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malaise

(299,368 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:02 PM Wednesday

He's speaking at the G7 now

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He is having severe breathing problems that he cannot hide.
DU medics weigh in please

Oh and he is still stark raving mad.


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He's speaking at the G7 now (Original Post) malaise Wednesday OP
He doesn't just sound deranged, he sounds like he's dying. Intractable Wednesday #1
Serious breathing problems malaise Wednesday #3
Gasping for breath hannah Wednesday #4
Rubio has the ODO-BAN spray for when that sin sucking racist shits his pants. LuvLoogie Wednesday #115
To catch him when he collapses. wnylib Wednesday #119
Congestive heart disease? Advanced? ananda Wednesday #72
My F-I-L died of congestive heart disease. Diamond_Dog Wednesday #90
Marco Rubio was leaning in right behind him. ananda Wednesday #109
Who can explain what these freaks do or why! Diamond_Dog Wednesday #110
Death rattle? C_U_L8R Wednesday #2
Not quite malaise Wednesday #5
Damn, but one can dream. republianmushroom Wednesday #37
No. Definitely not death ratttle. LtTx Wednesday #104
where are you seeing this?? hookaleft Wednesday #6
Both AlJazeera and M$NOW n/t malaise Wednesday #10
MS-NOW and CNN. It's live. Intractable Wednesday #11
MSNOW has it on dflprincess Wednesday #12
Fox snooze is covering it. Ilsa Wednesday #13
Cain Grins Wednesday #98
Thank you. (There is also "Kane".) nt Ilsa Wednesday #125
Word Salad. His brain is not working properly. MineralMan Wednesday #7
Repeating everything he said when he was with Modi earlier malaise Wednesday #9
I guess Rubio is there to catch him if he collapses. MineralMan Wednesday #20
little Mario would be flatten dave99 Wednesday #107
His brain hasn't worked properly since he was born. mwmisses4289 Wednesday #51
We say we have a deal Beachnutt Wednesday #8
This is an international disaster of epic proportion malaise Wednesday #19
Obama's library is about to open. Mr. O is getting all the good press. Intractable Wednesday #30
Good point malaise Wednesday #32
How embarrassing crazylikafox Wednesday #14
As always, he talks up his failures as something wonderful. Solly Mack Wednesday #15
God, He Sounds Awful DET Wednesday #16
We already know MAGA's don't have hearts. SamKnause Wednesday #23
I think we're watching Rubio's soul die dflprincess Wednesday #17
I think he's thinking if he puts up with this for a while, he could be president. Intractable Wednesday #22
He does look especially miserable today PatSeg Wednesday #65
Narcissists don't have regrets. llmart Wednesday #81
He then has to get rid of Miguelito Loveless Wednesday #78
And Grassley. As Sec'y of State, Rubio is 4th in line after VP, leader of House, non-VP leader of Senate. (n/t) thesquanderer Wednesday #106
Oops Miguelito Loveless Wednesday #116
I don't believe in souls but I hope Rubio is miserable every second of his life. SamKnause Wednesday #26
Well, that's okay PatSeg Wednesday #67
Rubio is a collaborator. surfered Wednesday #53
He has a soul? I'm shocked! MLAA Wednesday #54
been seeing that barbtries Wednesday #66
Whatever fully-functioning soul he might have once had has been strangled by his ambition, Ocelot II Wednesday #80
He always looks like that! Diamond_Dog Wednesday #86
That was my thought as well. Maru Kitteh Wednesday #87
Then he could stand up, get Suzie and the Secret Service displacedvermoter Wednesday #124
I'm reminded of the phrase, 'When you're explaining, you're losing.' Intractable Wednesday #18
M$NOW cuts him off malaise Wednesday #24
ABC still has it on dflprincess Wednesday #28
We are watching him lose his mind in public and on the world stage.......gawd help us. a kennedy Wednesday #21
Yep malaise Wednesday #25
Thanks for watching and commenting Progressive dog Wednesday #27
Today is lying on steroids malaise Wednesday #31
The whole world is watching. Some are laughing; some are crying; some are like wtf? Intractable Wednesday #35
Talking about black marble? Ilsa Wednesday #29
Incoherent malaise Wednesday #33
"A genius primitive people smart but primitive but so are we smart and we don't bomb people @ breakfast Botany Wednesday #42
Maybe Rubio is signaling someone underpants Wednesday #75
Is the crowd sleeping? Norrrm Wednesday #34
He doesn't know he's speaking in Europe? malaise Wednesday #36
In the little bit I listened to, he was just incoherently rambling. Jim__ Wednesday #38
It's nice to see him looking so poorly, Totally Tunsie Wednesday #39
