I admit I do love it when Trump gets trolled.

(Weirdly, the post title didn’t match the headline in the actual link, but the version Lemmy let me click on to make the title works better anyway.)

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      “As the healthiest person… as the healthiest American… there is no one healthier than me… as the healthiest, there is no need to release these… my medical records are stellar… so perfect. I’m great. These records are so great, there you have it. I’m perfectly… yes… perfectly healthy.” - Trump

      Well, I tried. I feel that it lacks some attacks to their opponent, but I can’t dumb myself down enough to do more than that.

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        Here I’ll help

        “The best records… great memory… the best… doctors claim to not have seen a memory like mine… beyond measure… they can’t even measure it ladies and gentlemen… even better than my opponent Sleepy Joe… I defeated Joe in 2020… complete landslide… I’ll beat him in 2024.”

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          still too coherent

          “You know they asked me to— my medical records… they asked for them. The medical records. Can you believe this? The doctors, and believe me, I know doctors — they used to have the cures, were allowed to, you know, they just drank it. You could, any street corner, with malt, just go in. Hello Bob, you know. Beautiful. Believe me, they’d say Mr President, Sir, Mr President, you have the best blood pressure. So strong, beautiful, Mr President but we’ve been piled on with Iran. They don’t allow the helicopters any more, and the coats? You can’t. Any day, they said, any day you can have it for free, and I was smart, I got the 5 cents back. That’s how they get you. But with Iran. So now the doctors say there’s no need to have blood pressure any more. They said they never need to check again. And that’s why you can’t any more. Which is good. You know, not the Iran thing, that’s sad.”

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      Also might cause Trump to publicly obsess over it which certainly doesn’t help him in any way

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    Trump will just call it fake news and then say his doctors said he is the best health anyone has ever seen

    And they’ll believe it because it’s a cult

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    Would they settle for a letter from a weirdo saying he’s the bigliest, healthliest man to ever president?

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      That’s sort of what he did while president. But Trump’s pill slinger, who was likely Trump’s contact to the Oath Keepers, got himself elected to Congress. And boy has he been a shitbag ever since. Not that he wasn’t a shitbag before as well.

      But sure, there’s probably another Doctor Nick level jackass out there who will vouch for Trump.

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        The first letter while he was running was written by a weirdo hippy looking guy who has died since if I recall correctly. But yes, he’ll get another flunkey to write something I’m sure. (If he does anything, this time he seems to know nobody voting for him cares about anything.)

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    You could release a doctor’s report saying Trump is going to die in 6 months and his plan is to install an unelected leader when he dies and his supporters would just cheer it

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      If he only needed his supporters to win, he would have won in 2020. I have no idea why people aren’t aware of that now.

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        People voted against however things were because of the pandemic. Trump was in charge, so he caught the general dissatfication with everything.

        Now the sting of inflation last year likely has a lot of those same people again upset at how things are and vote for change again, whoever it will be.

        Also, 2020 was the most accessible election in history, with so much flexibility for remote voting and so many people not stuck at work unable to find time to vote. The gop has been changing that, locking down absentee voting more, successfully getting voting id laws passed, and reducing early voting sites and hours. People are too busy working at their workplace again, and access to voting is reduced.

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          Ok? He still needs more than just his supporters to win. If you think his win is inevitable and people shouldn’t bother voting, just say so. Otherwise, what is your point?

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          Yes? Because many of those people are willing to vote for him because they always vote Republican, not because they like him. And they’re being shaved off bit by bit. Pointing and laughing has been a help. The whole “weird” thing is infuriating them.

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            He needs more than his supporters to win, the election is a toss-up, and his supporters are dumping him.

            …are you going to tell me he’s shifting left, because that would be ludicrous, but seems to be the only way to draw a coherent thread out of what you’re saying?

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              No? I’m telling you that he can’t win with just his supporters. Are you suggesting he’s definitely going to win and no one should bother voting for Harris? What is the point of this discussion if you aren’t?

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                Are you suggesting he’s definitely going to win and no one should bother voting for Harris?

                Let’s see…

                You do understand the election is a toss-up, don’t you?

                Guess not.

                I understand you said he can’t win with just his supporters - you also said he’s losing those supporters. Putting aside the fact that people voting for him are definitionally supporters, you understand that those 2 statements clearly imply that there’s no need to vote for Harris, right?

                My point is that you’re all over the place with your talking points - there doesn’t seem to be any way to thread them together.

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                  I did not say he was losing supporters.

                  This is what I said:

                  many of those people are willing to vote for him because they always vote Republican, not because they like him. And they’re being shaved off bit by bit.

                  I have no idea why you’re lying when the comment chain is right there.

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    I mean, the last time he did they were obviously false. He’ll just do the same this time. No way he doesn’t take meds for cholesterol, heart disease, or any of the other conditions that are extremely common with his age and diet.

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    This has been tried many times before unfortunately. He’s not going to release his medical information. The fact that it would have his actual height alone is enough reason for the narcissist to literally die before letting it come out.

    So much of the authoritarian strong man mystique is the projection of strength and virility. One of the few things that could actually weaken his control over his supporters would be a medical report saying he’s an average height male that is almost 80 and in below average health.

    If that somehow came out without his permission, he, his campaign, and his most loyal operatives would invest tremendous effort in burying, denying, and obfuscating those facts. His followers would latch onto anything that would allow them to comfortably deny that.

    Beyond the strong man thing, there is also an entire cohort of aging, white boomer men that have created a belief in their own worth, health, vitality, and importance through “seeing themselves” in Trump. He has become a central, dominant element of their personal identity and self image. If something made Trump’s age, mental incompetence, and frailty undeniable, that entire cohort would have a complete mental and emotional breakdown. They would realize they’re old, no longer central in culture, facing death, and have left a trail of wreckage where their friends and family used to be.

    I’m not exaggerating when I say, I think there would be a dramatic increase in geriatric suicides.

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    It’s funny because the idea we should have to release our medical info for any reason is pure ableism.

    Just like felons should be allowed to vote and run for office.

    Integrity means having consistent values, even if it may benefit someone you dislike.

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    You can’t shame Donald Trump. It never works. The fact that the Harris campaign doesn’t get this yet is a little disturbing.