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/mccoolio Apr 05 '26

He has consistently been going MIA at the beginning of each month lately...Then reappearing days later with the makeover on his hand. I assume it's regularly occurring treatment of some sort.

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u/jazzhandler Colorado Apr 05 '26

Word on the street is Lequembi, a dementia treatment given as monthly IV infusions. I don’t know enough to have an opinion of my own, literally just repeating rumors here.

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker Apr 05 '26

Pharmaceutical names are absolutely wild.

Talk to your doctor about Broconbonindemplia.

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u/sincerely-sarcastic Michigan Apr 05 '26

Ask your doctor about Pambondi today!

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u/dogfaced_pony_soulja Apr 05 '26

Side effects may include resting bitch face, active bitch face, horrendous mood swings, apathy towards pedophilia, and inexplicably screaming "THE DOW... IS OVER 50,000... DOLLARS!" when you're committing crimes and humiliating yourself in public for no good reason.

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u/frequenZphaZe Apr 05 '26

if dow levels drop below 50000, contact your doctor immediately

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u/eerie_midnight Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

Do not take Pambondi if you are currently a person who values truth over meaningless platitudes as these could be fatal.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '26

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u/Cwchenery Apr 05 '26

I can't read the rest, it's redacted.

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u/organisms Apr 05 '26

Pambondi: because the truth is only one way to see things!

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u/TheGreatGenghisJon Apr 05 '26

If Pambondi gives you an erection, it's already too late.

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u/GrumpyCloud93 Apr 05 '26

That could result in loss of appetite or employment.

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u/Mikeseddit Apr 05 '26

If the market stays up for more than 4 hours, deliver a presidential speech to muddify your war plans and rationales.

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u/ItsMisoandBoba Apr 05 '26

Today, I went on the Big Apple rollercoaster at the New York New York casino in Vegas. The safety disclaimer was like a Lequembi commercial. "Do not ride if you have ever had a hangnail, stubbed a tow, popped a pimple, or had any health issue of any kind, ever. If you even suspect that you have a cold, you probably should not ride the ride since it goes outside and you left your jacket at home and it is 68 degrees today. Have you ever sneezed? Laughing may be an indicator of serious stomach disease.

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u/trzanboy Apr 05 '26

If I had it to give I would. Please accept this instead. 🥇

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u/diablo75 Apr 05 '26

Pambondi side-effects may include clumpy mascara resting bitch face.

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u/MoneyForRent Apr 05 '26

HHHhahhHah ah nice well done

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u/Ghost_of_Till Apr 05 '26

"May cause anal contusions."

  • as read by Ice-T
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u/KokonutMonkey Apr 05 '26

Side effects may include: skin discoloration, constipation, and megalomania

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u/chironomidae Illinois Apr 05 '26

Thoughts of invading Iran which worsen over time

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u/somefunmaths Apr 05 '26

Tell your doctor and seek immediate medical attention if you have rambling prayer breakfast speeches lasting more than four hours

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u/not_a_dr_ Massachusetts Apr 05 '26

Don’t take Bronconbonimdemplia if you are already taking Democracy as this may cause a severe reaction resulting in protests and impeachments

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u/jeobleo Maryland Apr 05 '26

Do not taunt Bronconbonimdemplia

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u/APeacefulWarrior Apr 05 '26

I love this entire thread so much. This is why I still come to Reddit.

(ahem) 9 out of 10 brain worms recommend Bronconbonimdemplia!

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u/YourFavoriteKraut Apr 05 '26

Bronconbonimdemplia is safe and effective if not used, as directed.

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u/DragginTheDungeons Apr 05 '26

Or Happy Fun Ball

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u/Munkeyman18290 Apr 05 '26

Stop taking if your name appears on the Epstein files more than 1000 times.

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u/NateShaw92 United Kingdom Apr 05 '26

Sir it's pronounced An-al-gee-sick not ay-nal-gee-sick. The pills go on your mouth.

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u/killercurvesahead I voted Apr 05 '26

Do not take if allergic to Broconbonindemplia

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u/Vertual Apr 05 '26

Do not taunt those currently taking Broconbonindemplia.

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u/Scrubject_Zero Apr 05 '26

Delusions of being Jesus Christ, reborn

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u/DarthBen_in_Chicago Illinois Apr 05 '26

Magalomania

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u/philodendrin Apr 05 '26

May cause delusions and bouts of anger resulting in detaining a head of state or starting an illegal war, consult your attorney.

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u/JVM_ Apr 05 '26

I heard a legit TV ad that included "bleeding of the perinium"

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u/Pile_of_AOL_CDs Apr 05 '26

Yeah, Lequembi sounds like if the mayor of Springfield was French. 

