Why are all major media outlets reporting this with the WH framing of it being benign and common? It may be common in older and overweight people but it’s not too great and you don’t want it. NIH literally says it’s not a benign disorder.
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But can it cause an excruciatingly painful death?
jul 17, 2025, 8:17 pm • 2 0 • view
The morbidity is enormous. It's the best morbidity you can get. It's amazing.
jul 17, 2025, 7:47 pm • 69 2 • view
Either way, the Big Mac attack has left some skid marks on the Orange Hamburglar.
jul 17, 2025, 8:12 pm • 0 0 • view
They're saying nobody's ever seen morbidity like this. They can't believe it!
jul 17, 2025, 7:59 pm • 24 0 • view
At least it’s painful.
jul 17, 2025, 9:40 pm • 3 0 • view
Oh please, oh please, oh please.
jul 17, 2025, 8:49 pm • 0 0 • view
I remember when Venous Insufficiency played bass for a spell in GWAR
jul 17, 2025, 8:28 pm • 4 0 • view
ahhh yes, the classic lineup. I miss those days
jul 17, 2025, 9:23 pm • 1 0 • view
To a doctor’s eye, top diagnosis is congestive heart failure
jul 17, 2025, 7:46 pm • 17 0 • view
🤞
jul 17, 2025, 11:34 pm • 0 0 • view
Probably to generate some sympathy for Trump while this Epstein thing gets away from him.
jul 17, 2025, 11:05 pm • 0 0 • view
That “enormous morbidity” bit sounds promising.
jul 17, 2025, 7:59 pm • 2 0 • view
Oh we want it.
jul 17, 2025, 8:03 pm • 0 0 • view
Isn’t the media’s job to credulously report whatever Trump says as the truth?
jul 17, 2025, 7:42 pm • 28 1 • view
It was, at least.
jul 17, 2025, 11:21 pm • 1 0 • view
You can bet that’s not the half of it.
jul 17, 2025, 8:46 pm • 0 0 • view
Stop telling him, Jacqueline!
jul 17, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
jul 17, 2025, 7:58 pm • 3 0 • view
Great! I'm ever so optimistic that this will be the end of Dear Leader. Will he suffer towards the end? I certainly hope so.
jul 17, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
RFK forgot to delete it.
jul 17, 2025, 8:11 pm • 0 0 • view
jul 17, 2025, 7:47 pm • 2 0 • view
OMG maybe his orange face is a function of insufficiency in his neck!
jul 17, 2025, 10:25 pm • 1 0 • view
So, are they telling the truth or just giving a slightly less bad explanation than congestive heart failure?
jul 17, 2025, 8:04 pm • 0 0 • view
“carries enormous morbidity” yikes
jul 17, 2025, 8:59 pm • 4 0 • view
He’s obese, doesn’t exercise and eats fast food. He’s also in notable cognitive decline and takes drugs - not good ones. There’s a chance he may not make it through the term. Good.
jul 17, 2025, 8:32 pm • 10 0 • view
It doesn’t seem to get much coverage, but he just seems completely gassed at this point. He’s always sitting, his voice is barely above a whisper, he falls asleep at high-profile events, and on and on.
jul 17, 2025, 9:48 pm • 2 0 • view
Venous insufficiency isn’t benign.
jul 17, 2025, 11:11 pm • 1 0 • view
Have you bothered to do your own research on this @washingtonpost.com ? Just because the The White House says it's benign doesn't mean that should be the end of your reporting ... Let me help you out:
jul 17, 2025, 8:17 pm • 0 0 • view
"CVI may cause mild symptoms at first. But over time, this condition may interfere with your quality of life and lead to serious complications." -- Source: Cleveland Clinic website (my.clevelandclinic.org/health/disea...)
jul 17, 2025, 8:17 pm • 0 0 • view
@jaketapper.bsky.social are you working on a book now about trumps health?
jul 21, 2025, 1:49 am • 0 0 • view
I am on team Venous Insufficiency. Go, go all the way.
