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[–] nifty 36 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Baseless speculation, but I wonder if Trump has upped anxiety meds since the assassination attempt

[–] roguetrick 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Jamming both uppers and downers at his age would just result in death.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't give me hope. Actually if he could wait until November 6, that'd be great. The day after losing would be so sweet.

[–] barsquid 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's great timing. He'd have a day or so to screech about the votes for everyone's amusement. Then dying soon after would help stop this election's insurrectionists from doing terrorist attacks on the country.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Oh no. No no. They would freak out, claim he was murdered by the deep state, and literally riot.

[–] Burn_The_Right 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

hE wAs In pErFeCt sHaPe! tHe MoSt HeAlThY MaN oN EaRtH! bOdY oF a 20 yEaR oLd aThLeTe! iT HaD tO Be mUrDeR!

[–] suction 3 points 4 months ago

If they riot that’d be the easiest way to finish the job

[–] friend_of_satan 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I haven't been following too closely, but I thought he was more worried/upset about the dems swapping Biden for Kamala than the assassination attempt.

[–] JustZ 8 points 4 months ago

You don't have to watch the news to know that the dude is completely rattled after a sniper took like eight shots at him and got him with a piece of one of them. If it was an inch to the other direction it would have torn off the side of his head. It was traumatic for Trump, to be sure.

He's been very obviously getting more senile over the last few months, even before Biden dropped out and before he got shot.