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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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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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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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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Yeah, can’t wait to see what STDs the orange man has.

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You even heard of Pokémon?

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suprisedchlamydia.jpg

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👏

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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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his medical records are under audit

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The FDA can’t believe what they’re seeing. They say mister President, we’ve never seen anything as great as your health all over. We need to study this to help America!

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Probably more like “How is this man even alive?”

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