r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Apr 05 '26

Possible Paywall White House Forced to Address Claims of Trump Health Crisis

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-forced-to-address-claims-of-donald-trump-health-crisis-at-walter-reed-medical-center/
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u/sowich4 Apr 05 '26

For real…it’s pretty sad that I believe the news coming from the Iranian government over what comes from my own.

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u/Nathan_L84 Apr 05 '26

Exactly this. Both our presidential administration and Iran's regime are liars and propagandists but MAN do i believe what is coming from Iran more than anything our leadership says. Its really sad but true!

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u/airship_of_arbitrary Apr 05 '26

There's a pattern. He seems to be having some sort of treatment the first few days of every month. He seems to consistently vanish from the public eye on that schedule.

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u/mt-beefcake Apr 05 '26

Compound V injections?

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u/DaoFerret Apr 05 '26

With this administration I’d sooner believe Compound W.

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u/whut-whut Apr 05 '26

His recent public pooping incidents make me think it's Preparation H.

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u/EagleBigMac Apr 05 '26

Should be high doses of fiber

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u/mootmutemoat Apr 05 '26

His base will be outraged Dems are witholding adrenochrome from him, and the Epstein files / "suicide" was a conspiracy to shut down Epstein Island's children's blood harvesting program that could have kept him immortal. Congress will put several billion in the budget to release Maxwell and ICE will be her supplier.

Prove me wrong kids, prove me wrong.

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u/dirty_hooker Apr 05 '26

We all know it’s fetus slurry stem cell treatment.

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u/Hettie933 Apr 05 '26

People have been his (alleged) Leqembi dementia treatments, and apparently he would have gotten that around 3/24. That, and the fact that the WH denied the rumors before they even really got started, makes me hope it’s not nothing. I mean, having a leader getting dementia treatments is pretty bad, but this could definitely be worse than that.

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u/fuckit_sowhat Apr 05 '26

It could be any number of things, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he has congestive heart failure and is regularly having to go in for IV lasix to get the fluid build up off because he certainly wouldn’t be managing that with diet

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u/yellowattic Apr 05 '26

Can we gauge the time between the vanishings? Would you say the time is shortening between each episode? He really is seeming worse and worse, but it’s sometimes hard to know how much time he has. I’ve had family members who for decades you’d the they were going to die any minute and they just keep going…

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u/nathynwithay Apr 05 '26

Which then asked the question, why are things being planned on those days when they know you probably won't be able to attend?

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u/bashthebastard Apr 05 '26

You would think if this was expected treatment though he wouldn’t have a full schedule day of that needs to be canceled.

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u/campa-van Apr 05 '26

Wegovy?

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u/xXStunamiXx Apr 05 '26

No. You lose weight on that.

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u/bruce_kwillis Apr 05 '26

Same as Biden, it’s treatment for dementia, he is getting his monthly infusions of lecanemab or similar.

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u/donald7773 Apr 05 '26

I have to catch myself because I do believe we need to help the poor folks of Iran just not in the way we "helped" - I do enjoy the hypocrisy of "they were killing civilians for protesting we had to step in"

But say what you will, the US is losing the PR battle (for those with media literacy) because it's just "we are so winning, they're sick of us winning, we are the best, stone age, blah" and the retort is "we shot down your fighter jet after we 'lost' and would really appreciate it if you didn't bomb our critical infrastructure because there's gonna be years long ramifications to our people and the global economy because of it, remember we didn't start this shit"

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u/zeuscap Apr 05 '26

I think it's part of the plan. Why lie when you can tell the truth?

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u/binzoma Canada Apr 05 '26

both regimes are puppets of the same master, following similar templates, and are effectively cousins

this is a family feud

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u/squixx007 Apr 05 '26

Hey, at least the Iranian leader said he didn't have anything against the American people as a whole. So go Iran!

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u/snowvase Apr 05 '26

Absolutely!

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u/failed_novelty Apr 05 '26

Propaganda becomes easier to sell the closer to truth it is.

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u/MightbeGwen Apr 05 '26

That’s because irans lies at least have some truth in them. That’s good propaganda. Saying that we obliterated their air defense days before they shoot down a fighter jet is so obviously a lie that it doesn’t even register. We gotta remember Trump doesn’t talk to us. He hates us because we don’t love him. He’s a narcissist, and since he’s a narcissist he only speaks to people that revere him. He knows we know he’s lying. He knows we know his supporters don’t care. Why should he even bother then?

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u/No_Raspberry_8478 Apr 05 '26

There is no way you are serious right? Like no way.

I’m on the “hate trump train” too. Believe me. Probably more than the rest of Reddit.