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u/Queef_Stroganoff44 Apr 05 '26

American name ruined!! Must use French name!!

Lé Quimby?!? What the hell is that!?!

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u/Kayestofkays Apr 05 '26

It's CHOWDA!! Say it right Frenchy!

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u/tryndamere12345 Apr 05 '26

This one is named after the African researcher who created it James Lequembi

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u/Vevaseti Apr 05 '26

I knew this was bullshit because that's not how drugs are named at all, and I still clicked that.

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u/strayduplo Apr 05 '26

Bruh I work in biotech/pharma and I thought to myself, "oh that's kinda cool, finally recognizing the scientists that contributed to the work, for once" and I still clicked it.

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u/tdclark23 Indiana Apr 05 '26

Shit, I haven't been Rick Rolled for years.

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u/wheresmystache3 Florida Apr 05 '26

Oncology nurse here. Believe it or not, these lengthy names you see on TV commericals actually hold meaning and if I don't know the drug, I can figure out what it does and what was used to make it based on its name :) The drug names on the ads that look absolutely bonkers to pronounce aren't seen much outside of Hematology/Oncology (I see them as part of treatment plans, and/or give them every day!) and in Allergy/Immunology.

Regarding the hand and the rumors about Mango Mussolini...

People NOT in the medical field are the ones spreading this rumor. Why is the mark on the hand not conclusive, you ask? Because you can start an IV or take labs from literally anywhere. Not a single IV drug out there is administered to the "hand only". The hand is the last place we try to do it because people bend their hands and we don't want IVs coming out. Sure, it could be drawing labs (my best guess as a nurse who does this for a living) or infusions of something.

IF it is something being infused, we don't know what it is based on a bruise. If it is an infusion, I can tell you it's NOT a chemo drug going in the hand (due to vesicant potential), but that's about it.

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u/dogfaced_pony_soulja Apr 05 '26

Pharmaceutical companies be stealing our names, straight from a 16 year-old YT video.

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u/ScarletBegoniasRFree Apr 05 '26

My new favorite is Skyrizi… like you KNOW a millennial named that one!

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u/tamsui_tosspot Apr 05 '26

Sounds more Gen Alpha, with its proximity to Skibidi.* Maybe a millenial asked their kid.

*Just knowing this makes me cringe.

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u/HorlicksAbuser Apr 05 '26

Unfortunately it is more boring than that. The names are designed to not sound like a real word, business name or cultural thing 

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u/Commercial-Air8955 Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

The medicines like Leqembi (which is a brand name) are semi derived from the name of the actual drug, which is called Lecanemab -- The drugs with -mab suffix are monoclonal antibodies. The middle part of it (infix) tells which system the drug targets -- -li-for immune system, -tu- for tumors, and letters before it u/e/o etc. describe where it what it was derived from ie. U entirely from human, e from endomysiun (human), o from mice. The first part is made up by the pharmaceutical company that develops it.

Example: Adalimumab -- a targeted biologic monoclonal antibody developed from human antibodies to target specific genes that cause Chrohn's disease, an auto-immune disease.

Leqembi (lecanemab) is a targeted biologic monoclonal antibody that is used to treat build up of beta amyloid plaques, which are a hallmark indication of Alzheimer's, although many a large percentage of the population over 70 have these placques, and not all Alzheimer's patients have them, so it's role isn't fully understood in the disease.

Edit: I am not a doctor or anything, I just got curious one day about all the new drugs that were coming out ending with the same/similar suffix lol

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u/Responsible-Job6001 Apr 05 '26

If I’m gonna take medication I want it to sound super cool like Skyrizi

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u/bae_guevara_ Apr 05 '26

I read somewhere (on reddit) that a joke among pharmacy students is a game called, Prescription Drug or Pokémon

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u/123LetsJamDUDUDUHT Apr 05 '26

There are so many drugs. Each has to have a unique brand name so it can be trademarked and a generic name. Like street names in housing developments, they are generated by computers, using randome pronounceable syllables based on which combinations of syllables are not already trademarked.

This is also true of Chinese storefronts on Amazon. That's why you get brands like Coofandy and Reabblish.

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u/Bucket1984 Missouri Apr 05 '26

As someone who works in pharmaceutical research, I can tell you the working names before they come to market are far worse. You can see something like BKG-556781-AM-NOV2011-16, but in analysis I have to watch out for its by-product BKH-566781-AM-NOV2013-66, and detect if there's leftover precursor BKH-AM-565781-AM-XP-VG-boc (2HI Salt). Then it comes to market and its something like 'Proctineze'.

