Donald Trump posting a week-old photo has heightened scrutiny of his health.
Amid continued concerns about his physical well-being, Trump posted an image of himself playing golf with a former football coach.
But, given the photo was taken a week ago, people raised concerns about a potential attempt to hoodwink the public about the true state of the president's condition.
90 Comments
blitzen@lemmy.ca · 111 pts · 346d
He’s either dead, or deflecting interest in the Epstein files.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
kingofras@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 346d
I'm trying
SupraMario@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 346d
I'm starting to think he had a stroke. If he is quiet the next week, shits gonna get crazy with speculation.
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world · 103 pts · 346d
Donald Trump should simply make a public appearance to show that everything is just fine.
Let's hear about his health and wellness directly from him.
Also, release the Epstein files.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 346d
I think he should prove how macho manly he really is by taking up that one guy on his offer to walk around a city...Baltimore, was it?
Also, he should go bike-riding with Biden to really show who is boss!
absentbird@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 346d
And play fetch with Commander.
Mr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 346d
Just watch out for Kristi Noem
dhork@lemmy.world · 84 pts · 347d
I'd love for this to be real, but Newsweek is absolute trash right now. If they are right about something it's probably by accident.
mister_flibble@sh.itjust.works · 56 pts · 346d
I suspect he's genuinely unwell. The man is, above all else, a complete and utter attention whore and this is a rumor that could be immediately dispelled by him doing a loud, showy, public spectacle. That should be like Chistmas for him; it's basically the universe giving him PERMISSION to do one of those fascism pep rallies he's so fond of, and yet he hasn't gone for it. Why?
I don't think he's actually dead but I do think he's in a bad way.
bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 44 pts · 346d
My guess is he had another stroke, and he is hoping his speech will recover to the point that it's not obvious.
When he got COVID the first time he made an appearance while he could barely stand and breathe.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 346d
100% this. That and his deep and abiding narcissism. His sycophants keep saying he's the most accessible and transparent POTUS ever, but it's just because the guy is absolutely THIRSTY to be in front of cameras at all times.
If something was not going on, he'd be racing to be in front of those cameras already.
DancingBear@midwest.social · 4 pts · 346d
phx@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 346d
I mean, would we even be able to tell it apart from his usual rambling?
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 340d
Massive slurring would make the word salad into word gazpacho, though less flavorful.
Geobloke@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 346d
He might have had some routine surgery, probably not uncommon for someone his age, but his vanity won't allow himself to appear weak
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 347d
What's to disbelieve?
You think the picture wasn't taken a week ago?
dhork@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 346d
No, I dont believe he'e on death's door. He will probably live to be 100, because life isn't fair.
Hylactor@sopuli.xyz · 39 pts · 346d
Well, frankly him dying now, having avoided all real consequences his entire miserable life, having contributed nothing positive to planet earth, lying and raping his way all the way up to the highest office in the contry, is also not fair.
dhork@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 346d
Life isn't fair, Your Highness. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 346d
Get used to disappointment? (Wrong scene, I know)
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 346d
Where did you see the article say that?
I don't understand any of your complaints, you might as well be complaining a gorilla can't play in the NFL....
echutaaa@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 346d
Did you read the title?
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 346d
...
To you, that headline, and a headline that says "trump is on death's door"...
Those, those are the same to you? You read both and think they say the same thing?
Don't get me wrong, Newsweek is shit, but that's not the problem here and the problem is much more concerning.
angrystego@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 346d
To be fair, they're talking about a major medical episode in the article. That does mean life-threatening to me.
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 346d
Of course they mean the same thing, just to differing degrees. What else do you think the first headline is referring to?
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 346d
...
They don't bud...
That's just, how language works
dhork@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 346d
You fucker, you made me give them a click
This is what passes for "Journalism" at Newsweek these days ....
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 346d
A quote from a retired intelligencer pointing out the picture is a week old and lazy/bad propaganda...
Yes, that is literally what we describe with the word "journalism"...
This is literally like if Faux News said the sun was coming up tomorrow, so you scamper off to prepare for 1,000 days of darkness and the return of Baphomet.
Just because so one lies 90% of the time doesn't mean 100% of what they say is the opposite of truth.
You get that, right?
Because I'm about to quit trying.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 346d
Literally?
dhork@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 346d
You probably think that the local news reading social media posts on air is "journalism" too....
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 346d
It can be, depending on the subject matter, timing etc. Reddit had a big hand in the Boston Marathon bombers capture.
blitzen@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 346d
The self-assigned “bias meter” at the bottom of the page is trash.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 346d
It defaults to hard left until you vote.
Still garbage, but not in the way people seem to think.
blitzen@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 346d
That’s worse than I imagined.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 346d
So?
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 346d
This final season of America is getting interesting. 🍿
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 346d
Optimistic of you to think this nightmare will ever end
toph@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 346d
Americans would do well to remember that the Roman Republic didn’t fall overnight, and it wasn’t just one person seizing power, but three different people over the course of 55 years.
The first, Sulla, retired from the dictatorship as promised but the republic never recovered from his actions or constititional reforms. Two generations and a few civil wars later the republic was finally dead in all but name.
nyctre@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 346d
I know right? They're gonna renew it until it is no longer profitable
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 345d
Everything has an end. It's all a matter of time.