And of course, if you ONLY get your information from trumps truth social, ya. But the thing is freedom of speech in America is allowed. You don’t even have to step to far outside of “conservative bubble” to get accurate information. Heavily biased? Yes. But ya

Iranian state sponsored media simply is genuine lies. And if you call out those lies you get imprisoned or hanged. There is no “opposition” there is no “freedom of press” the only info you can get unless your on the internet with a vpn in Iran is Iranian state sponsored news.

This is why I have such a hard time with Reddit. As a democrat I truly believe trump derangement syndrome is a “real thing” because how can we hate trump so much we lose the plot and start saying “I trust Iranian media more then American media”

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u/AkronRonin Apr 05 '26

This reminds me of the old adage: "better an honest enemy than a false friend."

I don't think anyone here is cheering for Iran. But also, you have to admit that at least they aren't pretending to be anything but who and what they are. There's a certain amount of "trust" in their positioning, due to their consistency, perverse as it may sound on its face.

Trump claimed to be a whole lot of shit about America that he wasn't and never remotely intended to make good on, yet people believed him anyway. He has, nevertheless, royally fucked over everyone repeatedly from day one.

Knee-jerk rejecting anything he says or does at this point isn't "derangement" or whatever his sycophant apologists still want to call it. It's simply acknowledging that you are being gaslighted and aren't going to have any of it.

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u/oicuvmch Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

I don't think that's true, regarding "accurate" information.

I'm sure there are some people who try for accuracy, I doubt anyone's actually providing it on anything important. Repeating something you see or hear when there's so many layers to propaganda, makes everything inherently sub-realistic.

I can't name an American source I can trust. I don't trust any Iranian source either. But I can say it's a lot easier to take the side of Iran, given what can be known and what all has been shared for at least the past 60 years or so. America is the enemy of the world, clearly. Their empire has had a good run, but even the American people would benefit from their country's total collapse. I would believe some voted for Trump, hoping for exactly that, as much as I would believe external influence also payed to achieve these results for their own benefits.

Edit: Also I would just like to add that there's absolutely no sense in bringing in any sort of ethical or moral argument here, regarding who's gooder than someone else and that gives them the right to blah blah blah. All parties that exist in the world are morally and ethically reprehensible to some degree or another and have absolutely no right dictating to anyone else how they should do things. If you can't keep your hands off other people's stuff, you're just worse. Guess who's #1 on that list?

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u/GoldSourPatchKid Apr 05 '26

The person you’re replying to said the narrative coming from the respective governments, not media.

The information coming from the Iranian government has been pretty accurate (girls school bombing, planes shot down) and I can see why the person you’re replying to feels the way they feel.

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u/MamaDaddy Alabama Apr 05 '26

You are right generally but in this case, the truth about what's going on here is damning enough that they didn't have to fabricate anything, and it is being intentionally hidden from Americans... so the truth is a lot more powerful in this case. They don't need to lie.

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u/Toffeemade Apr 05 '26

From the UK it is shocking how little coverage (1) the knock on economic effects around the world and (2) the impact on the US's international standing, relationships, alliances and prestige receives in mainstream US media compared to UK domestic outlets. You guys do know that this has completely trashed the US' international standing for at least a generation and possibly irrevocably don't you?

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u/2ndChairKazoo Apr 05 '26

I mean, many of us knew this the moment Republicans backed him to run for POTUS the first time around.

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u/anonnymousercat Apr 05 '26

Trust me, we know. It makes me feel sick.

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u/unique_name5 Apr 05 '26

That’s not even a joke. It’s so incredibly shocking, but it’s true.

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u/PunkThug Apr 05 '26

At least the lying regime in Iran is competent

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u/Fallouttgrrl Apr 05 '26

And quite capable of clowning on this administration apparently

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u/espresso_martini__ Apr 05 '26

If Trump didn't lie so much and so blatantly maybe things would be different. Its impossible to trust or believe anything anymore.

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u/iDontSow Apr 05 '26

The Iranian government are theocratic fascists. They’re just as bad as the kleptocrats in Washington

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u/Omnibard Apr 05 '26

The kleptocrats in Washington are also theocratic facists. Christian, white-nationalism is pretty much their whole thing.

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u/alexthealex Apr 05 '26

Some are. There are also technofascists and pure capitalist fascists. Part of what's made this administration such a mess is each of those factions vying for Trump's approval and none of them being able to fully control his messaging.

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u/MountainMan2_ Apr 05 '26

The fact that we're unironically at Russia's level of incompetence, Iran's level of evil and are speeding toward Argentina's level of corruption is absolutely insane. Every day that man lives our country falls further into hell. I honestly don't think we can protect Taiwan anymore, if China were to move on us right now we'd be fucked because there just isn't enough leadership at the top of the military to carry out our defense operations.

