gristle bif Mar 2025 #37
What is the voice-over comment at the end? Sogo Mar 2025 #44
Actually looks like his leg was asleep GenThePerservering Mar 2025 #46
That's my guess, too. He should walk more, take the stairs... CTyankee Mar 2025 #52
I do hope it gets worse for him, cksmithy Mar 2025 #50
Every extra pound of weight TexasBushwhacker Mar 2025 #51
Bad leg, eh? They shoot horses, don't they? GreenWave Mar 2025 #53
I think he's fat, he has twig legs from inactivity louis-t Mar 2025 #54
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2025 #62
trump does not look well LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2025 #55
That last bdamomma Mar 2025 #61

bdamomma

(69,176 posts)
3. He's going
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 08:51 PM
Mar 2025

wonky. Now who's the ole man/child? Eff this monster.

Oh he's dragging that leg. Maybe he'll will just loose his balance and have great fall.........hmm.. it's that children's poem.... you guys know it.

allegorical oracle

(6,195 posts)
19. Posted about this a while ago -- noticed that same gait as he was walking from
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 09:58 AM
Mar 2025

his helicopter on the WH south lawn. He was visibly shuffling through the manicured grass. One of his feet appeared to be limp. My sister had drop foot due to the severing of the sciatic nerve in an accident. That nerve enables the flexing of the foot.

Also noticed that he's less often videoed walking -- he's seen sitting or standing behind a podium on which he appears to lean for support. Makes me wonder more than ever if he's on meds, and which one(s).

bdamomma

(69,176 posts)
58. I'm thinking
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 08:11 PM
Mar 2025

Blood thinners???? I'm not a nurse nor Dr. Remember that bruise he had on his hand?

oh a correction, my daughter is a nurse, bruise could be related to multiple IV medications put in his hands.

 

elocs

(24,486 posts)
24. Trump has to be pushing 300 lbs if not already over that.
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 12:10 PM
Mar 2025

So given his obesity (even at his claimed weight) and his diet and lifestyle, he may already be living on borrowed time. I believe that he actually cannot comprehend his own death, but I hope at that time he would be completely aware of his state of being.

GoCubsGo

(34,674 posts)
34. Or, he had a stroke at some point.
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 01:59 PM
Mar 2025

It kind of looks like there are some motor control issues going on there.

Initech

(107,463 posts)
47. There's definitely something wrong with him they're not telling us.
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:22 PM
Mar 2025

And we'll never know, either. The last time he had a mental competency exam, Fox News found the one asshole "doctor" crazy enough to rig the test, and rewarded the sick fuck with a lifetime gig in Congress.

Response to struggle4progress (Reply #2)

jmbar2

(7,650 posts)
11. I was thinking that is was from this weekend, but you are probably right
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 10:27 PM
Mar 2025

I didn't remember the one from a month ago being this bad.

Ms. Toad

(38,312 posts)
12. I just searched for it to check.
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 10:29 PM
Mar 2025

This one looks a bit different because it is zoomed in closer (likely by editing).

EndlessWire

(8,103 posts)
15. Looks to me like a hip problem.
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:36 AM
Mar 2025

Maybe a combination of hip and knee. He's moving it like he's locking the joints in to bear weight. He looks like he's hesitent, not trusting it until he gets it deployed adequately. The left leg also looks a bit wonky, but less so. Maybe he has sciatica.

All the golf in the world won't fix this. Also, he's morbidly obese. Just think of all the people he has hurt in his first 90 days. Couldn't wish this on a "nicer" guy. Maybe he has incontinence from some neurological disorder. Maybe this is the source of his hatred. Some people are like that.

He's not grabbing onto the golf cart to steady himself. So, when he goes down, he'll go down big. Plop! If he's that wobbly to the point where he is having trouble controlling his feet, looking down at them, he needs forearm crutches.

Just saying. Hey, I'm only praying for his hair to fall out. Or his d*ck to fall off...oh...I see...never mind...

Kid Berwyn

(23,029 posts)
17. His brain it falls asleep.
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 08:40 AM
Mar 2025

It’s not easy driving a golf cart around all day with all that weight sitting on top of it.

bif

(26,678 posts)
20. Keeping my fingers crossed...
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 10:22 AM
Mar 2025

That the KFC and hamberders (or however the fuck he spells it) catch up to him!

 

elocs

(24,486 posts)
23. Be careful of what you might wish for because Vance is said to be much worse
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 12:00 PM
Mar 2025

and with the advantage of not being mentally ill, just evil and opportunistic.

bif

(26,678 posts)
26. I believe Republicans will actually stand up to Vance
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 12:24 PM
Mar 2025

They all fear tRump for some reason.