Total freaking psycho! HighFired49 Wednesday #40
He reads from his script, but then stop to ad lib. Intractable Wednesday #41
This is absolute madness malaise Wednesday #46
Sounds like Fred Flintstone when he gets busted Klarkashton Wednesday #43
Hummina, hummina, hummina... displacedvermoter Wednesday #77
Maybe he needs his adenoids removed. This whole speech is a debacle. nt allegorical oracle Wednesday #44
Who is the bald guy smirking and smiling and inching away from him? MorbidButterflyTat Wednesday #45
That is kind malaise Wednesday #49
Howard Lutnick AStern Wednesday #55
Thanks. MorbidButterflyTat Wednesday #59
Rubio's probably wearing his djt-gifted clown shoes.... nt allegorical oracle Wednesday #64
. MorbidButterflyTat Wednesday #113
Holy Cow! This is an incoherant, disturbing mess....... Ars Longa Wednesday #47
We have a two-party-only system, which makes impeachment and removal a practical impossibility. Intractable Wednesday #52
I Wonder How Republicans are Going to Spin This DET Wednesday #48
And to think, this is just the BEGINNING. Wednesdays Wednesday #91
That breathing won't last two years malaise Wednesday #99
they'll simply deny reality. maxsolomon Wednesday #92
Cool NJCher Wednesday #121
It's 6:34 pm in France dflprincess Wednesday #50
All those Diet Cokes, Big Macs, and fries are finally kicking in. surfered Wednesday #56
tRiump is a total embarrassment. How I miss Biden and Obama - true Statesmen. Kamala would have impressed & charmed. AnotherMother4Peace Wednesday #57
My 91-year-old father-in-law just texted us to say Trump is totally insane Grim Chieftain Wednesday #58
Insane is mild malaise Wednesday #61
not a doctor but personal opinion barbtries Wednesday #60
Yes. My relative was diagnosed w/CHF. He had swollen ankles & breathing problems before he died. nt AnotherMother4Peace Wednesday #74
Does no one else notice how set-up the "questions" from the reporters seem? BlueHurricane Wednesday #62
Good spot malaise Wednesday #70
Yes, I noticed that as well PatSeg Wednesday #71
The only reporters they let near him are "Trump Guys" anymore. nt Wednesdays Wednesday #94
I've noticed he has called on PatSeg Wednesday #123
That "reporter" is Peter Doocy of FOX snooze... Totally Tunsie Wednesday #101
Where I grew up they would say "nature taking its course". twodogsbarking Wednesday #63
He doesn't control the microphone there. He does at home. He ALWAYS has this Maru Kitteh Wednesday #68
This is what happens to an elderly white man who has no ballroom. twodogsbarking Wednesday #69
If you're an American right now mountain grammy Wednesday #73
Afghanistan is kissing our ass? Maru Kitteh Wednesday #76
He ended by saying there is no agreement malaise Wednesday #83
He also did his usual "rigged elections" riff. If the election was rigged, how did he get allegorical oracle Wednesday #93
perfect nt Maru Kitteh Wednesday #122
I could not care less IbogaProject Wednesday #79
CNBC cut him off Beachnutt Wednesday #82
I hope somebody prints out the full text of Ars Longa Wednesday #84
No concern for the dead Iranian little girls malaise Wednesday #85
FULL-BLOWN DEMENTIA.... God help us. ashredux Wednesday #88
Agree malaise Wednesday #89
Is there somewhere that this is available on line? Mossfern Wednesday #95
I think this is it Kali Wednesday #105
Lord help US, what an embarrassment. Beartracks Wednesday #96
They should have put up scaffolding and hung a tarp in front of him ToxMarz Wednesday #97
You win the thread malaise Wednesday #100
And he just doesn't shut up. It's like he has verbal diarrhea. It just keeps coming out of his ugly mouth. nt AnotherMother4Peace Wednesday #102
When he rambles, he accomplishes his goals maxsolomon Wednesday #111
Here's Trump speaking at G-7 patphil Wednesday #103
From another source malaise Wednesday #108
776 more posts to go and counting! Excellent! patphil Wednesday #112
LOL malaise Wednesday #114
That's really saying something MustLoveBeagles Wednesday #120
Can't wait for the blooper reel. Sounds like he's going into a heart attack. I hope he resists all offers of help. marble falls Wednesday #117
His gasping for breath made me smile! bif Wednesday #118

Intractable

(2,544 posts)
1. He doesn't just sound deranged, he sounds like he's dying.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:04 PM
Wednesday

Lots of snorting and sucking his breath in.

wnylib

(26,759 posts)
119. To catch him when he collapses.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 02:22 PM
Wednesday

A very dangerous job for Rubio. Imagine that smelly hulk crashing down in you.

