trump is using the short stairs on Air Force One--following reports of hand bruises and him dragging his right leg.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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🚨 BREAKING: TRUMP USING AF1 BABY STEPS

Last night, Trump once again used the short stairs on Air Force One—following reports of hand bruises and him dragging his right leg.

Republicans had a meltdown when Biden did this. But now? Total silence.

Funny how the outrage disappears when it’s their guy.

trump used the short stairs to exit Air Force One

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[marble falls]

1. Negotiating Canada's statehood?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

36. No

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. I'm actually shocked that he hasn't ordered excalators built for this purpose.

[Hekate]

49. Airports have ramps they can roll up to planes when someone invokes the ADA ...

Before I had my knee replaced stairs were an utter misery, and it was a colleague of hubby’s that I met at the airport who told me I was entitled to ask for a ramp. Before that I had no idea that the randomly-occurring ramps that benefitted me so much were something people had requested.

Of course trump has to pretend at all times that he is Superman, so that won’t work for him. OTOH, he can take a golf cart thru an airport with no embarrassment because he is the King of Golf Carts.

[dflprincess]

3. And wearing that stupid hat

He's nothing but an embarrassment. I hope the other G7 members snub him & make it clear he's made America a pariah.

[PatSeg]

13. I was going to say the same thing

That damn ugly hat! Definitely an embarrassment.

[thesquanderer]

15. It was windy. He needed the hat to stop all his "hair" from falling off one side. (n/t)

[PatSeg]

18. Yes, covering one embarrassment with another

[BattleRow]

31. Besides concealing a multitude of sins and indiscretions.

[PatSeg]

34. Hard to believe that someone with money

looks and dresses like that. He can afford the best stylists and fashion consultants, but he thinks he knows best. I really try to imagine what he sees when he looks in the mirror.

[BattleRow]

51. Well,look at Taco Belle..his other half.

Mirror mirror on the wall..must be a sideshow mirror,I tell ya.
He always reminded me of a carnival barker,btw.

[PatSeg]

58. Same here

Except most carnival barkers have more appealing personalities.

[ShazzieB]

37. Yes!

There are pics on the internet of multiple episodes where the wind got ahold of his hair, to very weird effect! (Google "trump hair wind" to see what I mean.)

The hat definitely looks better.

[Dulcinea]

30. Does he think the G7 is a marketing opportunity?

Does he really think any world leader wants to buy his tacky garbage MAGA crap? SMH

[spanone]

4. Yet the media has zero interest in his cognizant decline

[Joinfortmill]

5. That tells me...

he likely can no longer go up the long flight of stairs, which means we're one step closer to ridding ourselves of this bag of garbage.

[GoCubsGo]

45. Looks like he has trouble coming down them, as well.

I'm not buying that his stop-and-wave was anything other than a break to catch his breath and/or to regain his bearings after the color of the stairs changed, and threw off his stroke/drug-addled brain.

[malaise]

6. Note the pause on the long stairs

In Canada

[stillcool]

7. I just recently saw the clip of him

going after Biden for the short stairs. I love a good boomerang effect, and boy he's got a lot coming to him.

[kimbutgar]

8. Repukes are the highest hypocrites!

They will twist themselves into pretzels to defend the orange taco monster when President Biden did the same thing and they made fun of it. But look over there I didn’t see the orange taco monster do the same thing!

[malaise]

10. Protocol is dead

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An effin US President arrives in a sovereign country with a Make.
America Great Again cap.

[allegorical oracle]

17. Was wondering what was on the stupid hat. He's like a 12-year-old little kid. nt

[Botany]

11. I have been through some medical stuff lately and one of the nurses who helped out with home care ...

… said about 2 months ago that Krasnov’s shuffle and how he has to compensate for
balance issues is what she has seen with her patients just before they go into serious
cognitive and physical decline. The dragging his right leg on going up to and climbing the
smaller stairs onto AF 1 and the way he exited the AF 1 with grabbing the hand rail, having
to stop halfway down, and his making a fist instead of waving because of I would guess
balance issues are easy to see.

President Vance?

And that stupid hat too?

[NJCher]

21. I ran into an article

one of those dementia warning things, and it said something similar. Yep, his time's up. Over and out.

[Botany]

24. P.M. Carney of Canada just had to shut down Donny's presser. He was out to lunch cognitively.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/132150453

“You have a bad Governor in Chicago.” and “Obama and Trudeau kicked Putin out of
the G8 and he wasn’t even an enemy @ the time.” Skipping the invasion of Ukraine and
and his annexation of Crimea stuff.”

Maybe the 4th of July, 2025 can be a real Independence Day.

[NJCher]

25. totally believable

Wow.

Maybe the 4th of July, 2025 can be a real Independence Day. Reading this gave me chills.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

41. Trudeau was not Prime Minister at the time; Canada had Conservative PM Harper. . . nt

[ananda]

27. Well, he must be in serious decline because...

he's been having trouble walking for a long time.

[SCantiGOP]

12. And one jackass

Is wearing a baseball cap like a 12 year old.

