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I mean sure seems like something a Harvard rowing team coxswain would be saying is happening.

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[–] snooggums@piefed.world 110 points 2 days ago (5 children)

He absolutely had a stroke. His bruised hand is probably from being hooked ip to an IV and being really, really old. The side effects are confusion, trouble being coherent, and other mental problems he already had so at least those won't be as noticeable as they would be on a regular person.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago

another side effect is ai generated official tv appearance

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 31 points 2 days ago

Which explains the AI edited appearance.... To cover for the ailment.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 21 points 2 days ago

hes probably on anti-clotting medication, which can cause bruising and bleeding. clots which makes you prone to strokes.

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[–] garth@sh.itjust.works 69 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)
[–] teft@piefed.social 59 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

JFC that's not a little bit of a droop. That's almost definitely signs of a stroke. A guy I knew at work looked exactly the same after his stroke. Trump looked relatively normal at the u.s. open a few days ago and you'd think after a stroke he'd at least take a week or two off given his advanced age and "robust" health. Maybe it's bell's palsy or someone smacked him upside the head with a frying pan?

Edit: Also this article seems a little on the nose.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago

If it was done with a frying pan ... they should have done the other side too just to even things out and not make it so noticeable.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

He can’t take time off. He believes it’ll make him look “weak” and he’ll lose control of the narrative.

And deliciously, him trying to push through and play strong man will kill him even quicker. I seriously wonder if he’s starting to question his mortality or is just completely ignorant.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He is. He's been telling his dumbass fans to donate money to "help him get to heaven"

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[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

I seriously wonder if he’s starting to question his mortality or is just completely ignorant.

Given his comments about getting into heaven, he absolutely is.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 20 points 2 days ago (8 children)

look at melania, she must be estatic hes about to pass.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dude could be stroking out right there, and she'd just call a lawyer to make sure the will is secure.

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[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 days ago

Looking like how my grandpa looked shortly before he died. Granted I've said that before and the bastard is still here but here's to hoping it goes through this time

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Oof yeah thats an old man who's unlikely to make enough of a recovery to be doing speeches for a living again. Didn't see if it's full body sagittal droop or just facial. Former says stroke, latter says palsy. Like neither is good for him but palsy is manageable, stroke in a 79 year old is entirely likely to be the beginning of the end.

[–] stickly@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can see in the clip he checks his left hand with a lift but can't match it with his right hand. Similarly, he conspicuously doesn't move his right hand in his most recent recorded speech.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

that explains melania so close to him, melania is going to reap his soul soon.

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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Give him some credit. At least he's not asleep, like at the pope's funeral.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 1 day ago

I wouldn't consider this "not sleeping" either. It appears that he's in some state of mental limbo.

If this isn't a stroke, then his doctor should probably check for zombie bite marks.

[–] obsidianfoxxy7870@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Concern is the wrong word, delight is the correct word. The sooner he dies the better.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Nah, if he dies too soon Vance has more time to cement his power. He needs to wait like 2 years and 8 months.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If he dies soon enough this counts as Vance's first term for 22nd amendment purposes.

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[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 6 points 2 days ago

Sadly, there is an ever-ending shit-shoot of potential other candidates to follow. They won't have to capture his audience or be as "charismatic" as he is. As things fall apart and degrade. They will just crack down as authoritarians do. On innocent people of every stripe.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 days ago

On Sept. 11, 2025, people assumed that the Pentagon's memorial ceremony marking the victims of 9/11 would be a somber, typical occasion.

Are these people unaware of who is president?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

And the most important question is: Where are the Epstein files?

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 day ago

I would have preferred the last three years of his miserable life spent in a maximum security prison, but as it seems like the law doesn't exist in the US anymore I will accept a series of strokes leading to shitting himself and collapsing on a stage in public. I'm okay with that trade.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol. I wouldn't call it "alarm".

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah more like breathless anticipation

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Idk what they’re talking about it’s drawing joy and schadenfreude from me

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Draws questions and alarm?

Question: When will he finally croak?

Alarm: They will be wasting millions to keep this rotting corpse alive for as long as possible.

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

"Draws alarm"?

Yep, it's the party alarm.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 18 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Jeez, why doesn't he just blow a gasket and get it the hell over with?

[–] Patches@ttrpg.network 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

He is already leaking fluids, and solids, on a daily basis. There are multiple confirmed reports.

Not sure what gasket you are referring to

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Get your fireworks and champagne ready

[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

While I won't wish Mango Mussolini a quick death, how hilarious and poetic would it be if he just had a splash of Bell's Palsy?

For those of you who don't know, go look up the name of one of the viruses that causes Bell's Palsy and join me in a sensible chuckle!

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Although the exact reason Bell's palsy occurs isn't clear, it's often related to having a viral infection. Viruses that have been linked to Bell's palsy include viruses that cause:

* Cold sores and genital herpes, also known as herpes simplex.
* Chickenpox and shingles, also known as herpes zoster.
* Infectious mononucleosis, caused by the Epstein-Barr virus.
* Cytomegalovirus infections.
* Respiratory illnesses, caused by adenoviruses.
* German measles, also known as rubella.
* Mumps, caused by the mumps virus.
* Flu, also known as influenza B.
* Hand-foot-and-mouth disease, caused by a coxsackievirus.

Took me a minute. Epstein-Barr virus did give me a chuckle.

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 9 points 2 days ago (4 children)

You want to hear something scary? The most likely candidate to take over MAGA movement is MTG.

[–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

She's a stooge and a useful idiot... She doesn't have the ear of anyone important. Hell, i don't think she's on any legislative committees, which tells me nobody important is backing her.

Edit: just looked at the committees she's a part of. Her only appointment of note is being chair of DOGE....i rest my case.

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[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I doubt that will happen; no matter how batshit crazy her takes are, she's still a woman and that's a disqualifier.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago

I doubt it, but she's definitely going to try. So will every other MAGA with a reputation, include media types.

MAGA is a cult of personality, and once Trump assumes room temperature, so will MAGA. But they won't want to let it go, so Don Jr, Vance, Hegseth, Bondi, Rubio, Patel, Empty G, Boobert, Loomer, Hawley, Johnson, Cotton, DeSatan, etc. will all be stabbing each other in the back.

It will be ferocious and endlessly entertaining.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nobody will take over. They'll fight amongst themselves, but they were all choosen for loyalty to Trump first and competence a distant second.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Denzel kept making that same face in that new Spike Lee movie, so it might be nothing.

I say he should avoid see a doctor about it, and wait until gets much, much worse. Then ignore it for a while longer, because it will probably go away.

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[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago

cant wait for his face to droop all over his keyboard making him RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES by accident

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Can news organizations please PLEASE stop it with the headlines that are all ALARM! BE AFRAID! SLAMS! RIPS! EMERGENCY!

We have already enough to be anxious about without them helping. I don't care if this is about the Cheeto or Obama or my mother. Stop it with the clickbait headlines for every single headline.

Make Jews Boring Again, the way news is supposed to be!

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