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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trumps sudden health problems on Saudi trip could be laying groundwork for resignation
Donald Trump lasted all of forty-eight hours into his first overseas trip before he began exhibiting troubling signs about his health and well being, ranging from shortness of breath in the middle of a speech (link) to reading the wrong words off his teleprompter (link), which came across so suspiciously that his own staff felt compelled to make excuses for him. But what if this isnt what it looks like?On the surface it appears as if Trump has severe health and stamina issues that have been exposed by his decision to finally take a publicly documented overseas trip. And thats not all that difficult to believe when you consider that hes seventy years old, hes obese, he brags of his poor eating habits, he kept his medical records suppressed during the election, and he appears to rely solely on a quack doctor whos willing to tell whatever lies he wants to hear. But his sudden descent into suspiciously poor health, this early in his trip, considering whats going on in the larger picture is suspicious in and of itself.
http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/resign-trump-health/2989/
marybourg
(12,634 posts)a sure sign with Trump that these traits actually apply to him.
still_one
(92,397 posts)one incident, the media was speculating and diagnosing bullshit, instead of doing their job and getting the full facts
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)brush
(53,868 posts)IMO there's nothing wrong with him that wasn't always there.
He's just a spoiled child who doesn't want to be on that trip so he plays sick.
mucifer
(23,565 posts)He's too full of himself to resign.
JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)He's in bad shape, has a terrible diet, doesn't believe in exercise and must be feeling far more stress than he ever has.
But he'll resign for other reasons.
LenaBaby61
(6,977 posts)When you do nothing but eat buckets of greasy, artery-clogging chicken, steaks, and allegedly eat very few veggies and things like Chocolate Cake constantly, and you don't exercise and are 70 years old, well
I loathe watching the crooked, racist, sexist, ruskie-loving treasonous heathen, but I had to watch the clip in which he lost his breath while talking, and yes he looks extremely unhealthy and under the stress of scandal after scandal piling up on him. Plus, he's gaining weight as each month passes. You have another William Howard Taft in the making which could lead him to resign due to "health" reasons. I would hate that he may not get punished and Pence might be rewarded with the presidency even though he's guilty of lying about Flynn's ruskie contacts per Cummings letter to him alerting him about Flynn. tRumputin is guilty as hell of colluding with a foreign government in our elections. He's a treasonous, America-hating, fat bastid.
Rollo
(2,559 posts)...and that's saying a LOT...
Anyone else praying he gets a fatal mycardial infarction?
That the portable defibrillator either malfunctions or can't be found?
LeftInTX
(25,555 posts)He lived another 15 years after that
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)While 70 is not 40, i am 73 and in pretty good shape. I eat well, except 1 or 2 tines a month. 😆 work out 4 xs week, walk a mile or 2 each day, do a tiny flower garden, um...practice a musical inst.2-3 hours/day.usually.
Just bought a small kayak... travel internationally maybe 5-6x a year..
Read a lot...
Jeeze, i get tired just thinking about all that..i better slow down.
😄
Perish the thought!
tblue37
(65,488 posts)stress--it all gets to him, I am quite certain.
Mme. Defarge
(8,042 posts)and SOON.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,339 posts)Mme. Defarge
(8,042 posts)but "health reasons" as a fall back.
murielm99
(30,763 posts)and he saves face, so be it. Let's just get rid of him and save the world from nuclear annihilation.
Duppers
(28,127 posts)Was even the title of one of his stupid books.
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)A little exercise would be good for him
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)Lol. That's very wicked. I like it. He could enjoy the solitude just because.
dalton99a
(81,578 posts)like a bucket of KFC and three Big Macs
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,195 posts)...no, THREE scoops of ice cream! (After all, he's just a growing boy!)
I wonder if AF1 has to be continually re-trimmed in flight while he oozes around and the weight distribution shifts.
stage left
(2,966 posts)I like the way you think.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)...
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)So this does seem odd.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)It seemed like he would do fly-in, fly-out events at airports, and then spend a lot of time on the phone with news programs.
