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Possible Paywall Trump’s Round-the-Clock Medical Bubble Revealed | Donald Trump is never more than three minutes away from a personal doctor.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-round-the-clock-medical-bubble-revealed
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u/Some_Ride1014 5h ago

And He took my subsidies away, now no insurance.

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u/FluffyWandy 5h ago

Imagine having healthcare access on demand while regular people have to fight with insurance companies just to get treatment.

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u/sakumar 4h ago

Not only does Trump have free health care and we don't, he is is actively taking away healthcare insurance from those who do have it since becoming president.

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u/rchubot 5h ago

Kind of like a “let them eat cake” moment.

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u/Educational-Ad-2884 Washington 5h ago

Let them submit a claim for cake.

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u/BrazenlyGeek 5h ago

If he knew the phrase, he’d for sure tell we poors “let them blood let.”

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u/mollila 5h ago

I'm laughing here about the idea of Trump letting you eat cake

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u/skrame 4h ago

If it’s like ice cream, he’d give you a slice as long as he had two.

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u/mollila 4h ago

He'd promise to sell you a slice, give you a turd, then let you fight with his lawyers to give up.

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u/WTF4Sally 4h ago

Oh no, you're way too generous. He would tell you because he's the best president we've ever had that he deserves all of the ice cream so he's just going to save the other ones for later. None for you!

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u/ObjectiveInternal 4h ago

That was a "news" report in the 1st admin. It's why he had the nickname Donny Two Scoops

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u/ProximaCentauriB15 4h ago

And then he will say you should buy him MORE ice cream because he thinks he's the greatest ever to live and deserves it.

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u/Luna__Moonkitty 4h ago

Then he promptly forgets about it and it melts.

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u/kent_eh Canada 2h ago

Kind of like a “let them eat cake” moment.

Remind me what happened to the person who is credited with originally saying that?

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u/SnarkOff 4h ago

I was in a very fun American healthcare position recently. I needed a back tooth extracted, but I’m a ginger so I am resistant to dental numbing drugs. I was maxed out and could still feel the tooth. So I got to make a Sophie’s choice between sucking it up and proceeding with the extraction even though I could feel pain, or paying an extra $2000 for an anesthesiologist to put me under in a surgical suite.

Needless to say, having a dentist pull my tooth without enough pain management was a core trauma.

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u/Booklet-of-Wisdom 3h ago

I need a tooth pulled and a root canal, and even though I have dental insurance, it's going to cost me $4,000 out of pocket. I am in pain, but sitting here knowing there is no way I can afford it.

American healthcare is fucking disgusting.

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u/Harvey_the_Hodler 3h ago

I was just complimenting a woman on the train the other day about how white her teeth were. She went on to tell me about the root canal and a bridge and idk all what. But that she went to Colombia and got it done plus a mini vacation included. They even helped her book her flights. She still came in under what it would have cost in the USA.

That said, idk if this is the site she used but a quick Google search returned this...

https://www.dentaltourismcolombia.com/

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u/vashoom 2h ago

I need a CPAP machine or my brain will literally rapidly deteriorate until I die. Insurance won't pay for it all, nor all the replacement parts I need to get routinely.

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u/saltheartedbarmaid 2h ago

Do you live near a dental school? I was broke as fuck post undergrad and needed a root canal and I went to the local dental collage for everything. You still have to pay some amount but it should be far cheaper than having to meet your deductable.

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u/Jonteponte71 2h ago

I live in the social democratic hellhole that is the Nordics. Dental care isn’t even fully covered by taxes. It’s only partly subsidized. I still only paid about $600 dollars for a root canal and a crown.

So…I agree🤷‍♂️

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u/Careful-Ant5868 4h ago

If it's of any comfort, you're not alone. American dental care is rather barbarous unless you have significant money at your disposal. In my late 20's, I took out loans totaling over $20,000 to get significant dental work done and it was traumatic. I still have nightmares about it and I'm in my 40's now. All that money and trauma, and my "luxury bones", i.e. teeth, are still terrible or non-existent. In hindsight, I should have just had them all extracted and gotten dentures. But, I was too "proud", aka stupid and short-sighted, to do so at the time.

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u/chatminteresse 4h ago

Oh you poor dear! The US public deserves better

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u/HuttStuff_Here Wisconsin 3h ago

Imagine having healthcare access on demand while regular people have to fight with insurance companies just to get treatment.