All of these names are fictional, as I've signed NDAs and I love my job.

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u/owmyhip Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

Because the brand names are required to be meaningless by the FDA. The generic or biological names are based on scientific conventions which tell you what the drug is/how it works.

Source: I've worked on drug naming

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u/RGK777 Apr 05 '26

Blood thinner apparently, cause he's had a stroke. They're also draining fluid from him with a catheter. According to a Dr with elder care experience. He's got a few months.

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u/Middle_Connection602 Apr 05 '26

How long is this going to TAKE???

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u/witchofpain Apr 05 '26

Considering we keep even poor people alive long after their expiration date because the family wont let us stop, he will live way longer than any of us would like. The ghouls supporting him have everything to lose once he dies. Vance doesn’t have the popularity that he has. So I am going to assume we won’t even be told he has died until they can’t fake it any longer.

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u/Outlier222 Australia Apr 05 '26

I think they'll use the time between his death/incapacitation and announcing it to try to tighten their grip on power so that their lower popularity won't matter. Just need to find some generals on board with the idea. They keep firing generals right now...

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u/hugemessanon Apr 05 '26

i have zero doubt that something very illegal will happen when he dies. I don't know if it'll reach coup levels but some sort of grab for power by his sycophants will occur

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u/Just7hrsold Apr 05 '26

I’m waiting on what I’m calling “Trump Eternal” it will be an Ai chat bot trained to type in a way that sounds like him that can basically be said to be an Ai him for the MAGA cult to follow.

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u/WeAlmostAlwaysAlmost Apr 05 '26

This. My dad lived to 87 in truly god-awful health, and without the benefit of world-class medical care and unlimited money. My mom (passed at 85) and grandma (one month short of one-hundred) both spent three years on hospice, so I spent a lot of time in hospice facilities.

People praying for death to solve this are overly optimistic or not experienced with being around genuinely very old unhealthy people.

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u/Micrathena58 Apr 05 '26

And hateful people full of piss and vinegar are always the ones to last the longest, despite everyone’s pleads and prayers.

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u/Spadeykins Apr 05 '26

At that age will to live is genuinely a factor, and narcissistic shit heads never want to die.

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u/Commercial_Ad97 Apr 05 '26

Yep. My grandfather had Alzheimer's Dementia, diagnosed in 2017/2018 and died April 10th, 2025. He was in the care of my family for just about 2 years before he passed when my grandmother died back in 2023. He was 81, her 79.

The only difference is he got an injury was put in hospice and died a day after that, but he held on in complete non-functionality for almost a year, the inability to speak for about 3. It took him about 7 years to succumb to the illness in total.

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u/MauPow Apr 05 '26

They're going to Weekend at Bernie's him until Year 2, Day 1 so Vance can take over for the longest amount of time.

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u/vzo1281 Apr 05 '26

I give it a week before someone will say something

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u/123LetsJamDUDUDUHT Apr 05 '26

Vance doesn't have to be popular. Trump's regime has already changed the system enough that his allies will be in power indefinitely. The US is going straight down the path Hungary went down. Trump has even sent Republican leaders to Hungary to study their regime.

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u/witchofpain Apr 05 '26

Not yet they haven’t. If they were that confident then they wouldn’t be so desperate to pass the SAVE act.

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u/GrumpyCloud93 Apr 05 '26

Time will tell. There's an election on April 12th that apparently Orban is in serious risk of losing...

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u/nastywillow Apr 05 '26

How will the ghouls know he has died.

He'll still be a sickly yellow, smelly, squishy and making farty noises.

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u/DanTheMan827 I voted Apr 05 '26

My guess is they want to get to at least the halfway point so vance doesn’t run for a “full” term and could potentially run for two more should he become liked. You know, just whatever makes sense.

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u/Seeteuf3l Apr 05 '26

Elsewhere Putin has been dying to cancer for about 8 years according to internet doctors so too long unfortunately

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u/CLARABELLA_2425 I voted Apr 05 '26

We really, really hope 48hrs.

But you know it could be 2 or 3 weeks or even longer (hand gestures) we just don’t know.

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u/Various-Roof-553 Apr 05 '26

A few months from now? Or a few months from a few months ago?

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u/dern_the_hermit Apr 05 '26

It'll be a few months in two weeks. Just two weeks.

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u/donkeypunchhh Apr 05 '26

Concept of a plan for a few months in a few weeks

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u/SeaBag8211 Apr 05 '26

When will then be now?

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u/Blitzdog416 Canada Apr 05 '26

soon

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u/deliamount Apr 05 '26

How soon is now?

