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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIS TRUMP DYING OR IS HE JUST FINE? ANYBODY GONNA ASK? - 8.25.25 Countdown with Keith Olbermann
&list=PLnejRH29a8dgjgDmtWlAE_y0WTwhlx_gc'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, its 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 Trumps appearance and clarity and likely in his physical health less attention than the irrelevancy that is Bidens cognition level from LAST YEAR?
Lost in the Trumpstein cover-up, the Ghislaine Maxwell hostage video, Trumps 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 theyd 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 didnt see the ankles this time. We saw them when he was in Alaska with Putin and they were wider than his feet.'
Walleye
(45,484 posts)Ridden. Im willing to bet its 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.
chicoescuela
(3,205 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(106,600 posts)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.
Emile
(43,279 posts)that SOB.
MrWowWow
(1,461 posts)Doctor: Trump has 6 to 8 Months TO LIVE
Johnny2X2X
(24,438 posts)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.
But Vance does not have the cult following that Trump has. Though it looks ridiculous to us, theres something in Trump that elicits a unique, cult-like devotion which would not manifest with Vance.
Johnny2X2X
(24,438 posts)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.
Emile
(43,279 posts)Renew Deal
(85,362 posts)It's not credible, especially from Olberman
niyad
(134,035 posts)Torchlight
(7,066 posts)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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