The media hasn't been this complicit in covering for a president's declining health since FDR

[bigtree]

...first of all, Trump does not look well in any of the photos provided by or to the press.


Donald Trump walks through the parking lot at Trump National golf course in Sterling, Virginia, on August 30 (AFP)






https://www.tmz.com/2025/08/30/donald-trump-golf-course-seen-not-dead-rumors/



...secondly, if anyone can find a photo of Trump actually playing golf, or even on the course today, I'd like to see it, because nearly every report I've seen claims he "he went out to play golf," or, "heading to play golf."

...on Saturday, he emerged, spotted by pool reporters in a white polo, black pants, and signature red “Make America Great Again” hat on the way to his Virginia golf club. Grandchildren Kai Trump and Spencer Trump were also along for the ride.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/where-is-donald-trump-today-on-the-golf-course/ar-AA1Ly98n

Each and every one I've seen making this claim, directly, have included an old photo of Trump playing golf. Where are the photos of Trump playing golf today, and what's the reason for the willingness of the press to make this claim, or give this impression; even going so far as to claim he was on the 'course' without so much as an eyewitness account?

...Grok put this succinctly, mirroring my own search efforts:

From my searches, press photos from AP and others show Trump at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia on Aug 30, 2025, walking with grandson Spencer and toward areas like a tennis court, but none explicitly depict him holding a club, swinging, or in a golf cart. No official White House photos were released. Eyewitness accounts are limited to general reports of him golfing there amid rumors, without specific details of play.

[marybourg]

1. JFK's various disabilities and chronic conditions were likewise well covered up

by the media. As well as his tom-catting.

[bigtree]

3. never saw any of the mental decline

....and chronic back issues aren't anywhere near the same as a 79 year-old displaying signs of dementia.

I mean, comparing hin to JFK and bringing up some rumored affair?

We're not talking about the same thing.

[marybourg]

8. No, we're not. i was comparing the JFK coverup to the FDR one.

[Ms. Toad]

16. I was just about to say the same thing. n/t

[LeftInTX]

2. He'll be yelling and screaming at America again before we know it.

If he isn't, consider ourselves lucky! If he can't put on a show, he's an impotent president.

[bigtree]

5. I'm old enough to remember the press yelling and screaming at Biden and his press secretary

...claiming he was dying and the rest.

Today they collectively took the bait and went home.

[markodochartaigh]

7. The only steps that President Biden ever took

that weren't scrutinized and reported on by the media were when he became the first president in history to walk a picket line.

[LonePirate]

4. The media certainly wasn't too interested in Reagan's declining mental faculties.

[canetoad]

17. "Spitting Image" was

They had a recurring segment called, "The President's Brain is Missing".

[markodochartaigh]

6. Maybe the media cover up is a valid comparison,

however I don't think that the health conditions are at all comparable. FDR's mental health was completely sound right up to his death. He had been virtually paralyzed from the waist down by polio for decades, but that didn't affect his ability to perform as president.
Think of how many people today are able to function and perform difficult jobs while wheelchair bound. It was only public perception which hindered FDR. Trump is hindered by his mental/psychiatric conditions.

[Keepthesoulalive]

11. Wow

[bigtree]

12. this is fiction

...unsupported by anything except claims by people unassociated with the administration and well apart from the president.

[customerserviceguy]

13. So

Joe Biden had an excellent debate last year, in your opinion? I was shocked to see him like that on the debate stage. I wish we had some knowledge of his decline, so that we could have had a more united front against the Orange Menace. But, that's water under the bridge at this point...

[bigtree]

14. lolol

...

[viva la]

10. Reagan was losing cognition rapidly his second term.

The press probably knew.