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Demovictory9

(32,449 posts)
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 02:22 PM Mar 2020

young fit man is forced to publicly say that 73 year old unfit man is healthier

44 year old fit man forced to say that non-fit 73 year old is healthier than he his. it's possible that Trump does sleep less because we sleep less as we age (I've heard).


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young fit man is forced to publicly say that 73 year old unfit man is healthier (Original Post) Demovictory9 Mar 2020 OP
Lying is now contagious GusBob Mar 2020 #1
More like required. Iggo Mar 2020 #36
Does His Lardship screen potential appointees for yes-man characteristics The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #2
don't know but they must practice the lies... they always say them superfast over and over Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #4
I saw this and he was doing a whole lot of eye blinking. Lying through his teeth might do that. yonder Mar 2020 #26
MF45 just hired a college student for a senior position in the Office of Presidential Personnel Tanuki Mar 2020 #9
Surgeon Gen has a bunch of young kids... not the time to risk unemployment Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #16
Lying:.The one and only "conservative" value Cary Mar 2020 #3
Dear Leader doesn't sleep, because he's constantly dewsgirl Mar 2020 #5
+1000 smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #33
Sickening. Literally. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #6
He is smarter than you, he is a better athlete, he know the Bible... Under The Radar Mar 2020 #7
Oh man ... we're SO all gonna die (nt) mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #8
Lying piece of SHIT Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #10
Long Live Big Brother! edhopper Mar 2020 #11
I have to join you! Newest Reality Mar 2020 #29
Weight is not an indicator of health. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2020 #12
no but 30years age diff, plus weight, plus lack of activity we can assume surgeon gen is lying Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #14
How about cholesteral? Kingofalldems Mar 2020 #15
"Not a good try." WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2020 #17
i wiil edit op to use term "unfit" Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #20
Trump takes medication for high cholesterol. Ilsa Mar 2020 #19
A large percentage of older people take those meds. virgogal Mar 2020 #28
Less than half, though. Ilsa Mar 2020 #32
Guaranteed he was ordered to say that. Kingofalldems Mar 2020 #13
truly disgusting CatWoman Mar 2020 #18
Jerome Adams ::edited:: irisblue Mar 2020 #21
yeah, he provided cover for the Trump administrators delay in warning the elderly Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #23
Scary that this twit graduated Medical School. GeorgeGist Mar 2020 #22
Bullshit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SamKnause Mar 2020 #24
I'm going to believe just about zero of what he says - Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #25
He wasn't forced, he's been Pence's toady since Indiana. Lars39 Mar 2020 #27
Be sure to wash your mind... Newest Reality Mar 2020 #30
Trump had a wet dream one night: A black man was being subservient to him in every way. Doodley Mar 2020 #31
Someone tell Agolf Twitler The Wizard Mar 2020 #34
Typical dumbass Republican Hoosier. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #35
He wasn't forced malaise Mar 2020 #37

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)
2. Does His Lardship screen potential appointees for yes-man characteristics
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 02:25 PM
Mar 2020

or do they become yes-men after they are appointed in order to keep their jobs?

Demovictory9

(32,449 posts)
4. don't know but they must practice the lies... they always say them superfast over and over
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 02:28 PM
Mar 2020

in a scared way, as if their guard is just off camera.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
9. MF45 just hired a college student for a senior position in the Office of Presidential Personnel
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 02:36 PM
Mar 2020

to purge anyone who hasn't been sufficiently obsequious. The Surgeon General sounds as if he's hedging his bets. What a sad day....when he has publicly told such a ridiculous lie, how are to believe anything else he says in the future?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/trump-hires-college-student-senior-white-house-aide.amp

"On Wednesday, we got the latest indicator of how bereft the Trump administration is of standards and how contemptuous it is of people who might know better with Politico’s report that the White House is hiring a college senior to be what Politico describes as “one of the top officials in its powerful Presidential Personnel Office.” James Bacon, a 23-year-old undergraduate at George Washington University, is being installed as the office’s director of operations and right-hand man to the PPO’s new 29-year-old director, John McEntee. Bacon’s role appears to be to help McEntee carry out a purge of insufficiently loyal Trump appointees as part of a “re-vetting” process. Bacon comes to the department that the Washington Post described in 2018 as having “far-reaching influence as a gateway for the appointed officials who carry out the president’s policies and run federal agencies” by way of a brief stint at the Department of Transportation, a White House liaison role at the Department of Housing and Urban Development while he was still taking classes, and, of course, the Trump campaign.

