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Sunlei

(22,651 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:53 AM Jan 2017

Donald Trump held Theresa Mays hand because hes scared of slopes and stairs [View all]

Source: Sun

Taken as they walked from the building’s state rooms to the West Wing, it seemed to sum up how deeply they had bonded after a historic first meeting on Friday afternoon in Washington DC.

But an alternative explanation emerged that the US president suffers from bathmophobia — a fear of stairs or slopes.

Government sources in Washington DC said they had been told the New York property billionaire is uncomfortable with using either.

The 70-year-old president is thought to have grabbed Ms May’s hand to steady himself as the pair walked down a ramp in a colonnade, before then rubbing it in thanks.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/donald-trump-held-theresa-mays-hand-because-hes-scared-of-slopes-and-stairs/news-story/3752a838dd39ad2746d7c82314a2550c

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Donald Trump held Theresa Mays hand because hes scared of slopes and stairs [View all] Sunlei Jan 2017 OP

Needs someone to hold his hand on stairs, needs someone to explain Geneva Conventions KittyWampus Jan 2017 #1

copping a feel librechik Jan 2017 #2

won't even hold his wifes hand. Sunlei Jan 2017 #3

Dude probably doesn't respect a woman dumb enough to marry him IronLionZion Jan 2017 #5

As someone who deals with a phobia - cab67 Jan 2017 #4

trump isn't a joke. The news story isn't mocking his presumed illness or phobias. Sunlei Jan 2017 #7

No, but when he relentlessly bashed Hillary on being physically unfit LisaM Jan 2017 #27

you're right it is relevant. Sunlei Jan 2017 #31

fair enough. cab67 Jan 2017 #32

She was lucky he only grabbed her hand. jpak Jan 2017 #6

th ats why all the woman in WH wanted & got 2nd story offices. Sunlei Jan 2017 #8

Bathmophobe... Germaphobe... Factophobe... the man is just riddled with fear. tinrobot Jan 2017 #9

... tavernier Jan 2017 #20

Vision problems? Balance issues? Can't someone in Congress demand a mental and physical examination? livetohike Jan 2017 #10

If nothing else, Trump's going to bring the keenst wit out of Joe Chi Minh Jan 2017 #11

Is that a commonly-known phobia? spiderpig Jan 2017 #12

I remember that. He seemed fine then. Dave Starsky Jan 2017 #22

Well, he just had to stand in place on the escalator, as opposed to bullwinkle428 Jan 2017 #25

Remember when Breitbart mocked Clinton for "needing help" climbing stairs? deurbano Jan 2017 #13

They started a rumor she had Parkinson's disease! N/t TexasBushwhacker Jan 2017 #23

Baby Bush was afraid of horses, Trump afraid of inclines.... yurbud Jan 2017 #14

He suffers from hydrophobia, too. Mc Mike Jan 2017 #15

*Yoda voice* Much fear, this one has! Initech Jan 2017 #17

Much loathing, this one causes. Mc Mike Jan 2017 #19

I'm his age and I hold the railing when walking down steps greymattermom Jan 2017 #16

Aha! This could be an arthritis issue, then. Dave Starsky Jan 2017 #30

If he's afraid of stairs... mwooldri Jan 2017 #18

I always thought Daleks are republicans. MindPilot Jan 2017 #21

I think he's ED-209 jmowreader Jan 2017 #33

It looked to me like he was reaching out to grab her pussy and she caught his hand in the nick of Tanuki Jan 2017 #24

Yeah, he seemed to have a death grip on the stairs when he was getting onto Marine One LisaM Jan 2017 #26

I don't know if I buy it True Dough Jan 2017 #28

feeble old man TeamPooka Jan 2017 #29