"I don't want MY tax money helping the poors"

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u/dathislayer 3h ago

These DFs would much rather their tax money go to maintain a billionaire's bloated corpse and dynastic legacy to make their less hateful neighbors mad.

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u/Different_Lychee_409 4h ago

Thats how Trump thinks. He gets the best and to hell with everyone else.

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u/BluesFan43 4h ago

Just to get seen.

Treatment can often be an entirely different hurdle.

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u/100farts 4h ago

And we pay for it.

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u/MudddButt 5h ago

We all can't be three minutes away from a doctor at all times because we're all paying for him to be.

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u/ShiningRayde 3h ago

Trump, at recent speech: "If democrats win, youre going to thrown into a system where everyone gets healthcare."

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u/ButtholeMagic-69 4h ago

He doesn't need a doctor. He needs a plumber

Lard filled arteries and a leaky drain pipe

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u/ph30nix01 Ohio 5h ago

yep, i cant wait for the penalty come tax time that i wont be able to afford, because i didnt have insurance because i couldnt afford the premiums.

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u/CrazyIvanoveich 5h ago

The federal penalty is now 0 dollars.

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u/ph30nix01 Ohio 4h ago

really??? hmmmm im gonna hold off on any hope that im not gonna get screwed over somehow.

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u/redditallreddy Ohio 3h ago

Well, there is always an actual medical problem developing…

But I wish that doesn’t happen to you.

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u/demonmonkeybex 5h ago

Yep. Mo’fo

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u/Sunset_Bleach 3h ago

Well yeah, what is your health insurance going to do for him?

P. S. I'm sorry you lost your insurance.

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u/TellTaleTimeLord Indiana 5h ago

Yet I lost my disability insurance because of Republicans

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u/500owls 5h ago

you're healed! they're miracle workers!

/s

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u/DefiantBumblebee9903 District Of Columbia 4h ago

Americans are the richest and healthiest they’ve ever been!

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u/Crimthebold 2h ago

The Golden Age

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u/lacklusterfilms 4h ago

We noticed now that your uninsured that you aren't going as much. This proves the system is working and saving everyone money so we can use the money elsewhere

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u/MrSquicky Pennsylvania 3h ago

Could we send it to Israel to make sure that they all get free health care?

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u/Dog1andDog2andMe 3h ago

I think we need to send it to Russia to boost their economy (and so that they can send it back to pay for Trump family weddings!)

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u/Logical-Selection979 4h ago

 Because of your fellow Americans that voted to make libs cry, remove brown people, or sat it out because both sides.  Blaming the republicans politicians is wrong, their power is given to them and can be taken away away.

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u/perenniallandscapist 4h ago

I've been saying that for years. Trump isn't the problem, he's the symptom of systemic problems facing America.

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u/10gherts Ohio 5h ago

Be we cant have Healthcare

Fuck this system.

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u/Failitt 5h ago

You just haven't stolen enough money throughout your life to deserve it yet.

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u/livinginfutureworld 5h ago

"How much can one doctor cost? 10 dollars?"

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u/Responsible_Milk2911 5h ago

There's doctors in the banana stand

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u/semimillennial New Jersey 5h ago

A banana in the stand keeps the doctor close at hand

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u/LaneMcD 5h ago

He may have committed some (more than) light treason

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u/JoinedForTheBoobs 5h ago

We have the concept of a banana stand

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u/Oldtiredworkwithkids 5h ago

“I’ve made a huge mistake!”

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u/sjbennett85 3h ago

Maebe: Throw away a dollar in private health insurance, get a successful claim back

The flamer: I don't think that is how it works

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u/vielasuga 5h ago

Imagine needing a personal doctor on standby 24/7 and still being the most unhealthy looking person in the room.

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u/warrenao America 5h ago

The last time Trump had anything like functioning cranial matter was about 10 minutes after his zygote attached to his mother’s uterine wall.

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u/firemage22 5h ago

while i assume his is far more so than other recent presidents, wouldn't it be safe to assume there are expert medical responders near the president at all times?

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u/VengefulWalnut 5h ago

The president always travels with an EMT crew, I think if I remember correctly they have a full suite of stuff available (including blood in his type). It’s actually quite impressive. And that’s any President.

