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In reply to the discussion: Trump walking down the ramp. Observation: Trump's left leg takes the step and the right [View all]ARPad95
(1,671 posts)He has a fear of falling due to declining (no pun intended) motor skills and mobility. He was so "worried" in his tweets about President Obama taking a fall and looking unpresidential. Falling. That's Trump's fear. Not a long held phobia of stairs or 1:12 slope wheelchair ramps.
He had no problem riding down an escalator at the start of his campaign for president. An escalator is far more fear inducing than a simple set of stairs to come down. He didn't have to use any gross motor skills to ride down the escalator just like he doesn't have to use them to ride around in a cart on a golf course. He knows he has serious problems with maintaining balance and that's why he fears going down stairs or an ADA-approved ramp. He knows he can easily fall.