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Kingofalldems

(39,869 posts)
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 01:28 PM Aug 31

All press pools canceled.

Last edited Sun Aug 31, 2025, 04:04 PM - Edit history (4)




Either extremely ill or plotting a war.

BULLETIN:

As posted below Post #30, WH schedule says Trump left for the golf course at 9:27 AM. Note the time stamp on this Trump post from today. Weird shit going on and lots of lying.




https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GzsVj0rbsAAU-X8?format=png&name=900x900

More proof of lying, note the date:




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All press pools canceled. (Original Post) Kingofalldems Aug 31 OP
Or closed for Labor Day /nt Abnredleg Aug 31 #1
Past presidents have observed Labor Day with speeches Ocelot II Aug 31 #6
I'm trying not get my hopes up Abnredleg Aug 31 #8
He isn't dead, but he seems to be unwell. Ocelot II Aug 31 #9
I'm the opposite kimbutgar Aug 31 #32
Yes, he normally inserts himself into every holiday. yorkster Aug 31 #23
Yes he does. And he always makes it about him. StarryNite Aug 31 #49
Your Hardest Working President salutes all hard workers. I know what it's like to work hard to Make America Great Again! NBachers Aug 31 #61
Yeah usually it's "Happy Labor Day to all except..... lastlib Aug 31 #45
Well, he has been post on his platform, hasn't he? mwmisses4289 Aug 31 #85
He's dead, dying or... C_U_L8R Aug 31 #2
Planning? Who plans? Not Trump. BadgerMom Aug 31 #42
I'm pretty sure ir's war. Unfortunately. AloeVera Aug 31 #55
Yeah. That coward Trump always punches down. C_U_L8R Aug 31 #63
He's physically and mentally unfit to do this job. livetohike Aug 31 #3
And here the media was soooooooooo concerned about Biden. NCDem47 Aug 31 #14
Plotting his upcoming invasion of Chicago? greatauntoftriplets Aug 31 #4
Gov. Pritzker has other ideas about that... SheltieLover Aug 31 #31
Or Norway. If he can't get his Nobel Peace Prize the easy way, he'll have to get it the hard way. meadowlander Aug 31 #77
I hope it's Newsom or the ruling against his tariffs that have caused his narcissist collapse to burn him out. chowder66 Aug 31 #5
Where there any scheduled over the Labor Day weekend? Kaleva Aug 31 #7
If they were canceled I would assume there were. Kingofalldems Aug 31 #10
Do you have a link to a source showing schedule? Kaleva Aug 31 #12
Yeah I see what's up. Kingofalldems Aug 31 #16
Then how do you know for sure anything was cancelled? Kaleva Aug 31 #18
I think the press pool privileges and itenerary are not announced far in advance. John1956PA Aug 31 #15
He was supposed to go to Bedminster but it got canceled nt Bookreadingliberal53 Aug 31 #48
Thanks! Kaleva Aug 31 #70
Maybe there will be a special broadcast of "Swan Lake" soon. Efilroft Sul Aug 31 #11
They can't use "Swan Lake" unless they relabel Odile, the black swan, as the merit-based swan. Ocelot II Aug 31 #17
Glad I swallowed my water before reading this one! Efilroft Sul Aug 31 #27
I vote extremely ill. CrispyQ Aug 31 #13
Slowly rot Traildogbob Aug 31 #22
Don't hold back. 😏 rubbersole Aug 31 #33
Omg! Rofl. Joinfortmill Aug 31 #37
I think he could be withdrawing from drugs Captain Zero Aug 31 #26
Agreed. ShazzieB Aug 31 #44
Wherever he is, I hope that he's in soul-shattering agony. Orrex Aug 31 #19
Wonder if he's had some falls Buckeyeblue Aug 31 #20
Would love to see that. Kingofalldems Aug 31 #21
Might not be seeing him dance to YMCA Captain Zero Aug 31 #28
The press pool is worthless. spanone Aug 31 #24
The White House press corp is the laziest bunch og slugs on the planet CanonRay Aug 31 #59
I hope the arthritis in his hands makes it too hard Norbert Aug 31 #25
I'm hoping extremely ill ! KS Toronado Aug 31 #29
Krasnov's public schedule for the day MizLibby Aug 31 #30
See my edited OP. Kingofalldems Aug 31 #41
"Full lid called." calimary Aug 31 #58
Funny mentalsolstice Aug 31 #82
Making funeral arrangements? Asking for the world. Joinfortmill Aug 31 #34
Should I go to the store and buy a nice celebratory cigar? JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 31 #35
I'm thinking champagne....... MyOwnPeace Aug 31 #60
Jake Tapper is too busy chasing Joe Biden riding a bicycle. madinmaryland Aug 31 #36
Time out Hope22 Aug 31 #38
In Peter Thiel's powder room fluffing his feathers. rubbersole Aug 31 #66
Hangin' with Thiel NJCher Aug 31 #68
A guess: Getting dialysis. He will probably have a new bruise and his ankles will be slimmer for a day or 2. appleannie1 Aug 31 #39
Imagine if PRESIDENT Biden or PRESIDENT Obama made a post like that: Justice matters. Aug 31 #40
Quit playing golf swong19104 Aug 31 #43
I'm sure the new cement "lawn" in the rose garden can be used for pickleball JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 31 #73
Ok... swong19104 Aug 31 #74
LBJ golfed, with infinite Mulligans ... JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 31 #76
I have no problem with a President golfing during normal times The Madcap Aug 31 #80
Has anyone seen a close up of him? MacKasey Aug 31 #46
None that I know of. Kingofalldems Aug 31 #47
Good question. calimary Aug 31 #67
He also played golf with Jon Gruden on 7/28/. Fla Dem Aug 31 #50
The "gray" cap is white. It's in the shadows, but it's the same cap. Ocelot II Aug 31 #53
Look again. The Madcap Aug 31 #81
Well well Jilly_in_VA Aug 31 #51
Please don't get my hopes up Keepthesoulalive Aug 31 #52
My working theory is he caught Covid again and his vain JCMach1 Aug 31 #54
That's what I said to in a different post Tree Lady Aug 31 #75
Or horse wormer. Another reason he couldn't be in public JCMach1 Sep 1 #86
They claimed he got a dog just now IbogaProject Aug 31 #56
The trust in the GQP is -0-................... Lovie777 Aug 31 #57
Trump has been in visibly declining health for quite some time dlk Aug 31 #62
And I am hearing he was actually supposed to go to Bedminster Kingofalldems Aug 31 #64
He's hiding something dlk Aug 31 #65
Tots and pears BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 31 #69
Clots and Prayers BigmanPigman Aug 31 #71
We need more paparazzi Marthe48 Aug 31 #72
Why not both? Bad health news may have moved up the timeline for his Reichstag Fire moment meadowlander Aug 31 #78
Dump's press pools are really just cesspools of his own shit Blue Owl Aug 31 #79
Post removed Post removed Aug 31 #83
I mean. I dont see the guy living past another 2 years. Frankly. SSJVegeta Aug 31 #84