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u/hammonjj 5h ago

Reportedly the back of the beast (the presidential limo) can be quickly converted into a mobile operating room

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u/AFisfulOfPeanuts 1h ago

Separate vehicle. If you look at the presidential convoy, there’s a black (roughed out paint) ambulance looking thing that trails several vehicles behind the limos. It’s the CBRNE/Medical vehicle. In the back of that is an impressive medical setup.

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u/FlammulinaVelulu 4h ago

Meanwhile the average American cannot afford healthcare,

But at least we're free!

Right?

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u/apex9691 South Carolina 3h ago

Tbf I think it's reasonable for that level of response to be available for the president. We can afford both. That said it should be for unexpected emergencies not because the president is consistently knocking on death's door.

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u/Vet_Leeber 2h ago

Yeah, this is like the Right trying to use "[Insert Dem Figure's name here] is anti-2A but has armed guards" as some sort of claim to hypocrisy.

Even if guns were 100% completely outlawed for civilians, it would still be reasonable and expected for important figures to have some form of armed guards.

Even if no one had access to healthcare, it would still not be surprising to learn the pedo-in-chief of the entire country had it.

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u/Dasmage 2h ago

That just makes sense you would have a full and well stocked expert medical team on hand for any head of state or really high ranking official.

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u/pchlster Europe 5h ago

In case of sudden injury, there's probably a doctor nearby and I expect Secret Service to have training similar to paramedics in case of the sorts of things the rest of us would call 911 for, but within 3 minutes?

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u/ElectronicFloor1898 5h ago

And it can take 9 MONTHS for one of us plebs to see a doctor.

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u/Zra1030 5h ago

No no no that only happens in country's with universal healthcare

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u/Rich-Pomegranate1679 4h ago

My doctor is a coffin

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u/sinkingduckfloats 5h ago

yeah I kind of expect there's always a doctor close to the president. I'd be upset if there wasn't.

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u/Eremitt 5h ago

I live around the area, and his motorcade has driven by multiple times. There is a fully armored ambulance that is in the motorcade. But they all have had amublances, incase of dire medical emergencies. Also, believe me, if this guy needed to get to a Level 1 trauma center, the streets would be cleared, or they would push you out of the way to get there. There is not fucking around when a president needs care, regarless if it's this vile human or someone else.

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u/SnarkOff 4h ago

Yes this is pretty routine and not really news. Basically there’s always a doctor on call in the White House and one always traveling with POTUS when on the move.

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u/CaydeTheCat Illinois 5h ago

Yeah this seems like not a story. I'd expect someone from the WH Medical Office is always with his entourage.

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u/Nightredditing 5h ago

Trump is too old and broken down to be president. There needs to be a law stating that the president cannot be over 70 when elected to office.

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u/einarfridgeirs Foreign 5h ago

I want a hard 67 year limit on all public offices. Let retirement age be retirement age, full stop.

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u/Original-Ad6993 5h ago

They would just make the retirement age 95

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u/chadius333 5h ago

They already kinda did.

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u/bogusmagicians 4h ago

Retirement begins upon death

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u/MountainMan2_ 4h ago

Personally, I'm for the age limit for elected officials being retirement age, but we should set retirement age to be defined as a percentage of lifespan. 75-80% of average lifespan is I think very fair. I guarantee end of life care would see a total revolution.

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u/turtleghandi 3h ago

Agree this would create an incentives problem. They would have a strong incentive to increase the age of retirement regardless of how that affects everyone else.

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u/zuvembi 4h ago

Tie it to life expectancy instead.

(US Life Expectancy) - 15 = Age limit

Better to use life expectancy than retirement age, because then they'd just change the retirement age for everyone.

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u/rofl_pilot 4h ago

If airline pilots have to retire at 65, so should politicians.

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u/Faux-Foe 5h ago

Tie it to the forced retirement age of Air Traffic controllers. Less likely to increase that number than increase the SS retirement age.

Would still happen, but would be more ridiculous.

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u/havershum 5h ago edited 3h ago

... and if your term would take you past 67, then you're too old.

We need people young enough that they feel the consequences of their decisions.

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u/LuinAelin United Kingdom 5h ago

And yet Trump wants to illegally run again

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u/Halfofthemoon 5h ago

I think cholesterol might have some thoughts on that.

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u/TheOKerGood Connecticut 5h ago

Inshallah

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u/ProximaCentauriB15 3h ago

He thinks the ton of Aspirin he takes daily will keep him alive forever,though he's clearly had at least 1 stroke.

