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Aussie105

(8,214 posts)
6. I can see the empathy and concern for some past Presidents will keep their health conditions out of the news.
Tue May 26, 2026, 10:25 PM
15 hrs ago

But the job needs doing, please step aside, or be asked to step aside, from such an important role if your health won't permit doing it properly.

In Trump's case though - no empathy given, none sent his way.
Vacating the Oval Office is overdue, by a few years.

And yes, it should not be kept a secret.

Trump's past and currently declining medical reasons for his departure should be front page news.

Some may cry, some may smile, but that is a personal choice.

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Absolutely... FalloutShelter 16 hrs ago #1
Yes ... oldsoldierfadingfast 16 hrs ago #2
That is why I tell everyone he is syphilitic displacedvermoter 16 hrs ago #3
The 47th President's body is going to 86 itself. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 16 hrs ago #4
Yes, but historically presidents' health problems have been either minimized or concealed altogether. Ocelot II 16 hrs ago #5
I can see the empathy and concern for some past Presidents will keep their health conditions out of the news. Aussie105 15 hrs ago #6
Yes. Unless it greatly impacts/threatens National Security rpannier 15 hrs ago #7
Trump's mental health.. Escape 15 hrs ago #8
Yes. Baitball Blogger 15 hrs ago #9
Hell no......nobody questions the 🍊🐖💩 dictator kimbutgar 15 hrs ago #10
Given that JD Vance is the vice-president... Morbius 15 hrs ago #11
The issue was settled with Eisenhower. DURHAM D 15 hrs ago #12
Not really. JFK's serious health issues were never disclosed Ocelot II 15 hrs ago #14
repukes certainly think so when a Dem is president Skittles 15 hrs ago #13
Yes, both a right to know AND a need to know. He's running our country Marie Marie 14 hrs ago #15
It is obvious the president has serious mental & physical problems. BarbD 14 hrs ago #16
He isn't "ill" in the sense of something like cancer, Parkinson's etc. Bluetus 14 hrs ago #17
If what you're saying here is true - and I have no reason to believe that it is not - hamsterjill 13 hrs ago #20
Mental illness is completely different from physical illness Bluetus 3 hrs ago #22
Of course, we as taxpayers deserve to know about the health of our elected leaders. SWBTATTReg 14 hrs ago #18
All of Franklin Roosevelt's doctors knew he was in heart failure when he ran for a 4th term. NNadir 14 hrs ago #19
Being serious now ... oldsoldierfadingfast 12 hrs ago #21
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