jul 17, 2025, 9:12 pm • 2 0 • view
Clot! Clot! Clot! *\o/*
jul 17, 2025, 10:25 pm • 2 0 • view
If I'm being absurdly charitable, maybe this will convince Trump to not care much about it and one problem will be solved by nature.
jul 17, 2025, 8:06 pm • 0 0 • view
Enormous morbidity 🤔
jul 17, 2025, 8:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Comments from WH were probably prepared by Ronny Jackson.
jul 17, 2025, 7:55 pm • 0 0 • view
Syphilis has the same symptoms Stage 4.
jul 17, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
SK Patel just moved to the top of the NIH RIF list
jul 17, 2025, 7:43 pm • 1 0 • view
It likely is really, really bad if they are admitting he has it.
jul 17, 2025, 8:16 pm • 2 0 • view
Why? Because Joe Biden is old.
jul 17, 2025, 7:52 pm • 0 0 • view
Because this White House cannot tell the truth to save their lives
jul 17, 2025, 10:42 pm • 0 0 • view
The NIH website will be updated before the day is through. This, from the people who claimed that Biden delayed a cancer diagnosis to manipulate the country. JFC
jul 17, 2025, 7:51 pm • 34 0 • view
The white house said it was so they have to write it that way, that's just how journalism works. Apparently.
jul 17, 2025, 8:15 pm • 1 0 • view
I never expect the whole truth out of this administration.
jul 17, 2025, 8:44 pm • 0 0 • view
Because putting that PressSec phrase in quotes will make their readers think it came from a medical textbook.
jul 17, 2025, 8:27 pm • 0 0 • view
good news: the prognosis includes very significant morbidity during difficult bowel movements
jul 17, 2025, 7:56 pm • 0 0 • view
looking forward to waking up one day and reading an obituary in the @nytimes.com, you know the one...it will be on the front page.
jul 17, 2025, 8:00 pm • 0 0 • view
Venus de Milo loved her aspirin and would shake your hand with warmth and vigor. Tragic, really, when you think about it.
jul 17, 2025, 7:46 pm • 0 0 • view
Reporters in the 24/7 news cycle report the lie, because it gives them a second story opportunity when they correct it with the truth. Problem is, most people only read the lie and never see the follow up story with the truth.
jul 17, 2025, 8:07 pm • 0 0 • view
We've always been at war with eastasia
jul 17, 2025, 8:00 pm • 0 0 • view
Yeah ~5% of American adults have it, but by definition it's not benign. (Minor would have been fine but had to lie). Good thing he obviously has the focus and temperament to lose weight (which is going to have to be hard since his official weight is so low *eyeroll*) and start an exercise regimen.
jul 17, 2025, 9:06 pm • 1 0 • view
Edit: oops meant estimated 5% have some form of venous insufficiency since it's comes in many "flavors". Still definitely would prefer to avoid it myself if possible.
jul 17, 2025, 9:08 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm counting the days... Hopefully hours...
jul 17, 2025, 9:02 pm • 0 0 • view
To continue what that NIH write up says: "Disability associated with chronic venous insufficiency contributes to a diminished quality of life and loss of work productivity." It's easy to do the research.
jul 17, 2025, 7:54 pm • 4 0 • view
If he loses any more work productivity it will go negative!
jul 17, 2025, 9:09 pm • 2 0 • view
Damn straight it isn’t benign, it’s right next door to developing congestive heart failure
jul 17, 2025, 9:38 pm • 12 1 • view
Is is benign. It is often managed by support socks and keeping legs elevated. There are also doctors that to vein ablations to reroute the blood flow to better veins.
jul 17, 2025, 10:28 pm • 0 0 • view
So an excellent question to ask Leavett is what level of compression have the doctors prescribed for Trump's socks.
jul 18, 2025, 8:55 pm • 1 0 • view
Since when bruising and swelling are benign? Next, the WH will say 47 didn’t have a stroke last year. Right…
jul 17, 2025, 8:48 pm • 1 0 • view
He’s obviously on blood thinners for it
jul 17, 2025, 8:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Heck, I have it being fat and old, and it’s not pleasant.
