Is Trump dead?

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This news is apparently trending…

He (or his account) has posted

"the world will understand... Nothing can stop what's coming" ❓❓❓❓❓

bsky.app/profile/angrystaffer.bsky.social/post/3lxo4ai35b22k

Elvis Costello wrote a song about what he’d do when Maggie died - calked “tramp the dirt down”

Trump is scheduled to visit the UK in mid September. Question - would he be able to travel? I bet he goes against medical advice.

I think the PP is right. It’s quite obvious that he is wearing striped golf shoes if you zoom in on that photo.

The totally binary approach to politics in the US now means it’s apparently impossible to accept that both Biden AND Trump have physical and cognitive decline. It’s not either/or. Both of them are far too old to be President. It’s not ageism to say that the majority of people in their late 70s/80s will not be robust enough to take on such a responsible and demanding role. How the US has ended up in a place where these were the only two candidates says a lot about its political health.

Assuming this is indeed from his account, the message itself and the symbols in there are absolutely next level creepy. Like the sick head of a death cult: burning earth, the orb of power in one hand (you have to look closely to see it but it's there, right over the right hand, but note, it's not upwards like it usually is in traditional iconography), and who the hell is SpiritualStreetFighter?? (signature over the left shoulder). It's utterly bizarre. Again, IF legit, are we going to be treated to a sight of DJT speaking in tongues?

The orb thing looks like the letter Q as in QAnon?

Ah yes, could be.
Are we really sure it's from the official account? I mean, nothing surprises me anymore but this is... weird.

That account is real and regularly posts utterly unhinged things. Remember the Star Wars stuff?

Can't see that post on the account on X.

Ah. Didn’t the op see it as a cut and repost on Bluesky?

Please don’t tell me that Bluesky is as full of horseshit and lies as X. Some carefully curated progressive lives would be rocked.

It is from his Truth Social account not X. The little symbol in the top right hand corner is Truth Social.

Thank you.

I don't think a single person has said that on here.

It's social media. It can't not be that.

No, but that would be the result if Trump were to die (or resign).

Good grief.

They were both too old to be president, at least in a system where the president has so much power as an individual.

But Trump, at any age, has truly vicious tendencies that make him a far worse danger than Biden- or even Bush to use an example of someone whom I would not support, but at least wasn't trying to set himself up as dictator.

Being dead would mean he got away with everything - no repercussions for his vile behaviour. I hope they do a "Cromwell" on his body for his crimes.

I detest Trump as much as you do, but that doesn't make violence the solution. That 'brave young man' did actually kill an innocent bystander.

Of course. But that doesn't mean that people who wish Trump wasn't president would like to have Vance instead! There are other alternatives.

Trump will have it written in his will that Vance has to be buried with him when trump dies. Hopefully the same applies to Elon musk Jeff bezos and all the other billionaires - he won't want them to be alive while he's dead

No, Trump as a person is utterly unsuited to political power, I agree. He’s a felon, convicted of rape in a civil court, a documented racist and should be in prison. I was just making the point that a tit for tat on which of them is too old/unwell for the presidency is pointless, because both are.

He's not healthy though. According to the white house he has chronic vein insufficiency. Most commentators have suggested that its more like to be heart failure due to the sheer amount of swelling. He's also showing signs of dementia and if that bulge around his thigh is attached to a catheter he may have kidney disease too.

He lives on McDonald's and diet coke and doesn't exercise so he's a perfect storm for these.

If he has a catheter it’s as likely to be incontinence as a result of dementia as kidney disease.

I didn't say he was healthy. I said people attribute bad health and exaggerated obesity to him when they dislike him.

He seems to them to embody his badness.