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AZLD4Candidate

(6,980 posts)
Tue May 26, 2026, 08:42 PM 1 hr ago

Donald Trump's 'painful and disabling' chronic disease explained after hospital visit

Source: The Mirror

President Donald Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for another routine check-up Tuesday.

This marked Trump's, 79, third medical appointment in 13 months - just hours after he was seen "swaying" in an alarming hew health video. He visited Walter Reed in April 2025 for his yearly physical, before returning in October for what administration officials described as a "scheduled follow-up." He also made a trip to his local dentist in Florida on May 2.

Details regarding the exact nature of today's visit remain unclear, but Trump took to TruthSocial as soon as the appointment ended. He wrote, "Just finished my 6 month physical at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Everything checked out PERFECTLY. Thank you to the great Doctors and Staff! Heading back to the White House. President DJT." It comes after a former Trump staffer revealed his 4 chilling predictions for what the president will do next.

Concerns about the president's health have intensified since the beginning of his second term, particularly with Trump set to celebrate his 80th birthday next month. Trump's physician has publicly confirmed just one medical condition affecting the president — a chronic illness frequently seen in people of his age.

Read more: https://www.aol.com/articles/donald-trumps-painful-disabling-chronic-173758904.html



Perfect huh? Last sentence says it happens in overweight people. 238 lbs my ass, Donnie Dipshit.
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Donald Trump's 'painful and disabling' chronic disease explained after hospital visit (Original Post) AZLD4Candidate 1 hr ago OP
My money's on hoof-and-mouth disease. nt eppur_se_muova 1 hr ago #1
March on Mighty Spirochete!!! displacedvermoter 1 hr ago #2
Why is there no upper age limit on politicians, and no ejector seat in the White House? Aussie105 1 hr ago #3
My experience with being an amateur coroner is this: no_hypocrisy 1 hr ago #4
I have that myself, I had two blood clots in my right leg one in 2005 and another in 2006. At the time doc03 1 hr ago #5
He's retreating to Camp David (which he hates) tomorrow underpants 41 min ago #6
Doc said only "chronic illness". Probably CKD. Chronic Kidney Desease. Srkdqltr 30 min ago #7
Some of this is what I have. BidenRocks 14 min ago #8
He shows a lot of the symptoms of CHF. Dulcinea 3 min ago #9

Aussie105

(8,209 posts)
3. Why is there no upper age limit on politicians, and no ejector seat in the White House?
Tue May 26, 2026, 08:56 PM
1 hr ago

For the (fake) concern about Dony's health and the (real) concern about the health of America as a country, I highly recommend Donny retires from public office, stops pretending he is a leader of any kind, puts his feet up and stops flying everywhere.

The last two points I believe are beneficial for people with failing hearts and venous insufficiency (both euphemisms for clogged arteries and a weak pump.)

The upper age limit and an easily enforceable activation of the 25th amendment though, need fixing soon.

no_hypocrisy

(55,458 posts)
4. My experience with being an amateur coroner is this:
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:01 PM
1 hr ago

Unless you have full access to someone's medical chart and/or in the examining room with the patient, it's mostly detective work. And sometimes, even that's not enough. You need information to make a theory and then to prove it.

My father died of a partially dissected aorta, a slow bleed into the chest. I had to extrapolate this with the help of his cardiologist opining that his symptoms of a backache sounded like the aorta theory; same with my cousin, who's also a cardiologist. How did the aorta become separated? My father rear-ended a van at the gas pumps. No air bag. Refused to be examined at a hospital. Didn't go to any of his doctors. Kept it a secret from all his children.

Found out about the accident when his traffic offense tickets came in the mail one week after his death.

I inspected his car with an insurance investigator. We found that the brake pedal was very worn at the right lower corner. And we were fortunate that we found a pair of Dad's shoes in the back seat. The worn part of the brake matched the shoe. Because of the layout of the brake and accelerator pedals, Dad had been driving, using the corner of the brake to stop, not the full pedal. And his foot slipped from the brake to the accelerator, causing his car to heavily bump into the van. And his chest hit the steering column. Being 92 at the time, that was enough to partially dislodge his aorta from his heart.

I didn't have to know how Dad died, but I wanted to know all the same.

Back to Trump. We're all speculating and any guess is good as the next. I trust RFK, Jr. will seal his death certificate.

doc03

(39,198 posts)
5. I have that myself, I had two blood clots in my right leg one in 2005 and another in 2006. At the time
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:04 PM
1 hr ago

I was about 230 lbs. at 5'11". Since then, I have lost 40 lbs. but still have many of the symptoms Trump has. I am 78 now
and have been dealing with many of his symptoms for 20 years. I hate to break the bad news but he could around another 20 years.

Srkdqltr

(9,976 posts)
7. Doc said only "chronic illness". Probably CKD. Chronic Kidney Desease.
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:40 PM
30 min ago

My doc today told me I have that. Common in elderly. Im 84 I have been overweight forever. Unless I wanted a specialist there was nothing. I don't have any symptoms or problems with it. I said no specialist he agreed. But then im not the president.

BidenRocks

(3,538 posts)
8. Some of this is what I have.
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:56 PM
14 min ago

It's due to a lack of physical activity!
Can you imagine chump exercising to Richard Simmons vids?

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