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
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
I have 80 year old grandparents. Love em to death. It blows my mind thinking of anybody that age running the country.
So he definitely had that stroke
How does this confirm a stroke? Genuinely asking
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
It doesn't. You can have this sort of bruising for all sorts of reasons.
He still probably did have a stroke though.
Trump said he wore medical compression socks to help with swelling in his ankles.
He also sleeps in a straitjacket to help with his swelling dementia.
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.
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.
Lmao is he really America's oldest president now? Finally?
Unless the fucker is dead or aggressively dying, I'm not really interested in this recurring story.
He could easily go years this way. His brain will be Swiss cheese, but Miller is running things anyway.
Can an oldpeopleologist tell us what kind of term length we're looking at here based offa those bruises
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.
Assuming he actually takes aspirin, he's not lying, he's misdirecting: the infusions cause bruising, the aspirin makes it more noticable.
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.
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.
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.
So... Can any medical expert tell us if this sets any life expectancy limits?
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...
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.
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!!!
Drumpf has ONLY won against women, who would have thought?!
A woman could've beaten Trump. Just not a neoliberal one.
Bernie DID have a heart attack...
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2019/10/05/bernie-sanders-had-a-heart-attack-doctors-say
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
Speaking as someone who has had two, it's an ongoing medical condition. 😉
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!
Daily Beast is such a cope cringe mess
"the dictator is a poopy head" vibes
Hope he lives to 150 so America finally gets what it deserves.
I hate Trump but this is not explosive or shocking in terms of health concerns for someone his age, if anything, it’s very mild. I’m not even 40 and wear compression socks every day for chronic venous insufficiency, it doesn’t mean I’m dying or in poor health. I have varicose veins and I’ve had them for most of my entire life, it’s an issue I’ve inherited from my parents and mostly just puts me at more of a risk for blood clots.
You and the other commenter are hung up on the socks but what about the makeup? The year-old bruise?
He’s old, old people bruise easily. He’s also incredibly vain, hence the atrocious hair and orange skin. I’m not sure why anyone is shocked that he would wear make up on his hands to cover bruising. Could it be from IVs, could it be from blood thinners, could it be from being clumsy? All are possible and he would use make up for any of them.
Could there be more going on with his health? Yes. But the story doesn’t tell you anything more than what is going on with most people who are 80 years old.
The news isn't that he's experiencing age-related health problems. It's that he's admitting it so freely.
He finally stopped lying about one thing, I’m not saying that this isn’t potentially newsworthy, what I’m saying is that this is not an important news story, it’s not a “shocking” revelation that the article claims.
If he finally stopped lying about it, to me, it means there really must be nothing there.
I guess that aspirin is probably the cause, and at this age I think it's quite usual to take blood flow meds, no? (not that I know why)
The news isn't that he's an old guy with old guy problems, the news is that this is the first time he's admitted what he's been vehemently denying for literally years is true
I'd say it's especially noteworthy because of the severity of the 180. He was on the attack when people brought up his health and this interview he's extremely casual about it
If this is what he's admitting, you can be sure there's a lot that he's not.
I mean... regardless of who he is as a person, he's still an old man and a big old unit at that, I'm not sure how any of this is news?
If popping aspirin and wearing my compression socks at 79 is the least of my worries, I'd be more than happy with that!
Sure but you haven't spent the last decade talking about how healthy you are and denying rumors of the contrary
No I get it, I can't stand the guy and everything he talks is utter shit.
Even still, "old man suffers from age-related complaints" is hardly a revelation to anyone.
Right, but the novelty of this story isn't that it's being pointed out - it's that he admitted it so freely after bragging about his health.
He's not just 79, he's unhealthy for a 79-year-old
I dont know man, I'm not seeing the big story.
If someone argued with me that two and two equals five for ten or so years, if they suddenly gave an interview and announced to the world that two and two is indeed four, then I can't say I'd give a flying fuck.
Perhaps it's a personal thing.
You don't think that'd be news even if that "someone" was the president of one of the most powerful countries in the world? You wouldn't even wonder what happened to make him say it?
Trump never admits to being wrong. What changed in The White House that made him go back on a claim he's made probably 100 times?
You wouldn't even wonder what happened to make him say it?
No, I guess. I genuinely want to hear as little as possible about what that tool has to say. It was rather nice for a bit in 2020 where we didn't get the mass exposure that every shitty soundbite he drops generated.
Much like his reasonably normal-for-his-age maladies, I just put his flip-flopping down to his age and declining health. It's not as if he hasn't changed direction on things before, on tariffs or conflict mediation or other actually important things.
Roll on 2028, or whenever the next US election is.
edit: missed a word
i guess, after all this admittance, would he still try to hide them with makeup?
the admittance is just attention bait if he's not going to change anything, imo.
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