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(22,037 posts)Mr. Casler waited a bit to speak up. Perhaps his comments would have been helpful in 2015-2016.
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Whoever was talking is spot on and his descriptions of which drugs is consistent with Trumps behavior...
We are in so much danger as each day passes and he remains in White House...
PCIntern
(25,550 posts)Its how a true story is related.
Kitchari
(2,166 posts)mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)more than anything else.
His trip to Walter Reed was a drug overdose.
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)He will be easy to discredit.
Who am I kidding. Even if 10 ex employees came out corroborating this it won't affect one vote from his cult.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)When he mentioned the Valium to come down with, my first thought was Elvis. Elvis had a daily regimen of uppers and downers that killed him early.
The combination of narcissism and certain drugs make Trump believe he's indestructible. That WILL lead to an overdose. He may not make it to November and it will be too late to change the ballots.
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)Personally I think all this talk of the fucker being so ill, etc etc is pretty silly.
"He's dragging his left leg - stroke!"
"His pupils are dilated - adderall! Speed! Cocaine!"
"He couldn't lift his arm - heart attack!"
"He jerked his shoulders - dementia!"
He looked "well" on Sunday at Daytona. Fox sports interviewed him and I was extremely disappointed at how "approaching decent" he was.
So apparently he eats 10 Big macs a day, a lot of ice cream, takes drugs and downers.
Whatever's wrong with him, won't affect him to the point a lot of people (myself included) keep hoping.
It's all just wishful thinking.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)People can drag their feet. People can in a short 20 second video not use an arm. People can jerk their shoulders, forget stuff.
The whole point is that we're super mega exaggerating every little thing he does and it's pretty silly. Anybody would be dead if all the stuff that gets said about the mother***** about his health were true.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)C Moon
(12,213 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)Butterflylady
(3,544 posts)At your disposal 24/7. I didn't think so. They (the doctors) can and probably have been dealing with a lot s**t from him.
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)What doctors have been dealing with a lot of shit from him and how is that related to the medical issues conspiracy theories???
By the way, you are free to believe whatever conspiracy theory you prefer.
Polly Hennessey
(6,798 posts)So far he is holding his own. Amazing that he is. Cannot understand how he does it if what we hear about his eating habits are true.
LiberalFighter
(50,938 posts)Nearly 5 million that voted for him in 2016 will be dead. Rounded up from 4.8. That is 7.6% of the votes in 2016.
The rest of the votes will be peeled off that are not part of his cult that voted for him in 2016. There are (ex) Republicans that don't want anything to do with Trump. And in some cases don't want anything to do with Republicans again. Either they won't vote or they will vote for the Democratic candidate or someone else.
If someone that voted for Trump and won't again. It is a plus 1 vote for us if they don't for anyone or for someone other than a Democrat. It is a plus 2 vote for us if vote for the Democratic candidate.
Then there are Republicans that are now in prison and can't vote. Or if they haven't been sentenced are unlikely to vote.
CurtEastPoint
(18,645 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)His huge ego is even worse because a lot of it is coke fueled. Coke makes a lot of people, if not the majority who use it, feel like they are God. Add that to how much people kiss Trump's ass and make him feel like he is above reproach and you get the more obnoxious than usual Trump we see today. He is worse than ever RIGHT NOW. The DEA should raid the freaking White House and cuff the fucker.
It can be adderal, too, but his whole affect is a coke head, and all the 80s/90s partying he did, I mean ...
barbtries
(28,795 posts)it's like the biggest elephant in the room, along with all of his other disorders, that he's being held together with drugs.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)gembaby1
(253 posts)And the robotic movements and glassy eyed stares when hes giving a formal speech. Why, wouldnt you know it? The presidents doped up!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I hope it kills him.
alfredo
(60,074 posts)ED is a side effect of Adderall, though not listed on this page
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/adderall/long-term-effects
ecstatic
(32,705 posts)Am I missing something? How is he getting away with such a horrible lifestyle?
MontanaMama
(23,317 posts)Im rooting for Mother Nature on this one. She always bats last...but she is certainly taking her time with the MF.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)They live longer than Democrats, it seems. Look how old Thurmond and Helms were. They are not the only ones. I would love for someone good at statistics and research to actually check out just the recent statistics alone. In recent years, it really does seem that way.
I think they live the extra decade or so longer just to spite their enemies. Their willful stupidity and cold-heartedness alone make them thrive. These are people who refuse to evolve based on the fact that they do not believe in evolution in the first place. Somehow, they manage to not evolve at all. If anything, they are devolving. They pride themselves on that stubbornness and cold heartedness and willful stupidity(and sometimes willful ignorance).
That's all I have. I do not really know the answer to your question, but I have been wondering about it for a couple of decades now. That was all I could see different other than the fact that a lot of the most extreme right wingers tend to have more money and can afford top notch healthcare (or will cheat the system to get it like a lot of them do where I live), whereas a lot of Democrats can't always afford quality healthcare. I think maybe that is a factor too. I wish they hadn't gutted the ACA like they did. Maybe poorer Democrats could live longer too then.
