Mitch McConnell may not be the only octogenarian or near-octogenarian who’s in health crisis mode. Donald Trump is not looking, shall we say, spry? But if you look closer, when he’s not wearing an inch of orange makeup and his carefully shellacked floofy coiffure, you’ll see what’s really lurking beneath the show biz hype.
Next look up: facial asymmetry. drooping smile, flushed face, and obesity. You will see that all of these factors are indicative of an impending stroke. A flushed face is common when there’s high blood pressure and high blood pressure and strokes go hand in glove. Obesity is likewise a trigger for a stroke. Even Trump’s squinty eyes may be a sign of impending stroke, because light sensitivity is another symptom.
All in all, the man’s a bloody mess. And don’t get me wrong, I don’t wish a stroke on him. Ron DeSantis, on the other hand, probably does. DeSantis is probably sticking pins in a Trump voo doo doll that he got a Jamaican witch to make for him. But not me, I want Trump to live long and be miserable — preferably behind bars.
And another reason this is amusing, Trump’s lawyers, John Lauro in particular, have been saying he needs to prepare for trial, the poor man doesn’t have enough time. Well, he’s got plenty of time to golf and autograph merchandise, that much is evident.
Your honor, there’s no way my client can be ready for trial before 2025. He’s an extremely busy man running businesses and campaigning nonstop. pic.twitter.com/JUrW0XROql
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 7, 2023
I sure hope this little conclave doesn’t quality as a rally because Mick Jagger already made his views known on playing the Rolling Stones at Trump rallies. Don’t, is what he said, because the BMI license is revoked. But then again, a contractual dispute is the very least of Trump’s legal problems right now.
We’re all going to get old — or die young, those are the two choices and usually you don’t get to pick. Frankly, I’ll settle for getting old. But there’s different kinds of old. There’s old when you’ve taken care of yourself and there’s old when you’ve let yourself go to hell. Trump is the walking personification of “you are what you eat.” He looks like a Big Mac and fries — and the chocolate cake. Don’t forget about his favorite chocolate cake at Mar-a-Lago. I don’t even want to think of what his cholesterol count must be.
— SayMay (@saymaysmith) September 7, 2023
Once again, the difference between a Democratic mentality and a Republican mentality, as a picture speaks a thousand words.
And have you noticed that Joe doesn’t wear his name on his shirt? Trump does, in case he gets lost. Then people know which golf course to return him to. We laugh now, but from the looks of it, Trump is one Mitch McConnell moment away from being certified medically unfit for the rigors of the job he’s seeking to get back. Not that that would dissuade him from running. If Trump was literally at death’s door he would still run, figuring in a worse case scenario, if he can’t self-pardon, he’ll resign and let his VP pardon him.
Wrap your head around that one. We could have Kari Lake or Marge Greene as president, if that ticket won and Trump resigned — or maybe Elise Stefanik. And you thought things couldn’t possibly get weirder than they were 2017 through January, 2021, didn’t you? Silly, silly you. The Republicans always have new methods of torturing the country with political perversity. That is their hallmark in this day and age.
Don’t give him any ideas. He’ll use this as a dense in his trials.
OTOH, if he gets elected, even if he dies on Day One, they wouldn’t tell us. They lie when they wake up and they hate women, so why would they. These people even lie to themselves in their dreams! 🙂
I will.not be shocked if he ends up having a stroke, and a big one at that. Considering his diet,lack of exercise, and likely rage, he is definitely a prime candidate for one. The first one may just leave him paralyzed or unable to swallow, followed by a,fatal one.
What I know for a fact is obesity and the poor eating habits that accompany it are killers. My father was very overweight for years. He just couldn’t lose weight. He had his first heart attack at 59 and was dead at 68. Trump’s ten years older than that.
NOT that i am giving a thumbs up for your dad’s health problems!
Trump looks exactly like what he is: an aged, out of shape, dissolute, fat man. He is nothing of worth and looks like he is nothing of worth. Put him in a filthy overcoat and behind a shopping cart and you’d get the most accurate picture of what he would be were it not for the wealth he inherited (ditto space karen for that matter). That is a sad commentary on a former president. It is unfortunately a factual commentary on a former president.
From what I’ve seen of his crowds…they look like him! The Stupid Dumpling King of stupid dumplings.
There was an expression back where I’m from that I think applies: He looks like he needs to get better to die.
He’s seven years older than me. If I look like that in seven years I’m putting a bag over my head.
I’m 70…walk at least an hour a day even when the temp is 100. I lift weights 3x a week. I have spent 20 hours in a pool this summer teaching my adopted seven year old to swim. I’m 5’11” and weigh 160- 165lbs depending on my eating habits. My significant other is 20 years younger than I am and is less active. Ageism is as full of crap as all the other isms. Not bragging, just reminding people that daily exercise of any kind, will keep you younger no matter your age. Baby huey is a pile of goo. Some phucking ‘superman’…he can’t even bend down to tie his golf shoes.
At least Hitler served in the trenches.
Trump definitely has some sort of neurologic issue. How do I know that? I know it because I was a practicing optometrist for many years, and I recognize anisocoria when I see it. His right pupil is definitely smaller than his left pupil. It’s beyond all doubt. Just Google “Trump.” Then use “Search Tools” to restrict the search to the past year. Switch to images. Choose any image of him in which his eyes are well lit and wide open, without excessive reflections covering the pupil borders.
Then, if need be, select “desktop site” from your browser menu so that you can use two fingers to zoom in on the photo. You’ll see it, and it’s pretty obvious.
Things that cause anisicoria include things like Horner’s Syndrome (due to a tumor, infarction, or injury disrupting the sympathetic nerve pathway anywhere from the brain to the chest), late stage syphilis (Argyll Robertson’s pupil), Adie pupil (benign), or use of a topical medication in just one eye. Horners syndrome also involves the upper eyelid settling slightly lower on the eye with the smaller pupil, and I am not sure that I see that in him. A stroke or aneurism can also do it.
What I do NOT see is a Bell’s palsey, or other facial assymetry other than what I have described above.
Thanks for the analysis Daisy. My vote is syphilis. God knows where he’s been or with whom. If Al Capone caught it so could baby huey. Interesting information.
But it couldn’t be syphilis. Don’t you remember? He was able to empathize with all those Vietnam vets and military service people by claiming his avoiding STDs in New York was his own personal Vietnam.
dementia manifests in tertiary syphilis……
Ha. I forgot. I wonder if he got medals for that?
As for both corners of the mouth drooping symmetrically with marionette lines, that has to do with loss of elastin from the skin with age and sun exposure. And the degree of that tends to follow your ancestry. In my 70s I, too, like my grandmother did, have the droopy mouth corners and marionette lines. And skin biopsies showed that I am totally lacking elastin from the mid dermis. Unfortunately, a lack of elastin can also increase the risk of developing an aneurism, and having it hemorrhage. I have an ancestor who died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
As for the face flushing, that is usually due to Scots-Irish inheritance. I do not have high blood pressure or obesity but I definitely have the facial flushing as well as Scottish and Irish in my ancestry.