Ocelot II

(127,285 posts)
6. Past presidents have observed Labor Day with speeches
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 01:40 PM
Aug 31

or appearances at events. It would be like him to ignore Labor Day, considering that he thinks workers get too many days off. But it's not him to be completely AWOL on a federal holiday, even if it's just to do something obnoxious.

yorkster

(3,395 posts)
23. Yes, he normally inserts himself into every holiday.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 02:14 PM
Aug 31

Conspicuous by his absence, though he's certainly not missed.

StarryNite

(11,864 posts)
49. Yes he does. And he always makes it about him.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 03:44 PM
Aug 31

He turns every holiday and actually every day into a day about him.

NBachers

(18,902 posts)
61. Your Hardest Working President salutes all hard workers. I know what it's like to work hard to Make America Great Again!
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 04:28 PM
Aug 31

lastlib

(26,715 posts)
45. Yeah usually it's "Happy Labor Day to all except.....
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 03:37 PM
Aug 31

...for the Radical Leftist Socialist Democrat scum..."

Haven't heard that golden oldie yet......Maybe Stephen Mueller will post it for him tomorrow?

mwmisses4289

(2,260 posts)
85. Well, he has been post on his platform, hasn't he?
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 09:38 PM
Aug 31

Or someone has, making it seem like he has enough energy for that.

C_U_L8R

(48,117 posts)
2. He's dead, dying or...
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 01:30 PM
Aug 31

Starting a war with Venezuela.

Maybe he’s just hunkered in front of the tv filling his face with burgers. As usual.

AloeVera

(3,747 posts)
55. I'm pretty sure ir's war. Unfortunately.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 04:07 PM
Aug 31

The warmongering, ethnic cleansing psychopath must get his jollies. Of course there is also the interesting fact that Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the whole fucking world, bigger than Saudi Arabia. But I'm sure that's not it.

livetohike

(23,689 posts)
3. He's physically and mentally unfit to do this job.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 01:34 PM
Aug 31

He never took care of himself. I guess he thought he could buy himself to good health. He can barely walk. They are all trying to hide something and it isn’t working.

chowder66

(11,299 posts)
5. I hope it's Newsom or the ruling against his tariffs that have caused his narcissist collapse to burn him out.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 01:38 PM
Aug 31

Unfortunately that will mean he will be bouncing back though.

From the last time he went missing.....


WASHINGTON — In the 56 hours and counting since the federal government has been shut down, President Trump hasn’t held a public event and isn’t scheduled to have one today. He hasn’t spoken with reporters or even left the White House. And he hasn’t been a real player in the negotiations to reopen the government.

Bottom line: Trump, who campaigned for the presidency on his deal-making skills, has been missing in action.

Yes, he’s tweeted during the shutdown. “This is the One Year Anniversary of my Presidency and the Democrats wanted to give me a nice present. #DemocratShutdown,” he said on Saturday morning. “Democrats are far more concerned with Illegal Immigrants than they are with our great Military or Safety at our dangerous Southern Border,” he added. (But he’s also been watching TV, it seems. “Thank you to Brad Blakeman on @FoxNews for grading year one of my presidency with an ‘A’-and likewise to Doug Schoen for the very good grade and statements. Working hard!” he tweeted last night.)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/trump-has-been-missing-action-shutdown-fight-n839766

Kaleva

(39,936 posts)
18. Then how do you know for sure anything was cancelled?
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 01:53 PM
Aug 31

My guess is that the only source you are going with is the tweet in your OP. Which itself doesn’t provide a link to any source verifying his statement.

John1956PA

(4,472 posts)
15. I think the press pool privileges and itenerary are not announced far in advance.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 01:47 PM
Aug 31

Today would be the day on which the Labor Day specifics would be announced.

Ocelot II

(127,285 posts)
17. They can't use "Swan Lake" unless they relabel Odile, the black swan, as the merit-based swan.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 01:52 PM
Aug 31

Otherwise it would be too woke and DEI.

CrispyQ

(40,245 posts)
13. I vote extremely ill.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 01:47 PM
Aug 31

Maybe plotting war, too, but he craves attention & this is so out of character.

May you rot, Donnie.

Traildogbob

(11,835 posts)
22. Slowly rot
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 02:05 PM
Aug 31

From the feet up, in debilitating pain. As the limbs fall off one by one. Then a MAGAt infestation is feeding on his rotting corpse, rage fighting for a bite of their Gawd, while he is still barely alive and feeling each bite. The entire cabinet frothing at the mouth fighting for each one’s share. JFK Jr wants the head to strap on his car roof, with it still ranting about the “Stallen” 2020 election. All that shit on his head falls off like a Royal Paulonia’s (Paulina tomentosa) leaves in fall, over night all on the ground. PPV on Comedy Central, narrated by Cobert, Kimmel, Myers, Stewart and the South Park Characters.

