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Someone, please explain: That hand-lock between Trump and McConnell (Original Post)
kpete
Oct 2017
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get the red out
(13,459 posts)1. Yes please do!
McConnell reached behind him, obviously expecting Trump to take his arm (much like if he was reaching back for a small child), and Mitch isn't the most sturdy-looking guy out there himself.
Someone on Twitter said that Trump is afraid of stairs/steps, I don't know how true that is, but it all looked so strange!
msongs
(67,193 posts)4. someone on twitter said. well that makes it absolutely 100% true. bigly nt
get the red out
(13,459 posts)5. Which is not what I said
Joanie Baloney
(1,357 posts)2. Trump is afraid of stairs
Many clips of him going down the stairs of AF1 squeezing Melania's hand. And Theresa May mentioned it as well.
He ain't well.
-JB
greymattermom
(5,751 posts)3. I have trouble with downstairs and I'm his age
For me, it's a knee issue. I don't have problems with upstairs.
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)7. Yes, it has been mentioned often throughout the past 9 months
and watching him going down stairs verifies it for me.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)8. +1
cilla4progress
(24,587 posts)6. Dunno
But that will be on Mitch's highlights tape!