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Is this why Trump stands the way he does? (Original Post) Kingofalldems Oct 2019 OP
no, his body mechanics are horrible eShirl Oct 2019 #1
Trump's gonna shit his pants over this C_U_L8R Oct 2019 #2
Well, a good load might balance him some, pulling him a bit backward! RKP5637 Oct 2019 #8
I literally loled.😆 dewsgirl Oct 2019 #26
Careful. If he takes too big a dump, Aristus Oct 2019 #30
How could you tell ornotna Oct 2019 #59
'Old Wallass trump' empedocles Oct 2019 #3
😆 dewsgirl Oct 2019 #27
Well, we know he's off balance to start with ... so that might effect his stance too! RKP5637 Oct 2019 #4
Another theory is that it's because he wears lifts in his shoes. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #5
He looks like that cartoon character who leans over his body kimbutgar Oct 2019 #6
WOW More to read at the link. A must read zooks Oct 2019 #7
It's his heel lifts. SeattleVet Oct 2019 #9
Arrange him more opportunities to be around stairs and ramps? LiberalFighter Oct 2019 #19
Plenty of women wear heels - including Melania - and they don't stand like that. yardwork Oct 2019 #24
I've read an experts say his tilt is due to heel lifts but l agree zooks Oct 2019 #32
Women have a different-shaped pelvis than men. GoCubsGo Oct 2019 #57
Umm...no different than 3" heels - Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #25
I would pay to see that. LoL dewsgirl Oct 2019 #28
If it was because of lifts GemDigger Oct 2019 #40
Good bdamomma Oct 2019 #43
Let's just say it's true gratuitous Oct 2019 #10
Exactly!!! zooks Oct 2019 #11
"Make the sonofabitch deny it." The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #14
Exactly.. such dirty politics. Let trump deny Cha Oct 2019 #21
you do realize that Donnie is the progeny of Moscow Mitch and a hog, right? Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #58
Adopt a nickname for him like he does to diminish his enemies. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2019 #35
my thought too.. change the news cycle to headline--- pangaia Oct 2019 #51
Gravity is pulling his hugely gut downward. WyattKansas Oct 2019 #12
Howling with laughter malaise Oct 2019 #13
End stage syphilus leads to spinal fusion...nt Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #15
If he shit his pants every time he told a lie mokawanis Oct 2019 #16
Hahaha haaa! I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2019 #50
trump definitely needs his diapers changed Cha Oct 2019 #17
BWaaaaaaaa Haaaaaa Centaur ! Baked Potato Oct 2019 #18
Oh, I thought they were going to explain why he stands or walks, as in Tanuki Oct 2019 #20
So much depends upon Depends. skip fox Oct 2019 #22
I don't know. Depends. Sugar Smack Oct 2019 #23
The former staffer is Noel Casler. Cracklin Charlie Oct 2019 #29
He is praticing an old Stage Craft Wellstone ruled Oct 2019 #31
I don't know if the adult diapers are the reason for why he stands the way he does, smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #33
Meh. Incontinence is not unusual as we age. uppityperson Oct 2019 #34
It does look like he has extra padding down there in the front. Chemisse Oct 2019 #36
This would explain why his suit jackets are so long... dlk Oct 2019 #37
I remember hearing that only he changes his sheets. This would explain that. nt UniteFightBack Oct 2019 #38
I heard that too bdamomma Oct 2019 #45
Needs a wrench to fix safeinOhio Oct 2019 #39
Hey Don. . . enid602 Oct 2019 #41
In addition to the lifts and the Depends... Talitha Oct 2019 #42
But he leans forward when he sits too, ooky Oct 2019 #44
yes that bdamomma Oct 2019 #46
why am I staring at his crotch?....thanks.... Demonaut Oct 2019 #47
Truss by Everlast. Mendocino Oct 2019 #48
I hope it's Kellyanne Conway's job to change and wipe him. lame54 Oct 2019 #49
Wow! I thought it was due to his man-heels? ecstatic Oct 2019 #52
Maybe it's because he has a load of poo PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #53
Someone Said He Stands Like A Centaur Missing The Back Of Its Body ChoppinBroccoli Oct 2019 #54
Worth a thousand words..... Tanuki Oct 2019 #55
Trump has the corncob of justice up his rear..... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2019 #56
I think this could be very true. bdamomma Oct 2019 #60

kimbutgar

(21,174 posts)
6. He looks like that cartoon character who leans over his body
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 05:36 PM
Oct 2019

I can’t remember the name but his stance is so weird. Could it be lifts in his shoes to appear taller?

SeattleVet

(5,478 posts)
9. It's his heel lifts.
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 05:40 PM
Oct 2019

One of the reasons he wears the extra-long ill-fitting trousers is probably to have the pants cuffs cover the weird things going on with his feet.

Try it - stand with your heels on 3" blocks of wood or a thick book and see if your posture doesn't match his.

Can also explain a lot about the way he acts around stairs and ramps - the lifts have him angled dangerously forward and he can easily take a tumble.

zooks

(308 posts)
32. I've read an experts say his tilt is due to heel lifts but l agree
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 06:08 PM
Oct 2019

with you women in even very high heels don't tip forward. I've never seen a women standing like that. It's be great if someone could do a video of men wearing heel lifts and see if any of the stand like Trump

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
57. Women have a different-shaped pelvis than men.
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 11:36 PM
Oct 2019

Consequently, the mechanics are different. We don't stand like men even without heels.

