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I don't understand Trumps excessive SNIFFING. What's up with that? (Original Post) NurseJackie Oct 2018 OP
You know how pigs snort all the time. Well, ooky Oct 2018 #1
He caught a nasal infection from having his nose up Putin's nether region Cousin Dupree Oct 2018 #2
LOL! skylucy Oct 2018 #3
Oh dear! You may be right. NurseJackie Oct 2018 #6
I'm assuming cocaine, until proven otherwise. unitedwethrive Oct 2018 #4
My same assume the same thing Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2018 #10
We had a hard right leader in Central Florida that was pushing the envelope on the property rights Baitball Blogger Oct 2018 #15
drugs DURHAM D Oct 2018 #5
He did it during one of the debates too. dem4decades Oct 2018 #7
He did it in all the debates wryter2000 Oct 2018 #34
It was the first debate, IIRC Talitha Oct 2018 #37
and long before the debates. n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #40
Cocaine is a helluva drug! KCDebbie Oct 2018 #8
And it's white Blue Owl Oct 2018 #18
I think it's his tell. Cuthbert Allgood Oct 2018 #9
That's what it looks like to me - he sniffs when he knows that everybody knows he's lying. lagomorph777 Oct 2018 #32
Sure appears to be the Coke. Wellstone ruled Oct 2018 #11
Over weight zipplewrath Oct 2018 #12
Something stinks (R) Achilleaze Oct 2018 #13
trump sniffing coke trueblue2007 Oct 2018 #14
He's smelling out butts! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2018 #16
Huffing his own farts Blue Owl Oct 2018 #17
Ewwww! Nasty! NurseJackie Oct 2018 #19
I Think It's A Sugar High Me. Oct 2018 #20
doctor ronny knows, yortsed snacilbuper Oct 2018 #21
lol Cha Oct 2018 #31
I firmly believe it's his FEAR tell. displacedtexan Oct 2018 #22
Wow! That's a very interesting and plausible theory. NurseJackie Oct 2018 #23
Doesn't he flare his nostrils when he sniffs? LeftInTX Oct 2018 #45
Agreed wryter2000 Oct 2018 #35
... Different Drummer Oct 2018 #24
It's a serious medical condition called PTLD Elwood P Dowd Oct 2018 #25
It could be a symptom of Tourette Syndrome DesertRat Oct 2018 #26
Things go better with Coke. comradebillyboy Oct 2018 #27
1. Late stage syphilis or 2. Cocaine addiction Hassler Oct 2018 #28
a nervous tick TNLib Oct 2018 #29
His narcissism is so great that he is unable to know that he has a sinus condition. chelsea0011 Oct 2018 #30
It's just weird. MontanaMama Oct 2018 #33
We noticed it since the rebuke primaries. Carrie FISHER & others from experience UTUSN Oct 2018 #36
I noticed that right away while he was speaking today after the woman. LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #38
Cocaine. Definitely. No question. SharonAnn Oct 2018 #39
He has the personallity of an addict - can't accept responsibilty, blames others, etc. OhioBlue Oct 2018 #41
Spray tan makes him sniff CreekDog Oct 2018 #42
Drugs Meowmee Oct 2018 #43
I don't see how anyone with an intact nasal septum can even make that Ninsianna Oct 2018 #44
He snorts Adderrall octoberlib Oct 2018 #46

unitedwethrive

(1,997 posts)
4. I'm assuming cocaine, until proven otherwise.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 02:42 PM
Oct 2018

The preponderance of evidence points to this conclusion. If he built his political career on demanding that President Obama produce his birth certificate, then we can demand he has a drug test.

Baitball Blogger

(46,731 posts)
15. We had a hard right leader in Central Florida that was pushing the envelope on the property rights
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 02:54 PM
Oct 2018

laws as we know it. Big on private meetings and providing special access between the community leaders and elected officials.

No one could reign him in. Turns out, his private proclivities ended him. He was a huffer.

