Media should hound him at least half as much as they hounded Biden. But they won’t.
Media should hound him at least half as much as they hounded Biden. But they won’t.
Sorry, this is a distraction… 1. Release the Epstein files. 2. Topple the regime.
Doesn’t want the death decay caught on camera.
I've been wondering about the young woman in the ball cap and short white skirt (skort?). She's close to Trump in every shot, apparently traveling with him. Definitely not his caddy. Nurse, maybe?
I’m thinking she’s a nurse, also.
Granddaughter?
Maybe. But I've grown somewhat suspicious of Trump traveling accompanied by young women. Not that I have any particular reason for that.
🤬 RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. DON'T FEED THE OLIGARCHS.
Pouting?
Swollen face bandaged hand he was at the hospital
Where did everyone see a bandaged hand?
In this recent “proof of life” photo
Donnie is rotting away www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YO6...
#ZombieTrump
🤣 YAH! That explains alot! the brains he eats with ketchup ain't helping,tho..
Thoughts and prayers…..NOT
There's something awfully wrong abt how he's holding that hand. Methinks he finally found out about the latest South Park episodes and they had to peel him off the ceiling, which took four days in all. WH stewards are still cleaning up the ketchup.
Trump isn't even well enough to play golf! He just wanted to stick one last golf trip to the taxpayers before he dies.
I won't believe it is really him until I see him cheat at golf.
So look at these other pics I found of him taken around the same time as the original one posted. Notice how he is doing a lot of “open mouth, staring blankly” with people? He has no expression to his face (and I know these are just a few shots). He just looks very out of it. ???
I mean I don’t like the guy one bit, but it looks like he should be resting in bed instead of out and about.
He should be at rest somewhere~
Ewww! He looks awful.
Awfuler if that was a word. He always looks awful. 😀
Caption from the same pic on another site: President Donald Trump, walks with his grandson Spencer Trump and his granddaughter Kai Trump at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. 🤷♀️
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That hand that he’s holding up so oddly looks almost fake, like a prosthetic. His hand is not that large, unless it’s really swollen like his ankles are. I can’t get over how he’s holding that hand. Something is very off.
I say do it. Break him publicly Make him respond to every Epstein question
Oh look one of his people left their pointy white hood on the ground.
🤣 Good catch.
Because Corporate "media" is owned by the same scum who give millions to Chump!!
I'm sure Jake Tapout is writing a book.
If they do they are likely to be banned or detained.
Jake Tapper is on it. 🙄
We don't know if he is sulking because the demonstrations are finally getting to him or most the press has dismissed every stupid declaration he makes how great he is. That Cabinet profession of praise is enough to gag over. At least we don't have to listen/see him for a day or two. Nirvana.
Journalists today, like jungle cats, respect manifest aggression and pursue manifest decency.
Fun fact: the machine shop I work at is between his golf course and the airport the helicopters are staged at. He got to Bedminster Thursday morning a little after 11 am.
I’m also in Jersey … this is news so of course it will never be covered by the incurious national media.
Here Marine 1 coming in at 11 am with the Huey escort on Thursday, the ospreys came by an hour later and I didn't have a chance to grab my phone and film it. If it's at this airport that means the dropoff at Bedminster has already happened.
Because, bottom line, he is what he always has been deep down, an ABJECT COWARD POS.
He was at Walter Reed with Melania wandering the halls impatiently waiting on him.
HEY RUMP...why do you look so old? where was your MAGA hat earlier, why do you have to pee so much, why do you cheat at golf when youre so damn rich who cares? YOU REALLY ACT OLD, why?
Right?!? Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social why don’t you try to redeem yourself!
A cruel man leads the weak because they are scared. Typical abusive household with a violent, screaming idiot banging on walls and door! Hide your babies under the mattress DADDY'S MAD! Dysfunctional America Family!
He lives for attention. He's nothing without a camera pointed at him. Now, all of a sudden, he's avoiding attention? The Tangerine Toddler is hiding something yuge.
Is he actually golfing or is he just at the club The Epstein Files want to know his state of decay
And it is infuriating.
He's afraid they'll see something.
Yeah that it us a body double
There is something wrong with the photo - his arm and wrist don't look like they are in proportion,
we need video. someone is on his right side, barely visible, assisting him walking. his wrist/arm looks like when he mocked that disabled man (wouldnt that be poetic justice) +oversized hat, my bet is stroke/brain surgery
Old video.