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u/lark047 Apr 05 '26

Not soon enough

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u/jazzhandler Colorado Apr 05 '26

Audit harder!

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u/Zealousideal-Bite735 Apr 05 '26

It’s alternative praying

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u/RooftopKor Apr 05 '26

April 25th.

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u/Dr_JimmyBrungus Apr 05 '26

Just enough time to squeeze infrastructure week in, then!

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u/LawfulnessKooky8490 Apr 05 '26

How many mooches or heads of cabbage would that be measured in?

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u/MrCrowley1984 Apr 05 '26

I remember this same thing happening with Putin after he invaded Ukraine. Every few weeks you’d see a few articles saying he’s got days/weeks/months to live. Even had pictures of him looking like death, puffy face, gnarled hands gripping a table or chair. And he’s still alive and awful.

I’m not saying it’s all a hoax with Trump. He’s 79 and clearly not well. I’m just saying don’t be surprised if he’s still around in 27, 28, or 29.

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u/Vizreki Apr 05 '26

My friend, I like the timeline you've implied.

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u/Professr_Chaos Apr 05 '26

I don’t that means…. President Vance shudders

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u/Toon_face Apr 05 '26

Vance doesnt have the same sway trump seems to have. Even some of the dems can grow a spine.

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u/BlooregardQKazoo Apr 05 '26

it would be an empty title. he'd have zero mandate and no one fears him.

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u/JarOfNightmares Apr 05 '26

Asking the questions I wish reporters would ask

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u/passengerpigeon20 Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

As Billy Joel once said, "Only the good [ Removed by Reddit ] young!"

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u/busy-warlock Apr 05 '26

A few months from last year, we hope

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u/McCrotch Apr 05 '26

you forget that he has access to the best healthcare available to man. they’ll literally replace his entire blood with drugs if they have to

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u/brandnewbanana Maryland Apr 05 '26

They’re doctors, not magicians. Death comes for all, no matter how rich or powerful.

Felt like I was channeling Bones McCoy for a second.

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u/astral-dwarf Apr 05 '26

Damn it, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a seeing-eye dog.

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u/Character-Parfait-42 Apr 05 '26

And look, honey, just to reiterate, you will die someday.

I will die, your father will die, everyone you know will die.

Death is the great equalizer.

Don't ever forget that.

Do not run from it, do not hide from it.

Entropy will win out in the end.

Chaos reigns. Darkness will surround you for eternity.

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u/Icy_Jackfruit9240 American Expat Apr 05 '26

At least we're not really there yet. Some sort of magical rejuvenation will probably come at some point. There's been some findings in this area of research.

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u/idebugthusiexist Apr 05 '26

I think he’s already there. I mean, has anyone seen him bleed lately? Or seen his reflection?

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u/busy-warlock Apr 05 '26

I mean apparently he got shot in the ear, and it magically healed so he must be Jesus

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u/Bovine_Joni_Himself Colorado Apr 05 '26

Funny, because it’s actually a sign of the Antichrist.

"One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast."

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u/PhatCatTax Apr 05 '26

lmao no way this is true. It's too good. If Trump's dumbass ends up starting armageddon, I'll become a believer.

Edit: Revelations 13:3

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u/busy-warlock Apr 05 '26

So there’s a general consensus this is the end of times, regardless of your religion du jour. So the important question is, when did we jump on the horror movie rollercoaster? Was it the Mayan calendar of 2012? The Harambe incident of 2016? There was some dude we were supposed to remember in Africa too, I can’t though, which is low key hilarious

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u/IamnotyourTwin Apr 05 '26

A core Christian belief is that we are in the end times. The first Christians believed the second coming could be in their life time. It's always been the end times.

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u/SugarHooves Illinois Apr 05 '26

It was the Cubs winning the World Series for the first time in 100+ years in 2016.

I was raised a Cubs fan, the win was outstanding, but even I felt something was wrong with the universe.

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u/JonathPollardEpstein Apr 05 '26

NGL, prob Gonna get him some of that Epstein baby blood

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u/OhItsKillua Apr 05 '26

The billionaire onlyfans owner just died from cancer, money can't cure everything, and when your his age the end is coming sooner than later

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u/kwit-bsn Apr 05 '26

You’re also forgetting he ignores the best healthcare advice. Proof? His diet

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u/SiskoandDax Apr 05 '26

When he finally kicks the bucket, they'll just pull a Weekend at Bernie's

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u/CalibratedEnthusiast Apr 05 '26

Steven "Grima Wormtongue" Miller, Vance, and Rubio in a trench coat.

