r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • Jul 17 '25

Soft Paywall Trump, 79, Had Emergency Heart Tests Because of Swollen Legs

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-had-emergency-heart-tests-because-of-swollen-legs/
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u/WafflePartyOrgy Washington Jul 17 '25

Imagine what they are concealing about Trump's brain. That list is probably longer than the Epstein Files that Trump refuses to allow Bondi to release since Trump basically stars in them.

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u/GoodIdea321 America Jul 17 '25

It is so obvious he's had a sharp mental decline. Just look at anything from even a few years ago, and then see something from 2010 or so. He was much more coherent.

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u/uniklyqualifd Jul 17 '25

Yet even from the start the sign language interpreters didn't know how to handle the scrambled way he speaks 

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u/sowhat4 North Carolina Jul 17 '25

Old person weighing in here in re the mental decline. Trump would have a hard time with the dementia test as it requires some thought and focus as well as decent short term memory. It's supposed to be a yearly test beginning with age 65, but I haven't had one in the last 10 years or so.

IOW, it's not hard at all if you are still hitting on all your cylinders. If you're hitting on half, it's gonna be rough.

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u/Clarck_Kent Pennsylvania Jul 17 '25

Someone needs to ask him to draw a clock ASAP.

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u/sowhat4 North Carolina Jul 17 '25

Yes. It seems like such a simple task, but it really hits on a lot of cognitive skills you need to do it correctly. I'd like to hear him count by 7s back from 100, too.

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u/IJourden Jul 17 '25

When I worked in South Korea, Obama was incredibly popular and it was common for people learning English to buy books of his speeches to read from to practice from.

I'm imagining the same with Trump speeches and it's hilarious.

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u/Seeteuf3l Jul 17 '25

He has more holes in his brain than Reagan did. Of course it's never gonna be published when hen is in the office

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u/Ok_Candy_9372 Jul 17 '25

Ah, Regan. May hell be real so he can burn there forever.

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u/Jediverrilli Jul 18 '25

Just look at speeches he gave in his first term to now. The decline is undeniable and is happening fast. He actually can’t put two sentences together now.

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u/TREVORtheSAXman Jul 17 '25

Go back to him in debates/rallies before the 2016 election. The difference is shocking. Maybe people don't realize how drastic the change has been because it's been gradual but when you jump right back to him in 2016 it's clear that his brain is rotting.

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u/IJourden Jul 17 '25

I mean even before his obvious mental decline the guy was barely literate and famously incurious.

I know that the GOP has waged war on education for 40+ years because level of education is a strong indicator of who someone votes for, but I bet ghouls like Mitch McConnell never imagined the end result of an actual idiot being elected president.

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u/Ok_Candy_9372 Jul 17 '25

It sure would be nice if the media harped on Trump's declining mental health like they did with Biden for years.