 

AkFemDem

(2,508 posts)
28. Im tired of this belief...
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 12:46 PM
Mar 2025

We heard this for 4 years (2016-2020) about Pence too and I think history has proven that Pence certainly wouldn't have been worse, was not "scarier" or a "bigger threat". It's the same excuse we heard for years about Bin Laden- can't take him out because theres someone waiting to take his place thats even worse. It's the pass we've seen for dictators, terrorists, and generally bad leaders globally forever and it's a terrible one.

 

elocs

(24,486 posts)
38. Actually, I don't remember hearing about those examples.
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:51 PM
Mar 2025

But if you're tired of this belief, then I'm sure you'll get over it. Because how do they prove Vance would not be worse than Trump? They don't.

 

AkFemDem

(2,508 posts)
39. I guess I just pay more attention or have better memory attrition?
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:55 PM
Mar 2025

I don't have to get over anything, because if Trump is impeached, gets knocked out by a cheeseburger, runs off to Argentina, whatever- and Vance becomes president then you'll have to get over it ;--) No one has to "prove" anything. I'm not trying to talk you into anything, you're powerless just like me and you're not going to be able to keep Trump in power no matter how much you want to or kick him out if you'd rather. You'll just deal with it, like the rest of it. I'm arguing with you because your opinion is lame imo.

 

AkFemDem

(2,508 posts)
42. Are you using two user names??
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:05 PM
Mar 2025

This is twice now you've replied for another poster I've replied directly to. What gives?

bif

(26,678 posts)
43. Sorry. Got mixed up
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:12 PM
Mar 2025

I thought you were responding to me when I said Rs would stand up to Vance.

haele

(15,090 posts)
29. Vance is worse, but he doesn't have the cult backing.
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 12:50 PM
Mar 2025

MAGA is less likely to follow him than they were Pence.
Billionaires like him because he's a corrupt Quisling who do anything for their approval. But MAGA doesn't really like or trust Schillbilly. There's no blind, salivating following by thousands of Meal Team Six members.

 

elocs

(24,486 posts)
40. Yes, Vance will not bring the maga cult with him, so that does offer some hope.
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:56 PM
Mar 2025

Let's hope it will be like in The Lord of the Rings when the One Ring was destroyed.

allegorical oracle

(6,195 posts)
49. Agree. He hasn't sufficiently proved his MAGA gravitas yet. He's in training and is honing his
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:24 PM
Mar 2025

nasty lies and name-calling skills. But his "manipulate-to-convince" abilities still rate a D-minus.

EndlessWire

(8,103 posts)
63. Vance is really stupid
Mon Mar 31, 2025, 07:41 AM
Mar 2025

I'd rather see trump gone and take our chances. We can't continue with trump and musk running amok. It's probably not so much Vance as it is whoever is standing behind him, and there aren't that many who want to see vance create a legacy of more incompetence. He's not exactly charismatic.

bluestarone

(21,216 posts)
31. He needs leg surgery with
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 01:46 PM
Mar 2025

FOUR years of Anesthetic. That would be the best thing for America.

Sogo

(6,986 posts)
44. What is the voice-over comment at the end?
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:19 PM
Mar 2025

I've listened several times but can't make out what he's saying....

GenThePerservering

(3,146 posts)
46. Actually looks like his leg was asleep
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:21 PM
Mar 2025

probably from sitting in that golf cart for so long, but he's not agile enough to deal with it and his legs are weak. You can tell when he does walk - he shoots his foot forward from the knee and then steps, as if he doesn't have the leg strength to walk normally.

I'm waiting for him to spend millions of taxpayer dollars just to ride around in that golf cart, leaning over with a club and just whacking the ball as he rides by. Then he'll get to the hole and just drop another ball into it and say "YOUR FAVOURITE PRESIDENT WON!!!"

cksmithy

(426 posts)
50. I do hope it gets worse for him,
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:35 PM
Mar 2025

but I am in my mid 70's, husband too, when we get out of our car during a long trip at a rest stop, we are so stiff it takes a minute to get our legs moving. But he should not be sitting in his golf cart for 2 hours in between holes. Something is not right.

TexasBushwhacker

(21,095 posts)
51. Every extra pound of weight
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:43 PM
Mar 2025

Puts 4x pounds of pressure on your load bearing joints - hips, knees, ankles. Even at 6'4", or so he says, he is at least 80 lbs overweight (Class 1 obesity). That's an extra 320 lbs of pressure on his load bearing joints. I'm much shorter than him, and 10 years younger, but I've been in that obesity class. It's hard to get around. I started getting pressure on a nerve and my leg would go numb.

He has the best doctors and chefs in the world at his disposal. He could lose the weight if he wanted to. He just doesn't think he should have to. He'd rather eat like a teenager.

louis-t

(24,575 posts)
54. I think he's fat, he has twig legs from inactivity
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 04:31 PM
Mar 2025

and his legs fall asleep because he spends so much time sitting on his fat ass.. I don't think it's anything other than that.

Response to louis-t (Reply #54)

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