Ms. Toad

(34,085 posts)
25. Umm...no different than 3" heels -
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 05:57 PM
Oct 2019

which quite a few women wear. I'm amazed at how frequently this suggestion comes up.

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)
40. If it was because of lifts
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 07:56 PM
Oct 2019

then every woman who wears heels would stand like that. They have some dang high heels nowadays.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
10. Let's just say it's true
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 05:40 PM
Oct 2019

Right now, the standard for news reporting is, "Somebody said it, so we have to report it." It's going off right now full bore with Joe and Hunter Biden and their non-existent scandal in Ukraine. Those allegations are totally unsupported by facts or reality, but we keep hearing about it. I say we just call Donny incontinent, and let that fucker spend his time denying it. Keep bringing it up until he actually has to drop trou to prove he's not wearing a full diaper.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,808 posts)
14. "Make the sonofabitch deny it."
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 05:46 PM
Oct 2019
In both the Ohio and Nebraska primaries, back to back, McGovern was confronted for the first time with the politics of the rabbit-punch and the groin shot, and in both states he found himself dangerously vulnerable to this kind of thing. Dirty politics confused him. He was not ready for it….

This is one of the oldest and most effective tricks in politics. Every hack in the business has used it in times of trouble, and it has even been elevated to the level of political mythology in a story about one of Lyndon Johnson’s early campaigns in Texas. The race was close and Johnson was getting worried. Finally he told his campaign manager to start a massive rumor campaign about his opponent’s life-long habit of enjoying carnal knowledge of his own barnyard sows.

“Christ, we can’t get away calling him a pig-fucker,” the campaign manager protested. “Nobody’s going to believe a thing like that.”

“I know,” Johnson replied. “But let’s make the sonofabitch deny it.”
https://masscommons.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/fear-loathing-on-the-campaign-trail-make-them-deny-it/

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
51. my thought too.. change the news cycle to headline---
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 10:19 PM
Oct 2019

BREAKING*****BREAKING

PEOPLE ARE SAYING TRUMP WEARS DEPENDS !!!

Tanuki

(14,920 posts)
20. Oh, I thought they were going to explain why he stands or walks, as in
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 05:50 PM
Oct 2019

the top picture, with the umbrella over his own head and hulking form while leaving his wife and the mother of his youngest known child exposed and unprotected.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
29. The former staffer is Noel Casler.
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 06:08 PM
Oct 2019

He worked on Celebrity Apprentice, and he does not care for the Trumps.

He’s a good one to follow.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
31. He is praticing an old Stage Craft
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 06:08 PM
Oct 2019

technique. It makes his body look slimmer and hides his Girth. Also it allows him to project his voice much further.

Notice he often times has a Kevlar suit on under his custom made Suits. It is all about the Optics.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
33. I don't know if the adult diapers are the reason for why he stands the way he does,
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 06:14 PM
Oct 2019

but whenever you see photos of him from behind (or even the front when he's not wearing a long jacket or coat), you can definitely see what seems to be a bit of extra padding.

Chemisse

(30,814 posts)
36. It does look like he has extra padding down there in the front.
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 06:46 PM
Oct 2019

I wonder how common that is among older men. Certainly many women have trouble as they age, due to previous childbearing.

Talitha

(6,611 posts)
42. In addition to the lifts and the Depends...
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 08:56 PM
Oct 2019

If he displayed proper posture, he'd walk up straight with his shoulders thrown back - and that would shove his gut WAY out.

He might think his bay window is less noticable when he leans forward the way he does, but it just brings attention to it.

Have another bucket of chicken, kiddo.

ooky

(8,926 posts)
44. But he leans forward when he sits too,
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 09:04 PM
Oct 2019

scooting his ass toward the front of the chair. I thought he did it because maybe he thought it made him look skinny to sit that way but it could be he's trying to position himself so his long tie blocks the view of his diaper.

bdamomma

(63,917 posts)
46. yes that
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 09:08 PM
Oct 2019

is very plausible. I noticed that when he sits on a chair he sits on the edge of it like he's taking a dump.

ecstatic

(32,727 posts)
52. Wow! I thought it was due to his man-heels?
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 10:22 PM
Oct 2019

He's so desperate to be as tall as other leaders that he wears man heels, which causes the lean. I don't doubt he wears a diaper as well, but I think the lean is due to the heels. lol

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,873 posts)
53. Maybe it's because he has a load of poo
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 10:33 PM
Oct 2019

in the back of the diaper, and he's leaning forward to get away from it.

And yeah, lots of women wear three inch heels and the simply don't stand that way. Not even the overweight ones.

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,784 posts)
54. Someone Said He Stands Like A Centaur Missing The Back Of Its Body
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 10:36 PM
Oct 2019

And now that's all I can see when I see him standing.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
56. Trump has the corncob of justice up his rear.....
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 11:33 PM
Oct 2019

and that will make anyone tilt a bit......

Our Congressional committee chairs are taking turns giving it a shove.......

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