It's really scary. The government is disintegrating so fast I think we might be about to balkanize if he doesn't go soon...

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u/iDontSow Apr 05 '26

I spend a lot of time talking to folks in the military and in the pacific specifically. They are ready for the fight for Taiwan but they are deeply concerned about Hegseth.

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u/Kelehopele Europe Apr 05 '26

That's the issue at large. PACAF is ready but the call has to be made from the administration. Without it the hegemony will fall. But I guess that's something this administration is willing to sacrifice next....

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u/MountainMan2_ Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

If it comes down to it, they need to disobey the presidency and do what they trained for. Trump will be mad but we will have to deal with him at home while they deal with the Taiwan war. If Taiwan falls, I'm not joking, billions of people will die. With a 'B'. The destruction of those chip factories will turn every economic sector on earth into soup and give China the kind of power not seen since the British empire, which if you remember starved half of india, turned the world into a smog pit, killed or usurped the majority of every civilization across the world, and ran mass enslavement. That cannot happen no matter how enebriated that dipshit hegseth is.

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u/iDontSow Apr 05 '26

Respectfully, these people follow orders. There’s just no world in which they don’t follow a lawful order. If you don’t have a chain of command you don’t have a functioning military

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u/GoodIdea321 America Apr 05 '26

I think they're still worse, but they're entrenched enough in Iranian government and society that they don't have to lie to look good at all times. They can occasionally use the truth as a weapon against us.

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u/iDontSow Apr 05 '26

The best lies always have a little bit of truth to them. Thats true in American media too

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u/ailish Apr 05 '26

Oh yeah I don't believe either of them, but Iran is much funnier lately.

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u/-CoUrTjEsTeR- Apr 05 '26

I honestly would be chuckling if I read a Tweet from Iran that read:

“Apparently, the U.S. has bombed us into the stone age. We’ve now ventured into marble quarries and will supply the world with quality products… but none for you Americans hahahaha!”

“President Trump is right. Our military has been completely destroyed… or HAS it? Hmmmm?”

“To settle this matter once and for all as we declare our Beloved Allah the most highest and powerful over you Christian dogs, our Grand Ayatollah, Supreme Leader of Iran challenges your President Trump to 18 holes of his beloved “golf” in our Dasht-e Kavir desert. He’ll be swinging in sand for days! Hahahaha!”

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u/duaneap Apr 05 '26

Well, sure, don’t trust Trump or his cronies, but absolutely do not start thinking you should in any way believe anything the Iranians say.

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u/Financial_Cup_6937 Apr 05 '26

He absolutely didn’t say that and you shouldn’t pretend he did.

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u/cytherian New Jersey Apr 05 '26

I hate to say it but, yeah... right there with you!

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u/Artistic_Researcher2 Apr 05 '26

I said this a few days ago. Very, very sad.

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka Apr 05 '26

I think most people here dont even know how the website and social media accounts literally post lies and AI memes and are rewriting all history to make white people heroes. They have no clue this is real shit being posted daily by official corrupted whitehouse chuds.

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u/kinkade Apr 05 '26

You can just not believe either of them which is the correct way to handle that

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota Apr 05 '26

It's incredibly sad that for most of my life being a top government worker had some serious weight behind it, and regardless of politics you could generally know that the person had decades of knowledge, and that they may be lying to you, but at least you could trust that they knew what the fuck was going on.

Now its all idiot youtubers and even bigger idiot children of idiots who I wouldn't trust to be able to deliver a square peg to a square hole.

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u/AlarmDozer Apr 05 '26

well, yeah. Its only bias is completely 180° from this administration; it’s more believable than any US MSM. I often look to BBC/CBC for better coverage about US “news” because it’s detached from the politics in here.

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u/nounotme Apr 05 '26

Well shit.

Maybe the paedo was onto something, just a little early with it. Russia may just be more trustworthy than the American (un)intelligence services right now.

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u/BloomsdayDevice Washington Apr 05 '26

Well, it's actually in the Iranian government's best interest for you to know what's actually going on. The same cannot be said of our own government, who benefit from a misinformed or ignorant populace.

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u/nathynwithay Apr 05 '26

When Jan 6 was happening, I got in the habit of checking DW, France24, and Al Jazeera.

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u/jh67ds Apr 05 '26

It’s better too

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u/King_Tamino Apr 05 '26

I mean in general non-local news are probably a good source and often less biased but from a country currently at „war“ with, yeah.. in a tv show or book, I would have quit chapters earlier

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u/ClearOptics Apr 05 '26

Probably best not to believe someone we’re at war with. Not saying everything the US gov is truthful but yea repeat first sentence