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hamsterjill

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20. If what you're saying here is true - and I have no reason to believe that it is not -

Reply to Bluetus (Reply #17)

Wed May 27, 2026, 12:22 AM

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This makes the most sense of anything that I've heard.

We should be entitled to know the condition of the health of the leader of the country, and the media has completely and totally failed by not reporting and investigating. Some on this thread have used previous Presidents as examples of health conditions having been hidden. Sure. But with the technology that we have available today and did not have when those men were in the Oval Office, there should be some way for a cracker jack investigator to get some valid information and report it.

With Stephen Miller pulling the strings, I will expect that Trump will be propped up for as long as possible. He will be dead six months before they admit it.

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If the President is ill, do the people have a right to know? [View all] kentuck Tuesday OP

Absolutely... FalloutShelter Tuesday #1

Yes ... oldsoldierfadingfast Tuesday #2

That is why I tell everyone he is syphilitic displacedvermoter Tuesday #3

The 47th President's body is going to 86 itself. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Tuesday #4

Yes, but historically presidents' health problems have been either minimized or concealed altogether. Ocelot II Tuesday #5

I can see the empathy and concern for some past Presidents will keep their health conditions out of the news. Aussie105 Tuesday #6

Yes. Unless it greatly impacts/threatens National Security rpannier Tuesday #7

Trump's mental health.. Escape Tuesday #8

Yes. Baitball Blogger Tuesday #9

Hell no......nobody questions the 🍊🐖💩 dictator kimbutgar Tuesday #10

Given that JD Vance is the vice-president... Morbius Tuesday #11

The issue was settled with Eisenhower. DURHAM D Tuesday #12

Not really. JFK's serious health issues were never disclosed Ocelot II Tuesday #14

repukes certainly think so when a Dem is president Skittles Tuesday #13

Yes, both a right to know AND a need to know. He's running our country Marie Marie Tuesday #15

It is obvious the president has serious mental & physical problems. BarbD Tuesday #16

He isn't "ill" in the sense of something like cancer, Parkinson's etc. Bluetus Tuesday #17

If what you're saying here is true - and I have no reason to believe that it is not - hamsterjill Yesterday #20

Mental illness is completely different from physical illness Bluetus 21 hrs ago #22

I wish I could rec this more than once MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #23

Of course, we as taxpayers deserve to know about the health of our elected leaders. SWBTATTReg Tuesday #18

All of Franklin Roosevelt's doctors knew he was in heart failure when he ran for a 4th term. NNadir Yesterday #19

Being serious now ... oldsoldierfadingfast Yesterday #21

Absolutely MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #24