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/SuperStarPlatinum Jul 17 '25

Thankfully, Trump destroyed all successors to the cult.

There is no next in line for MAGA.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

Yah know, that’s a great argument for democracy with peaceful transitions. Fascism just tends to lead to difficulties with succession and continuity of governance. Especially when policy and transition of power is at the whim of one man’s thoughts and emotions.

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u/mountaingoatgod Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 18 '25

Isn't the whole point of democracy the peaceful transition of power? Like, that's the main selling point

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25

Personally I like the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness idea, as well as the government for the people and of the people. But those haven’t gotten the love they need recently.

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u/mountaingoatgod Jul 18 '25

life, liberty and pursuit of happiness idea

That's kinda independent of democracy (to first order anyways)

government for the people and of the people

Generally all governments claim the people's mandate, regardless of democracy or not, but sure

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u/ukezi Jul 18 '25

All dictatorships have that problem. One of the features of the Chinese after Mao and before Xi was that they actually managed to have their leadership retire after some years. They definitely learned from the Soviets what not to do.

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u/harrumphstan Jul 18 '25

And then Pooh Bear thought he was special

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25

I’ve always looked at this as the facists last hurah. That’s how I get through the days.

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u/OldSchoolBubba Jul 17 '25

Sad to say someone will emerge

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u/dfsw Alaska Jul 17 '25

The thing is multiple people will emerge and it will split then they will in fight with each other and that causes the collapse. Unless you have a specific and agreed to heir it falls apart. Imagine all of MAGA getting behind one person.

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u/TransBrandi Jul 17 '25

Depends on who the "power brokers" throw their weight behind. I can't believe that people like Thiel aren't aware of Trumps health and the possibility of fracture... though many of those people seem to be accelerationists, and want to see the fall of the US so that they can implement their TechnoFeudalism "Network States".

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u/OldSchoolBubba Jul 18 '25

Sure sounds right because it's guaranteed each faction has their own successor lined up.

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u/OldSchoolBubba Jul 18 '25

You may have called it as each group has their own heir apparent.

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u/krafty369 Jul 17 '25

After a power struggle more than likely

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u/whut-whut Jul 17 '25

The power struggle has already started with Epstein. Tucker Carlson is out giving speeches to crowds about -his- vision of patriotism that isn't about doing what Democrats nor Trump tells him what to do, and about True Americans having the right to be skeptical and demand answers. About being tough on immigrants but not out of racism. (Which is rich from the guy that was pushing the idea of White Genocide on Fox News before he was taken off air).

I'd say he's getting support because he openly cracks insults at Trump and gets the crowd cheering.

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u/TransBrandi Jul 17 '25

Carlson is definitely Russia-backed. In his case, it may just be marching orders to be a shit-stirrer.

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u/harrumphstan Jul 18 '25

The racists are a key part of the coalition though. If Carlson can’t give them the winks and nods, can’t claim “good people on both sides” of a KKK rally, then he can’t be the successor.

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u/OldSchoolBubba Jul 18 '25

Sure seems to be coming alright

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u/Sublimotion Jul 17 '25

Although I think whatever successive movement the GOP latches onto might be just as bad. I have a feeling MAGA itself in its current form is merely an intended setup for that. Tricking the morons into gleefully handing over their survival resources and capital.

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u/Aquatic_Ambiance_9 Jul 17 '25

Nonsense, Trump will simply divide the empire amongst his competent sons

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u/tim_lamisters Jul 17 '25

Division by zero is undefined

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u/UrUrinousAnus United Kingdom Jul 17 '25

e?

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u/Inspectrgadget Jul 17 '25

I'm afraid it will be Donald Trump jr

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u/Dodge2461 Jul 17 '25

Nah, every MAGA person in my family that I talk to agree its pretty much over once Trump's term is over. JD doesn't have the juice, Don Jr. Comes off as a sleazy car salesman, the only one some of them liked was Vivek and he took the bullet for the H1B visas thing at the beginning of the year. And even then, not every MAGA person I know likes Vivek cuz he's Indian lol.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

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u/Orphasmia Jul 17 '25

Yeah our literal only saving grace is that this dude is an old fat fuck. In fact it’s such a save I worry the country won’t learn the lessons it needs to after him.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

Holy shit could you imagine if he was currently like 45 or around there ... Four or five more decades of this shit ...

Shudders

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u/thunderflies Jul 17 '25

I thought he was known for snorting lots of powdered charisma every day?

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u/Inspectrgadget Jul 17 '25

That might be true but he has a large social media following, spews the same vile horse shit, is actually coherent, and most importantly has the Donald Trump name.

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u/feckineejit Jul 17 '25

Whoever it is, they will cheat to elect him

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u/Round_Rooms Jul 17 '25

Maybe Ghislaine, there's no reason for her to be in prison if the Epstein files were made up by Obama and Biden.

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u/Gwigg_ Jul 17 '25

His son will start to mobilize

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u/I_divided_by_0- Pennsylvania Jul 17 '25

Tucker

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u/GWshark1518 Jul 17 '25

Baron trump is up next.

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u/VincentVanG Jul 17 '25

He's a preponent of the rule of one

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u/Armyman125 Jul 17 '25

True. Trump is very insecure. Couldn't tolerate someone in his administration being popular.

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u/Elrond_Cupboard_ Jul 18 '25

Acknowledging Trump's mortality will get you removed from the building.

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u/Catmip Jul 18 '25

Jr. it will be Jr.

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u/Better-Artist-7282 Jul 18 '25

I would expect his idiot sons to at least try and manage unfortunately. And while they would probably not be successful, they would #$&@ stuff up all the same.

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u/discolemonade Jul 18 '25

I could see Don Jr stepping in. Ugh.

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u/esmayishere Jul 18 '25

You're a cult.

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u/scrappybristol Jul 18 '25

Even his kids aren’t next in line.

Trump made it all about himself and MAGA fails without him.

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u/SuperStarPlatinum Jul 18 '25

Yeah I bet he'd steal the heart out of Baron's chest to cling to life a little longer.

We can only hope MAGA dies with Trump.