Are Melania and the officer behind her slightly leaning too? I can't tell if it's an optical illusion or some coordinated effort to hide Trump's real lean by matching him.
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Officer I dunno, but Melania is standing straight with one leg behind her. Look at the other leg - the on in the back of the photo. It's straight.
Why is Trump falling ontop of him?
My favorite part of the video is that Trump keeps trying to do this stupid fucking power move where he gives a firm handshake and refuses to let go. Newsom was ready for it and Trump had to forcibly pull his hand away.
For once, I'd love to see someone crush his little hand when he tries that shit. It is such a childish and dickish move.
I remember when assholes would try that kind of thing in elementary school. Some people - like donvict - never grow the hell up.
Yea, just keep squeezing harder and harder
It takes a long time for cracked metacarpals to heal.
That fucking lean is crazy
The only way he could be leaning that far forward is if his center of gravity is much lower and further back than his massive gut. The only way I can think that he's could achieve this is with a MASSIVE titanium butt plug shoved up his ass. I'm talking like 80+ pounds.
Titanium feels like a poor choice if you're trying to shift your center of gravity. Stainless steel would be better, or for this particular situation I'd probably recommend something even heavier like lead or uranium.
Honestly this is likely the best reason Trump has to stop supplying Ukraine with depleted uranium for antitank munitions.
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What about a very full diaper?
It's the dementia lean probably
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/what-is-dementia-posturing#dementia-posturing
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Dementia is a much more likely cause
Fuckin smooth criminal move. MJ is rolling.
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Looks like Trump's wearing those Michael Jackson patented stage shoes that let him lean really far
It's dementia
A smoothbrained criminal.
Donnie, are you okay?
So, Donnie are you okay?
Are you okay, Donnie?
He's wearing high heels, heel lifts, a corset and the hat to appear at least a couple inches taller. He's got to be at least 6-7in shorter than Newsom
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What’s up with the weird lean?
That's what happens when you wear giant lifts in your shoes because you're a little bitch obsessed about your height.
Lol, the fact Newsome has no lifts (and no tall hat) and is still taller is actually hilarious. I don't like Newsome much, but this is a great metaphor for California vs Trump.
Look at trumps HEELS!!!
Lots of people wear heals all the time and don't lean forward like this. Something is wrong with Trumps health, and they're hiding it.
Something is wrong with Trumps health, and they're hiding it.
Every time I see him, he looks more and more like a gas station hotdog that's been on the rollers since 1979. I don't think they're hiding shit.
Don't you think he looks tired?
That's after everything they've done to hide it.
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First term, it was speculated it was an early sign of dementia or some shit. This image and this video of him walking down a slope. His handlers making him take a cognitive test that gave us "person, woman, camera, tv"
It's telling that "Person" and "Woman" are opposites in his world
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Yep, claims to be 6'3" and the pic of him next to Biden they looked to be the same height. Biden is listed at 6'0".
Wait, are you saying he's not growing even taller with age? He should probably start saying he's 6'5" - that'd make America really great again.
Anyway, if that asshat is 6'3", I'm 6'6".
What’s up with the weird lean?
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He does it to try and hide his girthy belly. He thinks it makes him look more powerful. But like everything he does, it just makes him look weak and pathetic.
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I always thought it was because he's fat, so he leans forward to hide his huge belly. Works pretty well from the front where most pictures of him are taken.
He does it a lot, actually. I'm fairly convinced it's a sign that he has a disorder of some sort as discussed in this salon article from 2020.
"While most frequently observed in Parkinson's Disease, the bent posture so evident in Trump may also be seen in Alzheimer's Dementia, movement disorders of the basal ganglia, and as the side effect of certain medications," Cytowic continued. "Also noted are the sudden, jerking movements of Trump's right arm. Since they occur only on one side, the prefix "hemi" is applied, while "ballistic" means sudden or flinging in the manner of a projectile. Trump's hemiballistic arm movements are evident in news clips from Memorial Day (also here via C-Span) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, as are his uncontrolled swaying and forward tilt. He is seen to grab his wayward arm with the left one in an effort to keep it under control."
Youtube video here. You can see he stands with the same kind of lean (starting about 0:30) and keeps wobbling the whole time. The wobble gets very pronounced after he walks up to the wreath (around the 2:15 mark). As for the arm movements described above, you can see some good examples starting after the 4:15 mark. There's also an earlier point at the 2:28 mark where you can see him suddenly clench his left hand on his right wrist as if to hold it in place.
I really think the man is not well and he is basically a puppet for the far-right and all those billionaires.
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‘You were there for us for covid’, haha Newsome really knows how to get under his skin.
I don't see the video about handshake in the article, so here is one I found: https://youtu.be/qn7q0k1yY3s
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Lip readers please help me
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