Big "why did I have Taco Bell right before this client meeting" energy here

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Big “why did I have Taco Bell right before this client meeting” energy here

Putin was not looking at all well today. People have particularly noted his hunched position and the fact he never let go of the table during the entire 12-minute meeting with Shoigu. (Source: @SvobodaRadio.)

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“Where will you be when diarrhea strikes?”

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[lpbk2713]

1. Trump sent him a gift.

A vibrator.

[dixiechiken1]

2. My mother always used to tell me...

"You pay for everything you do in this life before you leave it."

Long way of saying "karma," basically. I hope that mf'er is paying. And paying. And paying. Hard.

[FakeNoose]

3. To me he looks like he's in pain - 'rhoids maybe?

I don't know.

The hands gripping the table ... maybe he's hiding a knife or a gun in case somebody tries to jump him?

Hmmmmm ....

[Xavier Breath]

6. Could be the look of

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[Greybnk48]

10. I heard he's hiding a tremor. n/t

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. Just waiting for that unseen assassin's bullet.

He will be a marked man for the rest of his hopefully short life.

[mn9driver]

5. To my untrained eye he looked extremely unwell.

I wonder how much time he has left? Hopefully very little.

[zuul]

7. He has a button under the table that activates an

ejector seat for Shoigu. Putin is like Dr. Evil, but instead of pitching bad news-bearing underlings into a fiery dungeon, they’re launched out of the fourth floor window.

[Blue Owl]

8. He and Diarrhea Donny are resembling each other more and more every day

[Talitha]

9. I saw a clip of him yesterday (here in DU) standing, waiting to greet someone..

His right arm was bent at the elbow (like it is in the above picture) and his hand formed a 'thumbs-up' gesture. What's weird is that his hand shook back and forth quite violently, turning his extended thumb into a windshield wiper.

When the person entered though, Pooty stepped forward and extended his right arm for a handshake - and from what I could see, his outstretched arm did not shake. He eased right into a normal hand shake. So maybe he needs to control the hand only when his elbow is bent?

Very odd.

[LudwigPastorius]

11. He's trying to keep his hand from shaking.

Steroids, like prednisone, can cause tremors. They can also cause your face to puff up.

My guess is that he is being treated for something with steroid injections, but who knows what that is.

[LiberalFighter]

12. Weird! Farting?

[Xolodno]

13. He's in pain.

He's usually very animated at meetings. I have that posture when my back goes out again. And he's also tapping his foot while Shoigu talks, as if he just wants to get this over with. And this is the first time in awhile where he is up close to others, Shoigu probably already knows something.

And what everyone here is missing, a couple of years ago they completely changed how and who leads Russia, making them less susceptible to outside interference and keeping more of the status quo. But it doesn't apply until once Putin is gone.

I'll say it again, it makes no sense that they went to war with Ukraine. Nordstream 2 was about to be brought on board, Zelensky was in the low 20's in popularity (hell, he was in the Panama Papers), etc. In 10 years, Ukraine would probably have been brought back into orbit or fallen to civil war. If he knows he's a goner, then it makes sense Putin would do this. He gets all of the repercussions, good and bad, and whoever replaces him will be able to mend the ties as he will seem like a breath of fresh air.