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Kingofalldems

(40,278 posts)
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 10:38 PM Nov 2025

Looks like Melania has to assist Trump in mere walking:

Trump ignores questions from reporters while leaving the White House for a long Thanksgiving weekend

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-11-25T23:27:04.189Z


Also note how he hogs the umbrella.
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Looks like Melania has to assist Trump in mere walking: (Original Post) Kingofalldems Nov 2025 OP
Would it be insensitive to start a pool? Cause if it is, I'll start one. marble falls Nov 2025 #1
I'm in. H2O Man Nov 2025 #8
Dibs on New Year's Eve. Efilroft Sul Nov 2025 #16
I'm in. Yule. niyad Nov 2025 #20
Something is going to happen but he won't die right away FakeNoose Nov 2025 #24
Needs an alignment..pulls to the left Deuxcents Nov 2025 #2
I noticed that too. Sort of a plodding walk. Diamond_Dog Nov 2025 #3
Comments on the video have a few saying this was a double because she was smiling! Deuxcents Nov 2025 #4
I noticed he held the umbrella and let her go first. Unlike applegrove Nov 2025 #5
I thought she might be smiling dflprincess Nov 2025 #28
Pulls to the left. THAT is funny. nt Prairie_Seagull Nov 2025 #25
Posters on BlueSky are saying that's "fake" Melania FakeNoose Nov 2025 #6
Get a grip. He is walking fine. Jesus. johnnyfins Nov 2025 #7
There is a 0% chance he is walking fine. Kingofalldems Nov 2025 #9
Agreed. Ms. Toad Nov 2025 #13
Nope. Look again. Joinfortmill Nov 2025 #18
Never naps in meetings or falls asleep at his desk, either. Torchlight Nov 2025 #23
Not as bad as I've seen it other times. nilram Nov 2025 #10
Watch the video of him pardoning the turkeys, where he is helped into where the Rose Garden usef to be. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 #11
Umbrella? Donald the gentleman Norrrm Nov 2025 #12
He did not sit down gracefully. He just flopped Ilsa Nov 2025 #14
Maybe he'll just fucking die already. Orrex Nov 2025 #15
Yup, definitely stearing him in the right direction. Joinfortmill Nov 2025 #17
eyes bcbink Nov 2025 #19
It's weird that his right arm is just dangling there. Who walks like that? nt Rob H. Nov 2025 #21
THat will be a GREAT day when he kicks the bucket. (VERY SOON would be best) bluestarone Nov 2025 #22
February 2nd, 2026...we cannot do this again... MiHale Nov 2025 #26
I want to know how she walks in those high heels? kimbutgar Nov 2025 #27
NYT-Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office (gift link) LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2025 #29

FakeNoose

(41,634 posts)
24. Something is going to happen but he won't die right away
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 12:49 PM
Nov 2025

They'll keep him alive on machines, that's my guess. Not that I'm rooting for him to survive. Oh hell no.

But if he's on autopilot in the hospital, it gives Vance and the cabinet cover to invoke Article 25 and vote him out. I don't believe they would ever do that unless they knew he's a goner anyway.

I mean ... he's already given them so many reasons to Article 25 him, and there's been no attempt that we know of.

I'm thinking this will happen early next year ... after the holidays. Isn't he scheduled for hip replacement surgery?

Diamond_Dog

(40,577 posts)
3. I noticed that too. Sort of a plodding walk.
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 10:56 PM
Nov 2025

And how in the heck does Mel walk in those high heels?

Deuxcents

(26,915 posts)
4. Comments on the video have a few saying this was a double because she was smiling!
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 11:03 PM
Nov 2025

And he held the umbrella for her 🤣

FakeNoose

(41,634 posts)
6. Posters on BlueSky are saying that's "fake" Melania
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 11:19 PM
Nov 2025

I can't tell because they don't really show her face. But this woman appears to be supporting and guiding Chump because he seems to be drifting away from the helicopter.... Also his balance seems kind of hinky, like he might stumble if he's not leaning onto her.