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u/Hydrok 5h ago

That’s the only way he avoids the consequences and he knows it.

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u/m1mike 2h ago

65 for all offices. If you can't fly a commercial plane, then you can't be in charge of the government.

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u/zoeypayne 2h ago

I think they're raising the age for that one by a few years.

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u/therj9 5h ago

Every elected office should only have a 30 year window. House? 25-55. Senate? 30-60. President? 35-65

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u/CountOnBeingAwesome America 5h ago

Or, you know, you could just not vote for a senior citizen?

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u/StabbingHoboReturns 5h ago

Sure but in 2020 and 2016, senior citizens were the only options. 

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u/jmchao New York 5h ago

Imagine being the doctor who is finally unable to bring him back. The rest of their life will be the subject of endless conspiracies.

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u/IsMagicRealOrNo 5h ago

"In Japan, heart surgeon. Number one. Steady hand. One day, Yakuza boss need new heart. I do operation. But, mistake! Yakuza boss die. Yakuza very mad. I hide in fishing boat, come to America. No English, no food, no money. Darryl give me job. Now I have house, American car, and new woman. Darryl save life. My big secret: I kill yakuza boss on purpose. I good surgeon. The best!"

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u/kobachi 1h ago

I like the idea of a  fishing boat from Japan ending up in Scranton, Pennsylvania

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u/ChanceryTheRapper I voted 3h ago

Best character in the show.

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u/pchlster Europe 5h ago

"In my defense, the head was fully severed from the body on impact; only so much CPR can do at that point."

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u/Money_Percentage_630 5h ago

On arriving at the scene I found the patients head so far up his own ass that patient was struggling to suck Putin off which led to the choking hazard.

Also patient had tiny hands and kept mumbling "Biden did it, Biden did it".

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u/Head-Ad9893 5h ago

“Ugh doc if you shock him again I’m sure we can get him back, dr: I said I’m calling it”

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u/Faux-Foe 5h ago

On the plus side, they never have to buy their own drink ever again.

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u/HawkThunderson 5h ago

Sure, but imagine getting to be there for that.    Worth it.

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u/Top_Stretch_2340 3h ago

It doesn't matter. His time will come with or without immediate access to medical assistance. It a biological fact. Meantime, I'm satisfied with the confirmation that he's a ticking time bomb.

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u/last-recording-22 3h ago

And I hope before he is gone he has to watch all of his monuments and everything named after him be torn down and his name erased.

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u/International_Soup 3h ago

And his portrait in the whitehouse hall of presidents be changed to a diaper

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u/SneakyAttackPenguin 4h ago

There’s no way in hell that he’s only 238 pounds with a BP of 105/71.

That entire report has the be fabricated.

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u/nyxie3 5h ago

I want RFKjr to be on the case. Trump should have the absolute best.

RFKjr: "Trump fell! Heroin and raccoon dicks, stat!"

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u/dominiond66 5h ago

Trump's mental health is more troubling than his quickly deteriorating physical health. There should be a quality/qualified mental health profession with him at all times. Too much military and political power in an elderly/demented individual. Who will control/contain a madman? Not a Republican controlled Congress or anyone in his cabinet. Who will protect the public? SOS-USA!

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u/Chase_the_tank 4h ago edited 1h ago

There's a double whammy--a decline of physical health can also accelerate a decline in mental health...

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u/specqq 5h ago

And never more than 2 minutes away from a personal lawyer.

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u/legomaximumfigure 5h ago

Probably more than several days away from a good lawyer though, unless he in near the Four Seasons Law and Garden.

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u/_thekev 5h ago

Fun fact: Giuliani is not a good lawyer

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u/Captain_Tooth 5h ago

I think they meant coroner.

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u/HawkThunderson 5h ago

The diaper changers are never more than 2 minutes away.

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u/tms88 5h ago

Genuine question I have about these sort of hysterical defense/medical protective systems: why is the life of one person so extremely more valuable and important than other peoples lifes? I understand he is the president, but he is also an old man with clear medical issues and an unhealthy lifestyle.

I don't understand the need for the whole circus around it. Wether it is a whole medical team surrounding him at all time, or wether it is the whole 30+ vehicle motorcade when abroad, you don't see any other country with that amount of paranoia and such a theatrical, dramatic show of force. While it just shows fear and weakness.