Sounds fishy
Old pic??????
If that is really him...
He looks weak and pathetically…hopefully his time is near
Let’s hope yes 👍🏻 please 🙏🏻
HES A FAT SHIT FAKE
He looks like he’s being ushered in. Is he lucid ?
That’s what it looks like yo me as well! There is someone once right of him guiding him along, and his left arm/hand reminds me of how my father-in-law carried his towards the end just before he passed away from dementia.
Vance is ordering a tuxedo. Oy. Let’s impeach HIM before he shows up.
everybody who didn't read Project 2025 before the election is going to find out exactly what's in it.......
Why does he look like he's dressed for winter when everyone else in the photo is dressed for warmer temperatures?
Body temp control goes with age and is a symptom of heart failure.
Oh he looks feeble, and there's someone nearly hidden on his right side that is assisting him. He's not gonna last much longer. If this is even a current picture, who tf knows?
Cause they were influencing the election for him. Because it gets more viewers and sells more papers. Fuck capitalism unrepentant pursuit of profit.
More importantly for the parent companies it keeps them from paying higher taxes.
substack.com/@livelysue/n...
Maybe he has shingles
#houndrelentlessly
Mock away!
Hound is right. Ask the questions. Why is he hiding?
The media didn't fear Biden, but they are terrified of Trump.
The spots are getting darker and spreading.
He is definitely not the most transparent president.
They won't because while they kow-tow to him they think they are then untouchable. Fun thing about despots they have a habit of turning on those that support them. Just ask the Muscovy elite, the generals. 🤔
DYING
See... I was thinking they should hound him at least twice as much.
Cause he’s losing it!
His diaper is probably full.
Come on TMZ where’s the hustle?
Maybe his fake face fell off and he doesn’t want anyone to see that he’s Lucifer.
🤣😂🤣😂
His golf buddies look like medical staff.
Ask Chris Wallace if he has half the balls his dad did.
@jaketapper.bsky.social this constellation of symptoms didn’t all occur last week. He had to have been aware of this when campaigning. Did you know?
IMHO, he won't let the press pool near him bc he's in the #EpsteinFiles! Trump is a pedophile pussy grabbing sexual predator & adjudicated rapist! He knows it, the #GQPProPedoParty knows it, Bondi knows it, Bongino knows it & EVERYONE WHO HAD ACCESS TO THE UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES KNOWS IT!
I propose this question for the next media scrum: a lot of people are saying you’re bat shit crazy. Would you like to respond ? 🍊🤯🍿
That's because he looks like hell.
How can one tell? He always looks like death warmed over even on his good days, and there aren't any right now.
Something definitely isn't right. Trump cannot stay away from the limelight, so whatever it is must be really bad. If he doesn't want to be the center of attention, something has jolted him badly. That makes my day.
Whatever freaks him out is great!
Mines, too.
I don't care. Do you
🎯
Could McDonald's do its job already. Get him a BIg Mac, stat!
Biden didn’t have purple McConnell hands like Dump
Maybe he had some TIAs which is why he has someone walking with him
Still want the Epstein files!!!
The corporate media don't serve us. Abandon them.
Already did months ago
After many many decades we have. We're boomers, we've abandoned them just like they did us. Independent journalism is the way to go. We don't believe just anybody either. #democracymatters #verifyyoursources #donotdrinkthefoolaid We need muckrakers back in journalism not those who cowtail.
The sores must be festering.
Maybe he stroked and half of his face is paralyzed Like all of his brain
Its amazing how rumours of his death (exaggerated) affected me. I thought Prosecco or Champagne or...just spit on the ground. And I'm a Brit.
As a Canadian, I was wondering which bar to head for to join the festivities - I haven't gone out drinking here for so long, the bars I went to are long gone.
He's alive. Sadly.
Maybe. Right now - but he isn't well. If that was an actual video from yesterday and it wasn't AI or a body double, he is headed off for treatment of some kind. I still need to plan for that wonderful day when that despicable man is dead. I am ashamed that I only see now how bad some others are.
It's the first thing I check when I'm up in the 6 a.m. hour here on the West Coast
Well Naturally!
I'll DM ya. I check between 4:30 and 5AM on the East Coast. 😀
Okey-dokey!