He'd only be "on" for relatively short periods, and then relaxing on the plane back to New York.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)Only a handful of times do I remember him being somewhere other than NYC overnight.
womanofthehills
(8,764 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)It has been reported several times that he quits work early evening, goes up to his bedroom, watches tv, eats snacks ( by the car load).
not fooled
(5,801 posts)during the campaign he was surrounded by crowds of adoring idiots and dealt only with sycophants.
Now he has to contend with all the stress of the presidency including being questioned and openly criticized.
Plus, as others have commented, no doubt his campaign schedule was arranged to suit his preferences.
Have some more KFC, donnie--we know that all that stuff about the deleterious effects of junk food is just fake science from killjoy medical types. Besides, everyone knows you're immune from the laws of nature.
maxrandb
(15,355 posts)the fucking media ran the campaign for him.
Hell, all he had to do was Tweet from his gold-plated "shitter" and he got 24/7 promotion.
For 18 months, the cable news shows, and even some of the alphabet networks would broadcast an empty podium with a "Breaking News" banner.
"Active Campaign Schedule" my Ass.....
Hugin
(33,205 posts)This would explain why Rinsed Primate made a quick dash stateside... I guess to "prime-the-pump(tm)".
Still skeptical, but, interesting speculation.
physioex
(6,890 posts)'Rinsed Penis' instead?
Hugin
(33,205 posts)Along with "Rusty Prius"... That is among the monikers I rotate through when calling out the referenced lout.
stage left
(2,966 posts)Do you mean that isn't his name?
Ccarmona
(1,180 posts)By the FBI. Interview time set for Monday.
leanforward
(1,077 posts)has come back on him. I'm with you jaysunb (been there).
I am a loyal citizen/american/patriot in opposition to pRezident dRumpf and any GOP lemming.
Follow the money. Time line.
He does not have the where with all to complete the trip. I'll let the cartoonist fill in the rest of my opinion.
Doodley
(9,126 posts)womanofthehills
(8,764 posts)took a toll on him. He was not breathing well during his last speech.
RobinA
(9,894 posts)have the resources to do well outside his rather narrow comfort zone. He's able to cover most of the time, but travel is tremendously stressful. His measured reading of his speech yesterday was him on life support at that given moment. You know that when he sounds even remotely sane, someone else if pulling the strings.
Nitram
(22,879 posts)Manhattan.
JDC
(10,133 posts)liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)moonscape
(4,673 posts)womanofthehills
(8,764 posts)CousinIT
(9,257 posts)bresue
(1,007 posts)LOL and we don't need Louise or Claude to inform us of that.....
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Russian flu.
A lot of it might be going around the white house.
It is very catching.
womanofthehills
(8,764 posts)Demtexan
(1,588 posts)That does not sound good.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)You young-uns don't know about this, but sometimes you just hit a wall at our age and everything feels like it's going to hell. You already have challenges and conditions you're managing, so when things get out of kilter, your mind starts racing about what's wrong, and that puts even more pressure on you, psychically and physically.
Add all the stress tRump has put himself under with his lying and obstruction of justice, and I can see him unraveling in very short order.
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)In the past he walk away or buy his way out.
He stayed out of the race.
He got greedy.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)Demtexan
(1,588 posts)I dealt with two elderly parents.
I learned how to walk away and relax.
I am now stress proof.
I have herbal zoloft if needed.
This country survived the great depression and WW2.
We will make it.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Take a walk.
The news will still be here.
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Damn near killed me.
I was a lot younger.
.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Constant travel into different time zones. Sleeping and eating at different times every day. I did some international travel when I was in my twenties and found the jet lag to be a challenge. I can't imagine it in my sixties or seventies.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)...traveled outside the country before?
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)For his beauty contest I think.
Miss America or whatever it was.
mtngirl47
(991 posts)trueblue2007
(17,238 posts)Hokie
(4,288 posts)That should send up a BS alert. Yes, Trump is apparently in poor shape but there isn't any meat in this article.
worstexever
(265 posts)I haven't decided if I think it's "fake news" yet or not, but linking to your own articles is suspect.
womanofthehills
(8,764 posts)There is "meat in this article". You don't seem to think all these cancellations are concerning?
