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I just happened to catch the Trump walk out and national anthem before the football game last night. (Not by design, I was trapped)
I noticed his gait was pretty steady, his breathing seemed okay, and he wasn't sweating like a pig although there were signs of cyanosis under his eyes again. He did repeatedly take Melanie's hand which made me wonder if it was some sort of power move or if he needed her help to keep his gait steady. If I recall, he grabbed on to it each time they had to step forward.
A friend texted me this a few minutes ago, "IMPOTUS has not tweeted or retweeted anything today, wonder why."
My gut response to her text was to joke, "I have a guess. They had to dope the fucking crap out of him so he could endure the walk out onto the field last night for the national anthem. He's recovering from the exertion and the pharmacological cocktail that enabled it."
After I hit send I started to wonder if that might be less of a joke than I thought.
I wonder if anyone has compared his physical appearance the evening before with his tweeting behavior the following day and graphed a correlation. I'd be fascinated to see it.
Then again, maybe it's just because Obama wasn't nominated for an Oscar again today.
getagrip_already
(14,914 posts)Can't remember where I saw the article, but it had quotes from people commenting. None said he was fine.
He still has the clap only with right hand slapping left hand thing going on. People said his gate seemed off.
Just google it.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)I was just wondering if anyone has ever correlated his night time public appearances with his tweeting behavior.
onenote
(42,796 posts)While he walked while holding hands with Melania at times, he also let go of her hand and walked and started walking forward without taking her hand at times. His way of clapping is something that he has done for a long time. Watch video of the SOTU from two years ago. And he was in Florida for the holidays and traveled to his golf club over a dozen times and while there are only a few times where it has been confirmed that he played golf, he was there long enough to get in a round most of those days. And he tweeted over two dozen times on Monday.
People have been speculating about him being seriously ill (physically) since before he was elected. But mostly it appears to be wishful thinking.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)I thought he looked pretty good last night actually. Surprisingly so. If I saw what I wanted to see, it would have been an embalmed body in a coffin.
But the overall trend doesn't paint a very rosy picture for his health if you see photos and videos of him over time. He's definitely in some sort of decline.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)I'd guess he doesn't actually that much himself..
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Remember, at the very end they could animate Elvis Presley for a couple of hours a night, but it was very, very difficult and required a ton of drugs. He spent most of the rest of the day in bed.
He doesn't write all of his tweets (I don't think). I'm suspicious about that tweet attacking Bloomberg. Maybe he delegated that to Miller.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)medications available for tRUMP that would effectively do the same thing if only he'd take them.