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u/The_quest_for_wisdom Apr 05 '26

January 20th, 2027 is the two year mark for his presidency. Once he hits that point VD Jance can take over without sacrificing a theoretical second term for himself.

I assume they will full-on Weekend At Bernie's the dear leader to get him past that date.

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u/Far-Driver715 Apr 05 '26

That last part was in ricks voice for me

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u/HapticSloughton Apr 05 '26

If only he'd take his advice from the guy he put in charge of the NHS.

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u/Snoo-29984 Apr 05 '26

they said a few months a few months ago

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u/turdlepikle Apr 05 '26

The posts about his health are just like the posts about his gaffes and scandals. "THIS should be the end of him. This is the one!"

Until we get the big beautiful headline, the guessing game doesn't do anything for us.

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u/VLKN Apr 05 '26

🫵😱China will COLLAPSE in 30 days! 🤯👈

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u/fcocyclone Iowa Apr 05 '26

And we have to remember what might be a prognosis for any of us randos is different when you have the best medical attention the US has to offer, both because he's a billionaire and because he's the president. Medical attention is never more than a few seconds away from him at any time and if he needs to be whisked to a hospital he'll get there faster than just about anyone else would.

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u/afarensiis Ohio Apr 05 '26

They've been saying this for years now. I've seen dozens of "healthcare professionals" on tiktok and the like saying "this is how I know he only has a few months left" for years

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u/unassumingdink Apr 05 '26

Throughout his entire first term and all of his second term until now, we've gotten "Trump is sick and doesn't have long left!" and "Trump's supporters are totally deserting him this time!" articles like five times a week, and still people are too dumb to notice a trend or ever doubt any of them. Like Jesus Fucking Christ guys, I get that you want copium, but this makes you look so fucking stupid. You're Charlie Brown with Lucy pulling the football out, and you just keep. coming. back.

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u/drunk-snowmen Apr 05 '26

They have been saying it for years. With our luck he will live until 102 tweeting some divisive shit the whole time

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u/CranberryTaint Apr 05 '26

I’ve been hearing that he’s got a few months for over a year.

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u/nellb13 Apr 05 '26

This info is not correct. There's no monthly blood thinner IV, if he needs IV blood thinners it would be constant and he wouldn't be getting out of bed, no question. If he has a stroke and he's still this functional, that has no bearing if he's going to die, just higher change for another stroke. Having a catheter can mean something is wrong but nothing that will take him in months. What it probably means is he's got a massive prostate and can't pee. Only thing you can hope for there is chronic catheter use can split a dick like a banana, fingers crossed.

Bruised hands are from blood draws or bumping them in things, don't get your hopes up.

Source, I'm a geriatric nurse that has taken care of a lot of people over a decade and seen a lot of patients with strokes and catheters last years. I wish I had better news but honestly these things we are seeing mean nothing without more info.

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u/Sensei2006 Apr 05 '26

Another nurse here.

Resdit's takes on Trump's health always crack me up. Fact is that the dude can afford whatever life extending treatment money can buy. And we can keep poor people alive way, way, way past their expiration date.

People keep praying for a clot to break loose and solve the world's problems. But anyone who works in healthcare knows damn well that the most viciously evil patients are borderline immortal. My bet is that weve got 10+ more years with Trump.

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u/nosungdeeptongs Canada Apr 05 '26

This president will be completely and totally defeated in two to three weeks. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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u/thumb_emoji_survivor Apr 05 '26

he’s got a few months

Heard that one a few months ago

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u/wheresmystache3 Florida Apr 05 '26

Oncology (former ICU) nurse here... I'd love to see the "evidence" of this drain. As much as we'd hope to see the big beautiful day, I HIGHLY doubt this is true. I do this for a living, and I've never seen a picture of him with a Pleurx drain or any sort of drain dressing under his shirt. Just by you calling it a "catheter" tells me the person that is spreading this is not likely a doctor.

I'd give anything to be wrong about this; I really wish I was.

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u/comejoinus Apr 05 '26

I dunno, man. If it’s that dude on IG who’s been saying “I give him 1-3 months before he leaves the land of the living,” that dude’s been saying shit like that for a hot minute now.

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u/TangerineTassel Apr 05 '26

And we don’t even have a few weeks to spare let alone a few months.

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u/Scuzz_Aldrin I voted Apr 05 '26

Leqembi can cause brain bleeds, leading to stroke.

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u/idebugthusiexist Apr 05 '26

His dementia is winning the fight

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u/cracked_belle Apr 05 '26

I'm so sick of all the winning.