In the meantime, 73 makes him a spring chicken in the extremist right winger world. He probably has at least 20 to 30 years to go, before he even needs to worry about his horrible habits catching up to him. He has money. Doctors can patch him up. He also has that unchecked spitefulness. That just feeds right wingers and makes them stronger. They really are like horror movie villains, imo.
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Notice how languid his speeches in foreign countries are.
Now compare that to his rallies, and debates, in the US.
He's probably not able, or willing, to take coke with him overseas.
Squidly
(783 posts)Or having to go through customs...the fkr probably carries his stash in his pocket as he walks down the steps of AF1
kacekwl
(7,017 posts)Or didn't care. How anyone could not know what kind of president he would be ? It's actually way worse than I thought and I thought the worst.
Maraya1969
(22,480 posts)maybe the mainstream didn't. And I think by the second debate he didn't sniff as much/don't know how he did that.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)Twenty years ago, when I spent some of my mis-spent youth in Miami, I used a lot of coke. It absolutely gives you a feeling of power. It makes perfect sense Trump would be a user of coke and other uppers that would do that for him. It goes along perfectly with his constant need for approval and control.
Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)"...the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,..."
This isn't a fucking game show. Or a beauty pageant.
Or a (failing) real estate venture.
It's the government that is supposed to protect (and serve) us. Not him. With his access to launch codes, all our lives are at stake here!
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)captain queeg
(10,199 posts)But Ive always thought the same about Hollywood people. Ones that have done public stints In rehab. They slip and go back at it for years but somehow manage to bounce back. I guess what I think is that when you are filthy rich you can afford the best care. There are all sorts of things rich users can do to bounce back, like going into a induced coma to allow doctors to wean them off whatever they are addicted to. Never thought about it at the time but something like that could explain his trip to Walter Reed. But it would take a huge conspiracy of silence among everyone around him. Of course that would be real likely with him. Especially once he is president. Even conscientious people might go along with the coverup not wanting to let the world see that weve elected a raging drug addict.
tavernier
(12,389 posts)how many drugs a habitual user can ingest. As a home health nurse Ive come upon elderly people who have been taking buckets of meds for decades because they have been under the care of a variety of specialists, and none of the drugs get discontinued if their primary doc isnt paying attention. One dose from their med cup would put me in a coma.
His slurring and sniffing and all the other symptoms are imo very much drug related. I am surprised that he doesnt have tardive dyskinesia, although at times it appears that it might be soon coming.
Maraya1969
(22,480 posts)I fear that if I stopped everything I would never sleep again.
But I am making a point of slowly decreasing dosages and hoping that my body will also adjust.
captain queeg
(10,199 posts)When I finally had surgery, due to my high tolerance I was on a lot in the hospital. My surgeon told me if he took the amount I was taking it would kill him. Thank God I am off them but thank God they were there when I needed them. I worry that that current anti drug hysteria will keep people who need them from getting them.
IHR
(11 posts)I wouldnt be surprised if Trump is sending diplomatic pouches to Columbia to pick up copious amount of coke.
When the DOJ can just go to an evidence locker and grab him a few kilos whenever he needs it
Maraya1969
(22,480 posts)virgogal
(10,178 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)This kind of stuff rolls off his back.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Republican operatives and their Russian disinformation specialists have damaged opponents with not only with hearsay, but with outright LIES, like Hillary Clinton running a child-sex ring in the basement of a pizza parlor.
ANYTHING that could damage Trump is worthwhile, considering the stakes. And Adderall addiction isnt that much of a leap. Many of us on DU have guessed it all along. Spread it far and wide, let the media pick it up and run with it.
mahina
(17,660 posts)All day.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)And now...Ivanka. The plastic, fake-throaty voice, daughter wife.
"If you are scared of Trump, you should be terrified of Ivanka. I think she's the brains behind the operation. I've seen her manipulate him. It's all an act. Down to that phony voice she uses. That's a put on. That's how he likes her to sound. Her real voice is a lot lower and she curses like a sailor...she's engineering herself to take over. Ivanka wants to rule us all someday and I'm not being...it's not just hyperbole....she wants her face on money....so people should be very worried about her."
Anyone paying attention can see that not only does Donald Trump view his daughter as his one and only true love, but he truly does see her as the perfect woman, and the ONLY woman who should take over for him. His sons are always living in Ivanka's shadow. And poor Tiffany doesn't even count in Trump's eyes.
https://crooksandliars.com/2020/01/ex-apprentice-staffer-noel-casler
kentuck
(111,098 posts)There is just so much to share that it gets lost in the fog.
superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)For discussion
Nancy Waterman
(6,407 posts)Send to everyone and demand drug testing for Orange Mephistopheles.
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)For a long time.
So much doesn't come out around this pig. He's got layers upon layers of cover. Mobbed up.
My guess.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)I dont understand how his handlers let him go out like that on the airwaves every major network gave him time
but like I said that day they cant control what he does on the bathroom sink behind a closed door
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth