Do they think people are that stupid?

[malaise]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/08/donald-trump-walter-reed-checkup

Donald Trump, the oldest man to be inaugurated US president, will visit Walter Reed national military medical center on Friday for what the White House said was a “routine yearly check up”.

“On Friday morning, President Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center for a planned meeting and remarks with the troops,” the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said in a statement on Wednesday. “While there, President Trump will stop by for his routine yearly check up. He will then return to the White House.”

This is the second time since returning to the White House in January that the president has gone to Walter Reed for an exam. Last time, it included cognitive and cardiology tests. It is not clear what exactly this checkup will entail.
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There is nothing routine about his second medical check up this year.
They are lying.

[chicoescuela]

1. yes they do

[soldierant]

34. And not without justification.

Too many people ARE that stupid.

[Scubamatt]

35. If the past 12 years

(at least) have shown us anything, it is the truth of your statement.

[vapor2]

2. BUT Pam blonde said he is the most transparent president ever

and YES, they think we are stupid and not paying attention

[dalton99a]

13. +1. Where are his tax returns?

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. They're stapled to the Epstein files. nt

[Joinfortmill]

39. Rofl

[Rowdyag]

27. And real medical records

[fargone]

29. He may actually be transparent because you can see right through him.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. They will have him on a gurney w a team around him, paddles in hand, for when the Peace Prize is announced Friday. . nt

[malaise]

5. Choking with laughter

😂😂😂😂

[leftstreet]

28. LOL

[Swede]

52. War with Norway it is.

Red alert!

[Attilatheblond]

4. Maybe he's being fitted for a Weekend At Bernie's apparatus?

Could be members of the Cabinet That Should Never Have Happened don't like the idea of their lucrative positions being left to the tender mercies of Just Dance.

[RockRaven]

6. They do. And the public has not behaved in a way to make them think otherwise.

The motherfucker got elected a second time, their contempt for the public is pretty well earned.

[BamaRefugee]

7. I didn't even read the post. I just knew that I should answer YES

[unblock]

8. I really don't think it's a matter of stupidity any more.

It's evil. Republicans aren't *all* stupid, and they aren't completely stupid about everything.

When Donnie and his gang of crooks lie, they aren't hoping the Republican rank and file will fall for it. They're basically ordering the rank and file to parrot the party line. They've turned the whole thing into a game, and the rules of the game for republicans are thou shalt not evaluate the validity or truthfulness of Donnie decrees, thou simply parrot and support whatever he says.

It's not stupidity in the sense that they've all been trained to let Donnie bypass whatever cognitive skills they possess.

I've tried all my life to "never ascribe to malice what can adequately be assigned to stupidity," but sometimes "stupid" just doesn't adequately explain what's going on.

[Cosmocat]

53. At its heart it is stupid

Because its blowing up the greatest democracy the world has seen for a relentlessly corrupt autocracy.

But, you are 100% right its a game to them, owning the libs. That's all they know, everything around them can burn and its still pure glory hating on the libs.

[enigmania]

56. It's a form of affirmation for the weak of spirit.

[Martin68]

59. I believe many Dump supporters support him because of resentment, anger, and a desire

to punish women people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ people, Moslems, and liberals. But a lot of people were just taken in by false reporting by the right wing media that led them to believe Trump would be good for the country. That's stupidity, but it's not evil.

[unblock]

61. I don't deny that there's much stupidity at play *as well*

And to some extent many of them were genuinely duped, and it's not evil to have been duped.

But at some point that's not a good enough excuse. It's just too damn obvious he's a crook, I mean he's literally a convicted felon. They blatantly are treating many Americans with utter contempt and violating laws and rights all over the place.

I remember all too well during when Covid started, I knew many republicans who advised everyone to scrub up, mask up, social distance, etc., some noting that masks were known for over 100 years to help during pandemics. then one day Donnie said mask bad and overnight these same people were instantly on the back to work masking is an evil liberal conspiracy bandwagon.

And they change their minds on other topics where they know better if Donnie tells them to do so.

Stupidity alone does not adequately explain this. They know it's a lie yet they insist on defending it 100%.

That's evil.

[Martin68]

62. I agree . Even stupid people are responsible for their actions.

[Traildogbob]

9. Of course they do

Look at the cult that cling to every lie they spew like it’s straight from God lips.
To know that many people are that fucking stupid and love ALL their bullshit, of course they know there is enough stupid people and those are the ones they ALLOW to vote.

[lostincalifornia]

10. Yes, people are that stupide, or they would not have elected the sociopath to a second term.

[dalton99a]

11. Perhaps it's time for another drain and flush

[alwaysinasnit]

12. The powers that be are frantically trying to prop up that orange carcass as long as possible because

they haven't yet consolidated their power. Without that putrid orange mass in the White House, MAGA support will finish splintering. And yes, they know that at least 40% of the voting populace is incredibly gullible and likely stupid as well.

[Happy Hoosier]

15. They are gponna weekend at Bernie's him for as long as they can. NT

[alwaysinasnit]

16. I wouldn't put it past any of them.

[ancianita]

45. And they'll use AI videos of a well felon for as long as they can, until they come up with some

plausible narrative for their base. Can't imagine what it will be but I wouldn't put it past Stephen Miller to froth about secret deep state "demoncrats" somewhere between the WH and Walter Reed and back.

[malaise]

20. THIS

Rec

[travelingthrulife]

60. their entire point in destroying our public education system.

[Happy Hoosier]

14. They are that stupid, and they assume everyone is as stupid as them. NT

[gordianot]

18. They could care less who is stupid as long as they can retain stupid Trump voters.

It is easy to assume non Trump supporters are maybe not that ignorant or stupid.

[Blue Owl]

19. Ohhh! He's down to 215 lbs.!

I didn’t remember how handsome he looks…..

[Zackzzzz]

24. He was never my type.

[twodogsbarking]

21. In accounting the term is SALY; same as last year. The report has likely been written already.

[surfered]

22. Fingers crossed 🤞

[Warpy]

23. They know his fan club are that stupid

The rest of us don't much matter.

[0rganism]

25. Would they be wrong to think that?

So far, we the American people have given the regime plenty of reasons to think we're generally stupid. Hell, just look at their supporters.

[ancianita]

48. Yes. We've shown time and time again that we are the party of sanity. That multiple polls of the American people

show this administration underwater in their estimation. That all told, thousands of protests, stadiums rallies and townhalls show that millions of Americans, not paid actors, resist their stupid projections. And not all those Americans are Democrats.

We've given them millions of reasons to think they need to use military force. That's it. They know.

[IronLionZion]

26. Oh they know their own supporters are that stupid

their campaign and administration are counting on it.

[Tetrachloride]

30. routine rhymes with poutine?

[rubbersole]

31. I thought there was a functional "hospital" already in the White House.

Maybe they're going to do what boxer Joe Frazier called a "brain scam".

[maddiemom]

32. Actually this was the FIRST term out of three attempts ...

that the majority of the PEOPLE actually elected him. That is what's REALLY SCARY. By that measure, if he tries for a third term, will he win by a landslide?

[area51]

51. That's assuming there was no skullduggery by Eloon.

[Oneironaut]

33. Not to be rude, but, Trump is our President, again, and 30% of our country thinks there's a raging war in Portland.

A portion of this country is hopelessly dumb and gullible. That happens to be the only segment of the population the Trump admin cares about.

[MiHale]

36. CHF...Chronic Heart Failure ...

That’s what have …well managed. Have had it for years. Gotta see my cardiologist at least twice a year, my primary physician at least twice a year. Blood tests all the time it seems. Swelling in legs was bad at one time a couple water pills daily helps, along with exercise.
His sleepiness could come from A-FIB, mine still astounds the doc…depending on what you’re doing it can wear you out sometimes.
Because of the blood thinners I bruise super easily…especially where I was stuck with a needle. That’s probably where they put in an I.V.. hate when they put it there…in the hand, I don’t use makeup though.

[malaise]

42. Thanks for this

Rec

[Wednesdays]

44. The sleepiness could also be the result of sleep apnea

And God knows, TSF would never consent to wearing that mask!

[SunSeeker]

46. Yup, you nailed it. He's going every 6 months for his "annual" physical. Riiiight.

The last one was in April. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/13/g-s1-60074/trump-physical-medical-report#:~:text=Trump%20says%20he%20took%20a,frequent%20victories%20in%20golf%20events.%22

[grockri]

37. Hopefully its not good news.

Hopefully it's the worst possible news.

[Joinfortmill]

38. Yup. If they speak, they lie.

[poozwah]

40. Do they think people are that stupid?

can you blame them for thinking that? after all, the not so bright voters of this nation elected him twice.

[Wednesdays]

41. "... and remarks with the troops."

Let's hope history repeats itself. This is Hitler's last public appearance, meeting his troops defending Berlin.
He was a very ill man, and even if he survived the war, there's speculation that he wouldn't have lasted more than a couple of years, anyway.

[malaise]

43. We can hope

Rec

[VanceFan]

47. Well

MAGATs are.

[kimbutgar]

49. I'm keeping my fingers crossed his examination will not end up well !

I feel guilty to wish bad vibes on someone but I can’t help it with the tuckfrump.

I spend my subbing days telling students to treat each other like they’d want to be treated but I’m breaking my rule with tuckfrump !

[SeattleVet]

50. Looks more like a 6-month followup on a diagnosis.

Checking to see if the infusions are working.

Look for new bruising on the back of the hand.

[usonian]

54. YES, YES, YES, JA, DA. They're checking for CTE

Connection to Epstein.

AND

Checking for Epstein-Barr virus.



https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23469-epstein-barr-virus

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Assuming his rightful place in history:

From Hitler's Speech to the Reichstag, 1 September 1939
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220688798

He predicted his own doom.

I have now put on the same uniform that was once my dearest and holiest. I will only take it off after the victory, or else I will not live to see that end.

And drugs? Loaded up like his hero.

[Luciferous]

55. A lot of people ARE that stupid nt

[aggiesal]

57. In one word, YES, they do think people are that stupid? ...

And to be honest, 77M people allegedly voted for Mierda47. How stupid is that?

[PatrickforB]

58. Of course they are lying - that is a given. As to your question - I hate to say it, but...

Not only do they THINK people are that stupid, but millions of Americans actually ARE that stupid.

Warm regards!