Much appreciated! (Though my twin in KS will probs text me first). The more joining in on the good news, the better the universe will be for having so much positivity being focused on 😄
I, for one, appreciate your sentiment.
Ok, I just saw something on the Internet with the photos the WH released today are actually from 2019. IDK so internet??
All I saw was something the WH put out showing him greeting ppl at the golf course, but it was from June... I haven't seen the 2019 stuff supposedly being used.
I didn’t see him shaking any hands. Just a distant photo and barely see him
So you see claims that Trump leaving the WH with his family are from 2019? I'm trying to clarify. This is what they had. He looks like shit, for sure.
Maybe we should quit relying on no-name accounts and memes for actual information. The press pool, including legit journalists, reported on his whereabouts.
Not sure if you're referring to me, but that was a screenshot I took from The Daily Beast reporting.
The DB did not report that the photo was from 2019. They reported he was seen at his VA golf club. Here it is. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
I didn't say they did 🤨
The Bruiser
Trump is one of the most dedicated, religious people I know. He has dedicated his life to serving himself and his impulses and whims while religiously avoiding any kind of education or adherence to higher principles.
Looks like the grandson (?) has a bullet proof vest underneath his shirt. Anyone else think so?
And an earpiece like secret service.
Didn’t notice that. Good eye! But kinda sad. I never had to wear anything bullet proof to visit my Grampa.
Where’s Jake Tapper when we need him?
I don't know that we need him.
Under that orange make up is a deep shade of yellow. Showing the true cowardice for all to see. If Joe Biden had done anything similar the press would have had a collective aneurysm, with fainting fits and pearl clutching. Selective paranoia at the behest of Von Shitzinpantz and Peewee Goebbels.
True. They won’t. They’re scared of Trump. They weren’t scared of Biden.
are they sure it’s him? maybe it took this long to get his stunt double.
The great news is that Trump seriously looks like death warmed up.
Someone should dress up like the Grim Reaper and wait at the gate... Maybe plague masks should make a comeback...
Now THAT would be entertainment!!!😄😁😆😅🤣😂
The military funeral procession has been practicing for a while now www.youtube.com/shorts/jWy5i...
Let this be a lesson. You can turn the other cheek, act respectibly, serve with decorum or follow the facts, but sometimes punching back is the only thing that will work. That's all some people understand. News won't follow this because they don't want punched. Happens with Law Enforcement too.
The MSM has been purchased. completely useless. 🤮 #makeamericasaneagain
So limp wristed with those tiny hands.
Behaving like little rocket man isn't he? 🤔
He is ill, much less capable than Biden is and the press should be reporting it relentlessly!
I wish she would. I'm ready to write his traitorous @ss off for the last time.
Dig faster.
And deeper
With a shiny new gold shovel… 😏
🤭
Eye dunt dreally kare does you? Be beasta!
😂😂
Why isn't Jake Tapper all over this?
Obama did say he left journalism
Yeah, he's all over Netanyahoo.
It’s a body double. Deep state. He’s hiding the Epstein files. Why won’t the media repeat my stupid fantasy?
I honestly wouldn't put it past the Stephen Miller/Theil Regime to use a body double.
Yes
Trump is in the Swing and Miss stage of life and the Grim Reaper is now his new caddie.
🤬🤬🤬bs double standards
End tRump! ☠️☠️☠️
Yes, it’s important that people stay away from this pile of infection. I’m hearing that syphilis & gonorrhoea combined, is very infectious!
The President of the United States. (Sad ... no?!)
Likely accurate, were they ever in the same bedroom. However, gotta say... more likely scenario was captured by SouthPark! (Sir #TrumpVirus in bed with the Devil - literally too)
The cartoon is 7 years old
Ok are we going full Putin? Is it actually Trump? Why won’t they let him near a Mike? So unlike trump. Does he have doubles? Workable from a distance but not quite right up close. Putin has several stand-ins. Why not humpty trumpty?
That left arm is looking like it is trying to counter his weight.
Body double
Facial Plastic surgery to look younger
That’s why I don’t even bother with MSM.
I think that means his snowflake feeling are hurt that ppl are pointing out how physically repulsive & mentally deranged he is.
Is it him?
He's sick😂😅🤣
I'll take 10%
They should hound him as much as they hounded Biden if not more!!
