Donald Trump has confirmed that he wore compression socks to treat his cankles amid growing scrutiny over his health as America’s oldest president.
In an explosive interview about his medical treatments, Trump also admitted that he applies makeup to his hands, saying that the large daily dose of aspirin he takes to thin his blood causes them to bruise easily.
The Daily Beast has led the way in reporting on Trump’s efforts to hide his swollen ankles and the globs of makeup on his hands. Other media outlets largely ignored these issues, and the president and his inner circle have adamantly denied that he had any problems.
But in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, Trump said he wore medical compression socks to help with swelling in his ankles.
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givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 148 pts · 225d
He can't remember when he's supposed to lie about shit.
One of these days we'll stop electing 80+ year old dementia patients to run America
NotSteve_@piefed.ca · 39 pts · 225d
I wonder if his dementia will progress to the point where he starts inadvertently reliving old, sick Epstein memories while live
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 225d
I think this is a big reason they're so desperate for people to stop talking about it...
trump would admit to wild shit a decade ago, he's undoubtedly worse now. Someone asking him ""what's the youngest woman who's slept with you?" In a "nice" manner would likely get him to just openly admit to raping a child.
If it's not phrased in a way that he gets defensive, he's liable to just fucking answer.
boydster@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 225d
"What is the age of your youngest partner?" would be a great question for him to be asked, and a skillful interviewer could absolutely get him to answer with pride about his misdeeds as he describes several instances of varying levels of horror before arriving at the single event he thinks TACOs all.
Worx@lemmynsfw.com · 18 pts · 225d
If I remember correctly, it was known before his first presidency that he walked in on underaged girls changing. Also, "grab them by the pussy". He's extremely obviously been a shitty person for a long time and it literally does not matter at all
Dojan@pawb.social · 15 pts · 225d
His ascending to public knowledge was for being a racist prick when he was renting out his daddy's properties landing him in legal trouble. This man has never been good.
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d
Ewww... No one wants to see the hard toadie.
bagsy@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 225d
No we wont. The uneducated will continue to believe what Fox, Facebook, and X tell them to believe.
America has an idiot problem, and it wasnt an accident.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 225d
....
Yes, they will
But you realize we can educate people right?
Like, someone that uneducated today only stays uneducated if no one educated them, and whether or not you want to "help" them, we're all better off if we educate them.
cheers_queers@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 224d
if you think you can just educate people into not supporting trump, listen to The Necessary Conversation podcast. these people care more abt "winning" than being right
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 224d
They need taught something?!?!?
Clearly that's more than enough reason not to attempt to teach them anything...
If we taught things to people who don't those things, just think of the horror!
Obviously our time is best spent telling others not to try anything and just fucking give up. Maybe listen to some fucking podcasts and pat ourselves on the back about how we're intrinsically better? We won't fix anything that way, but it makes you feel superior and that's why the billionaires have spent so much effort into you having these views you think are your own
I know this is harsh, but wake the fuck up, we need all hands on deck.
cheers_queers@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 224d
you must not have much personal experience with these people. at some point you gotta know how far you can get with them, otherwise you will burn out and become horrendously cynical. btw i never said we should just give up and listen to podcasts. im just offering you a window into a family split down maga vs progressive lines and how they (the magats) will do anything to justify their position rather than listen and absorb new information.
mysweat@ani.social · 1 pts · 224d
Those podcast episodes make me angry and depressed at the same time.
BanMe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 224d
Teaching critical thinking is really a "childhood only" thing, it's very hard to get that into people after their minds are set and there are fallacies at work keeping them attached to their opinions.
Growing up in the 90s, we had classes in "media consumption" that taught you how to examine the claims made and the sources behind them. Rule #1 - news should be dispassionate, if you're hearing something passionate, it's not news.
Looking back I realize our teachers saw the information wars coming, and decided to do something about it. Sadly my parents never got this education and so every Facebook meme is true in their eyes.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d
Brain plasiticy doesn't come into play until the mid to late 60s...
It's why it's acceptable to give up on a 70 year old boomer, but not really anyone else.
There's a concerning amount of accounts arguing we need to write off teenagers that were dumb enough to vote trump before their brains have even finished developing.
Point being, giving up on voters is only good for a very small demographic.