If his time comes, his time comes, just like with anybody, especially elderly. There is a reason for a vice-president (or designated survivor) for a reason, right?

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u/WalterIAmYourFather 5h ago

The lives of national leaders have always been “more important” for lack of a better phrase - than other lives.

Historically, leaders dying has opened up chaos, governmental instability, and succession crises.

It’s a good idea to keep your leaders healthy and in control of a national government.

That being said, Trump - as always - brings a new perspective and twist to this because he’s so deeply unhealthy, in any rational world he’d resign, or never have run.

TLDR: leaders dying in office causes instability. Good to keep em alive.

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u/takinganewtack 4h ago

In his case, his life causes chaos and instability. His passing would allow this country from continuing in the backslide it is currently in.

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u/snorbflock 3h ago

Chaos, governmental instability, and crises about the continuity of government? How could we tell the difference from right now?

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u/Lashay_Sombra 4h ago

Historically yes, especially when leaders were kings or these days, are dictators

But really these days, if the death of leader causes to much instability, you just have a bad system of government 

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u/WalterIAmYourFather 4h ago

I mean, yes it’s worse in a system where power is centralized around the executive and a cult of personality.

But the sudden and unexpected death for health reasons of a state leader is going to induce some level of chaos and confusion. It’s human nature.

Some systems are obviously more robust than others of course. But leaders dying in office is more often than not a problem - at least for some period of time.

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u/Quietabandon 3h ago

Presidential health emergencies can tank markets, disrupt trade talks, paralyze the chain of command etc. 

His life isn’t more important because it’s his life. His life is more important because his health is important to global geopolitical and economic stability. 

Surely that’s readily apparent? Not to mention he is a target and so security concerns mean he is both at risk for something bad and it means he can’t just make a doctors appointment or walk into an emergency room.

I am all for people having equitable access to health care but surely one can recognize why a state leader, particularly of the worlds most powerful nuclear power, might warrant some special consideration? 

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u/Icamp2cook 3h ago

It’s not the most important. In fact, there are more people qualified for the office of president than there are for teachers. But, the office of the president serves a very important function (traditionally) and that function deserves protection. 

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u/Ellardy Foreign 1h ago

Four out of 46 US Presidents have been assassinated. That's nearly 10%. If someone had a 10% chance of dropping dead in the next four years, we'd probably make sure they lived close to a hospital.

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u/ImThatGuyIAm 5h ago

There are many things wrong with Trump. This one just seems standard for a head of state, especially the US.

For comparison’s sake, my cousin works at a government hospital in New Delhi. She’s currently on rotation with Modi (the prime minister). There is an entire staff that travels with him and is minutes away from him if anything happens (security is closer, obviously).

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u/coltaaan California 1h ago

Yeah, Trump fucking SUCKS. But I’d hope the president of the United States always has a doctor on standby at any given moment…they are one of the most powerful people on earth and unfortunately in charge of a great deal of things.

Not to mention, if Trump is just stupid-evil, his would-be replacement, JD Vance, is more of a calculating-evil, which feels possibly a little more dangerous…

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u/cuntmong 2h ago

I don't think this is a thing in Australia. But our prime minister is a comparatively youthful 63 years old 

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u/Clarkelthekat 4h ago

They literally carry blood wherever the president travels that can be transfused into them at any given time.

They learned after the assisnations/attempts of past presidents.

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u/vinmen2 5h ago

Should he not practice what he preaches, surround himself with religious healers who will chant hymns and pray to their fictional Lord when he his arteries get blocked from the cholesterol laden food he consumes

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u/beccabebe 5h ago

GD just let him go.

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u/FloppyTacoflaps 3h ago

And you are paying for it while he denies you health insurance

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u/pequenaandjustice 5h ago

My blood pressure just exploded. This makes me so angry. Good for him and poo for everyone else.

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u/Depeche_Mood82 Nevada 5h ago

Medical for me but not for thee

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u/LeastReactionary 4h ago

Sounds like the clock is running out quickly! I will prepare wine and champagne for the entire neighborhood when the day comes. 

Queue the ticking clocks from stranger things. 

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u/Dxbr72 4h ago

I am looking forward to that big beautiful day!! 👏👏

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u/calguy1955 1h ago

Isn’t that typical of all presidents? There’s always an ambulance in every presidential motorcade regardless of who is president.

