Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26

How do we know the video you pasted isn't misinformation.

Looks pretty real to me:

From GQ:

Once upon a time, Trump explained matter-of-factly, he was hosting a charity ball at Mar-a-Lago at which several members of the Marine Corps were in attendance, along with a host of rich people "eager to get their picture in the ," as he put it. Lo and behold, at some point during the evening, an 80-year-old man—"very wealthy," Trump adds, but also, "a lot of people didn't like him"—fell off the stage and hit his head. Trump thought the man had died. "And you know what I did?"

How do you, a functional adult with the capacity for empathy and/or human emotion writ large, react when you see someone undergoing a bona fide medical emergency? Do you instinctively go to that person? Do you render aid, even if your lack of expertise limits that task to asking if they are alright, and if they need help? Even if you know you have a strong aversion to blood, perhaps you adapt to this idiosyncrasy by calling 911, or by asking if anyone in the immediate vicinity is a physician, or other medical professional, or just a non-hemophobe who might be able to provide more efficacious assistance. These are all rational, humane responses to the situation in which Donald Trump found himself, and yet, in news that will shock you, he did not choose any of them.

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Ha-ha! An elderly person was maybe dying in front of me, and his wife was terrified and screaming, and I immediately wondered about the integrity of my flooring material! Isn't this HILARIOUS? I'm hilarious.

The Marines in attendance, the president explains, swooped in quickly, forming a human stretcher to rush the victim out the room and get him badly-needed medical attention. Meanwhile, Trump adds with a delighted chuckle, he was signaling frantically for a cleaning crew.

https://www.gq.com/story/donald-trump-howard-stern-story

He's an evil parasite and always has been. You can wail all you want about fake news but this has been proven time and time again.

I saw the video and not just cherry picked photos. To me he seemed like a confused old man whose brain short circuited because he was suddenly in a situation that he didn't expect.

It's highly disingenuous for you to pretend that any narrative that conflicts with MAGA is somehow "lies and misinformation". The only lies I see here come from you.

I gave an example of Trump being cruel in a similar scenario and provided a source. You've conveniently ignore that.

As Trump stared into oblivion while seeming largely unconcerned? Also you were talking about misinformation, any concerns about Trump and RFK pushing medical misinformation on Tylenol and vaccines? You must surely be concerned by both of them endangering lives?

I'd read one big thing into it, New York ended up with a record turnout and that's definitely in large part cause of Trump. I can't see the rest of the US being immune to it with job losses etc going on.

An American movie critic I watch on YouTube was asked if the cost of living is affected cinema attendance and he casually mentioned that his health insurance is increasing by $300 per month this month. If that is indicative of what people are seeing across America, the GOP will get an absolute hammering during the mid terms.

So ,what could have been going through the Pesident's mind at that moment?

Did he have an earpiece,possibly telling him stuff?

Was he even under the impression that this might make a good photo op and that he was "calm under pressure"?(he does have form)

Could he have shať himself or just needed to feel a little more comfortable physically?

Do we have the video that followed on from that photo?

It could be an incredible photo for an election campaign and any amount of scenarios could be visually portrayed to keep the reference to thst moment alive in people's mind.

It looks like a low energy Humphrey Bogart (or even Jack Nicholson) moment.

More importantly, did anyone get an update on the poor guy who collapsed?