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Joinfortmill

(21,670 posts)
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:16 AM Aug 2025

IS TRUMP DYING OR IS HE JUST FINE? ANYBODY GONNA ASK? - 8.25.25 Countdown with Keith Olbermann

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'Clearly, there is a Donald Trump health crisis. What is its exact nature? Is he sick? Is he fine? Is there some acceptable explanation for his swollen face and narrowed eyes last shown publicly on Friday? And what does the enlarged left hand mean? And what does the bruised right one covered in make up MEAN? And are those ballooned engorged ankles as benign as claimed by the latest doctor, Captain Barbabella? Is the president of the United States – whoever he is, whatever we think of him - gravely ill?

Would they tell us if he were?

Would they tell… HIM?

No, no, it’s all just “chronic venous insufficiency." Not serious. When we saw him Friday he looked like he'd just changed out of a hospital gown. And behind these questions – why is the national news media still giving the clear decline in Trump’s appearance and clarity and likely in his physical health less attention than the irrelevancy that is Biden’s cognition level from LAST YEAR?

Lost in the Trumpstein cover-up, the Ghislaine Maxwell hostage video, Trump’s planned terrorism in Chicago, the John Bolton raid – Trump's face was so puffy – even for HIM - that his eyes looked like slits, barely open. Right hand with a contusion, clear tape, what could have been traces of blood near the fingers, running from the thumb through the middle finger and up, under the shirtsleeve, badly covered in make-up. Left hand so swollen it looked like something they’d draw for a cartoon character: the BASE of those fingers 40 or 50 percent larger than the ends and his ability to use the hand clearly impaired enough to make him hesitate. And we didn’t see the ankles this time. We saw them when he was in Alaska with Putin and they were wider than his feet.'
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IS TRUMP DYING OR IS HE JUST FINE? ANYBODY GONNA ASK? - 8.25.25 Countdown with Keith Olbermann (Original Post) Joinfortmill Aug 2025 OP
I wish some reporter would ask him. When was the last time he actually walked on a city street that he thinks is crime Walleye Aug 2025 #1
Sadly tsf isn't going to pass anytime soon naturally chicoescuela Aug 2025 #2
"Would they tell us if he were gravely ill?" No. So there's little point in worrying that people aren't asking. muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #3
He can't die quick enough for me! I can't stand Emile Aug 2025 #4
Will Just Leave This Here MrWowWow Aug 2025 #5
JD Vance will be worse Johnny2X2X Aug 2025 #6
Trump rso Aug 2025 #7
They no longer need a following Johnny2X2X Aug 2025 #9
At this point, I'm willing to take a chance. Emile Aug 2025 #10
This is like the "Putin is dying" stuff Renew Deal Aug 2025 #8
KNR for KO, as always. niyad Aug 2025 #11
It's difficult to look at him at convince yourself he's healthy by any means Torchlight Aug 2025 #12

Walleye

(45,484 posts)
1. I wish some reporter would ask him. When was the last time he actually walked on a city street that he thinks is crime
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:20 AM
Aug 2025

Ridden. I’m willing to bet it’s been at least 40 years since he even set foot on a city street. He only complains because he has to see homeless people on the way to his golf course for crying out loud. The man is sick.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,600 posts)
3. "Would they tell us if he were gravely ill?" No. So there's little point in worrying that people aren't asking.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:28 AM
Aug 2025

They'd just lie about it - and possibly are lying about it now. And diagnoses from video are a waste of time.

Continue pointing out what a trash human being he is - rapist, racist, misogynist, conman, supporter of Putin, etc. No need to ask him or his toadies questions about that, so that they can lie in return - lay out the facts.

Johnny2X2X

(24,438 posts)
6. JD Vance will be worse
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:44 AM
Aug 2025

Vance is more competent and will package things better. But the end goals are the same, autocracy. Vance could be our nation's leader for 30+ years.

rso

(2,682 posts)
7. Trump
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:54 AM
Aug 2025

But Vance does not have the cult following that Trump has. Though it looks ridiculous to us, there’s something in Trump that elicits a unique, cult-like devotion which would not manifest with Vance.

Johnny2X2X

(24,438 posts)
9. They no longer need a following
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:57 AM
Aug 2025

They have complete control and they aren't going to cede control no matter if their approval ratings hit the single digits.

We no longer live in a Democracy. Doesn't mean we won't try to vote them out in 2026, just that I don't think they'll give up power regardless.

Torchlight

(7,066 posts)
12. It's difficult to look at him at convince yourself he's healthy by any means
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 10:12 AM
Aug 2025

Getting harder to ignore his mumbling incoherence and stumbling, awkward movements. But I've little doubt his fans will perceive him as a full of piss and vinegar... or at the least, minimize the obvious.

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