jul 17, 2025, 9:09 pm • 2 0 • view
Yeah, its frequently painful and can have all sorts of unpleasant effects. Not generally fatal but very unpleasant.
jul 17, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
It's just varicose veins Take a breather They were looking for blood clots, which could kill him, so the fact they did not find that is the bad news He's been flying around a lot, which prob contributed, as does his weight May have congestive heart failure, and they could be hiding it, bc of course
jul 17, 2025, 8:39 pm • 2 0 • view
It’s literally not considered benign by NIH but let’s use that in quotes in the first sentence from Leavitt and not challenge it.
jul 17, 2025, 7:44 pm • 142 17 • view
They just can’t help themselves, even though “Liberation Day” is taking on the same ironic resonance as “Mission Accomplished” it’s still truly irritating that the media adopted that name.
jul 17, 2025, 7:52 pm • 43 1 • view
jul 17, 2025, 9:02 pm • 4 0 • view
Heh hehe heee hee hee hee. Ooooo I like that
jul 17, 2025, 10:05 pm • 0 0 • view
Your underlying point may be right, but it's not accurate to say that the NIH says this. It's just one item in their vast library of medical literature from a range of sources. (When critiquing bad journalism, better to report with precision?)
jul 17, 2025, 8:35 pm • 5 0 • view
If it is a condition that needs to be significantly managed, as has *already* been reported, it cannot be “benign” by design
jul 17, 2025, 9:22 pm • 2 0 • view
Per RFK just give him a Vitamin A suppository and let nature take it's course
jul 17, 2025, 7:55 pm • 3 0 • view
An uncle about his age was diagnosed recently. Other than cinnarizine for a couple of months and the compression socks,, his scans were ok enough to not warrant ant surgery. He'll laugh when I tell him.
jul 17, 2025, 8:10 pm • 1 0 • view
He’s an overweight couch potato - the venous insufficiency is in his case a symptom. And the bruised hand is highly unlikely to be a direct correlate with venous insufficiency. My guess is the proximal cause of both issues is congestive heart failure. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
jul 17, 2025, 8:15 pm • 0 0 • view
It's my understanding that there are veins throughout the body carrying blood to and from the heart.
jul 18, 2025, 12:27 am • 0 0 • view
they're cooked
jul 17, 2025, 7:48 pm • 3 0 • view
is it terminal? can it become terminal? is he dead yet?
jul 17, 2025, 8:04 pm • 2 1 • view
So…. You’re telling me there’s a chance?
jul 17, 2025, 8:19 pm • 2 0 • view
When was his last " perfect" health exam?
jul 17, 2025, 11:58 pm • 0 0 • view
Does this also impact the blood flow to his brain? Because THAT'S certainly not been working well for YEARS...
jul 17, 2025, 11:50 pm • 0 0 • view
Meh! I’ve had this for fifty years. It’s a drag, on blood thinners, but unless he skips his blood thinners it won’t kill him. We gotta think of something else….
jul 17, 2025, 7:57 pm • 2 0 • view
It’s common in our morbidly obese society. At his age, this condition reduces his life expectancy significantly. Probably on the order of magnitude of half of what it would be without it.
jul 17, 2025, 8:56 pm • 2 0 • view
They are going to make him wear the compression socks. There is nothing old people hate more than the compression socks.
jul 17, 2025, 8:52 pm • 0 0 • view
Because they are dumb about health and too lazy to look it up when presented with the easy solution of just reporting whatever the authority figure told them. I saw this a lot from both student and professional journalists when I worked as a college journalist.
jul 17, 2025, 10:14 pm • 2 0 • view
Doctors and nurses, what are the odds that his discolored hand would be related to this? Would he typically have gotten an IV in his hand while being diagnosed/treated for this?
jul 17, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
Neither a Dr or nurse, but anytime a circulatory issue has come up in my experience, they always do a CT scan with contrast to determine whether there are any blockages causing the situation. They usually route of giving the contrast dye (for me at least) has been an IV on my hand
jul 17, 2025, 8:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Guess NIH's new leadership didn't get around to wiping that one off the site yet.
