Donald Trumps sudden health problems on Saudi trip could be laying groundwork for resignation

[jaysunb]

Donald Trump lasted all of forty-eight hours into his first overseas trip before he began exhibiting troubling signs about his health and well being, ranging from shortness of breath in the middle of a speech (link) to reading the wrong words off his teleprompter (link), which came across so suspiciously that his own staff felt compelled to make excuses for him. But what if this isn’t what it looks like?
On the surface it appears as if Trump has severe health and stamina issues that have been exposed by his decision to finally take a publicly documented overseas trip. And that’s not all that difficult to believe when you consider that he’s seventy years old, he’s obese, he brags of his poor eating habits, he kept his medical records suppressed during the election, and he appears to rely solely on a quack doctor who’s willing to tell whatever lies he wants to hear. But his sudden descent into suspiciously poor health, this early in his trip, considering what’s going on in the larger picture is suspicious in and of itself.

http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/resign-trump-health/2989/

[marybourg]

1. And - he accused HRC of being ill and having "low energy",

a sure sign with Trump that these traits actually apply to him.

[still_one]

28. The media jumped on that also. Hillary had walking pneumonia, and for that

one incident, the media was speculating and diagnosing bullshit, instead of doing their job and getting the full facts

[Honeycombe8]

29. He used to call Jeb Bush low energy, too. nt

[brush]

77. He's well enough to travel to his Florida golf course every weekend...

IMO there's nothing wrong with him that wasn't always there.

He's just a spoiled child who doesn't want to be on that trip so he plays sick.

[mucifer]

2. He's 70 years old in poor physical shape. It makes sense to me that he is tired.

He's too full of himself to resign.

[JenniferJuniper]

4. 71 very soon.

He's in bad shape, has a terrible diet, doesn't believe in exercise and must be feeling far more stress than he ever has.

But he'll resign for other reasons.

[LenaBaby61]

39. He's in bad shape, has a terrible diet, doesn't believe in exercise and must be feeling far more str

When you do nothing but eat buckets of greasy, artery-clogging chicken, steaks, and allegedly eat very few veggies and things like Chocolate Cake constantly, and you don't exercise and are 70 years old, well

I loathe watching the crooked, racist, sexist, ruskie-loving treasonous heathen, but I had to watch the clip in which he lost his breath while talking, and yes he looks extremely unhealthy and under the stress of scandal after scandal piling up on him. Plus, he's gaining weight as each month passes. You have another William Howard Taft in the making which could lead him to resign due to "health" reasons. I would hate that he may not get punished and Pence might be rewarded with the presidency even though he's guilty of lying about Flynn's ruskie contacts per Cummings letter to him alerting him about Flynn. tRumputin is guilty as hell of colluding with a foreign government in our elections. He's a treasonous, America-hating, fat bastid.

[Rollo]

57. He's bigger in the butt than Roseanne Barr...

...and that's saying a LOT...

Anyone else praying he gets a fatal mycardial infarction?

That the portable defibrillator either malfunctions or can't be found?

[LeftInTX]

66. Taft ran for a second term, he lost to Woodrow Wilson.

He lived another 15 years after that

[itsrobert]

72. Cher is 71

[JenniferJuniper]

97. Trump sure ain't no Cher. n/t

[pangaia]

79. I would say it's not so much being 70 but all the rest.

While 70 is not 40, i am 73 and in pretty good shape. I eat well, except 1 or 2 tines a month. 😆 work out 4 xs week, walk a mile or 2 each day, do a tiny flower garden, um...practice a musical inst.2-3 hours/day.usually.

Just bought a small kayak... travel internationally maybe 5-6x a year..
Read a lot...

Jeeze, i get tired just thinking about all that..i better slow down.

😄

[Maynar]

99. Heh!

Perish the thought!

[tblue37]

84. Jet lag, a very hot climate, obesity, poor diet, bad sleep habits,

stress--it all gets to him, I am quite certain.

[Mme. Defarge]

3. I am convinced he will resign

and SOON.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

15. Yep. He'll claim victory and resign

[Mme. Defarge]

21. That's the most likely reason, IMO,

but "health reasons" as a fall back.

