There's no way he would shut the hell up for a week. He'd have given our conferences where he implied he was then another denying he even did the first press conference

I think there's a real medical issue, but there's also a team devote to any lie that works too.

I think on balance this is a good trajectory. He’s old and only getting older. Just hammer in that nail. That “deflating balloon” syndrome is one way. That death rictus smile ain’t becoming young looking ever again.

I swear I skeeted the same this morning. Also be ready for media to tuttut libs who mock Trumps resurrection as being insensitive to the religious

Not to be a buzzkill or anything, but

when does this weekend's trump death stuff get a wiki entry?

Okay, definite conspiracy theory here, which I tend to avoid like an announcement from RFK Jr. but...this just popped into my head: Trump meets with Putin, 2 weeks later Trump mysteriously absent/ill. Just noticing a timeline.

FUDGE! Only, I didn’t say “fudge”

He’s just a scuzz cretin. Like all Psychopathic fiends, this fkhead who’s got genocide on the brain, has a future? At death reliving the pain & sorrow , horror and death….. of EVERY PERSON & CREATURE he’s happily, proudly directly deliberately caused — without apology.

Yeah, I remember that week when we were all absolutely certain that Kim Jong Un was dead. Sigh.

With Trump you always have to at least consider a WWE scenario is being deployed. Truth and reality are flexible.

Absolutely considered BUT the one monkey wrench is that trump is utterly incapable of shutting up for three consecutive minutes under any circumstances, and we haven’t heard from him in days.

Oh I think something happened. Just don’t know if if it’s grave as the speculation.

Could have just gotten a stomach bug or something. When I'm sick, I don't want anyone seeing me as I wrangle the demons of my fever dreams. And he's got too big of an ego to say "i'm sick"

What most pundit opinions miss about him is how much those storyline WWE influenced our political process. 50 years of education budget cuts worked out well for them. The rest of us? Not so much

Especially when you remember how much of the GOP's 'persona' is kayfabe.

His Secretary of Education isn't doing much with the education lately, so she might have some time to help with that kind of thing.

His vanity would preclude him playing out this sort of scheme. After all, he's 225 lbs and the healthiest president to ever be in office.

Yup I agree. He isn't controlling this sham. Something major is going on...

Like his "assassination attempt'

Truly, cuz he actually wants to be Vince McMahon 🙃

but you can be pretty confident that trump won't pretend to be ill = weak if he is not. not even for a saved-by-god show.

Trump would never allow himself to be photographed looking this bad on purpose

I totally get your argument- and if it were any other person I’d consider it. He’s too vain though.

I see your point, but Putin - unlike Trump - has the self control and discipline to stick to a plan.

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Ok, agreed. And I have no particular confidence on when trump kicks the bucket. Medical science is amazing, etc. But trump objectively looks much weaker than Putin ever has. I was struck by how youthful and energetic Putin looked at that recent meet up. He looks 20 years younger than trump.

Putin was so close. He was on steroids due to his cancer. But dang it if he didn't pull through

Saved (and forgiven) by God would be handy when the Epstein files drop 🤷

God obviously hated the dude who actually WAS shot and killed

a moment of silence for Matthew Thomas Crooks

Headline reaffirms my decision to be atheist

Perhaps the media should note that Hitler survived 42 documented plots and 6 actual attempts on his life. Nobody said the hand of God was involved in his surviving any of them. www.history.com/articles/6-a...