jul 17, 2025, 11:09 pm • 4 0 • view
It’s also hard to believe that his physician hasn’t known about this in April. From 0 to 3- 4 in just three month?
jul 17, 2025, 7:54 pm • 15 2 • view
And more likely much longer than that.
jul 17, 2025, 9:04 pm • 2 0 • view
I have a friend who has this condition and he's needed two surgeries. He's not in good health
jul 17, 2025, 7:43 pm • 25 0 • view
Yeah it’s not something healthy people get and it leads to major problems.
jul 17, 2025, 7:45 pm • 16 0 • view
Uhhh, I am an otherwise healthy adult and was diagnosed with this condition. I am tall and worked at a standing desk all day, which contributed to one of my veins failing. I'm not saying the media should downplay this, but let's not paint with a broad brush.
jul 17, 2025, 7:48 pm • 23 0 • view
What makes u think that is the only thing wrong with him? It wouldn’t be to the WH advantage to fully disclose now would it, considering how much they have flat out lied about everything else.
jul 17, 2025, 7:51 pm • 0 0 • view
He's just saying it could be benign or it could be serious. His is benign. My friend's is serious.
jul 17, 2025, 7:53 pm • 3 0 • view
I didn't say he doesn't have co-morbidities, I am just saying the OP is wrong that this by itself is some gigantic death sentence. I had one surgery, and I am fine, and no longer at risk.
jul 17, 2025, 7:52 pm • 2 0 • view
Okay if u want to nic pic, but trust it anit the whole story. That’s my point.
jul 17, 2025, 7:59 pm • 0 0 • view
I have it in a leg I tore apart playing basketball decades ago. They told me to wear a 20-30 compression sock and keep an eye on it. I’m 66 and still playing softball. I suspect it’s more dangerous when it’s both legs and not due to injury. Shrug.
jul 17, 2025, 8:12 pm • 5 0 • view
Are you a stimulant-addicted, activity-adverse, obese septuagenarian with dementia? It’s the co-morbidities that’ll get you.
jul 17, 2025, 9:11 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm sorry that happened to you.
jul 17, 2025, 7:49 pm • 4 0 • view
And they told us sitting was bad. We can't win. All the best.
jul 17, 2025, 8:00 pm • 8 0 • view
He must’ve really screwed up as Trump’s dad lived to be 94. Perhaps the Big Macs will pass their final judgement soon.
jul 17, 2025, 8:14 pm • 1 0 • view
come on, you know why
jul 17, 2025, 8:45 pm • 0 0 • view
Does this look like a man with chronic veinous insufficiency? Get your facts straight!
jul 17, 2025, 8:34 pm • 5 1 • view
It looks like he has edema everywhere
jul 17, 2025, 9:26 pm • 1 0 • view
Like you can mention the White House’s spin on it in paragraph 6 but it absolutely doesn’t need to be in the headline.
jul 17, 2025, 7:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Good thing he doesn't have to work a lot on airplanes
jul 17, 2025, 8:55 pm • 0 0 • view
Expect that reference to be removed from the NIH website in 3…2…1…
jul 17, 2025, 8:20 pm • 7 0 • view
Who needs a normal blood flow in their system? Not that guy
jul 17, 2025, 7:52 pm • 1 0 • view
The long term diagnosis is JDVancectomy.
jul 17, 2025, 8:10 pm • 0 0 • view
Well he’s vain and completely insufficient… so the disease fits
jul 17, 2025, 7:46 pm • 3 0 • view
On the upside that means he's about to drop dead
jul 17, 2025, 8:22 pm • 2 0 • view
You see they put it in quotes so that absolves them of any responsibility to report it accurately or objectively. They’re not passing it as fact, just quoting what the WH said is what their weak ass defense is.
jul 17, 2025, 9:03 pm • 0 0 • view
Let's check back on this in 6 hours, wouldn't at all be surprised to see it edited out
jul 17, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
Don’t worry, RFK Jr’s gonna update that webpage soon
jul 17, 2025, 7:46 pm • 7 1 • view
My only question is, where is the Epstien list?