[murielm99]

76. If that is how he does it,

and he saves face, so be it. Let's just get rid of him and save the world from nuclear annihilation.

[Duppers]

36. His motto is "never give up", remember.

Was even the title of one of his stupid books.

[leftstreet]

5. He should go jogging. 108 degrees in Riyadh tomorrow

A little exercise would be good for him

[luvMIdog]

6. yes the fresh air might do him wonders :P

[Lotusflower70]

9. Omg!

Lol. That's very wicked. I like it. He could enjoy the solitude just because.

[dalton99a]

22. Not before some proper nourishment

like a bucket of KFC and three Big Macs

[alittlelark]

53. Don't forget the 48 oz diet coke.......

[Buns_of_Fire]

81. And a BIG slice of beautiful chocolate cake with two scoops...

...no, THREE scoops of ice cream! (After all, he's just a growing boy!)

I wonder if AF1 has to be continually re-trimmed in flight while he oozes around and the weight distribution shifts.

[stage left]

50. You are very, very wicked.

I like the way you think.

[lpbk2713]

67. Behind an old bus belching diesel smoke.

...

[Barack_America]

7. He just survived an active campaign schedule.

So this does seem odd.

[jberryhill]

12. What was his longest stint on the road?

It seemed like he would do fly-in, fly-out events at airports, and then spend a lot of time on the phone with news programs.

He'd only be "on" for relatively short periods, and then relaxing on the plane back to New York.

[tammywammy]

18. He would fly home early every night during the campaign.

Only a handful of times do I remember him being somewhere other than NYC overnight.

[womanofthehills]

59. It was reported he wanted to sleep in his own bed every night

[dixiegrrrrl]

43. and there are no post 7 pm duties at the WH

It has been reported several times that he quits work early evening, goes up to his bedroom, watches tv, eats snacks ( by the car load).

[not fooled]

69. And besides

during the campaign he was surrounded by crowds of adoring idiots and dealt only with sycophants.

Now he has to contend with all the stress of the presidency including being questioned and openly criticized.

Plus, as others have commented, no doubt his campaign schedule was arranged to suit his preferences.


Have some more KFC, donnie--we know that all that stuff about the deleterious effects of junk food is just fake science from killjoy medical types. Besides, everyone knows you're immune from the laws of nature.

[maxrandb]

93. LOL - He didn't have to "survive an active campaign schedule"

the fucking media ran the campaign for him.

Hell, all he had to do was Tweet from his gold-plated "shitter" and he got 24/7 promotion.

For 18 months, the cable news shows, and even some of the alphabet networks would broadcast an empty podium with a "Breaking News" banner.

"Active Campaign Schedule" my Ass.....

[Hugin]

8. Although, I'm highly skeptical of any speculation lately.

This would explain why Rinsed Primate made a quick dash stateside... I guess to "prime-the-pump(tm)".

Still skeptical, but, interesting speculation.

[physioex]

20. Is it ok to refer to him as...

'Rinsed Penis' instead?

[Hugin]

23. Certainly.

Along with "Rusty Prius"... That is among the monikers I rotate through when calling out the referenced lout.

[stage left]

51. Honest to God.

Do you mean that isn't his name?

[Ccarmona]

49. RP Was Called Back to DC

By the FBI. Interview time set for Monday.

[leanforward]

10. So far everything he said in campaigne

has come back on him. I'm with you jaysunb (been there).

I am a loyal citizen/american/patriot in opposition to pRezident dRumpf and any GOP lemming.

Follow the money. Time line.

He does not have the where with all to complete the trip. I'll let the cartoonist fill in the rest of my opinion.

[Doodley]

11. It's not only his physical health, but his mental and emotional health must be stressed to the limit

[womanofthehills]

61. Probably, all that yelling and cursing he did the past week

took a toll on him. He was not breathing well during his last speech.

[RobinA]

96. Yeah, He Doesn't

have the resources to do well outside his rather narrow comfort zone. He's able to cover most of the time, but travel is tremendously stressful. His measured reading of his speech yesterday was him on life support at that given moment. You know that when he sounds even remotely sane, someone else if pulling the strings.