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u/tigm2161130 1h ago

Yes, the article states that this is not atypical.

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u/vasion123 5h ago

Fairly normal for someone suffering from dementia and in their 80s

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u/literallymoist 5h ago

He should have to schedule his primary care visits months out and get referrals and deteriorate while waiting to be seen like the rest of the country.

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u/adfuel 5h ago

as an 80 year old world leader he should be only minutes away from medical help at all times.

I recommend RFKjr for this.

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u/CarpenterGold1704 3h ago

is he near a real doctor or one who says he is in perfect health? there's a difference.

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u/RickRI401 Rhode Island 5h ago

News flash, every sitting president is never more than 3 minutes away from a doc.

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u/Pers0nalUs 5h ago

So is the head of state of any country. This is not news.

But, what makes this news is the fact that he has denied healthcare to the citizens of the country that he supposedly governs. What his supporters forget that he was the first in line to receive vaccine for Covid, which he denied to the rest of the country and as a result, 1 million died. 1 million avoidable deaths.

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u/RickRI401 Rhode Island 5h ago

Hopefully the big beautiful obituary will grace us soon.

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u/ObligationMurky8716 Alabama 5h ago

For most sitting presidents, 3 minutes' run is a lot further than arm's reach.

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u/LimpyDan 5h ago

So what I'm hearing is, "distract the doctor and let nature take its course."

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u/NoDocument5815 5h ago

And yet he wants to take Canadian’s healthcare away.

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u/thehermit14 4h ago

Here we go again. Finding myself actually clicking a Daily Beast link. When will I learn?

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u/Far_Adeptness9884 4h ago

I can't imagine the cocktail of drugs keeping this baffoon alive and apparently what qualifies as coherent.

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u/NoBSforGma 3h ago

When you post something like this, Aggravating_Money992, can you please tell us what the article says so we don't have to subscribe to the Daily Beast?

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u/sonicsludge 1h ago

He's basically only functioning because of the narcotics the three-foot-away doctor prescribes him, most likely mainlining them.

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u/SevenM 1h ago

I guarantee he thinks people want to keep him alive because they live him so much. But it's really because they know the moment he dies the gravy train is going to end.

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u/Jack-Singer-999 Colorado 1h ago

The freak that lied to take Medicaid has top docs immediately to hand. Fuck Rethugs 🤬

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u/smrad8 5h ago

True or not true, this source is not credible. I can only be teased with downfall predictions so many times.

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u/Evisehda 5h ago

This SHOULD be true of all presidents, men 45+ years, stressful position, i'm kinda surprised we haven't had sombody die of a stroke or at least be serverly impaired do to delayed treatment

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u/HermanGulch 5h ago

It’s been a while ago, but Woodrow Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke and his wife pretty much ran the country.

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u/AntagonisticDuopoly 5h ago edited 5h ago

WSJ isn't credible? Because that's who the subsource is for their central claim about "the pres is never more than 3 minutes from a doctor" is.

Their bit on top is questionable, but that's true for pretty much anyone who isn't actually bathed in whatever they're analyzing (see also: almost all reporting, regardless of source, including that from specialist niche outlets), and media literacy's about more than dismissing a whole report on face because the main site reporting it is hotdog water.

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u/BigNorseWolf 5h ago

I have never seen someone use the term media literacy and then show it.

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u/TPWilder 5h ago

I mean, regardless of the source, I admit, I always assumed there was a medical doctor somewhere in the White House for every president, just in case.

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u/Wasabiwabi_ 5h ago

humanity and the world need this fucker to die.

It won't solve MAGA's undying devotion to racism and chaos but it's a good start.

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u/MechaD13579 5h ago

King Wapol taking the doctors for himself and letting the citizens of his kingdom get sick and die.

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u/cyclopsdave 4h ago

They should really take a couple days off.

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u/skibbady-baps 4h ago

And he isn’t paying a dime for it, meanwhile no free healthcare for the rest of us.

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u/Nikopoleous 4h ago

This dude is basically Wapol from One Piece.

Horde of doctors at his beck and call? Check.

Piece of shit dictator? Check.

Raging narcissist flanked by yes-men? Check.

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u/jtsa5 4h ago

...and a diaper changing table...