Diamond_Dog

(41,443 posts)
90. My F-I-L died of congestive heart disease.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:18 PM
Wednesday

He had weakness and shortness of breath for almost a year before he passed away. But I think his handlers have been going to great pains to hide Trump’s symptoms from us all this time.

LtTx

(103 posts)
104. No. Definitely not death ratttle.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:50 PM
Wednesday

Death rattle is very very late in the the dying cycle. It happens usually hours before dying.
Also, as an RN of 40 years- he really didn't look like he was struggling any more than usual and he did speak for a hour
He appears as an 80+ year old who is not in good health and he probably does have heart failure. It is no longer referred to as "congestive health failure"-- it is heart failure, HF followed by modifiers on the ejection fraction.
Interesting that he doesn't appear as orange as usual.

So......just another day in the hell we currently inhabit.

dflprincess

(29,455 posts)
12. MSNOW has it on
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:11 PM
Wednesday

As does the local ABC affiliate. (I'm sure there's more options as well)

Ilsa

(64,724 posts)
13. Fox snooze is covering it.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:12 PM
Wednesday

And what I heard was that General Caine (Kaine?) hates Trump's nickname for him, "Raisin Caine".

He's ranting and rewriting history.

MineralMan

(151,958 posts)
20. I guess Rubio is there to catch him if he collapses.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:13 PM
Wednesday

He seems on the verge of that, to me.

Beachnutt

(8,973 posts)
8. We say we have a deal
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:10 PM
Wednesday

the market shoots up, we say we don't have a deal and the market drops.
He said that, he just admitted market manipulation.

malaise

(299,368 posts)
19. This is an international disaster of epic proportion
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:13 PM
Wednesday

attacking Obama on the world stage

Intractable

(2,544 posts)
30. Obama's library is about to open. Mr. O is getting all the good press.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:20 PM
Wednesday

Trump will be seething inside when he sees the videos of the grand opening.

DET

(2,666 posts)
16. God, He Sounds Awful
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:12 PM
Wednesday

Trouble breathing, voice weak and warbly. Worst I’ve ever seen him. He could keel over at any minute. He’s rambling incoherently, of course. Rubio and Lutnick are looking uncomfortable. If any of them had a heart, they’d get him off that stage and into a hospital.

SamKnause

(14,966 posts)
23. We already know MAGA's don't have hearts.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:16 PM
Wednesday

I think they should rush him to the closest McDonald's and Super Size his order.

dflprincess

(29,455 posts)
17. I think we're watching Rubio's soul die
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:13 PM
Wednesday

He looks like he's imagining he's any place else.

Intractable

(2,544 posts)
22. I think he's thinking if he puts up with this for a while, he could be president.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:14 PM
Wednesday

It's his only route to the presidency.

PatSeg

(53,926 posts)
65. He does look especially miserable today
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:55 PM
Wednesday

This is a man who knows there is no turning back and he is probably have huge regrets about his life choices. He always looks like he is in a great deal of pain.

thesquanderer

(13,162 posts)
106. And Grassley. As Sec'y of State, Rubio is 4th in line after VP, leader of House, non-VP leader of Senate. (n/t)
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:50 PM
Wednesday

barbtries

(31,382 posts)
66. been seeing that
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:56 PM
Wednesday

ever since Jan2025

he sold his soul - it seems that doesn't sit all that well with him. most of his hangers on had no soul to lose.

Ocelot II

(131,732 posts)
80. Whatever fully-functioning soul he might have once had has been strangled by his ambition,
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:08 PM
Wednesday

but he has to know he's participating in an epic shit show, and he's probably trying to figure out how he can position himself as salvaging the mess somehow.

displacedvermoter

(5,209 posts)
124. Then he could stand up, get Suzie and the Secret Service
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 06:59 PM
Wednesday

out there, and gently escort him off the stage. Say enough, as much as I hate Vance, this man is mad.

a kennedy

(36,713 posts)
21. We are watching him lose his mind in public and on the world stage.......gawd help us.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:13 PM
Wednesday

I AM SO EMBARRASSED BY THIS PIECE OF SHIT. 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

malaise

(299,368 posts)
25. Yep
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:17 PM
Wednesday

They cut him off and are fact checking him - tearing him a new one
Shit calls it incredibly incoherent and by no means accurate.
They are flagging everything he said.