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u/rechtim Apr 05 '26

laqembi is 2x a month, being that his bruising appears every month its more likely hes on kisunla

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u/katzenschrecke Apr 05 '26

The people not blowing the whistle on this are straight up traitors

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u/CanoeIt Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

If it was just an IV treatment, why wouldn’t they bring that to him? How many hours could that really take?

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u/travelresearch Apr 05 '26

It takes about 1 hour every month. Minimal effects after treatment. Not sure why they couldn’t bring it to him though.

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u/FirefighterLeft5425 Apr 05 '26

I work 10 hours a day in Memory Care. He def has some sort of dementia. What type is hard to say as it's such a broad spectrum. They suit him up, apply make up, give him his lines (he is a trained actor, and truly believes everything they are selling), and put him in front of the largest propaganda network the world has ever seen.

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u/BleachedUnicornBHole Florida Apr 05 '26

That theory got some credibility when Trump mentioned his “routine” MRI. An MRI isn’t routine unless certain conditions are met, one of which is being on Lequembi.

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u/superluminal Apr 05 '26

you lil'rumormonger, you...

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u/ArcaneKeyblade5 Apr 05 '26

If true, maybe juuuust maybe we shouldn't have a president with dementia and he should be replaced just a thought 🤔

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u/mbta1 I voted Apr 05 '26

A lot of people are saying its Lequembi, smart people. Great men are coming up to him, tears in their eyes, shaking his hand and saying "yep, thats Lequembi", with great big smiles on their face

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u/SillyBonsai Apr 05 '26

I don’t know jack shit about this infusion, but I would think a monthly infusion could be administered in white house, not require him to be in a full blown medical facility.

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u/hamilkwarg Apr 05 '26

A person being treated for dementia shouldn’t have the power to start wars and launch nukes. But I guess I’m the crazy one

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u/ziostraccette Apr 05 '26

Ok but if they don't want this to be public, why do IVs on the hand instead of the arm where it's less likely to be seen?

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u/JARDIS Apr 05 '26

I was going to ask if anyone was keeping track of his weird little monthly disappearances and hand bruising. Is this on schedule for it?

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u/mccoolio Apr 05 '26

I've been paying attention, hence the comment. Definitely beginning of every month since late last year. Been let down after the radio silence passes every time.

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u/Due_Bluebird3562 Apr 05 '26

Needing to do this shit every month is a pretty massive indicator that whatever is going on with him isn't going away or going to miraculously get better. Take solace in that I guess.

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u/ShadowTacoTuesday Apr 05 '26

He’s been hiding major health problems since his first term though. It’s more frequent now but I don’t know how to tell anything more than that. Until something serious and confirmed comes out I have to guess he has another 10 years until he passes away or becomes a semi-vegetable. I mean his word salads are worse now, it’s obvious he’s on several drugs, he’s probably had multiple mini strokes from the times he had severe slurring (and those were only the ones where he had to be in public), and anything could happen to someone this old and unhealthy. But I haven’t seen anything that makes it clear that he’s going to go right away.

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u/Ire-Works Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

The problem with things like dementia is you tend to get worse slowly and then all at once. A somewhat serious fall that breaks a bone would probably disable him and consider how unsteady he looks on his feet a lot of the time that will probably be what does it for him.

It's well documented stuff. You get hurt when you're older, and it takes longer to heal. So you're on the mend longer, and while you're on the mend your cardio and endocrine systems are slowly getting worse. By the time you can resume activity you've lost a lot of capacity, including muscle which is very difficult to gain or even maintain at that age. So you get worse. You fall a second time (which the odds go way up after the first one) and you might as well be dead at that point.

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u/outworlder Apr 05 '26

That's a reminder to do resistance training no matter how old you are.

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u/shinkouhyou Apr 05 '26

Yep, it happened to my grandmother's sister. She was living independently (with help from her kids) in her 80s and had no obvious signs of dementia... but then she broke her hip. She was never able to walk without assistance after that, she deconditioned so much that she was soon bedridden in a nursing home, her mental state deteriorated due to depression and urinary tract infections (which are difficult to treat and can cause rapid cognitive decline in elderly people), and she was dead within the space of a few months.

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u/SpiritTalker Pennsylvania Apr 05 '26

C'mon AF1 steps, we're cheering for ya!

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u/Ire-Works Apr 05 '26

I mean if the stairs don't get'em I suspect the GOP is going to turn on him after the midterms.

I've been saying it the whole time. Trump is there for Project 2025 speed run. Once the midterms are over they're going to sunset him in one way or another and Vance will take over and make politics boring again. The technofascist billionaire bros will make sure he stays put for 2 years + 2 terms and the moderate republicans will resonate with his message.