Captain Zero

(8,443 posts)
26. I think he could be withdrawing from drugs
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 02:24 PM
Aug 31
That he's taken for years and shouldn't be taking.

I don't think anybody in the press corps will be very inquisitive.

ShazzieB

(21,630 posts)
44. Agreed.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 03:36 PM
Aug 31

I'd bet money on it. He's been looking terrible and jabbering like a drunken parrot for a while now. Something was bound to give.

Whether this is only temporary or not remains to be seen, unfortunately. If only there was some way to convince the grim reaper to come and collect him once and for all. *SIGH*

Buckeyeblue

(6,016 posts)
20. Wonder if he's had some falls
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 01:59 PM
Aug 31

Behind the scenes he needs a walker (or even a wheelchair for longer walks) and they can't figure out how to address this. And Trump is too vain to let people see him using a walker or a wheelchair.

CanonRay

(15,617 posts)
59. The White House press corp is the laziest bunch og slugs on the planet
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 04:20 PM
Aug 31

Content to sit in the Press Romm and munch on whatever bullshit they're fed.

Norbert

(7,373 posts)
25. I hope the arthritis in his hands makes it too hard
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 02:18 PM
Aug 31

To post his idiotic, tantrum-filled holiday wishes.

calimary

(87,877 posts)
58. "Full lid called."
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 04:11 PM
Aug 31

Not many, but some. Wonder what that suggests (although I do have my suspicions).

mentalsolstice

(4,615 posts)
82. Funny
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 07:58 PM
Aug 31

I visit that site everyday. Yesterday’s was funny, it announced that he was going to visit his golf course with his grandchild, and he was going to walk from the golf course to the tennis court.The past few weeks he’s had nothing much going on.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,359 posts)
35. Should I go to the store and buy a nice celebratory cigar?
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 03:02 PM
Aug 31

Or is it maybe too soon?

I think I'll wait. But hopefully soon ...

MyOwnPeace

(17,382 posts)
60. I'm thinking champagne.......
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 04:24 PM
Aug 31

and at a minimum a 6-pack of some ‘VICTORY’ beer (brewed in PA!) - so that I’m ‘armed’ for my urinary salute as soon as I find where they’re putting the son-of-a-bitch!!!

Hope22

(4,171 posts)
38. Time out
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 03:08 PM
Aug 31

While they transfer what is left of his brain to a jar. Where is Vance….that is the question.

appleannie1

(5,336 posts)
39. A guess: Getting dialysis. He will probably have a new bruise and his ankles will be slimmer for a day or 2.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 03:10 PM
Aug 31

Justice matters.

(8,894 posts)
40. Imagine if PRESIDENT Biden or PRESIDENT Obama made a post like that:
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 03:14 PM
Aug 31



Who here thinks either one of them would be forcefully "articled" twenty five in less than a minute?

If he thinks that is a "funny" joke, it's NOT!

The pedophile is terrorizing the world with his access to the nuclear codes... can you imagine?

swong19104

(523 posts)
43. Quit playing golf
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 03:32 PM
Aug 31

I swear, the next ten presidents better not play golf. Play pickleball if you have to. Just not golf.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,359 posts)
73. I'm sure the new cement "lawn" in the rose garden can be used for pickleball
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 07:16 PM
Aug 31

The last 10 (or more) presidents played golf. BHO played a lot of golf, maybe half as many times as Trump.

swong19104

(523 posts)
74. Ok...
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 07:22 PM
Aug 31

Eisenhower: definitely.
JFK: don’t recall seeing photos of him playing golf
LBJ: maybe
RMN: preferred bowling
GRF: I guess he golfed
JEC: didn’t golf, AFAIK
RWR: too old to golf
GHWB: don’t recall him golfing
WJC: golfed
GWB: DEFINITELY GOLFED Watch this drive
BHO: golfed
45: golfers even more often than GWB
JRB: never golfed
47: now, twice on Sundays!