Progressive dog

(7,636 posts)
27. Thanks for watching and commenting
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:17 PM
Wednesday

While I would enjoy his struggles, I try to avoid his pathological lying.

Ilsa

(64,724 posts)
29. Talking about black marble?
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:19 PM
Wednesday

WTF, he's all over the place. Talking about cameras everywhere, I guess in Iran at the nuclear enrichment sites.

Now he's lying about Iran's readiness to go nuclear. And Rubio is scratching or rubbing his left flank like he has shingles or something.

Botany

(78,180 posts)
42. "A genius primitive people smart but primitive but so are we smart and we don't bomb people @ breakfast
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:30 PM
Wednesday

… and what about Herbert Hoover he raised taxes which caused the depression”. … Sucking wind sound

He is out to lunch.

Btw The Obama deal stopped Iran from having the means to enrich nuclear material.

Totally Tunsie

(12,219 posts)
39. It's nice to see him looking so poorly,
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:27 PM
Wednesday

but what the hell is he babbling about? Why would he begin to think (I know, i know) that this is "world stage" content?

LOL at Rubio - he just wants to be anyplace but...

HighFired49

(536 posts)
40. Total freaking psycho!
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:28 PM
Wednesday

Embarrassing us on the world stage. "I did this! Couldn't have been done by anyone else!" all the while criticizing past leaders. Wandering off into Never Never Land and making up crap that others would, could, or might say. "No president ever did this before ME!" PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!!

Intractable

(2,544 posts)
41. He reads from his script, but then stop to ad lib.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:29 PM
Wednesday


Some of these improvised verbalizations would be hysterically funny if they didn't have worldwide consequences.

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,934 posts)
45. Who is the bald guy smirking and smiling and inching away from him?
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:33 PM
Wednesday

He sounds absolutely INSANE.

The US went to hell when the election was stolen from him. INSANE!

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,934 posts)
59. Thanks.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:51 PM
Wednesday

He's been gradually moving away from Piggy and Rubio looks like he's clicking his heels together wanting to go home.

Now Rubio is practically on Piggy's back. WTF?

Ars Longa

(647 posts)
47. Holy Cow! This is an incoherant, disturbing mess.......
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:33 PM
Wednesday

Other parliamentary style countries would be having talks/votes
about removal shortly!

Intractable

(2,544 posts)
52. We have a two-party-only system, which makes impeachment and removal a practical impossibility.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:41 PM
Wednesday

DET

(2,666 posts)
48. I Wonder How Republicans are Going to Spin This
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:34 PM
Wednesday

They’ll try to ignore it, but there’s no getting around this fiasco. This is the complete mental and physical breakdown of the President of the United States on the world stage.

Wednesdays

(23,408 posts)
91. And to think, this is just the BEGINNING.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:19 PM
Wednesday

We still have 2 and a half more years to go.

And no, he's not going to be impeached and removed, nor removed via the 25th, no matter how much we wish it. The only way he goes is if he takes his final dirt nap.

In the meantime, we'll continue to watch his gradual mental decline in real time.

NJCher

(43,774 posts)
121. Cool
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 03:10 PM
Wednesday

Im onlyreading because i am waiting for my car at the mechanic's.

Thanks for the play by play.

Will watch for commentary tonight on tv.

AnotherMother4Peace

(5,269 posts)
57. tRiump is a total embarrassment. How I miss Biden and Obama - true Statesmen. Kamala would have impressed & charmed.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:49 PM
Wednesday

Grim Chieftain

(2,281 posts)
58. My 91-year-old father-in-law just texted us to say Trump is totally insane
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:50 PM
Wednesday

Listening to Trump at the G7 he is incredulous this idiot is still in office. He thinks this finally is the tipping point, there is no coming back from this. OMG - make it stop!!!!!

Dear god, how we have fallen.

barbtries

(31,382 posts)
60. not a doctor but personal opinion
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:53 PM
Wednesday

congestive heart failure.

ETA depravity and dementia as well, of course. he's dying in every way imaginable.

