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mahatmakanejeeves

(68,772 posts)
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 05:38 PM Dec 25

​Trump is 'declining noticeably' and could soon have a 'health event': ex-RNC spokesman

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David Rothkopf
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I would say he has declined 600 or 700 percent. Some people say 1400 percent. No one has ever seen such declines. They say it took George Washington almost 250 years to decline as much. Huge decline.

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​Trump is 'declining noticeably' and could soon have a 'health event': ex-RNC spokesman

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​Trump is 'declining noticeably' and could soon have a 'health event': ex-RNC spokesman
twp.ai
2:35 PM · Dec 25, 2025

I would say he has declined 600 or 700 percent. Some people say 1400 percent. No one has ever seen such declines. They say it took George Washington almost 250 years to decline as much. Huge decline.

David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) 2025-12-25T19:35:49.897Z



​Trump is 'declining noticeably' and could soon have a 'health event': ex-RNC spokesman

#TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2025-12-25T19:33:03.000Z
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​Trump is 'declining noticeably' and could soon have a 'health event': ex-RNC spokesman (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 OP
THANK YOU SANTA! no_hypocrisy Dec 25 #1
It is ALL the world wants for Christmas, Santa. Justice matters. Dec 25 #12
Good PJMcK Dec 25 #2
No excuses..release Epstein files..all of them, immediately since time is of the essence Deuxcents Dec 25 #3
AND Jack Smith's video of his testimony & Volume II in the pedo's MAL crimes. nt Justice matters. Dec 25 #11
Bawahaha surfered Dec 25 #4
..... sheshe2 Dec 25 #5
Fingers crossed SuzyandPuffpuff Dec 25 #6
Me too, homegirl Dec 25 #14
That would be excellent! Omnipresent Dec 25 #30
Everyone could Greg_In_SF Dec 25 #7
Nicely played malaise Dec 25 #8
Please make it asap! kimbutgar Dec 25 #9
And painful Blue Owl Dec 26 #31
We should be so lucky. AllyCat Dec 25 #10
I don't believe in prayers and wished. multigraincracker Dec 25 #13
But seriously, everybody in the Beltway can see this, yet ... Bluetus Dec 25 #15
Thanks in Advance for the TIA. Qutzupalotl Dec 26 #32
I don't think Trump will die in office Bluetus Dec 26 #33
Let it be true - Lokee11 Dec 25 #16
Good! Iggo Dec 25 #17
I await his health event and subsequent funeral with great anticipation. mwb970 Dec 25 #18
Attention! RecoveringJournalist Dec 25 #19
We're fucked, either way. Iggo Dec 25 #26
Don't get your hopes up, his dad lived to be 93, 8 YEARS after he was diagnosed with dementia. His mother lived to be Fil1957 Dec 25 #20
Your lips to gods ears ToxMarz Dec 25 #21
"ex-RNC spokesman" J_William_Ryan Dec 25 #22
Promise? Joinfortmill Dec 25 #23
not soon enough. B.See Dec 25 #24
I Recommend The GOP Health Plan If You Get Sick: Mr.Bee Dec 25 #25
How can you tell when the starting point is delusional and dumb as rocks? unblock Dec 25 #27
I wake up every morning and check the news to see if he had a health event. OrlandoDem2 Dec 25 #28
Don't tease me. Arthur_Frain Dec 25 #29

SuzyandPuffpuff

(442 posts)
6. Fingers crossed
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 06:06 PM
Dec 25

I want that fucker to slowly fade. Feel the misery he's forced on us for the last ten fucking years. Slow. deliberate. humiliating. He needs to suffer slowly.

homegirl

(1,938 posts)
14. Me too,
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 07:09 PM
Dec 25

a stroke resulting in loss of speech and mobility. confined to a wheelchair for 30 years before he dies!

Omnipresent

(7,338 posts)
30. That would be excellent!
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 09:26 PM
Dec 25

If he loses the ability to speak, that would frustrate the shit out him!

kimbutgar

(26,975 posts)
9. Please make it asap!
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 06:54 PM
Dec 25

I’d be a great Christmas and New Years gift for the US!

Vance will be weak leader easily overpowered by us!

Bluetus

(2,479 posts)
15. But seriously, everybody in the Beltway can see this, yet ...
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 07:24 PM
Dec 25

They are all acting like nothing is happening, while simultaneously sharpening the long knives for when the moment of opportunity arrives.

Mark my words, Trump is not going to die quickly or suddenly. I have been a frequent visitor to 5 different dementia care homes in the past year. People with dementia can live a long time, especially when they get the medical attention Trump gets. Trump's mental decline is very rapid -- more rapid than his physical decline. It is almost certain he has had several small strokes (probably TIA). This is evident by the relative weakness of the right side of his body. He could have a massive stroke that kills him in a week, but I doubt that will happen. He surely is on strong meds to try to prevent more strokes. So the probability is he will stay in the job as his mental abilities head toward zero.

If we indeed get a blue wave in 2026, the Republican wannabes for 2028 will decide they can't wait for Trump to die. They will have to make their move or else risk it going to Vance by default. The problem they have is that there are several different factions, so I doubt if they could ever get a majority of the cabinet to do the 25th.

If you were a wannabe not named Vance, what would you do? I think I'd be working behind the scenes to try to get Trump eliminated because of the Epstein stuff, and hope that Vance can be positioned as unqualified and untrustworthy among the base.

Qutzupalotl

(15,741 posts)
32. Thanks in Advance for the TIA.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 01:47 PM
Dec 26

If we get back into power in Washington, we will have to clean house and enforce accountability up and down the chain. Reform the USSC if they still support presidential immunity. This “hoping for a cheeseburger to save our country” is bullshit.

Bluetus

(2,479 posts)
33. I don't think Trump will die in office
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 01:54 PM
Dec 26

I think it is more likely that we see a Gerry Ford solution where Trump resigns and gets a full pardon from Vance.

Or if it really follows the Nixon model, then Vance would resign and get Trump's pardon, Trump would sell the open VP spot to the highest bidder, and then resign with a full pardon.

This is Trump's biggest chip left. He will probably demand preemptive pardons for Jared and Ivanka. He doesn't give a shit about Junior or Eric except that they have to run the Trump Company scams, so they probably get full pardons too.

Iggo

(49,750 posts)
26. We're fucked, either way.
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 08:49 PM
Dec 25

And I think Trump has way more blind support than Vance.

If we can get a Democratic House, I’d rather two years of Vance than two years of Trump throwing tantrums trying to stay out of prison.

Fil1957

(621 posts)
20. Don't get your hopes up, his dad lived to be 93, 8 YEARS after he was diagnosed with dementia. His mother lived to be
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 07:44 PM
Dec 25

88.

So he can easily finish out his term, although he may be less functional than he is now. And as long as doesn't drool and throw feces, no matter how mentally incompetent he gets, there's no way the 25th amendment will be invoked.

J_William_Ryan

(3,404 posts)
22. "ex-RNC spokesman"
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 07:50 PM
Dec 25

Ex-spokesman, not ex-Republican – who would like everyone to believe Trump is ‘declining.’

Regardless, the fact is that Trump’s not going anywhere – he’s not going to become incapacitated to the point he’ll need to resign or be otherwise removed from office.

We’re stuck with the orange fascist for another three years.

Arthur_Frain

(2,273 posts)
29. Don't tease me.
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 09:21 PM
Dec 25

Sadly, I will probably end up karmically paying for what I wish.

He will never “pay” anything. He’s not aware enough.

I’m okay with that.

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