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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,996 posts)
Sun May 16, 2021, 08:26 PM May 2021

"The guy does not eat well": Franklin Graham worries Trump too old to run in 2024

The Rev. Franklin Graham says a potential 2024 presidential bid by Donald Trump would "be a very tough thing to do," the prominent Christian leader told "Axios on HBO."

Why it matters: Graham, the president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse, was among Trump's earliest and most prominent evangelical defenders.

Graham told "Axios on HBO" that a Trump comeback would be difficult because of his advancing age and eating habits.

"“I think for him, everything will depend on his health at that time. If he still has energy and strength like he does. I don't."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/guy-does-not-eat-well-221348694.html

He eats well enough. It's just the wrong stuff.

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"The guy does not eat well": Franklin Graham worries Trump too old to run in 2024 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 OP
He could go on Delarage May 2021 #1
i never want to see him again. Demovictory9 May 2021 #2
Aww.. Graham worries Cha May 2021 #3
Old and irrelevant... ret5hd May 2021 #4
So someone who is into the behaviour that is Samaritan-like just finds applegrove May 2021 #5
The wrong stuff and in great quantity Warpy May 2021 #6
I am hoping trump is in jail by then liberal N proud May 2021 #7
The only reason this statement is out is... FarPoint May 2021 #8
Gawd will heal him of the effects of his gluttony. Crunchy Frog May 2021 #9
But but but malaise May 2021 #10
Exactly Blue Owl May 2021 #14
They're an old school gospel of wealth family Johonny May 2021 #18
Serves their interests well malaise May 2021 #21
Yea but he is the chosen one isn't he? What does age have to do with it? Under The Radar May 2021 #11
.. Klaralven May 2021 #12
He's your problem, Franklin... All yours... Blue Owl May 2021 #13
yeah, the former guy should drink more and watch someone bang his wife. Thomas Hurt May 2021 #15
Jerry Falwell, Jr., was the drinker who watched his wife & the pool boy. tblue37 May 2021 #19
If Trump is in a coma when campaign season starts, Aristus May 2021 #16
Yeah you think a guy who eats Big Mac combo meals and drinks Diet Coke like it's going out of style Initech May 2021 #17
I'm convinced it's all genetics. WarGamer May 2021 #20

applegrove

(118,660 posts)
5. So someone who is into the behaviour that is Samaritan-like just finds
Sun May 16, 2021, 08:32 PM
May 2021

Trumps eating habits off? What about insurrection? The Big Lie? Extra marital affairs? Kids in cages? Trying to end healthcare for millions? Tax cuts for the rich? And so much more?

"SNIP.....

1 : a native or inhabitant of Samaria. 2 [from the parable of the good Samaritan in Luke 10:30–37] : a person who is generous in helping those in distress.

......SNIP"

https://www.merriam-webster.com › ...

Samaritan | Definition of Samaritan by Merriam-Webster

Warpy

(111,265 posts)
6. The wrong stuff and in great quantity
Sun May 16, 2021, 08:32 PM
May 2021

but what's below his neck isn't the problem, it's what's between his ears. It's diseased.

FarPoint

(12,397 posts)
8. The only reason this statement is out is...
Sun May 16, 2021, 08:36 PM
May 2021

The overall message they telegraph is .." Trump running 2024"....the rest is meaningless filler...

Crunchy Frog

(26,587 posts)
9. Gawd will heal him of the effects of his gluttony.
Sun May 16, 2021, 08:38 PM
May 2021

Since he's apparently Gawd's choice.

Gawd can do anything, except apparently, stopping the Dems from stealing the election from him.

malaise

(269,005 posts)
10. But but but
Sun May 16, 2021, 08:39 PM
May 2021

Graham has no problem with Trump's attempted coup, his lies and his criminality

Fuck the collective pack!
That is all

Johonny

(20,851 posts)
18. They're an old school gospel of wealth family
Mon May 17, 2021, 12:12 AM
May 2021

God likes capitalism, God likes corporations blah, blah, blah...

It's all about making themselves rich off the suckers.

malaise

(269,005 posts)
21. Serves their interests well
Mon May 17, 2021, 06:34 AM
May 2021

We peons must earn that heaven after death by remaining subservient to their interests

Under The Radar

(3,404 posts)
11. Yea but he is the chosen one isn't he? What does age have to do with it?
Sun May 16, 2021, 08:51 PM
May 2021

Noah was 600 years old when he built the Ark, died at the age of 950.
Moses died prematurely at the age of 120. By those miracle standards that are viewed by the evangelical crowd, Trump is just getting started.

Aristus

(66,379 posts)
16. If Trump is in a coma when campaign season starts,
Sun May 16, 2021, 09:42 PM
May 2021

they'll strap him to the footplate of a dolly and wheel him around to campaign events, backed by recorded blitherings to stir up the Trumpanzees.

If he is dead by then, they'll just embalm his corpse and do the exact same thing...

Initech

(100,076 posts)
17. Yeah you think a guy who eats Big Mac combo meals and drinks Diet Coke like it's going out of style
Sun May 16, 2021, 09:48 PM
May 2021

Might not live to see the 2024 election at his age? Ya think?

WarGamer

(12,444 posts)
20. I'm convinced it's all genetics.
Mon May 17, 2021, 12:26 AM
May 2021

I've known obese people with clean blood work.

I've known athletes with high blood pressure and heart disease in their 40's.

There's this crazy "theory" out there among some people that all humans have an "energy capacity" and they avoid exercise to maintain their "reserve".

It's crazy, of course.

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