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KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:57 AM Jan 2017

Let's Analyze Trump's Fear Of Stairs/Slopes & Why He Had To Hold May's Hand

His father pushed him down some stairs as a young kid?

He knows he's a fraud and is afraid of falling?

http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/611d51904cb137a0959390b82497d3e5

Taken as they walked from the building’s state rooms to the West Wing, it seemed to sum up how deeply they had bonded after a historic first meeting on Friday afternoon in Washington DC.

But an alternative explanation emerged that the US president suffers from bathmophobia — a fear of stairs or slopes.

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unblock

(52,243 posts)
4. i call bullcrap on the fear of stairs thing
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:14 AM
Jan 2017

sounds an awful lot like a cover story to hide a more serious medical condition.

remember how he wouldn't release his medical information, also likely to hide a serious medical condition.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
14. Remember when they mocked Hillary when she had a bout of pnemonia?
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:42 AM
Jan 2017

And insisted that it was a major campaign issue and a cover up?

unblock

(52,243 posts)
17. exactly.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:46 AM
Jan 2017

now their story is that he has a phobia of stairs but didn't need to disclose that?

oh, i know, he only developed the phobia of stairs after the election, yeah, that's the ticket!

or hey, we already litigated this in the election, people don't care about his undisclosed health problems!

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
5. We knew he had health problems when he accused Hillary of hiding something
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:15 AM
Jan 2017

Trump is like a little kid who does something bad and can't help but tell on himself.

enough

(13,259 posts)
6. Bad knees. He's 70 years old, and a lot of weight on those knees.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:15 AM
Jan 2017

Before you accuse me of ageism, I'm 72 and have my own knee problems, but losing weight has helped a lot.

jmbar2

(4,888 posts)
8. I vote bad knees as well
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:29 AM
Jan 2017

Usually going down stairs is worse than going up. If you have any knee weakness, they can sometimes buckle. Depends on the height of length of the steps, some are harder than others.

However, trying to remember, doesn't he have to climb down stairs to get out of his plane? Maybe they are specially built.

Solly Mack

(90,769 posts)
9. He's old. In poor health. No stamina. No resiliency.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:34 AM
Jan 2017

It's not uncommon for the elderly to be afraid of stairs/steps.

They don't heal as well as the young.

Not only has his age affected his fear level but it has affected his mind as well.

I say that not because I am attacking the elderly. It is true about the elderly.

They break a hip and it can be the death knell for them.

Age does work against the mind and body. Some more so than others.

Trump is in poor health.

He's neither mentally nor physically fit enough to be president.

We all get old if we are fortunate enough to live that long, and we will all face the perils that come with aging.

While advanced age is not a reason to bar someone from being president, the extent to which advanced age has damaged you both physically and mentally should be.

FDR was physically challenged but his mind was sharp and he was not as old as Trump.

I know Trump sees himself as young and vibrant but Trump is delusional.

I'm in my 50's and I hope to live longer. I want to grow old, but I also know that aging can be a barrier to things I like to do now.

For Trump, as well as the ravages of his mind, he is also afraid of breaking his bones because he's no longer steady on his feet.

Aging hasn't been kind to Trump.

Not that I feel sorry for him. I'd have tripped him - because I'm getting clumsy in my old age.

So you see, we all have our crosses to bear as we age.

I had such fun typing that out!

Sounds almost like sympathy but not. Just an ever so polite way of saying Trump is one dizzy spell away from breaking his neck or one good twitter rant away from a stroke.

But I'm only picking on Trump...not others who are the same age or older. Because, again, I hope to grow older as well.

Beats the alternative. Well, unless you're Trump. Poor thing. So old. So decrepit. So mentally unfit. Sad.











dembotoz

(16,806 posts)
11. Not as old as he is and I am more careful on stairs
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:37 AM
Jan 2017

I now always use the railing
Things don't work the way they used to...
Getting old sucks

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
16. Ah, but Dr. Bornstein let us know he was the healthiest individual ever elected to presidency.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:44 AM
Jan 2017

“If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” Bornstein wrote.

rgbecker

(4,831 posts)
15. This is interesting as I noticed he was the only one at his inauguration to hold the railing
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:42 AM
Jan 2017

as he walked down the stairs towards the entrance/exit to the platform of the ceremony.

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