So Trump went to the golf course but did he play? Cuz he looks particularly bad and it seems like if he were fine they would have had him do an interview or be more visible. I still think something new is up.
The Republicans aren’t trying to cover up for trumps decline, are they? Because we know how much they hate it when people to this.
Thank you!
Damn right!
The people in media need to understand that no matter how many times you bow to this regime, you and your families are not exempt from the tyranny.
The media will not hound DT. He has the media in his pocket.The media is owned by rich CEOs who control what is revealed to the public and most of the journalists that work for those CEOs news- outlets & newspapers
The reporters for NBC/MSNBC are among the worst.
When did Trump grow a ponytail?
He is being moved into position for the big tragedy. JD is up there when you list tragic couch violators. Will we need new laws to protect furniture?
The press covered Biden riding a bicycle. Can you imagine this sickly orange pus bag riding a bike?? Dead. Man. Walking.
Dude has zero friends. Even the Secret Service wouldn’t tell him. He’s a joke🙄
So, who gets the free plane, now?!
This guy is stupid.
Haha ya think?
Looks like when Darth Vader had his helmet knocked off.
Gross
Looks like he has something on his left hand too. Wasn't the bruise on his right hand? Unless the photo is transposed.
Looks like he combed all that back (instead of forward) and gave himself a massive rat tail. 😂
I think that's the head of the person guiding him along.
It is.
Yes, it *looks like* ✌️
The bruise is his right hand.
There was nothing on his hand. I've been saying for a while he won't last the year. I don't think I'm wrong, bcuz even in the photo I'm posting? The guy looks like he's aged 20 yrs in a week.
They have shifted the infusions to his left hand. Too much damage to his right.
So why is one of the most attention seeking monsters to ever walk the earth suddenly all coy?
It was a great view from the Empire State Building for all to see him but, it's early dawn and the biplanes are fueled and loaded.
Did he actually play golf? If not, that’s an indicator.
Nothing from today
That doesn’t look like a golf course to me. Trump doesn’t play golf, he cheats!
Good luck finding a body double for him.
Plenty of nasty, fat old men. Slathering orange paint on them makes it easier.
You'd be amazed at technology in body morphing. Look at movies. Fat suits, prosthetic face pieces...
Maybe he’s attending an imaginary golf tournament.
Exactly, did he just go there? Did he actually go out on the course? 😏
Crickets from Jake Tapper
Agreed! The way the media shouted questions at Pres Biden was disrespectful...
There isn't enough LSD in the world for me to hallucinate the White House press corps shouting nonstop at the top of their lungs at Donald Trump.
You nailed that!
What is going on with his left arm with the hand dangling down. Also seems like someone on his right is helping him walk in both photos we’ve seen today.
But why not? Why is this the guy EVERYONE on the damn planet has chosen to give a pass to?? It makes no sense. I understand why MAGA cultists follow him, but the free press???
Because it's what their corporate bosses (Bezos at Washington Post, for example) want. They want low taxes on rich people and corporations. They don't care about anything else.
That’s the strength of fear & cowardice amongst the wealthy & powerful.
Tapper has gone quiet, bitter that his “Biden Is Old” book flopped. Meanwhile, @cnn.com is no different from Hugo Boss, IBM, Volkswagen, Brown Brothers Harriman, and other companies that had no problem cozying up to Nazi fascism—as long as the money kept rolling in. @jaketapper.bsky.social
Shitler is the correct way to address the felon.
Maybe if someone suggested to him he could be awarded the Nobel prize posthumously...
I didn’t know, looks like a body double to me
bsky.app/profile/gijo...
💯
They might be afraid that the rot is contagious.
Very interesting. You know ‘something’ was going on🤔
Is.
"Canks" looks super puffy.
It's the hand. He doesn't want the camera to zoom in. That and the cankles.
Neither are the Epstein Files.
Everyone of them.
💙😡
Where’s Jake Tapper? Not that I consume CNN.
Safely ensconced in Trump's colon like the rest of legacy media.
He's working on his next book "Tapped Out"
@jaketapper.bsky.social He is concealing himself, gripped by fear and hesitant to confront the reality of Trump's situation.
Tapper is a cash hustling, fascist appeasing traitor.
Bingo
Iykyk
Geez man, Give the guy some time, he’s still working on the Biden story
He’ll wait about four years to publish the next book.