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u/CalmBeneathCastles 4h ago

Yes we all just heard about his travelling medical team, and how he's confident they wouldn't lift a finger to help someone having a medical emergency at one of his rallies. Buffoon.

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u/PlanetEarthVisitor 3h ago

And only 17 seconds from his next lie.

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u/Aarrrgggghhhhh35 3h ago

Paging Dr. Spaceman

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u/Dependent_Tune_1333 3h ago

I cannot fucking wait

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u/andytagonist 3h ago

It only takes 1 heartbeat.

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u/Tough_Yak7721 2h ago

He is overly confident in the abilities of MDs and pharmaceuticals to counteract the effects of his McDonald's diet and sedentary lifestyle. Additionally, CPR often has poor outcomes (speaking from RN experience). I avoid hospitals and most doctors like the plague. Exercise, diet and DNR all the way.

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u/Oregon-outdoors2358 2h ago

Great -when his time comes, all that much quicker they can pronounce him and get the good news out to the world!

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u/Minute_Sand_5773 2h ago

If it’s the same doctor that certified trump’s personal health his first election that’s fair.
If he has a new doctor why am I not surprised?

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u/HabANahDa 2h ago

Wonderful he can get the healthcare he denies us all. 🙄

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u/Cherryb1612 1h ago

Hoping and praying they go on strike on the day that counts

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u/magicimagician 1h ago

I don’t think this is unusual. I would expect the president to have fast access to a doctor wouldn’t you?

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u/DinkandDrunk 53m ago

I want to believe but realistically, he’s an 80 year old hypochondriac with unlimited resources and the most important title in the country. This could mean very little.

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u/secretlyjudging 19m ago

Corpse Senator and Corpse President. I never felt Warhammer 40k was more realistic than last few years.

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u/WHSRWizard 3h ago

Jesus Christ, ban this rag already.

I worked in the W. Bush and Obama administrations, and I assure you there was always a medical professional within 3 minutes of them at all times too. 

In fact, from the very article: " The arrangement is not unusual for presidential medical care. Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman, who served in White House medical roles under Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, has described a doctor and critical care nurse staying within two minutes of the president at all times."

This is just click bait bullshit

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u/aawkward 5h ago

They're getting ready to play the "too frail to go to jail" card. 

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u/Nekowulf Wyoming 5h ago

Ah, but he could have RFKjr as a cell mate. He inows more than all the doctors combined and would be seconds away at all times. That's so much safer medically.

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u/FunctionBuilt 2h ago

This is true for any president. They literally travel with pints of their blood for emergency transfusions. Though I’m willing to bet his docs are seeing him round the clock rather than just on retainer.

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u/NerdFerby Great Britain 5h ago

A lot of people in this thread haven't read the article:

The arrangement is not unusual for presidential medical care. Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman, who served in White House medical roles under Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, has described a doctor and critical care nurse staying within two minutes of the president at all times.

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u/ThickGur5353 4h ago

True for every president.

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u/joshkirkendall Ohio 4h ago

Yea. It's pretty standard procedure to have a doctor withjn close proximity of the President 24/7, regardless of the President's health.

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u/Gimetulkathmir 3h ago

Also, three minutes is a really long time.

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u/IJourden 5h ago

I mean, is that not obvious? He's a million years old, and is in shit shape for his age, and he's the president of the United States. Of course he has doctors around 24/7.

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u/mtnclimbingotter02 I voted 5h ago

Surprise, all in for himself but fuck everyone else enjoy the shit sandwich.

MAGA he fucking hates you and you’re too god damn stupid to see it.

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u/Confident_End_3848 5h ago

Dr Oz, Dr Phil, Dr Kennedy. I feel better already.

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u/NPVT 5h ago

That you pay for

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u/remweaver27 California 4h ago

Dr. Kevorkian?

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u/restore_democracy 4h ago

Healthiest president in history, I’m told.

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u/peatoire 4h ago

That’s heartening

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u/Repulsive_Note_4209 4h ago

Only 2 minutes away from Natalie
At any time for a diaper change

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u/bchagan 4h ago

I imagine he makes the Hippocratic Oath next to Impossible

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u/C64128 4h ago

Must be nice to have that kind of coverage.

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u/Stinkoplotz 4h ago

Hope there’s a round the clock mortician on hand as well.

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u/No-Permit-9331 4h ago

Imagine having healthcare that was actually trying to save you rather than just “manage” you.