Jennifer Jacobs?Verified account @JenniferJJacobs
Trump cancels appearance at Tweeps event. Ivanka standing in for him, speaking to audience of 400.
Anna Ahronheim?Verified account @AAhronheim
More cancellations before #Trump lands in #Israel: Dinner w/Def.Minister @AvigdorLiberman & rumors of Church of Nativity in #Bethlehem
Noga Tarnopolsky?Verified account @NTarnopolsky
New:Trump will NOT be going to Nativity Church in Bethlehem. Rumors in Arab & Hebrew FB say its to avoid encounter with pro-prisoner protest
Pesach 'Pace' Lattin? @pacelattin
Alert: Trump cancels FoxNews meeting without explanation. Now WH has announced the large Monday Night Dinner in Israel is CANCELED.
Hokie
(4,288 posts)The only links I found in that article were links to two other of his own articles. One article had a link to a CNN video of Trump's speech. I am fine with that but why not put a time stamp for the gaff? I have no doubt that Trump's stamina is poor and he hates travel as President but any speculation that he is ready to resign is unfounded and probably doesn't help.
BTW, I am a member of Palmer's Facebook group and read it regularly.
I have noticed this source and wondered about it. Thanks for pointing it out.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Come on.
womanofthehills
(8,764 posts)So who else put all the tweets together of his cancellations? I don't see MSM doing it. Oh - maybe tomorrow.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Based on nothing but ridiculous speculation and designed to get clicks.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Sigh. I used to trust what I read here.
No more.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Can be powerful.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)We have seen him waiver before. Notice how he gets real quiet and slurs his speech? That has been happening all along. I suspect psych meds.
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Hate to be one his keepers.
womanofthehills
(8,764 posts)Agree on the psych meds though.
Bayard
(22,149 posts)Kleveland
(1,257 posts)I once knew a nurse who worked evenings in an ER in a fairly rough part of town.
She told me stories about evil nasty SOB's that were brought in, high on whatever, shot up, knifed, bleeding head wounds, missing limbs... you name it. They always seemed to pull through seemingly beating the odds or expectations.
On the flip side, she also saw many decent, normal and good folks who came in with far less serious injuries, who did not make it.
She told me that the motto among the nurses and doctors at that ER, for such seemingly unjust occurrences was "You can't kill shit".
That always stuck with me, and I am getting that same feeling watching this evil fat fucker get more bloated, sweating, incoherent... more like Baron Harkonnen every day.
(I can't say that I would be sad, or shed a tear for the final and inevitable conclusion to this "problem".... )
Can you feel me?
LeftInTX
(25,555 posts)NJCher
(35,731 posts)Dick Cheney.
Cher
Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)though Bannon looks worse.
SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)Hurts the credibility of this site in my opinion.
It's the journalistic equivalent of wishful thinking. Too much speculation masking as news.
womanofthehills
(8,764 posts)He basically gathers the news from other sites and puts it all together. What is wrong with that? What has he reported that hurts his credibility?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)In fact, this article in particular has no links to anything besides two other Palmer Report articles.
Hokie
(4,288 posts)He links to another article of his that does have a link to the speech on CNN. He doesn't have anything to back up the main claim of resignation.
womanofthehills
(8,764 posts)We just got some interesting news on Trump's cancellations.
but hope.
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)His jacket used to be big on him.
doc03
(35,367 posts)the world.
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)They don't need him anymore. They finagled a Supreme Court seat, and just need some other rubber-stamp Republican in the Oval Office to sign their crap legislation.
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Buns_of_Fire
(17,195 posts)maybe the needle just hit "E" and that's all she wrote. For the next 3 1/2 years, he'll just lie on a divan in the WH, stuffing himself with chocolate bon-bons, and yelling for Ivanka to peel him another grape.
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)hit him with a battery of questions.
Vinca
(50,304 posts)Unless, of course, the doc's been sent a new script and a big check.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Tres convenient