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ProudMNDemocrat

(20,447 posts)
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:04 AM Nov 26

Trump Absolutely Loses It Over NYT Story On His Energy, Calls Female Reporter 'Ugly'

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 Trump’s 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
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Trump Absolutely Loses It Over NYT Story On His Energy, Calls Female Reporter 'Ugly' (Original Post) ProudMNDemocrat Nov 26 OP
The cracks in the persona wall are cracking... ProudMNDemocrat Nov 26 #1
I wonder if he will grab some female reporter by the neck and wrestle her to the floor travelingthrulife Nov 26 #13
Pray that never happens........ ProudMNDemocrat Nov 26 #14
And the Supreme Court will rule the action thucythucy Nov 26 #16
If he did that it would be hard to retaliate in kind Blumancru Nov 26 #21
Grab it by the p*ssy Celerity Thursday #35
"NOW working shorter days"??? Who do they think they are fooling? niyad Nov 26 #2
As well as flying off to Florida on the weekends to go golfing.... ProudMNDemocrat Nov 26 #3
He continues to fool 35%. That's who he is fooling. chicoescuela Nov 26 #7
Well, he may be napping more than usual, so that does make for fewer working hours. mwmisses4289 Nov 26 #4
I was flummoxed at the mere oxymoronic use of work with regard to the slob SheltieLover Nov 26 #10
I would pay to see that! niyad Thursday #37
Wouldn't we all? SheltieLover Thursday #38
Yep. Anyone remember Trump's infamous "executive time"? keep_left Nov 26 #27
"executive time" from last time was exactly what came to mind. niyad Thursday #36
NYT article: dalton99a Nov 26 #5
A very keen observation...The man is braking down before our eyes. ProudMNDemocrat Nov 26 #8
+1. In a normal country, Trump would be resting comfortably in prison dalton99a Nov 26 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author tavernier Nov 26 #24
His "Day" is "Look for the Golden Arches" chouchou Nov 26 #6
I see Dr. Harold Bornstein is working as a reporter at NY times frogstar0 Nov 26 #9
True to form... karin_sj Nov 26 #11
The PIG is squealing. TACO is squealing loudly. ProudMNDemocrat Nov 26 #12
Yeah, the article was written by PatSeg Nov 26 #15
At this rate,he will barely have the energy BattleRow Nov 26 #17
Maybe that's why the hyper-masculine AI-generated images of a cartoon manly-man, with tRumps head, Timeflyer Nov 26 #18
The mirror knows a different story. GreenWave Nov 26 #19
Maybe he was dreaming that he still has it going Mblaze Nov 26 #20
He calls someone ugly? Grim Chieftain Nov 26 #22
The response of a frail loser of a person. Oneironaut Nov 26 #25
NYT-Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office (gift link) LetMyPeopleVote Nov 26 #26
Dementia approaches a new phase bucolic_frolic Nov 26 #28
His rant reads like a parody of a Trump rant BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 26 #29
This deserves a reply from shanti Thursday #34
Piggy thinks he's the most handsome guy aroubd Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 26 #30
I have little sympathy for Orange Julius' bruised feelings. I remember him calling former President Biden sleepy Joe Vogon_Glory Nov 26 #31
This is all over the internet, and the realization is hitting him. ProudMNDemocrat Nov 26 #32
Krasnov is ugly. GoodRaisin Thursday #33

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,447 posts)
1. The cracks in the persona wall are cracking...
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:07 AM
Nov 26

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)
13. I wonder if he will grab some female reporter by the neck and wrestle her to the floor
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 10:20 AM
Nov 26

when he finally snaps.

thucythucy

(9,021 posts)
16. And the Supreme Court will rule the action
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 11:16 AM
Nov 26

"completely legal" and within his "duties" as president.

Blumancru

(130 posts)
21. If he did that it would be hard to retaliate in kind
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 11:55 AM
Nov 26

It would be difficult if not impossible to grab a neck like his.

niyad

(128,959 posts)
2. "NOW working shorter days"??? Who do they think they are fooling?
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:12 AM
Nov 26

"round the clock virility (pedophilia) and stamina"??? I nearly scared my poor kitty! nyt nearly owed me a keyboard.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,447 posts)
3. As well as flying off to Florida on the weekends to go golfing....
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:15 AM
Nov 26

and bilk the American taxpayers at the same time.

Must be "hard and tiring work" being President.

Who does he think he's fooling?

SheltieLover

(75,538 posts)
10. I was flummoxed at the mere oxymoronic use of work with regard to the slob
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:43 AM
Nov 26


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...

keep_left

(3,131 posts)
27. Yep. Anyone remember Trump's infamous "executive time"?
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 12:31 PM
Nov 26

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

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,447 posts)
8. A very keen observation...The man is braking down before our eyes.
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:39 AM
Nov 26

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)
23. +1. In a normal country, Trump would be resting comfortably in prison
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 11:58 AM
Nov 26

I'm very sorry for your loss

Response to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #8)

chouchou

(2,664 posts)
6. His "Day" is "Look for the Golden Arches"
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:21 AM
Nov 26

Plus get some dude to throw (cheating) a golf ball when nobody is looking...

frogstar0

(189 posts)
9. I see Dr. Harold Bornstein is working as a reporter at NY times
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:40 AM
Nov 26

"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)
11. True to form...
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:56 AM
Nov 26

He focuses on the woman with personal attacks, calling her ugly. He really really has a problem with women. But we all knew that.

PatSeg

(51,650 posts)
15. Yeah, the article was written by
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 10:31 AM
Nov 26

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)
17. At this rate,he will barely have the energy
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 11:29 AM
Nov 26

to take a twirl or two round the massive ballroom..whenever it's finally completed.

Twinkletoes? Twinkledoze...

Timeflyer

(3,552 posts)
18. Maybe that's why the hyper-masculine AI-generated images of a cartoon manly-man, with tRumps head,
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 11:31 AM
Nov 26

get posted by Truth Social. He's deteriorating, and that is a bad look for an authoritarian trying to cling to power.

LetMyPeopleVote

(173,486 posts)
26. NYT-Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office (gift link)
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 12:18 PM
Nov 26

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.



https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/trump-age-health.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E8.Xuu2.wLwq4A4Y9jal&smid=url-share

The reality is more complicated: Mr. Trump, 79, is the oldest person to be elected to the presidency, and he is aging. To pre-empt any criticism about his age, he often compares himself to President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who at 82 was the oldest person to hold the office, and whose aides took measures to shield his growing frailty from the public, including by tightly managing his appearances.....

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. Trump’s health have often been met with obfuscation or minimal explanation from the people around him. Mr. Trump’s 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. Trump’s 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 McDonald’s by the sackful....

Still, in his second term, Mr. Trump’s schedule shows some significant changes.

According to a Times analysis of the official presidential schedules in a database maintained by Roll Call, Mr. Trump’s first official event starts later in the day. In 2017, the first year of his first term, Mr. Trump’s 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. Trump’s 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.

Vogon_Glory

(10,146 posts)
31. I have little sympathy for Orange Julius' bruised feelings. I remember him calling former President Biden sleepy Joe
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 03:29 PM
Nov 26

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)
32. This is all over the internet, and the realization is hitting him.
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 08:28 PM
Nov 26

Listening to Jack Cocchiarella's take on this. Trump has cancelled all Press coverage until he gets back to DC. late Monday night.

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