He’s busy hoarding intel for his next literary masterpiece.
💯‼️ Fake Tapper is busy writing his 2nd book failure on Biden. Why isn't the press hounding him? They never showed this courtesy to Joe Biden.
He has a garage full of books he’s selling for a buck or best offer.
President Trump has an alarming deep bruise on his right hand. Why we should be concerned about Biden. -Jake Tapper
Jake is like 3 to 6 months behind. Just realized trump got elected
Where indeed.
Negotiating with Dollar General to liquidate the remaining 98 percent of his unsold books
He’s embedded in Maralago for the 2547 transition.
Who took this video? Is it multiple news outlets?
He's writing his book to be released in 4 yrs
Jake used all his the (wrong) President is declining chips already. He doesn't dare say anything now that he got walloped by every person with a brain in their head.
@jaketapper.bsky.social where are you? Figuring out how to keep hounding former Pres Biden, by any chance?
He's probably writing his new book.
Jake will say Trumps skin turning black and blue is just Trump being Trump. He's just molting. It's his medical personality.
@jaketapper.bsky.social #JakesFLAPPER is so full or #OrangeTaint he can speak truth. He's a fucking disgraceful #MAGAmoron He lost what little integrity he had when he sold our our Country and his soul for a few dollars What a fucking Trunt
Yup, where is @jaketapper.bsky.social? Probably busy being a cowardly, self-serving, toadying hack and a hypocrite of the highest order.
Jake Tapper's book was mulch. Years ago when I started watching TV news he seemed like an honest broker. I am an idiot.
I’m so old that i remember when i thought Glen Beck was a good guy. Haven’t listened to a word from that idiot in 20 years. I see that he’s still “relevant “! To morons!
Jake is crickets when it comes to Trumpy the Clown waning health—-the POS was all over Biden aging for 4 years—
Guys please be patient, Jake is busy working on his book. It’s due out in 2029. He’ll do lots of reporting and interviews during his book tour.
The Russians aren't going to slip Tapper a hefty crypto payment for writing a book about their addled stooge.
This!
Mortal Sin -- How Trump was saved from a 30 year prison sentence and his rise to reelection
Yes! So true! Except… Working title: Joe Biden, The Final Years.
No one watches that asshole anyway
Probably moved over to Fox News! It's not like there was a moral backbone to prevent that!
Van Jones also. #FkJackAssTapper #FuckVanJones
Is that a big bandage on tRump's left hand in the photo?
Probably writing another book
Gone I hope.
He’s writing a book the authoritarian regime he helped bring about won’t let him release.
IDK, but I can tell you he's not shilling that fucking book anymore.
According to Tapper, there's nothing to report about Trump's mental state because they're just personality quirks.
Writing ✍🏽 a new book 📖 on Biden again
Probably off wanking
I hope he's getting his 18th colonoscopy right now. Maybe that will make sure he's no longer filled with BS.
what if @gavinnewsom.bsky.social press team does a “proof of life” meme-event. Gavin actually sitting behind a desk, press pool present, saying “Donald? Lil buddy?! You ok?” Make tfg wave hi back from behind the resolute desk. Proof of life! 😎
#AnyThoughtsJakeTapper
He heard Hunter Biden has a cold so
Who?
something definitely wrong with him. last time he did this was when he got COVID.
They don't treat him like any other politician because they know he will cut off access to them and/or their organization for any slight, real or imagined. They'd rather maintain access and keep their jobs than actually DO their jobs.
And the Dems should be going after this regime for their cover up and lack of transparency!
Too many Dems. in Congress have nay baws.
Compliant, complicit, lap dog White House Press Corps
That photo makes him look like he has a ponytail. 😂😂
We won't be seeing as much of felon Peepaw now that he needs a walker. #Presidementia
#2 - It's ALWAYS worse than we know #3 - Flip first and flip fast #1 - ETTD (h/t @therickwilson.bsky.social) #Presidementia
@jaketapper.bsky.social Time to go on a hunt like you did, Biden.
@jaketapper.bsky.social CHooCH
The comma changes everything.
Yes!!!
The press should use long lenses and take photos of his every move. He isn't special and doesn't deserve special treatment.
