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highplainsdem

(48,993 posts)
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:12 PM Jan 2018

Anyone else think Trump seemed more subdued than usual at Camp David presser, perhaps scared?

The braggadacio was still there, but muted compared to the usual level. He sang his own praises, and introduced the Sycophant Trio (McConnell, Ryan, Pence) to sing his praises, but it wasn't as over-the-top as it's often been in the past. He didn't seem as overconfident as we've come to expect.

I'm guessing that even as he probably demanded, in private, that the GOP Congress defend him, he was told he'd have to tone it down if he wants to discourage the talk that he's mentally unfit.

I also thought he was blinking more than usual, which is supposed to happen when someone is stressed and/or focusing hard on what they're saying (in Trump's case, trying desperately to sound intelligent and sane, no doubt after being told he HAS to avoid going off the rails this time).

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Anyone else think Trump seemed more subdued than usual at Camp David presser, perhaps scared? (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 2018 OP
Modern pharmaceuticals work wonders. lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #1
I actually saw a tweet suggesting the excessive blinking might be due to Prozac. highplainsdem Jan 2018 #8
This is NOT a leader. louis-t Jan 2018 #2
No, he isn't a leader. He's a tabloid & reality-TV fake celeb. highplainsdem Jan 2018 #9
I wonder what will turn up in his Physical..... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #3
If Trump releases the report it will delisen Jan 2018 #4
I purposely left out the IQ part..... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #6
The report will be redacted by the White House Propaganda Office dalton99a Jan 2018 #14
Possibly....but the Freedom of Information Act..... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #16
There is HIPAA - very few people will see the results dalton99a Jan 2018 #20
Looking more and more like, Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #5
In A Word - Yes....nt global1 Jan 2018 #7
I'm worried about that, too, and hoping Mueller has prepared for all contingencies. highplainsdem Jan 2018 #10
By Tuesday we should see Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #15
Good observation. kentuck Jan 2018 #11
He is likely most lucid during the morning and early afternoon. blogslut Jan 2018 #12
He was snuffling a bit, too, again... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #13
Cocaine use???? ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #17
Could be... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #18
I believe he was trying to not go off...but there were shades of him veering but he Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #19

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)
1. Modern pharmaceuticals work wonders.
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:15 PM
Jan 2018

I actually spelled pharmaceuticals correctly before checking it. Make me potus.

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
2. This is NOT a leader.
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:15 PM
Jan 2018

Someone who needs all the strength he can muster just to sound sane. Someone who needs constant reassurance that he is wonderful and the best at everything. Someone who constantly needs to brag about his phony accomplishments.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
3. I wonder what will turn up in his Physical.....
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:22 PM
Jan 2018


that Trump is a.....

Type 2 Diabetic.
Has High Cholesterol(with all the McDonalds he eats.)
Has High Blood Pressure.
Is out of shape due to being overweight.
Probably has Gout.
High PSA count.(Prostate issues)

Of course he will suppress the results from the American people and say how FIT he is. Just watch. Like his Tax Returns, people.

dalton99a

(81,513 posts)
14. The report will be redacted by the White House Propaganda Office
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:37 PM
Jan 2018

There will not be anything remotely negative

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
16. Possibly....but the Freedom of Information Act.....
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:41 PM
Jan 2018


applies to information important to the safety of the Nation and of the People.

Trump is an employee of the People. We are his boss, not the other way around. It will be leaked out anyway, as information from the White House usually is.

dalton99a

(81,513 posts)
20. There is HIPAA - very few people will see the results
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 03:00 PM
Jan 2018

other than Trump and his doctor. And personal privacy is an exemption under FOIA.

If Trump approves a release, I suspect we won't see anything more than a cursory positive statement.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. Looking more and more like,
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:26 PM
Jan 2018

Ryan,McConnell,Grassley,and Hatch are going to take out Sessions,Rosenstein,and Mueller. All in one sweep in a attempt to kill TrumpGate once and for all.

Appears the Roberts court is in on this Power Play. All in a attempt to save the GOP majority one way or another. When talk of a national voter ID card surfaced,you can see it coming,as well as all Electronic Voting for all States.

Do these Suckers think we are that Stupid?

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
15. By Tuesday we should see
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:38 PM
Jan 2018

if this is the Rethugs game plan for 2018. The Leak Squad will be working at Hyper-speed Monday,by design.

When Stewart of Utah shot his mouth off yesterday,that told me something is not right. Knowing Chris Stewart,he is a Player,and he is looking for a Guaranteed Federal Paycheck much like his Brother.

kentuck

(111,098 posts)
11. Good observation.
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:33 PM
Jan 2018

His voice was more subdued and he wanted to look "stable" and intelligent.

He appeared to be playing to the Republicans behind him...

blogslut

(38,001 posts)
12. He is likely most lucid during the morning and early afternoon.
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:34 PM
Jan 2018

I don't know what those fuckers were discussing in their little pow wow but I don't like it. Not one bit.

 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
19. I believe he was trying to not go off...but there were shades of him veering but he
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:46 PM
Jan 2018

managed to pull himself back. So see why the hell is everybody saying he has no impulse control?

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