[Nitram]

13. Sump does not handle stress well. Stress for him is traveling outside his comfort zone. Like out of

Manhattan.

[JDC]

14. Maybe he'll have his Dr write him a note

[liberal N proud]

16. Don't get our hopes up.

[moonscape]

46. This. I'm not buying. n/t

[womanofthehills]

62. Watch his speech - you might buy it.

[CousinIT]

17. I doubt that. He's just a lightweight fat, lazy rich man who isn't accustomed to WORKING. n/t

[bresue]

19. YEP! YEP! AND YEP!!!

LOL and we don't need Louise or Claude to inform us of that.....

[Demtexan]

24. I think he has a bad case of

Russian flu.

A lot of it might be going around the white house.

It is very catching.

[jaysunb]

30. +1 n/t

[womanofthehills]

73. Besides being congested, he was slurring his words again.

[Demtexan]

82. I cannot listen to him talk.

That does not sound good.

[stopbush]

25. Most of us over 60 are not up to the schedule politicians endure.

You young-uns don't know about this, but sometimes you just hit a wall at our age and everything feels like it's going to hell. You already have challenges and conditions you're managing, so when things get out of kilter, your mind starts racing about what's wrong, and that puts even more pressure on you, psychically and physically.

Add all the stress tRump has put himself under with his lying and obstruction of justice, and I can see him unraveling in very short order.

[Demtexan]

26. He does not handle stress well.

In the past he walk away or buy his way out.

He stayed out of the race.

He got greedy.

[moonscape]

47. I'm not handling the stress of him well either! n/t

[Demtexan]

48. I know

I dealt with two elderly parents.
I learned how to walk away and relax.
I am now stress proof.
I have herbal zoloft if needed.
This country survived the great depression and WW2.
We will make it.

[moonscape]

63. Thanks. Wise words. n/t

[Demtexan]

70. Take a break from the news.

Take a walk.

The news will still be here.

[Demtexan]

31. I was under a lot under a lot of stress for about a year.

Damn near killed me.

I was a lot younger.
.

[milestogo]

44. Especially the Secretary of State.

Constant travel into different time zones. Sleeping and eating at different times every day. I did some international travel when I was in my twenties and found the jet lag to be a challenge. I can't imagine it in my sixties or seventies.

[MFM008]

27. Can't wait

[George II]

32. Remember, he wanted to cut the trip to only five days. Anyone know when he ever...

...traveled outside the country before?

[Demtexan]

35. He went to Russia.

For his beauty contest I think.
Miss America or whatever it was.

[mtngirl47]

45. to Scotland to boss around the folks building his golf course n/t

[trueblue2007]

33. trimp's health problems .... he is sick in the head

[Hokie]

34. Palmer links his own article as a source

That should send up a BS alert. Yes, Trump is apparently in poor shape but there isn't any meat in this article.

[worstexever]

68. That's one of the things I find strange about the Palmer report

I haven't decided if I think it's "fake news" yet or not, but linking to your own articles is suspect.

[womanofthehills]

71. Your statement about Palmer is very misleading - there are links to Trump's cancellations

There is "meat in this article". You don't seem to think all these cancellations are concerning?


Jennifer Jacobs?Verified account @JenniferJJacobs
Trump cancels appearance at Tweeps event. Ivanka standing in for him, speaking to audience of 400.


Anna Ahronheim?Verified account @AAhronheim
More cancellations before #Trump lands in #Israel: Dinner w/Def.Minister @AvigdorLiberman & rumors of Church of Nativity in #Bethlehem


Noga Tarnopolsky?Verified account @NTarnopolsky
New:Trump will NOT be going to Nativity Church in Bethlehem. Rumors in Arab & Hebrew FB say its to avoid encounter with pro-prisoner protest


Pesach 'Pace' Lattin? @pacelattin
Alert: Trump cancels FoxNews meeting without explanation. Now WH has announced the large Monday Night Dinner in Israel is CANCELED.





[Hokie]

92. I didn't see those links

The only links I found in that article were links to two other of his own articles. One article had a link to a CNN video of Trump's speech. I am fine with that but why not put a time stamp for the gaff? I have no doubt that Trump's stamina is poor and he hates travel as President but any speculation that he is ready to resign is unfounded and probably doesn't help.