Goun@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 225d
Boooooring
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 225d
Whoever asked the monkey paw for "interesting times" is a fucking dick
tehn00bi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 225d
When the boomers are dead
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 225d
You haven't been paying attention. Trump gained younger voters in 2024. He didn't need "boomers" to become President. He needed money, lies, and young men to vote for him, which they did.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 225d
Maybe covid changed things enough but I wouldn't be surprised if what happened with his first term happened again. Basically when I was in highschool circa 2016 there was a solid group of guys who supported him by the time we graduated in 2018 that had more or less evaporated, and amongst my friends the opinions shifted from ambivalent at worst to outright venomous at best by 2020. But then again we're all on the older half of gen z so we overlap with millennials on a lot of things, perhaps it's another generation jones situation.
tehn00bi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 224d
Largely due to a psy-op using “new media” and influencers.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 225d
I doubt it. With the caveat that unless Donvict and pals completely fuck up/stall out/reverse breakthroughs in medicine - dementia may become a thing of the past, I suppose.
But I seriously doubt there is any substantive difference between people born between arbitrary years, labeled "boomers", and any other set of people born between arbitrary years.
tym@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d
floofloof@lemmy.ca · -18 pts · 225d
Trump is 79.
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 225d
Concrete thinking and literalism are no match for hyperbolic speech, you robot.
blackbearjesus27@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 225d
That’s not a foot, it’s 11.5 inches.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 225d
...
You do realize the president is elected to a four year term, right?
Elect him at 78, and you signed up for 2 years of a president over 80.
Like, I'm not sure if the issue here is the concept that time progresses linearly, or cause and effect.
But those are really the only two things we need here, so it's got a be one of them.
sik0fewl@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 225d
Maybe if the the Daily Beast would include his age in the headline of every single article then OC would have gotten it correct.
danc4498@lemmy.world · 123 pts · 225d
I have 80 year old grandparents. Love em to death. It blows my mind thinking of anybody that age running the country.
slothrop@lemmy.ca · 80 pts · 225d
ftfy
digredior@lemmynsfw.com · 21 pts · 225d
I have no problem believing someone would be ruining the country if they were in charge.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 26 pts · 225d
They're not the sharpest anymore. But personally I have a bigger problem with Trump's personality and lack of ethics, regardless of age.
Also imagine your grandpa (or -ma!) using that makeup for - what? Hide that you're old? It doesn't work!
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 225d
Raiding.
thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 61 pts · 225d
Great. Now release ALL of the Epstein files.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 41 pts · 225d
Million dollar scam idea: sell MAGA hand makeup.
Along with cankle socks.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 39 pts · 225d
Why would he admit to it now, and for a large outlet like WSJ? We all got used to him lying about it endlessly.
edit: taking a closer look at the original article, there really is no reason for conspiratorial thought: it's just an old man babbling.
PS: the pictures of his hands are horrendous.
PPS:
ultranaut@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 225d
He is increasingly disinhibited, it's one of the things that happens in old age as time takes its toll on brain functions. Really old people will just say whatever, a lot like drunk people do.
tym@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 224d
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 225d
So he definitely had that stroke
AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 225d
How does this confirm a stroke? Genuinely asking
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 224d
So he already showed signs of it months ago and now he's on doses of aspirin for blood thinning so intense his hands are covered in bruises. It's unlikely they'd prescribe such a high dose unless he had a serious need for blood thinning such as a history of arterial blockage
Ach@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 225d
It doesn't. You can have this sort of bruising for all sorts of reasons.
He still probably did have a stroke though.
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 35 pts · 225d
He also sleeps in a straitjacket to help with his swelling dementia.
Plurrbear@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 225d
Yet, Bernie “was too old” by the “polls” and the DNC but he could have won but instead they put up Hillary and again Kamala?!?! MONEY!
Drumpf has ONLY won against women, who would have thought?!
And Bernie is still out there holding strong with no ailments and still having AMERICAN VOTERS VOICES HEARD FIRST! It’s so upsetting watching the fall of America into oligarchs and fascism!! Fuck both parties!
Time to clean house and drain the swamp plus set term limits!! Get it together America, it’s embarrassing!!!
grue@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 225d
A woman could've beaten Trump. Just not a neoliberal one.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d
Bernie DID have a heart attack...