jul 17, 2025, 8:00 pm • 1 0 • view
"The legs are a pathway to the heart: connections between chronic venous insufficiency and cardiovascular disease" -The underlying pathophysiology involves venous hypertension in the legs... leading to retrograde blood flow, calf muscle pump dysfunction... and right heart failure.-
jul 17, 2025, 7:57 pm • 2 0 • view
The real question is how long he's had this as we've seen bruises on his hands for years.
jul 17, 2025, 8:15 pm • 0 0 • view
Everyone who wrote that at NIH has just been sacked though
jul 17, 2025, 8:30 pm • 5 0 • view
NIH says that FOR NOW
jul 17, 2025, 7:47 pm • 4 0 • view
prayers
jul 17, 2025, 9:01 pm • 0 0 • view
🥔 & 🍐
jul 17, 2025, 9:13 pm • 0 0 • view
wow, so they are actually acknowledging a health issue
jul 17, 2025, 9:13 pm • 1 0 • view
If it distracts from Epstein, sure
jul 17, 2025, 9:27 pm • 0 0 • view
This administration always lies and the media is happy to spread their lies. It used to only be FAUX but it’s now all MSM.
jul 17, 2025, 7:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Plus its not the total truth, you can BET this is actually caused by congestive heart failure.
jul 17, 2025, 9:19 pm • 17 1 • view
I'll let my garden club know. Feedback is helpful.
jul 17, 2025, 7:56 pm • 1 0 • view
I'll bet someone googled 'vein issue' and the WH used the first thing that came up.
jul 17, 2025, 8:03 pm • 0 0 • view
If it was Biden he’d be impeached already.
jul 17, 2025, 7:46 pm • 10 0 • view
Wouldn't be surprised if they impeached Biden anyway.
jul 17, 2025, 8:02 pm • 8 0 • view
Agreed; plus, it doesn't actually explain the hand bruising.
jul 17, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
They must be seeking a diversity of opinion.
jul 17, 2025, 7:46 pm • 0 0 • view
I am sticking to my signal theory. He never releases health information and he did it unprompted. I do not think it is a distraction, I think it is a signal to his donors that he is going soon, they should get their last requests in, and prepare for transition. #LondonBridgeisDown
jul 17, 2025, 7:51 pm • 1 0 • view
I don’t think Trump ever worries about his legacy or his mortality. He’s transactional about everything and assumes that as long as he can (or the taxpayers can) pay the doctors, they will keep him alive.
jul 17, 2025, 9:16 pm • 0 0 • view
US political media is mostly filled with stenographers now, thanks for calling them out.
jul 17, 2025, 7:46 pm • 0 0 • view
DT's major media is reporting this now because it's moving the light off of the Epstein files. Obviously, they decided it was a lesser distraction to focus on and just enough to stop talking about his involvement with Epstein and sex trafficking. Otherwise his condition would still be "perfect".😠
jul 17, 2025, 8:05 pm • 7 1 • view
The disparity between the way they treated Biden and the way they’re treating Trump on matters of health demonstrates a laughable lack of credibility.
jul 17, 2025, 9:02 pm • 24 1 • view
I guess @jaketapper.bsky.social will be all over this one and write a book I also want to see Democrats speak about his poor health and ask him to step down like the Republicans did with Biden.
jul 17, 2025, 9:19 pm • 6 0 • view
Of the many, many benefits of Trump kicking, the sweetest might be the opportunity to ram the obvious double standard that Jake Tapper and the WHCA employed in covering the elderly, fading candidates running in 2024 campaign straight up their smug asses.
jul 17, 2025, 9:46 pm • 4 0 • view
💯
jul 18, 2025, 12:16 am • 1 0 • view
Those unserious dorks should be completely unemployable in the post-Trump world. And that world feels really close today. Guys like tapper should be putting a lot of thought into what they’re going to be doing next because it shouldn’t be journalism
jul 17, 2025, 10:08 pm • 4 0 • view
Definitely closer than it’s ever been. 🙏
jul 18, 2025, 12:16 am • 0 0 • view
Any chance he'll be dead soon?