Instead of everyone reflecting that this man who couldn't even control himself, was at the lead of some very undemocratic and unfair practices, they instead joined in ranks to defend this poor sick man who couldn't help himself.

His legacy of secrecy continues.

wryter2000

(46,051 posts)
34. He did it in all the debates
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 04:21 PM
Oct 2018

I think it's nervousness. But I don't know why nerves would make him sniff.

Talitha

(6,593 posts)
37. It was the first debate, IIRC
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 07:31 PM
Oct 2018

Afterwards, he claimed "they" rigged the microphone on purpose - to make him sound like that.

-sigh-

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
12. Over weight
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 02:50 PM
Oct 2018

I've presumed it is connected with being over weight. He's probably carrying around alot of fluid. I've seen this in heavy people before.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
13. Something stinks (R)
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 02:50 PM
Oct 2018

republicans refuse to accept the ugly realities right under their noses.

Sad to see people with so little self-respect that they will repeatedly accept lies and falsehoods from a five-time republican draft-dodging casino hustler with a debts to the russian mob and a highly suspicious SNIFFING THANG going on all the time.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
22. I firmly believe it's his FEAR tell.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 03:49 PM
Oct 2018

He only does it when he's scared shitless of being completely exposed as the fraud he really is. I first thought it was cocaine during the debate with Clinton, but he's done it on several occasions since that have convinced me that it's fear.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
23. Wow! That's a very interesting and plausible theory.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 03:53 PM
Oct 2018

Would that be just a nervous-tic, or does his fear manifest itself as postnasal drip... thus causing him to sniff? Thanks for sharing your thoughts and idea on this!

LeftInTX

(25,366 posts)
45. Doesn't he flare his nostrils when he sniffs?
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 04:14 AM
Oct 2018

I always thought congestion or polyps.

It doesn't seem to be a typical runny nose sniff. It seems like he's trying to take in more air through his nose.

Someone said it could be because he's overweight....

It could be nerves and a form of hyperventilation where doesn't want to overuse his mouth, so he uses his nose instead.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
26. It could be a symptom of Tourette Syndrome
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 04:03 PM
Oct 2018
Some of the more common simple tics include eye blinking and other eye movements, facial grimacing, shoulder shrugging, and head or shoulder jerking. ... Simple vocal tics may include throat-clearing, sniffing/snorting,

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Tourette-Syndrome-Fact-Sheet

TNLib

(1,819 posts)
29. a nervous tick
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 04:05 PM
Oct 2018

Probably when he lies. Since he's always lying he's always sniffing. It's kind of like Pinocchio thing

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
33. It's just weird.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 04:12 PM
Oct 2018

He seems to sniff when he’s stressed or he’s doing or saying something he doesn’t like. I wonder about cocaine but how many coke heads don’t drink alcohol? I could be naive about that but back in the 80’s I partied quite a bit and everybody I know that did coke did it so they could drink a lot of alcohol.

UTUSN

(70,706 posts)
36. We noticed it since the rebuke primaries. Carrie FISHER & others from experience
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 05:28 PM
Oct 2018

said it was definitely coke.





OhioBlue

(5,126 posts)
41. He has the personallity of an addict - can't accept responsibilty, blames others, etc.
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 12:32 AM
Oct 2018

He lies about everything. I have never believed that he has abstained from drugs or alcohol. I think his sniff is due to a coke habit that did damage. I used to date a guy who was a recovering coke addict, he had damage to his septum and exhibited the same snorts. Similar personality traits too. Abusive liar. It wasn't a proud period in my life, but one I learned from and glad I escaped.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
43. Drugs
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 02:52 AM
Oct 2018

This was discussed when he sniffed his way through the debates. Some idiots including him tried to deny he was sniffing. He said something was wrong with his microphone. He was so crazy and incoherent in the debates it's hard to believe anyone could even consider voting for him.

Kavanaugh was sniffing as well at the hearing and he was obviously on something.

Ninsianna

(1,349 posts)
44. I don't see how anyone with an intact nasal septum can even make that
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 03:16 AM
Oct 2018

noise.

I think he was snorting many things.

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