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(9,729 posts)n/t
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)What's his excuse, a bad round of golf? Spending too much time with Melanoma's kidneys?
tblue37
(65,357 posts)Grasswire2
(13,570 posts)Rumor is that she and Barron live elsewhere in D.C. with her parents.
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)Grifters.
ZZenith
(4,122 posts)Gonna be volumes written about this disaster of a human being. Forever held up as one of the worst human failures in history.
Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)ZZenith
(4,122 posts)I always wondered how Hitler managed to bamboozle but I no longer do...
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)Not sure with what, but that's what they said in "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich".
ZZenith
(4,122 posts)an early form of OxyContin.
Who wouldnt become a mass murderer with that chemistry?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/books/review/blitzed-drugs-third-reich-norman-ohler.html
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)Hitler wasn't the only one jacked on drugs in the Third Reich. Eye-opening stomach churning read.
Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)volstork
(5,401 posts)n/t
Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,848 posts)At a slant.
The dilated pupils is a good catch.
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)Answer: Apparently a metric fuck ton, because that is under bright lighting. His pupils should be small. Not pin-pricks, but certainly small.
LuckyCharms
(17,426 posts)That's some scary shit right there.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Him closely. Did not notice the constant sniffing until I watched the video.
LuckyCharms
(17,426 posts)he's REALLY messed up. Worst I've seen him. He's on some powerful drugs, or he's very sick. Eyes just don't dilate like that, under lights especially, unless it is being caused by disease or drugs. Freaking terrifying.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)See analysis at the link. I have posted summary below:
https://medium.com/@DrGJackBrown/body-language-and-medical-analysis-4221-why-are-donald-trumps-pupils-intermittently-so-large-f4d883c8126a
"Summary: President Donald Trumps pupils are intermittently and significantly dilated from a medical standpoint, this is NOT normal. The ambient light conditions cannot account for such changes. At other times they are within normal limits.
This intermittent pattern is NOT due to trauma, complications from surgery, or disease. I have not examined Donald Trump and I have no firsthand knowledge of him however, the myriad of photographic evidence available online seems to point strongly to the remaining possible etiology Donald Trumps Intermittently Dilated Pupils are due to the side effects of drugs/medications.
Recent reports by journalist Kurt Eichenwald are consistent with this conclusion. I invite everyone to refute or confirm these medical findings particularly those physicians with neuro-ophthalmology expertise.
I also suggest that an independent party set up a publicly available, online photo/video diary to chronologically highlight and monitor President Trumps pupils."
KPN
(15,645 posts)Clicked on the link, but it came up to home page. Ill check it out later with more time.
Thanks for posting.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)He was watching the gibbon closely.
Hong Kong Cavalier
(4,572 posts)And before she died, Carrie Fisher said that she recognized the sniffs of a drug user (having been one herself for a long time, of course) and the Tangerine Colostomy Bag was on something during the debates.
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)I thought the brown acid was bad.
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)When I tried orange sunshine LSD.
KPN
(15,645 posts)Havent thought or heard Orange sunshine in decades; blast from the past.
But back to the point hadnt seen his pupils during his statement till now, but definitely he was on something. It was pretty freaking creepy.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Gothmog
(145,242 posts)tblue37
(65,357 posts)the situation (he played golf and partied at a wedding Saturday instead), he just fell into autopilot, so "T" and "Ohio" became "Toledo, Ohio."
localroger
(3,626 posts)According to https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/drug-addiction/drugs-dilated-pupils/#gref
" These include SSRI antidepressants, amphetamines, MDMA, psilocybin, LSD, ecstasy, cocaine and mescaline. In the case of these drugs, serotonin (a brain chemical affecting mood) agonizes the 5-HT2A receptors in the brain and kicks off dilation."
Of the drugs on that list my money is on SSRI's or amphetamines. Or both.
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)pnwest
(3,266 posts)like dry mouth. Adding that to the dilated pupils and the sniffing narrows down even mire closely to Amphetamines, also in prescription form as ADHD and narcolepsy medicine.
http://www.lancasterjoiningforces.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DFWP-Substance-Duration-Signs-Symptoms.pdf
I didnt really take the reports of the adderall snorting seriously until seeing that closeup of his dilated pupils today, and googling those three symptoms. Its unfathomable, but could he really be still snorting adderall - and being enabled to do so?!
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)He would see depression or anxiety as a weakness. Ergo, I suspect it is one of the worst drugs on your list.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,177 posts)The doctor discounts disease as a reason, but I wonder...
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)I can easily see the whacked-out dullard in chief being the same way.
localroger
(3,626 posts)Since they seem to always be about the same size, and they are sometimes normal, this indicates that it is an intermittent effect applying to both eyes which causes the dilation. That's why he settles on systemic drugs as the probable cause. Injury or topical effects would tend to only affect one or the other eye; disease would tend to always affect them. Systemic drugs affect the whole body, including both eyes, but only when you take them.
Hekate
(90,686 posts)Totally flat affect. Every time we see him he looks sicker
Ms. Toad
(34,072 posts)That's the most consistent caricature of him (Think Alec Baldwin on SNL)
Akacia
(583 posts)donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)That's one big pupil! I said pupil, Donny Two-Scoops, not penis, ya sad-sack bastard.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)God I hate tweakers.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,346 posts)I read that as "twerker". Imagining that orange gas bag twerking is not healthy.
I'm pouring a double shot. Or double that.
Argh.
Grasswire2
(13,570 posts)UpInArms
(51,284 posts)eom
VOX
(22,976 posts)And hes gotta have Pence right there as a security blanket.
Sick in body AND mind.
Demonaut
(8,916 posts)and we are still the punchline
moose65
(3,166 posts)😝
Funtatlaguy
(10,875 posts)Polly Hennessey
(6,797 posts)and their papers on the tRump years.
1. They will ask why we let this happen.
2. Researching for the assignment will not
be boring.
captain queeg
(10,198 posts)Not just his spray on tan. Hes jacked.