Or drones
Like Iranian drone pilots who want to cash in on the $3m bounty on his head
🤣🤣🤣🤣
wouldn't be hard at this point, they just send in someone to push him over into the bushes-
😈UCH 😂
Yeah! Someone disguised as a 14 yo girl in a bikini.
🎯
Oh shit 😆
They are hiding him. Obviously something is going on. I am waiting on his obituary please 🙏🏻
It almost looks like he’s being assisted by someone on his right side.
I thought so too
I hope he's getting treated by RF k jR.
This. All day long.
so he can’t talk after his stroke and they are trying to keep it quiet?
If it's something that really is That Bad, then what we're seeing and the leaked rumors we're hearing are all part of a planned soft rollout of the day that's coming when they make The Announcement.
yup, they just want to get all their military protection in order before announcing. unless they can find a double
If this is all they got, I call body double.
If you see video of him hitting a straight drive on the golf course, you know it is not Trump.
Imagine looking like Trump 😱
Thanks. I think i just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Body double.
I'm not convinced he's
Where are videos of him cheating at - sorry, I mean, playing -golf? Conspiracy theory: That's really not Trump. Body double. Fake president.
Some of those distant shots I saw yesterday did NOT look like even a health beleaguered and deeply aging Trump. I thought - is that HIM immediately.
He is scared. He looks terrible and he is a vain man. Media has slayed over his appearance and health. He hates that Keep it up. Get the telephotos out
I hope he becomes an amputee. His followers despise disabled people. Make them jump through more mental hoops!
Also keep hounding the #EpsteinTrumpFiles . I haven't seen a picture close enough to confirm it is actually him.
Since he looks like crap, I’m going to believe that it is
Maybe cause it’s not him??
No, they won't. Do you know why? Because he's not doing as much "smash and trash" damage when he's golfing. So the more he golfs, the better it is for the media. No matter what, the majority of us won't get out unscathed, if at all, but the wealthy only care about themselves.
Hey—- too many days off work trump!! And you definitely don’t deserve them!!
MSM are cowed pussies allowing the destruction of the government at the hands of twump & pals.All intentional. Cancel subscriptions to every rag printed or web owned by billionaires who suck up to Donnie.WAPO, Wall Street Journal, NYT ,CNN,CBS, NBC,FOX. Independent media still have their balls
I am still waiting for George Clooney to give his opinion on Trump's age and mental capabilities. He sure had one about Biden.
Clooney's criticism of Biden was personal because Biden criticized his wife. Whose behavior does that remind you of? Clooney can get bent.
100% agree.
Fuck Clooney!
totally agree what's there lame excuse. scared of the catch Leavitt
Was he walking on his own?
Bedminster Plot 2b 'We'll Keep da Lights On for Ya' 😁
I feel like he wouldn't even be making this appearance if there hadn't been so much made of his possible death.
I think he’s in the I’m gonna store my pee in jars around the white house ala Howard Hughes style phase of his dementia/crazy…
Interesting that he's walking around with that limp wrist like his muscle control is weakening.
Maybe he had a mini stroke?
Mini is not enough. Everything with him hasto be the "biggest, best, greatest." He needs to have the BIGGEST stroke, doctors have never seen such a stroke.
I am thinking
Wishful thinking 🤔
I won’t bother denying it! 🤣
@jaketapper.bsky.social where are you now?
So he either had another iv or a procedure that would show
That may be his body decoy.
Why risk a frivolous lawsuit? He would not answer their questions if they were asked.
He just a sad old man
He looks terrible even from this distance.
I can sense the bacteria and fungi on the sidelines. "PUT US IN COACH! WE'RE READY TO PLAY!!!
Saw a post earlier where someone reported that no one's seen him actually golfing there either.
He has no idea where he is.
He's decomposing and doesn't want everyone to see that.
I think the dude is dying
He look weak
I wonder what wrong with him.
Has Donny's lover, Vlad the Pute, finally given him the cold shoulder?
Wow he looks huge and haggard. Suffer your mother fucker
They won’t though because they are as cowardly as Republicans.
Maybe an “episode” and it took a while before for the meds to kick in, unscramble his brain and dissipate before he could be put back on display.
I think he was having to undergo some kind of treatment for his medical condition. That's why he was out of sight for a while. He was probably too pale and weak, and you all know how he doesn't like to appear weak.
If he's reached a lower plateau health-wise, his handlers will not let him get close enough to the press or public to allow a visual and aural assessment.