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The man who is SO PROUD of his prowess, is facing that fact that others are noticing that he is slowing down. His FRAGILE EGO is once again bruised. Donnie! Go suck an egg! Another lawsuit for this piece? Time will tell.President Donald Trump absolutely lost it on social media Wednesday morning with an unhinged post responding to a story in The New York Times that suggested he was showing signs of fatigue and now working shorter days.
The piece written by Katie Rogers and Dylan Freedman, published on Tuesday, argued that 79-year-old Trumps attempted projection of round-the-clock energy, virility and physical stamina is becoming increasingly difficult to pull off.
They pointed to his recent apparent dozing off during an Oval Office event and his reduction in official appearances as evidence. The notoriously thin-skinned Trump responded with a lengthy, 300+ word screed on his Truth Social platform.
More of Trump's screed and article at...https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-attacks-new-york-times_n_6926f5b8e4b0ee43600b5c79
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,447 posts)Time will tell before he collapses in front of the cameras before reporters. They too are noticing changes taking place before them and certainly have been briefed ahead of time NOT to report them to the public.
travelingthrulife
(4,049 posts)when he finally snaps.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,447 posts)But rest assured it will be filmed by phones, etc.
thucythucy
(9,021 posts)"completely legal" and within his "duties" as president.
Blumancru
(130 posts)It would be difficult if not impossible to grab a neck like his.
Celerity
(53,289 posts)
niyad
(128,959 posts)"round the clock virility (pedophilia) and stamina"??? I nearly scared my poor kitty! nyt nearly owed me a keyboard.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,447 posts)and bilk the American taxpayers at the same time.
Must be "hard and tiring work" being President.
Who does he think he's fooling?
chicoescuela
(2,538 posts)Bunch of dopes
mwmisses4289
(2,921 posts)SheltieLover
(75,538 posts)I wish some reporter would ask slob when he is going to reveal that he's BALD?
You know how this fucking man baby is about his hair...
niyad
(128,959 posts)SheltieLover
(75,538 posts)Work... pffft...
keep_left
(3,131 posts)You know--where he never made it into the Oval Office before 11 AM (it was often more like noon)? The lion's share of those "working" hours turned out to be spent Tweeting, watching Fox "News", making phone calls, and generally sitting on his ass. Even worse, as time went on, Trump asked for even more of this "unstructured time", deliberately holding fewer meetings in order to indulge his desire for a job where he did no real measurable work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump#Leadership_style
niyad
(128,959 posts)dalton99a
(91,461 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(20,447 posts)Of course he is going to be angry as to how he is seen. The man is going on 80 and his stamina is gone.
I noticed a difference in my husband 9 months before he died. He would normally stay at the Minnesota Renaissance festival with me by 5pm. In September of 2024, he tuckered out by 2 and took the bus early back home. He would say to me, "Call me when you are ready to take the bus home, and I will pick you up at the Transit station."
By Thanksgiving of 2024, he had really slowed down. His usual walking on the treadmill daily for a few miles waned. I was not aware that Congestive Heart Failure was taking hold. By Christmas, he had very little energy. Come 2025, he was bruising more in his hands and legs. He complained of being tired all the time. His cognitive abilities were being affected and his appetite was wanting as well. He grew more aggressive and comments to me about everything was taking its toll on me. By March after his 2nd bout in the hospital, it was becoming even more clear. The last stay sealed his fate that my husband was dying. May, he was gone. His heart wore out, the swelling increased, the kidneys and liver were shot. My husband was 80 when he died. Nor was it pleasant to watch. But now that is water under the bridge as I deal daily with him being gone.