Ms. Toad

(38,637 posts)
13. Agreed.
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 12:14 AM
Nov 2025

He's hogging the umbrella, so her attempt to get under the umbrella makes the side-by-side walk look uneven.

nilram

(3,549 posts)
10. Not as bad as I've seen it other times.
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 11:34 PM
Nov 2025

But perhaps that's why Melanoma was so close, to help him keep on track.

mahatmakanejeeves

(69,851 posts)
11. Watch the video of him pardoning the turkeys, where he is helped into where the Rose Garden usef to be. NT
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 11:46 PM
Nov 2025

Last edited Wed Nov 26, 2025, 01:14 AM - Edit history (2)

Ilsa

(64,369 posts)
14. He did not sit down gracefully. He just flopped
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 12:41 AM
Nov 2025

his 270 pound torso onto the seat.

I think Malignia had to make sure he got on Marine One instead of wandering around the WH grounds.

bcbink

(120 posts)
19. eyes
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:11 AM
Nov 2025

I don't think he can see very well. It looks like she is directing him. Also, he does seem to get lost frequently.

bluestarone

(22,178 posts)
22. THat will be a GREAT day when he kicks the bucket. (VERY SOON would be best)
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 12:18 PM
Nov 2025

Then, our biggest problem will be our supreme court! THEY are the bastard six, that will continue our democracy ending!

kimbutgar

(27,248 posts)
27. I want to know how she walks in those high heels?
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 01:18 PM
Nov 2025

I can’t imagine wearing those type of shoes anymore! I hated wearing them in the 70’s and 80’s to work.

That said he does look like he is wobbly and needs assistance!

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,868 posts)
29. NYT-Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office (gift link)
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 01:30 PM
Nov 2025

This is the article that really pissed off trump

President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.



https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/trump-age-health.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E8.Xuu2.wLwq4A4Y9jal&smid=url-share

The reality is more complicated: Mr. Trump, 79, is the oldest person to be elected to the presidency, and he is aging. To pre-empt any criticism about his age, he often compares himself to President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who at 82 was the oldest person to hold the office, and whose aides took measures to shield his growing frailty from the public, including by tightly managing his appearances.....

Still, nearly a year into his second term, Americans see Mr. Trump less than they used to, according to a New York Times analysis of his schedule. Mr. Trump has fewer public events on his schedule and is traveling domestically much less than he did by this point during his first year in office, in 2017, although he is taking more foreign trips.

He also keeps a shorter public schedule than he used to. Most of his public appearances fall between noon and 5 p.m., on average.....

Mr. Trump has prompted additional questions about his health by sharing news about medical procedures he has had, but not details about them. While in Asia, Mr. Trump revealed that he had undergone magnetic resonance imaging at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in early October......

Mr. Trump also applies makeup to a bruise on the back of his right hand, adding speculation about a medical condition that his physician and aides say is caused by taking aspirin and shaking so many hands. In September, the bruising on his hand, coupled with swollen ankles, caused observers on the internet to speculate wildly about his health......

For years, concerns and questions about Mr. Trump’s health have often been met with obfuscation or minimal explanation from the people around him. Mr. Trump’s physicians have not taken questions from reporters in years, including when he was seriously ill with Covid in 2020. There were no medical briefings held after an assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pa., last summer.

Many of the facts that concerned critics about Mr. Trump’s physical health during his first term are present now. He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve, like a battery. He enjoys red meat and is known to eat McDonald’s by the sackful....

Still, in his second term, Mr. Trump’s schedule shows some significant changes.

According to a Times analysis of the official presidential schedules in a database maintained by Roll Call, Mr. Trump’s first official event starts later in the day. In 2017, the first year of his first term, Mr. Trump’s scheduled events started at 10:31 a.m. on average. By contrast, Mr. Trump in his second term has started scheduled events in the afternoon on average, at 12:08 p.m. His events end on average at around the same time as they did during the first year of his first term, shortly after 5 p.m.

The number of Mr. Trump’s total official appearances has decreased by 39 percent. In 2017, Mr. Trump held 1,688 official events between Jan. 20 and Nov. 25 of that year. For that same time period this year, Mr. Trump has appeared in 1,029 official events.

trump is not in good health and trump is showing signs of senility or mental decline. I can see why this article pissed off trump.
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