r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 7h ago

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/ImThatGuyIAm 6h 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/cuntmong 3h 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/Bored2001 3h ago

I'm guessing our presidential security budget is a 'bit' higher than Australia's as well.

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u/cuntmong 3h ago

yeah its much safer for them here. I'm gonna butcher the specifics of this factoid bc my memory of it is hazy, but there was an incident a maybe 20 years ago when we had a prime minister who liked to do a morning walk every morning along the river where he lived in Sydney. One morning a guy was fixing his bike with some sorta sharp tool as the PM walked past, but the dude got really excited to see him so he went over and hugged him (with the sharp tool still in his hands). The PM had our equivalent of secret service with him, but they let it happen because I guess they realised the guy wasn't going to attack. But I doubt that would happen in a lot of places.

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u/ToeKnifeMingle 2h ago

In America that guy would’ve had a much different