AnotherMother4Peace

(5,269 posts)
74. Yes. My relative was diagnosed w/CHF. He had swollen ankles & breathing problems before he died. nt
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:01 PM
Wednesday

BlueHurricane

(82 posts)
62. Does no one else notice how set-up the "questions" from the reporters seem?
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:53 PM
Wednesday

This is so staged. A “reporter” mentioning how “a wise man once said…” and then is like that man was you Mr. Trump, is how they start a question. GTFO. There is no way anyone mentions the Art of the deal book in a question that was not 100% written by the White House. They need to not be able to pick on who he wants. These “reporters” are so staged. It’s disgusting.

PatSeg

(53,926 posts)
123. I've noticed he has called on
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 05:32 PM
Wednesday

a lot more women reporters than men and then he insults them.

Totally Tunsie

(12,219 posts)
101. That "reporter" is Peter Doocy of FOX snooze...
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:42 PM
Wednesday

son of Steve Doocy, also of FOX, from whom he learned the proper way to kiss chump's ass.

No big surprises here. Daddy taught him well.

Maru Kitteh

(32,089 posts)
68. He doesn't control the microphone there. He does at home. He ALWAYS has this
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:59 PM
Wednesday

much trouble breathing, but the microphone in the WH and WH-controlled settings is always on his body, where you can avoid more of the “whoosh” sound of him sucking air. On the body it’s easier to emphasize the lower and warmer tones in a voice.

He has the typical patterns and signs of heart failure, in my opinion, in addition to the obvious signs of stroke. That right side of his face just gets lazier and lazier. It’s sliding off his skull half the time, especially at rest. Which is often on camera, in the oval.

twodogsbarking

(19,760 posts)
69. This is what happens to an elderly white man who has no ballroom.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:59 PM
Wednesday

Hell hath no ballroom either.

mountain grammy

(29,337 posts)
73. If you're an American right now
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:01 PM
Wednesday

and you're not embarrassed, you're dumb.. and that's dumb with a 'B'

Maru Kitteh

(32,089 posts)
76. Afghanistan is kissing our ass?
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:04 PM
Wednesday

Was he trying to say he still plans to “win” the war in Afghanistan?

malaise

(299,368 posts)
83. He ended by saying there is no agreement
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:11 PM
Wednesday

Last edited Wed Jun 17, 2026, 02:51 PM - Edit history (1)

but he’ll throw Vance under the bus
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allegorical oracle

(6,672 posts)
93. He also did his usual "rigged elections" riff. If the election was rigged, how did he get
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:21 PM
Wednesday

elected for a second term? He's nothing but a clusterf**k of memes that he's memorized.

IbogaProject

(6,155 posts)
79. I could not care less
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:07 PM
Wednesday

But I do hope he festers w severe imparement and lives long enough for everyone to move on from him and even begin to try and distance theselves from him. I want him unable to speak clearly and to need bedside care. I want him to suffer rebuke, being ignored and at the mercy of helpers.

Mossfern

(4,857 posts)
95. Is there somewhere that this is available on line?
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:28 PM
Wednesday

I missed all of it and have a doc's appointment shortly.
I would like to see it myself.

on edit: found it
I've only been able to watch 7 minutes - I'll get back to it later

Kali

(56,970 posts)
105. I think this is it
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:50 PM
Wednesday
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221312090

I'm having internet connection problems and can't get videos to play but I suspect that is it.

AnotherMother4Peace

(5,269 posts)
102. And he just doesn't shut up. It's like he has verbal diarrhea. It just keeps coming out of his ugly mouth. nt
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:46 PM
Wednesday

maxsolomon

(39,349 posts)
111. When he rambles, he accomplishes his goals
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:57 PM
Wednesday

1. Prevent anyone else from speaking.
2. Run out the clock. The longer he bullshits, the fewer questions that can be asked.

patphil

(9,314 posts)
103. Here's Trump speaking at G-7
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:50 PM
Wednesday


He sounds awful.
He sounds like he should be on oxygen, or even in a hospital bed.
Unfortunately, it's the same bullshit spewing forth from his mouth.

malaise

(299,368 posts)
108. From another source
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:52 PM
Wednesday

‪Mr.Eddie8976‬
‪@mreddie8976.bsky.social‬
· 1h
This is the most painful presser to listen to he’s ever done

Incoherent babbling, in between gasping for air

marble falls

(73,388 posts)
117. Can't wait for the blooper reel. Sounds like he's going into a heart attack. I hope he resists all offers of help.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 02:14 PM
Wednesday

bif

(27,387 posts)
118. His gasping for breath made me smile!
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 02:18 PM
Wednesday

Here's hoping the Grim Reaper pays him a visit soon.

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