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misanthrope

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Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:32 AM Jul 18

If Trump's crew is admitting to a vascular condition [View all]

There is a good chance something more is really wrong. Typically, authoritarians are strongly averse to exposing any perceivable weakness which is why Trump and his crew have thus far offered ridiculously false reports about his health to date. For them to be willing to publicly admit to chronic venous insufficiency, it would have to seem nominal compared to what is really wrong.

I also think the "bruising from handshaking" bit sounds like a crock. Why do the bandages and make-up only appear on the back of his hand? That isn't the area that is gripped when shaking hands. Why aren't there bruises all over his hand, rather that just in the same area that coincides with blood vessels often used in IVs?

I have nothing concrete to base this on other than the precedence of his behavior, but there is no statement from his camp that can be trusted.

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