Trump Thread

[Husar]

Good news, the President is in perfect health, mental health included:

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/16/p...lth/index.html

Dr. Ronny Jackson, the presidential physician, gushed about President Donald Trump's health during a briefing before the White House press corps on Tuesday, touting the President's "good genes," how he did "exceedingly well" on his cognitive test and his "excellent" cardiac health.

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"I think he will remain fit for duty for the remainder of this term and even the remainder of another term if he is elected," Jackson said.

[Montmorency]

Good news, the President is in perfect health, mental health included:

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/16/p...lth/index.html

The President doesn't have a daily physical fitness routine, the doctor said. And Trump's penchant for Diet Coke, McDonald's, red meat and vanilla ice cream has been widely reported.
But while Jackson acknowledged he advised Trump -- who is 6 foot, 3 inches and weighs 239 pounds -- to eat better and exercise more, he said it's genetics that have kept Trump in sterling health.
"He has incredible genes, I just assume," the doctor said.

"He has incredibly good genes, and it's just the way God made him," Jackson said at one point, later joking that Trump could live a long, long time.
"I told the President that if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years he might live to be 200 years old," Jackson said, eliciting laughter from reporters.

Watch the clip of Jackson speaking. I like to read into it.


EDIT: With a reported height of 6'3", and a reported weight of 239 lbs, Trump's BMI is 29.9, just under the 30 mark for obesity.

We should definitely read into that.

[Fragony]

About time, less money to Hamas and Fatah. Go Trump. Never support anything that wants you dead

[rory_20_uk]

About time, less money to Hamas and Fatah. Go Trump. Never support anything that wants you dead

If Israel stopped running the territory like their own personal Gulag then there would be less need for handouts. The locals hate you? Yes - the locals generally hate occupying forces who treat the locals really badly.

[Fragony]

If Israel stopped running the territory like their own personal Gulag then there would be less need for handouts. The locals hate you? Yes - the locals generally hate occupying forces who treat the locals really badly.

Oh ffs they are refugees from Libanon mostly, it's a refugee-camp that doesn't behave very well nothing more,

[Strike For The South]

If Trump is 239 pounds, I have a 12 inch button.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Good news, the President is in perfect health, mental health included:

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/16/p...lth/index.html

This means, of course, that my interpretation thus far has been correct. He is neither crazy nor ill. He is an asshat.

[Husar]

This means, of course, that my interpretation thus far has been correct. He is neither crazy nor ill. He is an asshat.

Yes, it looks that way.
It does make his slurring and covfefeing that much weirder though.
Trevor Noah sums it up quite well:

[CrossLOPER]

Yes, it looks that way.
It does make his slurring and covfefeing that much weirder though.
Trevor Noah sums it up quite well:

"Genetics"? This is the same garbage argument that incels use to describe why they can't get anywhere in life. If your body is capable of processing junk in such a manner, it's genetics in that you are simply not human.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ8EAwRauoM&t=511s

[Montmorency]

"Genetics"? This is the same garbage argument that incels use to describe why they can't get anywhere in life. If your body is capable of processing junk in such a manner, it's genetics in that you are simply not human.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ8EAwRauoM&t=511s

Caprisun!

!!!

[HopAlongBunny]

The "bloody nose" option in N. Korea.
This has been touted as a demonstration of American will to engage with N. Korea! Leaving no doubt...blah blah blah!
Chances are it would end badly, for all concerned:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...ategist-216306

Quick fact, N.Korea is so small that if it believes war has been declared, it has no option but to go (without delay) to an illustration of cost.
The article suggests a limited strike at Hawaii, Guam, Japan and S. Korean assets as a first round; this could easily end up in an all out exchange.
Yes, N. Korea would likely cease to exist, and S. Korea and a random selection of US cities. Yay?

Just a bluff you say?
A bluff needs to be credible; this is not a credible action.

[rory_20_uk]

Trump has had a very cushy life, and continues to do so. Not smoking / drinking has helped. If he's kept his blood pressure under control, small vessel dementia is not likely and other forms are more genetic.

So, his diet and indolence probably mean he's at risk of macrovascular disease (and for the good of the world may he have a stroke / heart attack sharpish) but what he does is if anything Psychological pathology which is always a grey area - when does a lazy self-obsessed liar, braggart and cheat become mentally ill?

[Montmorency]

This means, of course, that my interpretation thus far has been correct. He is neither crazy nor ill. He is an asshat.

Two things to note:

Given the overwhelming barrage of lies from all levels of the administration, it's hard to take adulatory health assessments from underlings seriously. I suspect that Trump is in poor overall health even for his age, but not (inasmuch as can be assessed) in immediate danger of dropping dead. The president's work schedule in this administration is not overly burdensome, and the content of his efforts uncongenial to me, so this is fine.

A proper assessment of mental and cognitive health would require a long period of observation, and sustained cooperation from Trump; it's not going to happen. I've felt this question doesn't actually matter beyond giving Republicans some pretense to remove the President (and there's no shortage there). A clinical diagnosis would make Trump's conduct neither more nor less acceptable, therefore it's superfluous. Maybe he's senile, maybe he's congenitally... a low-grade imbecile "fucking moron"... Knowing the case wouldn't and shouldn't change our perceptions of him, or calculations as to his removal. (I.e., he should be removed.)

[Montmorency]

Also: ain't nothing wrong with McD and a Diet Coke. I think they've actually improved the flavor and quality over the past two decades. It's Trump's fear of contamination (clinical or otherwise) leading to a restricted diet that seems off-putting and unhealthy.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

... The president's work schedule in this administration is not overly burdensome, and the content of his efforts uncongenial to me, so this is fine....

LOL. I always wondered why it bothered candidate Trump so much that Obama went golfing a fair bit. Since he opposed virtually EVERY Obama initiative, wouldn't you WANT him taking as many days off as possible? It's like the old borscht-belt joke about the two women complaining about a lunch café. The first says "the food was horrible." The second says, "I agree, and the portions were small."