BTW, I am a member of Palmer's Facebook group and read it regularly.

[murielm99]

78. Yes.

I have noticed this source and wondered about it. Thanks for pointing it out.

[oberliner]

37. The Palmer Report?

Come on.

[womanofthehills]

74. We just got some info from the Palmer report about all Trump's cancellations

So who else put all the tweets together of his cancellations? I don't see MSM doing it. Oh - maybe tomorrow.

[oberliner]

89. "Laying the groundwork for resignation" is BS

Based on nothing but ridiculous speculation and designed to get clicks.

[cwydro]

90. Fake news is alive and well on DU.

Sigh. I used to trust what I read here.

No more.

[oberliner]

91. Wishful thinking syndrome

Can be powerful.

[Equinox Moon]

38. He probably is on psych meds.

We have seen him waiver before. Notice how he gets real quiet and slurs his speech? That has been happening all along. I suspect psych meds.

[Demtexan]

40. The boy is not all there.

Hate to be one his keepers.

[womanofthehills]

64. but what about the bad congestion during his speech?

Agree on the psych meds though.

[Bayard]

41. Prime candidate for a heart attack.....

[Kleveland]

42. "You can't kill shit...."

I once knew a nurse who worked evenings in an ER in a fairly rough part of town.

She told me stories about evil nasty SOB's that were brought in, high on whatever, shot up, knifed, bleeding head wounds, missing limbs... you name it. They always seemed to pull through seemingly beating the odds or expectations.

On the flip side, she also saw many decent, normal and good folks who came in with far less serious injuries, who did not make it.

She told me that the motto among the nurses and doctors at that ER, for such seemingly unjust occurrences was "You can't kill shit".

That always stuck with me, and I am getting that same feeling watching this evil fat fucker get more bloated, sweating, incoherent... more like Baron Harkonnen every day.

(I can't say that I would be sad, or shed a tear for the final and inevitable conclusion to this "problem".... )

Can you feel me?

[LeftInTX]

60. Yep!!! The worst hang on!!

[NJCher]

87. 2 words

Dick Cheney.

Cher

[Julian Englis]

52. The Palmer Report is fake news. Still, anyone can see that tRump looks terrible....

though Bannon looks worse.

[SCantiGOP]

55. I'm surprised Palmer Report can be cited here

Hurts the credibility of this site in my opinion.

[Mz Pip]

65. Agree

It's the journalistic equivalent of wishful thinking. Too much speculation masking as news.

[womanofthehills]

80. The Palmer Report always has links to sources

He basically gathers the news from other sites and puts it all together. What is wrong with that? What has he reported that hurts his credibility?

[oberliner]

88. No it doesn't

In fact, this article in particular has no links to anything besides two other Palmer Report articles.

[Hokie]

94. I pointed that out up above

He links to another article of his that does have a link to the speech on CNN. He doesn't have anything to back up the main claim of resignation.

[womanofthehills]

75. Just claiming something is "fake news" is a cop out

We just got some interesting news on Trump's cancellations.

[Maynar]

54. One can

but hope.

[Demtexan]

56. He as aged one year for every month.

His jacket used to be big on him.

[doc03]

58. But, but, his doctor said he would be the healthiest president in the history of

the world.

[Beartracks]

83. Why not? The GOP can dismantle democracy without him.

They don't need him anymore. They finagled a Supreme Court seat, and just need some other rubber-stamp Republican in the Oval Office to sign their crap legislation.

================

[Buns_of_Fire]

85. Since everyone only has a finite amount of energy,

maybe the needle just hit "E" and that's all she wrote. For the next 3 1/2 years, he'll just lie on a divan in the WH, stuffing himself with chocolate bon-bons, and yelling for Ivanka to peel him another grape.

[OnDoutside]

86. I hope journalists hot tail it over to his quack doctor, and

hit him with a battery of questions.

[Vinca]

95. And they'll get one response: "He's the healthiest president in the history of presidents."

Unless, of course, the doc's been sent a new script and a big check.

[malaise]

98. I did wonder about this

Tres convenient