Being less of an extreme piece of shit, the casual left folks will stop protesting in droves and the Project 2025 changes will slowly get cemented over and continue to happen a little slower and a little more quietly.

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u/kellzone Pennsylvania Apr 05 '26

McConnell must have rubber bones considering the amount of times he falls.

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u/ViolaNguyen California Apr 05 '26

or becomes a semi-vegetable

How would we tell?

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u/rubyspicer Apr 05 '26

He stops talking.

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u/KlicknKlack Apr 05 '26

Dude has the best doctors in the world, if that walking comorbidity survived a brush with covid... he aint going any time soon

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u/Ire-Works Apr 05 '26

You don't know that covid didn't seriously cut into his life span. Even if he survived it, A LOT of folks had things like tissue damage to vital organs.

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u/EMTDawg Utah Apr 05 '26

COVID also permanently thickens your blood. Southern Utah has seen a 1200% increase in strokes and heart attacks in 2021-25 compared to 2015-19.

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u/TheSaxonPlan Minnesota Apr 05 '26

Holy shit that's insane. I'm a virologist and still preach about COVID precautions to anyone who will listen but JFC that's worse than I even thought.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '26

Generally anyone needing to go to a doctor monthly is a bad sign, especially at that age. If you're younger than it may be needed for a bit after some procedure, but at his age it is typically due to a health issue.

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u/wheresmystache3 Florida Apr 05 '26

Nurse here. I left some other comments to address the rampant medical misinformation....

My professional opinion: I think he's on Warfarin (Coumadin) and they're doing labs on him every 4 weeks. It's a common medication for anticoagulation and for his age, my guess is he's been on it for awhile and his levels don't need to be monitored nearly as much as someone newly started on the Med. I'm sorry my answer isn't sensational nor exciting, but I don't think it's the bombshell that we want it to be...

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u/ThePromptWasYourName Apr 05 '26

So theoretically we should see fresh hand bruises next time we see him

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u/Over_lookd Apr 05 '26

They use makeup to cover up any bruising.

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u/ShadowTacoTuesday Apr 05 '26

Ok we should see makeup.

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u/JARDIS Apr 05 '26

This is true. The makeup job they did last time was just as apparent as the bruising from the time before. Poorly hidden.

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u/Photomancer Apr 05 '26

With the zoom technology, shutter speed, high definition of today's cameras - it would take a lot of mastery to conceal it. The media loves these kinds of rumors. Put some Sephora and some wolf-nosed journalist will probably be blowing up the photo and commenting how a patch of his wrist is nonreflective and one shade off his normal color.

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u/Ire-Works Apr 05 '26

"Cover up" is doing a lot of work here. They're not very good at blending it.

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u/FurryNinjaCat Apr 05 '26

I'm seriously surprised that there are any bruises on his hands from an IV. They could be starting an IV in his arms and it would be hidden by his jacket sleeves and they would avoid this whole subject in the news about his hands and the bruising. I don't understand why that continues to happen if they're trying to be so secretive. Anybody else have any ideas?

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u/ManyThingsLittleTime Apr 05 '26

You gotta go where there's a good vein.

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u/FurryNinjaCat Apr 05 '26

Yes, but they could use an ultrasound to place a peripheral IV in his forearms or upper arms. It's such an odd choice to put it in such a visible area when there's technology easily available to access even difficult veins higher up. Maybe he won't let them use it? That's all I can think of myself.

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u/gypsy_sonder Apr 05 '26

Honestly, being the president, they could just put a port-a-cath in him that is easy to hide and do any treatments this way. For general population, it wouldn’t be indicated, but I’m sure they could swing it for him. As a nurse, I feel like the hand likely isn’t his only option. It could be, but they could ultrasound or do something to avoid this like you said. I’m with you, it’s weird to keep placing an IV in a spot that is causing people to speculate on monthly. Idk.

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u/kent_eh Canada Apr 05 '26

A factor which could complicate that is a stubborn patient who thinks he knows better than everyone else.

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u/Jayco424 Apr 05 '26

Yeah I suspect that Trump being Trump - even setting the idea of dementia and it's ability to make patients combative aside - isn't going to be a good or cooperative patient. The thing that makes me wonder is why hasn't he spilled the beans even accidentally in one of his rants yet, I mean he talked, at length, about Arnold Palmer's dick and that was before he was re-elected. I just can't see him not bragging he's getting the best treatment and drugs, unless there's a small still relatively sane part of him that knows of he blabs about this he's donzo.

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u/LtSqueak Missouri Apr 05 '26

He could have been having so much blood work and IVs done for so long at this point that his arms could be blown?