[3catwoman3]

14. He looks like a complete rube wearing that fucking baseball cap...

...with a business suit.

[BattleRow]

33. His version of a crown,no doubt.

The emporer has no clothes,but he can leave his hat on..

[LudwigPastorius]

16. Pretty soon he's going to need to have a team of Airmen wheel him into the cargo hold.

...preferably bound to a dolly with a bite-restraint mask on.

[Bev54]

20. Just push him out with no stairs would suit.

[Pinback]

29. Like the "late, great Hannibal Lechter!" (nt)

[MarcoZandrini]

19. "Stroke!....

Stroke! Stroke!” Words not yelled by the coxswain of an eight person skull.

[BigDemVoter]

63. EXACTLY!

[OhioTim]

22. Fall

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1274704114078134

[BidenRocks]

23. To the YouTube!

Just last night I watched chump demean President Biden and make jokes for using the short stairs. His cabinet member suggests an elevator. Chump derides that as strong leaders stand at the top and wave. They are happy to see you leave in any manner.
Remember when the world liked us under Obama and Biden?
I wish they would just completely cut off all trade.
We hurt and chump can stroke out.
Chump is cancer.

[Irish_Dem]

26. What do the hand bruises and dragging his leg mean?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

42. Neurological disfunction and bumping into things. . . . nt

[GoCubsGo]

48. There's also speculation that the bruises are from an IV.

I wouldn't be at all surprised that they've been pumping stuff into him, whether it's B vitamins, drugs, or something related to kidney failure.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

28. What I'D like to see....

Not just

"trump is using the short stairs on Air Force One"

but Trump being DRAGGED OFF Air Force One by the SHORT HAIRS

[MorbidButterflyTat]

32. Clever

[beaglelover]

35. I'm not seeing him dragging his right leg in those videos.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

43. "following reports of ..." The reports are from recent weeks, not today. . . nt

[beaglelover]

59. OK, so I guess we're just taking someone's word for it. Got it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

61. No. You can't come to that conclusion from anything written here.

Video was posted on DU a few weeks ago of tRump dragging his foot getting out of a golf cart.

Picture was posted on DU a few weeks ago of a large bruise on his hand.

You can find these online (not just DU) if you search for them.

[generalbetrayus]

38. No kings with dementia!

[Mysterian]

39. For decent people, it is no issue for a senior citizen to be using easier steps

But for depraved and evil MAGA, there is no limit to their cruelty.

[Orrex]

40. Maybe he'll just fucking die.

[generalbetrayus]

46. Melanoma accidentally bump into him at the top of the stairs?

[Nixie]

44. Hand bruises? Did he get in a scrap with Melania?

It did look like she ticked him off at his birthday parade. They were fighting, you could tell.

[et tu]

50. ketchup bottle ricochetted

and hit his hand

[Hekate]

47. Wearing that stupid, stupid hat. Why not a pin saying "I'm Donny & it's my birthday!" Why not a red balloon?

Why not just stay home & play with his new toys?

[slightlv]

68. Because WE are his toys! He plays with us as cruelly as possible

and loves every sadistic moment of it.

[Jilly_in_VA]

52. Next thing you know

he'll be using an escalator!

[kacekwl]

53. Act like an adult and take that stupid hat off.

You are with world leaders now little boy.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

54. Drumph is so egotistical he thinks AF1 should squat down to receive him.

Is that very last flight to Florida scheduled yet?.........

[bdamomma]

55. They

are covering up for the Felon, his health is deteriorating. Making things easy for him what for????????????????

[NameAlreadyTaken]

56. Dragging a leg? Evidence of stroke.

[usonian]

57. Found the cure.

But seriously, ramps need to accommodate people with limited mobility, ALL of them.
Not just IndiGo Airlines.


https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220379618

[IcyPeas]

60. I see this hat as disrespectful. /nt

[Attilatheblond]

62. One of the facets of DEI is providing needed aids to accommodate the differently abled

You know, things like flattened curbs and ramps instead of stairs. So, looks to me like POTUS is engaging DEI accommodations to spare him the embarrassment of photo proof of his degraded physical and mental fitness.

Betcha ol JD is frothing at the bit about now.

[B.See]

64. Can't think of a fate TOO grim for this evil sob

[LetMyPeopleVote]

65. Drag a Leg Donnie can't even handle the short stairs.

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[ultralite001]

66. Watching Krasnov's performance, I can't help but recall this brilliant scene...

from the film, "My Favorite Year," w/ Peter O'Toole as Alan Swann, Mark Linn-Baker as
Benjie Stone + Tony DiBenedetto as Alfie Bumbacelli, Alan Swann's driver...



Here's the clip:
https://i.imgur.com/9LWDIRX.mp4

[SoFlaBro]

67. A MAGA fuckface would never acknowledge how shitty and fucked up their Orange turd of a "leader" carries his ample girth

[LetMyPeopleVote]

69. BREAKING: The media won't talk about it, but Trump is now using the short stairs on Air Force One

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[drmeow]

70. Any way Air Force One can use

that circular staircase from Ivana Trump's place for Donnie?