60d@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 346d
I'm so down with this! 🍺🍝
desmosthenes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 346d
lololol
handsoffmydata@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 345d
I heard the network ordered spin off - Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo is about to start shooting.
mechoman444@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 346d
Hmmm? It's almost like electing 70/80 year olds to the most influential and powerful offices in the world is a bad idea.
You know... Retirement age in America is like 62 most places. Just saying.
Limonene@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 346d
I know. He was not medically fit to be president even in 2016.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world · -37 pts · 346d
Ageist
FinalRemix@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 346d
Let's be fair: the man was never medically fit, in general.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 346d
What's actually ageist is these fossils (or do you prefer "old fucks"?) consistently conspiring to keep younger people (I'm talking anyone sub-55) from assuming the reins of power.
EtherWhack@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 346d
And some are even forced or incentivised
DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 346d
If I were Joe Biden, I would ride a bike in front of the White House every fucking day.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 346d
Let's be 100% honest, Biden's health probably hasn't improved since he lost to the fascist oligarch, he probably can't handle daily cardio of that extent.
Plus, it's not safe for him with so many protests and gestapo roaming DC.
DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 346d
Fine, let Bernie do it
Octavio@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 346d
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 346d
Is "Trump's health is failing" the new "Trump will be arrested any day now"?
Revan343@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 346d
Not really; Trump dying is guaranteed to happen, while Trump getting arrested is basically guaranteed not to
lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 346d
Gotta hope for something - it's the only justice we'll get
dovahking@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 346d
Can't run away from time.
tempest@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 346d
Just enjoy the lack of bullshit in the news while he isn't tweeting
crusa187@lemmy.ml · 28 pts · 346d
There’s only so many Big Macs you can stuff into an 80+ year old body before something gives out.
zarathustra0@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 346d
I thought they just came straight out the otherside into the diaper?
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 346d
I've heard he's been spotted recently using a Cinco^®️^ Food Tube^™️^.
For the uninitiated. (Warning, YouTube link)
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 22 pts · 346d
It's presumably a distraction technique. But I'll shed zero tears if it's true
Boddhisatva@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 346d
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 13 pts · 346d
Tears of joy and relief. Don't forget the relief
chillpanzee@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 346d
I don't know about relief. The people that put him there and did all the project 2025 shit are still at the helm. It's hard to feel relief when the criminals run DOJ, NSA, CIA, DOD, etc..
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 346d
I had to scroll way too far to see someone say this.
MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 346d
I'm gonna mix my joy tears with a literal shower of champagne.
Soup@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 346d
I, for one, will have a party.
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 346d
ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 346d
Sounds like King Gizzard lyrics
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 345d
Octavio@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 346d
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk · 14 pts · 346d
The running theory is he's has a stroke. He was struggling to walk in a straight line when he met Putin
He's 80 odd and lives on a diet of mcdonalds and coke and "works" a stressful job
His blood pressure is likely though the roof
audaxdreik@pawb.social · 9 pts · 346d
These, "we assure you the president is alive" posts sure are raising a lot of questions already answered by the, "we assure you the president is alive" posts ...
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 346d
I mean, he's obviously gotten plastic surgery at various times in the past. That shit needs constant retouching.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 346d
His last few posts use em dashes, there is no way he wrote those. He is probably feeding promts into AI and posting that or someone is doing that on his behalf.
mhague@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 345d
Trump has policy websites that include transcripts of him talking... it's funny to go from pure AI tone to Trump in the space of one line break.
gressen@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 346d
FWIW: https://people.com/donald-trump-seen-publicly-for-first-time-amid-viral-death-rumors-photo-11801001
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 346d
Yep and you can't see his face, it's from far away, and if it is him he looks like he had a stroke. That picture proves nothing. The man who loves to speak to reporters and have camera time suddenly is camera shy, it's suspicious.
0ndead@infosec.pub · -1 pts · 346d
https://sports.inquirer.net/367910/trump-tees-it-up-with-hall-of-fame-golfers-player-sorenstam
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 346d
Article is from 2019
0ndead@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 346d
That’s the point dawg
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 345d
His health went into deep decline after meeting with Putin. 🤔
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 4 pts · 346d
Maybe. He also likes to see his name mentioned a lot in the media, good or bad, so what better way to feed the fire.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 346d
Updated picture below. Turn Sepia to 100% for max effect.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 346d
It's a bit grainy, that's Bill Murray, right?
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 346d
I mean I'm no politician but I post old stuff all the time without any note that it's old.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 346d
The fact that he's a politician that is physically incapable of not talking to the press is kind of a big part of the equation. He basically disappears for a week, and old pics are thrown out to show he's still alive and well? Something happened.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 345d
I'm pretty sure no one is trying to use your posts as proof of life.
ravenaspiring@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 346d
https://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseastewart/donald-trump-pics-after-death-rumors
0ndead@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 346d
https://sports.inquirer.net/367910/trump-tees-it-up-with-hall-of-fame-golfers-player-sorenstam
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 346d
Article is from 2019
0ndead@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 346d
Whoosh
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 344d
Marshall Tito 2.0. If his condition improves, doctors hope to declare him dead next week.