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monmouth4

(9,711 posts)
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 05:59 PM Dec 2017

The upcoming physical/medical exam of trump, what could it mean? I truly doubt he would have

agreed normally and am wondering if this would be a way out for him to resign. Get a bad physical/medical report from the doc, there's your excuse to bow out semi-gracefully. He knows Mueller is only a stones throw away from nabbing him and this would be a good way to cut his losses. Whatcha think?

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The upcoming physical/medical exam of trump, what could it mean? I truly doubt he would have (Original Post) monmouth4 Dec 2017 OP
I hope there's a mental exam conducted as well gopiscrap Dec 2017 #1
He will never leave voluntarily dhol82 Dec 2017 #2
I don't think he will do this mainstreetonce Dec 2017 #3
He'll probably just have Dr. Oz say he's in wonderful shape... regnaD kciN Dec 2017 #4
+1 n/t. rzemanfl Dec 2017 #6
If he doesn't like the diagnosis, he'll just release a press statement janterry Dec 2017 #5
My money's on it never happening. The can will get kicked down the road one week at a time. NT Girard442 Dec 2017 #7
Nailed it ribrepin Dec 2017 #12
Hopefully Dr. Jackson will have a neurologist/psychiatrist on standby Siwsan Dec 2017 #8
My response yesterday malaise Dec 2017 #9
Could be. He doesn't like the job. trof Dec 2017 #10
My response yesterday malaise Dec 2017 #11
If the medical report is bad it will be dismissed as a fake medical report democratisphere Dec 2017 #13
Means nothing if Jerry Garcia does it again. Sneederbunk Dec 2017 #14
I thought the Pres had to do a yearly physical? liberalla Dec 2017 #15
.... ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #16
100 % a ok best physical of all presidents Watchfoxheadexplodes Dec 2017 #17
No prob, call in an expert... Wounded Bear Dec 2017 #18
He probably sees himself quite differently than everyone else does. procon Dec 2017 #19
"They said all of my tests are positive..." SeattleVet Dec 2017 #20
340 pounds. sarcasmo Dec 2017 #21
Trump will demand something similar to the previous declaration: dalton99a Dec 2017 #22

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
2. He will never leave voluntarily
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 06:02 PM
Dec 2017

When they disclose all the medical problems he will just say it is fake news and leave the room.
As I see it, he will only be taken out kicking and screaming.

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)
3. I don't think he will do this
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 06:04 PM
Dec 2017

He said he would release his taxes after the election. This is just another lie

regnaD kciN

(26,045 posts)
4. He'll probably just have Dr. Oz say he's in wonderful shape...
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 06:06 PM
Dec 2017

...just like he did at a similar juncture during the campaign. Remember?

 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
5. If he doesn't like the diagnosis, he'll just release a press statement
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 06:08 PM
Dec 2017

read by Sara Huckabee.

I don't think he'll resign - that's not his history. Nor do I think he'll bow out. The only way he has every resigned before is when he declared that he was bankrupt. He plays until he has no more cards - and even then, he stays at the table.

Siwsan

(26,305 posts)
8. Hopefully Dr. Jackson will have a neurologist/psychiatrist on standby
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 06:09 PM
Dec 2017

Someone he can pull into the exam, with little delay.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
13. If the medical report is bad it will be dismissed as a fake medical report
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 06:12 PM
Dec 2017

involving collusion with the Democrats.

liberalla

(9,266 posts)
15. I thought the Pres had to do a yearly physical?
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 06:13 PM
Dec 2017

For 45, I would expect it to be highly edited to report only positive results... He is the 'best' at everything, you know.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
16. ....
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 06:14 PM
Dec 2017

Dr: "Well Donald, I have some good news and some bad news."

tRump: "What's the bad news?"

Dr: "You're going to die within a month."

tRump: "Really? That's horrible! What's the good news?"

Dr: "You're going to die within a month."

procon

(15,805 posts)
19. He probably sees himself quite differently than everyone else does.
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 06:30 PM
Dec 2017

In his own mind, he's fit and athletic, healthy, a fine figure of a man at the peak of his physical and
mental prowess. As Trump imagines, he is admired by women and deferred to by men, the epitome of masculine de rigueur.

On the other side of that distorted lens is the overweight, gasping clown who is so short of breath he can't speak without pausing to gulp water. The camera shows us an old man with a bloated belly, a big butt and huge thighs (all that KFC has to go somewhere) who relies on golf carts to get around because he's physically unable walk any distance.

If he releases his medical exam (which I doubt), Trump will cherry pick the complimentary parts and redact the rest, or rewrite a brief summary report that will read much like that glowing snow job his crazy personal doctor tried to foist off.

SeattleVet

(5,480 posts)
20. "They said all of my tests are positive..."
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 09:58 PM
Dec 2017

Positive is good, so everything is great...the greatest!"

(Yeah...positive for dementia, positive for narcissism, positive for...)

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