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,359 posts)
76. LBJ golfed, with infinite Mulligans ...
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 07:39 PM
Aug 31

... LBJ used golf courses as an arena for arm-twisting. The game might have contributed to passage of civil rights and health care legislation.

GRF played. Playing with GRF was like hunting with Dick Cheney. His ball went oft astray.




The Madcap

(1,471 posts)
80. I have no problem with a President golfing during normal times
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 07:55 PM
Aug 31

If they walk the course...

No, I think it's good for a President to have some time to relax, as the job is extremely stressful. Having said that, though, golfing during a crisis moment like T**** has is not a good look. It's not the right time to be unavailable.

calimary

(87,877 posts)
67. Good question.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 05:13 PM
Aug 31

He’s always been conscious of his looks. Maybe they’re failing him by now?

Fla Dem

(27,091 posts)
50. He also played golf with Jon Gruden on 7/28/.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 03:57 PM
Aug 31


Also was wearing a gray cap getting into limo at WH to go to golf course, but a white one in the picture in the golf cart.

The Madcap

(1,471 posts)
81. Look again.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 07:57 PM
Aug 31

I believe the flag on the side is different between "today's" car shot and the Grudem photo.

JCMach1

(28,989 posts)
54. My working theory is he caught Covid again and his vain
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 04:06 PM
Aug 31

A$$ can't be seen sick.

Could be bias on my part as I had the bout that almost killed me the same time as Trump did in term 1.

I caught the most recent variant on my way back from vacation.

So yeah, my totally illogical but maybe take.

Tree Lady

(12,734 posts)
75. That's what I said to in a different post
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 07:35 PM
Aug 31

He wouldn't care if anyone around him caught it and would just stay hidden during the worst while on paxlovid.

IbogaProject

(4,999 posts)
56. They claimed he got a dog just now
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 04:08 PM
Aug 31

Whew,

They just posted this for him on TruthSocial

Look at this dog. his name is Chip. Incredible animal. Smart, loyal, doesn't take crap from anyone. Some people are saying he's Al... I don't know, maybe he is, maybe he isn't but he's a LOT smarter than most of the people running our country right now, that I can tell you.

He sits, he stays, he protects. Beautiful coat. The fake news is already terrified.

#TRUMP #Chip

#GreatDog

#AmericaWinning Again


Lovie777

(20,323 posts)
57. The trust in the GQP is -0-...................
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 04:08 PM
Aug 31

my main concern is the GQP trying to take the US by force.

dlk

(12,952 posts)
62. Trump has been in visibly declining health for quite some time
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 04:30 PM
Aug 31

It would not be surprising if he’s had a serious health incident and Republicans are scrambling to find a way to spin it.

The American people are entitled to know the status of our president.

Something smells funny.

Kingofalldems

(39,869 posts)
64. And I am hearing he was actually supposed to go to Bedminster
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 04:33 PM
Aug 31

this weekend but that was canceled.

meadowlander

(4,979 posts)
78. Why not both? Bad health news may have moved up the timeline for his Reichstag Fire moment
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 07:49 PM
Aug 31

so that everything the authoritarians want will be in place before Trump dies and they have to try to convince their base to accept JD Vance as a replacement.

Response to Kingofalldems (Original post)

SSJVegeta

(1,501 posts)
84. I mean. I dont see the guy living past another 2 years. Frankly.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 08:23 PM
Aug 31

If he vacates the presidency now, we could still see a consistency in authoritarian policy -and likely even a normalization of it from both parties in the guise of national unity around a tragedy -like how our enabling act (AKA "the patriot act" ) came around. If he vacates the presidency after a massive takeover of congress in 2027, however? As a result of unprecedented discontent and emergence of an increasingly recalcetrant population? JD Vance would be sworn in and the majority in control of the senate and house at the time will ultimately determine our vice president. Still dreaming.

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