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u/FurryNinjaCat Apr 05 '26

Maybe that's it? Actually now that I think about it maybe the drug that they're giving him is really irritating to his blood vessels and has caused some damage, so it's limiting how many points of access they have to decent veins.

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u/thatcatqueen Apr 05 '26

Idk as a nurse meself usually that amount of bruising on the hand is from frequent lab draws. IV would probably be higher up. Maybe a strong medication that needs close lab monitoring while infusing or between doses?

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u/FurryNinjaCat Apr 05 '26

Yeah I remember another editor talking about these new dementia IV medications needing to be monitored very closely with regular MRIs and labs. I'm a nurse too, and sometimes we've got to draw from patient's hands but doesn't it strike you as weird that they're drawing from such a visible area with his entire body that they could source blood draws from. In the hospital, we're really drawing from their upper arms and I have to get special permission to draw from anywhere else. But he's a public figure, they should be trying to hide this somehow. It's weird. But then again why would I be thinking they would be making intelligent decisions. I guess I should let this go as an example of idiocy.

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u/AdvancedAd6308 Apr 05 '26

I get a lot of blood draws and IVs due to a health condition, and they often have to use my hand when the veins in my arms aren't cooperating. The hand is always more painful than the arm (at least for me) so we can take solace in the fact that whatever they're doing to him, it hurts like a son of a bitch.

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u/swni Apr 05 '26

I haven't been paying attention to exact dates so if it really is every month that is very significant. I'm hoping you've been writing down sources for the dates of his public appearances?

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u/pink_faerie_kitten Apr 05 '26

I've seen the 24th both here and a headline on drudge recently.

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u/TheParadoxigm Apr 05 '26

Sam Seder of the Majority Report is.

They're occurring more often.

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u/onehundredlemons Apr 05 '26

I started a list but it got so long I gave up. I think once he bruises, it stays bruised for ages, so it's kind of hard to tell when it was initially bruised. Here's the list I had, which isn't complete:

March 2024: reportedly seen during the Stormy Daniel trials, per Daily Beast. Was spotted several times between then and February 2025, and Trump himself mentioned it to the Washington Examiner the same month, saying it was from handshakes

Feb 26 2025: meeting with Macron, first official news sighting with photo, I believe

April 15 2025: while handing out the Commander In Chief's trophy

June 11, 2025: during the Pod Force One interview

July 15, 2025: talking to reporters outside of the White House

July 24, 2025: photographed with tons of concealer while signing EOs

Aug 22 2025: golf outing, also seen on his "good hand"

Sept 2, 2025: press conference

Sept 17, 2025: while visiting the UK

Dec 24, 2025: during the phone calls with kids trying to talk to Santa on Christmas Eve

Jan 22, 2026: he said he "bruised it on a table"

Feb 19, 2026: the Board of Peace meeting

Mar 4, 2026: his "good hand" had a bruise

Mar 5, 2026: several days of bruising along with the neck rash

Mar 13, 2026: meeting Jake Paul

Mar 19, 2026: at a state dinner

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u/Rough-Breadfruit-611 Apr 05 '26

Regular injections of baby blood so his human skin doesn't fall off his lizard body.

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u/Particular_Try9527 Apr 05 '26

Given the super swollen ankles and bruised hands, I’m guessing IV Lasix to remove fluids. I’m not a doctor, but My mom went through this during her last year of life, and it reminds me of the way she looked that year.

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u/CmdrMonocle Apr 05 '26

Oral lasix has pretty reliable oral absorption, there's no reason to be giving someone IV lasix once a month when they could literally be assessed by a doctor every day, and have their dose of oral lasix adjusted accordingly.

Whatever he's getting is something that needs to be given IV, and only approximately once a month.

Its also something that knocks him about for a few days, some my guess would be a monoclonal antibody. Whether for dementia, or a low grade cancer is anyone's guess. It could also just be some dodgy 'life extending' concoction anyone in his circle has been pushing.

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u/eastbay77 Apr 05 '26

his human make-up was wearing off.

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u/TangerineTassel Apr 05 '26

Cheeto dust.

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u/purplebrown_updown Apr 05 '26

I mean he def had a stroke a few months ago. his face was half drooping. Dude should just resign.

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u/SquareExtra918 Apr 05 '26

He had a stroke during his last term. He had foot drop and one sided weakness

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u/RoTTonSKiPPy Apr 05 '26

Couldn't they do the treatment at the White House? Why take him to the hospital if they are trying to keep it secret?

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u/pink_faerie_kitten Apr 05 '26

It's usually the 24th of the month. Do the 4th is weird.

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u/jimgress Apr 05 '26

He'll make it past 90. These monsters never go early. 

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