This is not the first example of Trump or his administration brandishing its ability to lift inferior loyalists, weaponizing capriciousness and arbitrariness as an expression of power. As the Post pointed out in 2018, just one year into the Trump presidency, the Presidential Personnel Office “has served as a refuge for young campaign workers, a stopover for senior officials on their way to other posts and a source of jobs for friends and family. … One senior staffer has had four relatives receive appointments through the office.” Unsurprisingly, the office, which served as the epicenter of graft and gifting political jobs, was also an island of privileged, misfit toys with dubious personal histories."...(more)


dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
5. Dear Leader doesn't sleep, because he's constantly
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 02:32 PM
Mar 2020

geeked up on amphetamines. I'm pretty sure this asshole is aware of that.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
33. +1000
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 04:18 PM
Mar 2020

This!

He forgot to mention his diet, lack of exercise, obesity, high bp, shortness of breath and drug abuse. Or maybe he just conveniently overlooked those things.

Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
7. He is smarter than you, he is a better athlete, he know the Bible...
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 02:33 PM
Mar 2020

More than you, he is the master of the stock market, he is an expert at the environment, no one knows planes like he does....you should have started that interview by say “I don’t know, ask Trump”

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
29. I have to join you!
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 03:43 PM
Mar 2020

I am learning to love Big Bother and 2+2=anything he says it is.

(everybody make sure to say that when the "time" comes so you don't go to room 101)



Demovictory9

(32,449 posts)
14. no but 30years age diff, plus weight, plus lack of activity we can assume surgeon gen is lying
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 02:44 PM
Mar 2020

Trump isn't one of those big healthy muscular types

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
19. Trump takes medication for high cholesterol.
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 03:01 PM
Mar 2020

We don't know the type or the med, but his doctor said that he takes a drug for it.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
32. Less than half, though.
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 04:11 PM
Mar 2020

That doesn't imply trump should be in the healthy category. In fact, it may indicate that he has associated cardiovascular disease.

43.3% in adults aged 60–74 and 47.6% in adults aged 75 and over


Obviously, people with insurance are more likely to be taking the drugs. People with cardiovascular disease are more likely to be on the drugs as well.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db177.htm#very_by


irisblue

(32,968 posts)
21. Jerome Adams ::edited::
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 03:06 PM
Mar 2020

Wow. A physician lying like that.


Added from his wiki

"Prior to becoming surgeon general, he served as the Indiana State Health Commissioner from 2014–2017. On June 29, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Adams to become Surgeon General of the United States.[4][5] Adams was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 3, 2017.[6] He assumed office on September 5, 2017."

So, he was in Indiana when Pence b/c of his religious beliefs let an HIV outbreak happen.

Demovictory9

(32,449 posts)
23. yeah, he provided cover for the Trump administrators delay in warning the elderly
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 03:12 PM
Mar 2020

He put his hippocratic oath second to protecting Trump

SamKnause

(13,091 posts)
24. Bullshit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 03:21 PM
Mar 2020

Nobody forced him.

The Trump cult is filled with willing liars.

Stop excusing the cowardness of these lying unscrupulous people.

Ms. Toad

(34,062 posts)
25. I'm going to believe just about zero of what he says -
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 03:36 PM
Mar 2020

since he believes that the influenza vaccine protects against COVID 19 (per another clip I saw yesterday).

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
30. Be sure to wash your mind...
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 03:45 PM
Mar 2020

We must wash our minds after each application of ineptitude and inane propaganda. Gosh, they are bad even at that.

Scrub, scrub, scrub. Buuuuuurp! Ahhhh!

The Wizard

(12,541 posts)
34. Someone tell Agolf Twitler
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 04:25 PM
Mar 2020

that Obama holds the record for presidents eating deep fried pork rinds and chain smoking. .

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