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2019/10/05/bernie-sanders-had-a-heart-attack-doctors-say
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · 3 pts · 224d
A heart attack is not an ailment. It's like getting bruised: certain people in certain situations are more likely to get it, but it's not a disease or condition and just randomly happens. everybody gets heart attacks
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d
Speaking as someone who has had two, it's an ongoing medical condition. 😉
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · 2 pts · 224d
Apparently I was wrong: Most heart attacks are caused by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronary_artery_disease . The article says that Bernie Sanders doesn't have heart disease nor familial history of it, though. Hope you live long!
SpicyLizards@reddthat.com · 28 pts · 225d
Indeed it is
dellish@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 225d
If he bruises easily are they sure blood thinners are a good idea? I'm all for regime change through internal haemorrhage, but this once again sounds like bullshit.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 26 pts · 225d
Tbf he says that he bruises easily because he takes massive amounts of aspirin as a blood thinner. Against doctors' advice if I read that correctly.
Kirp123@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 225d
Well, it's either blood thinners or death by stroke/infarction. The man's blood must be like mollases without the thinners, he eats like shit and barely exercises, except the golfing trips.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 225d
I don't care if he dies from a stroke or from a heart attack, as long as he gets on with it.
crystalmerchant@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 225d
Lmao is he really America's oldest president now? Finally?
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 224d
No, he's 4 years younger than Biden, who was 82 at the end of his term. Trump turns 80 this year.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 225d
Can an oldpeopleologist tell us what kind of term length we're looking at here based offa those bruises
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 224d
"Gerontologist". 😉
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 224d
That's less fun
GutterRat42@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 224d
There is a word for everything
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 225d
He could easily go years this way. His brain will be Swiss cheese, but Miller is running things anyway.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 224d
Unless the fucker is dead or aggressively dying, I'm not really interested in this recurring story.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 225d
Wow. Who knew he wore makeup?!
BigTuffAl@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 224d
Daily Beast is such a cope cringe mess
"the dictator is a poopy head" vibes
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 224d
I don't think compressive socks are for vanity.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 225d
I mean, isn't he still lying? I bet they stick him with some kind of juice in those spots on his hands. They're in the same spot on both.
aramis87@fedia.io · 7 pts · 225d
Assuming he actually takes aspirin, he's not lying, he's misdirecting: the infusions cause bruising, the aspirin makes it more noticable.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 225d
Don't you think they're sticking him a lot though? For them to go to a noticeable place, they've probably tried all other locations. My guess is that they fluid him up every day with either electrolytes or some kind of dementia meds. He's wearing a bandaid, they may even have a permanent stint in there.
aramis87@fedia.io · 9 pts · 225d
It depends on what type of treatment he's getting and whether it requires an IV or an infusion. There's speculation that he's getting infusions for Alzheimer's (either Leqembi or Kisunla); both treatments would explain the bruising on his hands, and also require periodic checks with an MRI.
Kirp123@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 225d
Those spots are really common locations for access to veins in older patients. Also as people age their blood vessels become a lot more fragile, especially the veins, and will break at the slightest damage, especially when he's on blood thinners too.
But yeah they are definitely giving him some sort of IV medication or fluids.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 225d
So... Can any medical expert tell us if this sets any life expectancy limits?
tehn00bi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 225d
All the way up to the end of his term.
BotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 225d
Soon.
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 224d
Don't give us hope.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 224d
I take two legit bloodthinners, clopidogrel (Plavix) and apixaban (Eliquis) and I don't get bruises like that. Of course my highest dose of aspirin was also 81mg, they took me off that when they added clopidogrel.
OTOH I'm also not 80 damn years old...
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 224d
The blood spots and bruises are just associated with getting old (and yes, some other things). I'm so used to seeing them on older patients, even ones not on blood thinners / clot reducing agents, that this thing with trump just screams nothingburger to me. Like, we know he's old. We're hoping it gets him soon... but stop just telling us things about him that show he's getting old, you silly media.
The theory about him and the dementia treatment is interesting, but still just meh.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 225d
Paywall.
mrsilkworm@piefed.social · 5 pts · 225d
A straight jacket might help him with an allover compression!
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 224d
CircaV@lemmy.ca · -7 pts · 225d
Every person that age takes many MANY pills to keep going each day.
tehsillz@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 225d
Hope he lives to 150 so America finally gets what it deserves.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 225d
I'm at least in favor of leaving any of the stupid shit he destroyed or built as-is for another 250 years as a reminder of how fucking stupid we were.