This is happening to Donald Trump. He can deny it all he wants. The rigors of running a country and the stress of it is not doing him any favors. The rate he is going, I doubt he makes it to 80. I am not betting the farm on this, but my experience tells me Trump is running on fumes. There is only so much a broken body can do. All the money in the world cannot buy more time.
dalton99a
(91,461 posts)I'm very sorry for your loss
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chouchou
(2,664 posts)Plus get some dude to throw (cheating) a golf ball when nobody is looking...
frogstar0
(189 posts)"With headline-grabbing posts on social media, combative interactions with reporters and speeches full of partisan red meat, Mr. Trump can project round-the-clock energy, virility and physical stamina". Anyone paying attention knows the cheese has been slipping off the cracker for a long time. It is accelerated and he may be drooling in his soup soon.
karin_sj
(1,292 posts)He focuses on the woman with personal attacks, calling her ugly. He really really has a problem with women. But we all knew that.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,447 posts)PatSeg
(51,650 posts)both a man and a woman, yet he attacked the woman and true to form, he went after her looks. What a truly shallow man.
BattleRow
(2,070 posts)to take a twirl or two round the massive ballroom..whenever it's finally completed.
Twinkletoes? Twinkledoze...
Timeflyer
(3,552 posts)get posted by Truth Social. He's deteriorating, and that is a bad look for an authoritarian trying to cling to power.
GreenWave
(12,114 posts)Mblaze
(900 posts)When he crashed in the Oval Office.
Grim Chieftain
(1,029 posts)Does he own a mirror? He is revolting on so many, many levels.
Oneironaut
(6,167 posts)He has nothing. Its pathetic.
LetMyPeopleVote
(173,486 posts)This is the article that really pissed off trump
President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.
Link to tweet
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/trump-age-health.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E8.Xuu2.wLwq4A4Y9jal&smid=url-share
Still, nearly a year into his second term, Americans see Mr. Trump less than they used to, according to a New York Times analysis of his schedule. Mr. Trump has fewer public events on his schedule and is traveling domestically much less than he did by this point during his first year in office, in 2017, although he is taking more foreign trips.
He also keeps a shorter public schedule than he used to. Most of his public appearances fall between noon and 5 p.m., on average.....
Mr. Trump has prompted additional questions about his health by sharing news about medical procedures he has had, but not details about them. While in Asia, Mr. Trump revealed that he had undergone magnetic resonance imaging at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in early October......
Mr. Trump also applies makeup to a bruise on the back of his right hand, adding speculation about a medical condition that his physician and aides say is caused by taking aspirin and shaking so many hands. In September, the bruising on his hand, coupled with swollen ankles, caused observers on the internet to speculate wildly about his health......
For years, concerns and questions about Mr. Trumps health have often been met with obfuscation or minimal explanation from the people around him. Mr. Trumps physicians have not taken questions from reporters in years, including when he was seriously ill with Covid in 2020. There were no medical briefings held after an assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pa., last summer.
Many of the facts that concerned critics about Mr. Trumps physical health during his first term are present now. He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve, like a battery. He enjoys red meat and is known to eat McDonalds by the sackful....
Still, in his second term, Mr. Trumps schedule shows some significant changes.
According to a Times analysis of the official presidential schedules in a database maintained by Roll Call, Mr. Trumps first official event starts later in the day. In 2017, the first year of his first term, Mr. Trumps scheduled events started at 10:31 a.m. on average. By contrast, Mr. Trump in his second term has started scheduled events in the afternoon on average, at 12:08 p.m. His events end on average at around the same time as they did during the first year of his first term, shortly after 5 p.m.
The number of Mr. Trumps total official appearances has decreased by 39 percent. In 2017, Mr. Trump held 1,688 official events between Jan. 20 and Nov. 25 of that year. For that same time period this year, Mr. Trump has appeared in 1,029 official events.
trump is not in good health and trump is showing signs of senility or mental decline. I can see why this article pissed off trump.
bucolic_frolic
(53,518 posts)Hide the scissors!
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(12,366 posts)
shanti
(21,779 posts)Gavin Newsom!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(131,632 posts)Vogon_Glory
(10,146 posts)And if Orange Julius lacks the stamina and mental acuity to perform his duties as President of the United States, he should do the honorable thing and resign.
ASAP.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,447 posts)Listening to Jack Cocchiarella's take on this. Trump has cancelled all Press coverage until he gets back to DC. late Monday night.
GoodRaisin
(10,668 posts)He has a face that breaks mirrors.