jul 17, 2025, 8:45 pm • 1 0 • view
Well, in that case, somebody better dismantle the NIH immediately. 🤔
jul 17, 2025, 8:39 pm • 0 0 • view
jul 17, 2025, 9:23 pm • 1 0 • view
I read not usually life threatening but can cause pain and effect quality of life.
jul 17, 2025, 8:09 pm • 1 0 • view
Ronnie Jackson’s superman?
jul 17, 2025, 8:54 pm • 0 0 • view
With the bruising he’s obviously on blood thinners
jul 17, 2025, 7:47 pm • 1 0 • view
president Thiel via vance coming right up.
jul 17, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
The first casualty of trumps war on reality was... fact checkers.
jul 17, 2025, 8:09 pm • 0 0 • view
Not once the administration gets through with it.
jul 17, 2025, 8:36 pm • 0 0 • view
It’s kidney failure. The same thing happened to my dad. Soon he will be in a lazy boy recliner with his feet up staring a Fox News wondering what happened.
jul 17, 2025, 9:26 pm • 3 0 • view
And all those flights contribute to risks for deep vein thrombosis
jul 17, 2025, 7:51 pm • 2 0 • view
Absolutely! Any therapeutic "lifestyle change" (fat chance🤣) would be accompanied by a prohibition against air travel. That Saudi jet might not be just the thing right now.
jul 17, 2025, 8:50 pm • 2 0 • view
I hate how this disinformation could hurt other people with this diagnosis. It needs careful treatment and management. It can be painful and have various complications. We don't want to end up with a load of older folks saying "they said it was benign" and not seeking appropriate care.
jul 17, 2025, 8:03 pm • 3 0 • view
Likely has poor blood flow to his brain…. Explains a few things!
jul 17, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
Know what else is extremely common in older people? Death. Saying something is common is not in any way a measure of its seriousness.
jul 17, 2025, 8:56 pm • 0 0 • view
It's not at all benign, the result probably of deep vein thrombosis, which is the real problem.
jul 17, 2025, 8:41 pm • 1 0 • view
It's a common condition among the people who don't have very much time left on this earth.
jul 17, 2025, 7:47 pm • 78 1 • view
Bingo.
jul 17, 2025, 11:19 pm • 1 0 • view
So given the high “liar liar pants on fire” aspect of this administration, I’m thinking it’s worse then they want us to believe .
jul 17, 2025, 8:03 pm • 0 0 • view
WH framing re: this condition: NEVER A BIG FACTOR IN TERMS OF LIFE
jul 17, 2025, 8:09 pm • 2 0 • view
One more reason (they didn't need) to destroy NIH.
jul 17, 2025, 8:03 pm • 0 0 • view
Even a nobody like me could spend 2 minutes finding out how serious it is. Neither the media nor the gov’t is worthy of the rest of us. bsky.app/profile/rigg...
jul 17, 2025, 9:03 pm • 0 0 • view
"Enormous morbidity" Yes please
jul 17, 2025, 8:16 pm • 1 0 • view
That’s how they’ve tried to frame his entire presidency it is total malpractice!
jul 17, 2025, 8:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Not about Joe Biden?
jul 17, 2025, 10:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Consistency?
jul 17, 2025, 10:58 pm • 0 0 • view
It’s not benign but it’s not exactly … bad. The morbidity is heavily cosmetic.
jul 17, 2025, 8:53 pm • 2 0 • view
Now that said he’s clearly having clots and likely strokes and this is full of shit but … it’s about what it is
jul 17, 2025, 8:53 pm • 2 0 • view
jul 17, 2025, 8:03 pm • 3 0 • view
Holy Orange Sausages, Batman!
jul 17, 2025, 8:15 pm • 1 0 • view
Nothing about the Failed Trump administration is totally normal
jul 17, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
Because the corporate for profit media are stenographers for right wing propaganda. So they dont get whined at by the snoowflakes.
jul 17, 2025, 8:42 pm • 0 0 • view