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Miles Archer

(20,816 posts)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 06:38 AM Saturday

We've reached the point where Trump is fist-bumping the cameras after "making it down Air Force One's steps."

Trump slumped into a waiting limousine after landing in Palm Beach for a Mar-a-Lago weekend on Friday—even as he demanded lawmakers keep at it in Washington, D.C., amid the ongoing government shutdown.

In footage captured by Fox News on Friday night, Trump can be seen slowly making his way off Air Force One. He descends the stairs at a cautious pace and raises his fist after completing the task without incident, before almost collapsing into the seat of his waiting car.

The dark footage shows Trump’s head rolling back, and he appears to sigh as he sits.

Less than two hours before he flew south for the weekend, Trump posted to Truth Social that senators should not leave the capital until they can reopen the government, which has now been closed for 39 days—the longest stretch in American history.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-79-slumps-into-limo-after-successfully-navigating-air-force-one-steps/

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We've reached the point where Trump is fist-bumping the cameras after "making it down Air Force One's steps." (Original Post) Miles Archer Saturday OP
Soon, AF1 will carry a presidential forklift. nt Buns_of_Fire Saturday #1
I'm amazed they haven't built him a battery-powered elevator FakeNoose Saturday #10
Forklift One hotdamn00 Saturday #18
He's at Death's Door Joinfortmill Saturday #2
Not for long, I hope. Orrex Saturday #3
he really does seem to be having trouble standing for long and navigating stairs LymphocyteLover Saturday #6
Open the door. Let him in. 2MuchNoise Saturday #20
Nope I wish him further incapacity IbogaProject Saturday #24
Watching the news of the release BOSSHOG Saturday #27
Yes things like that IbogaProject Saturday #30
From your lips to Gods ears! Hey Joe Saturday #31
Trip and fall, you fuck Aviation Pro Saturday #4
Is any media ever allowed to show him struggling up the steps? Lonestarblue Saturday #5
does he go up? Maybe he gets a lift up away from the cameras LymphocyteLover Saturday #8
There was posted on D.U. about a week ago --- climbing the plane's stairs. 3Hotdogs Saturday #9
LOL. I did see a picture yesterday of some poor servicemember pushing Dump's butt through LymphocyteLover Saturday #12
I look at it this way StoolPigeon Saturday #15
Oh, I SO hope that description is accurate. n//t IL Dem Saturday #7
Maybe they should get him a stair lift so he can sit his way down. milestogo Saturday #11
LOL, notice how he pats his flabulous thigh just before starting the treacherous descent, Pinback Saturday #13
But Biden slipped on the AF-1 stairs. It was a thing at the time -- eagerly pointed allegorical oracle Saturday #14
Wasn't a fist bump Aviation Pro Saturday #16
No golf this weekend BOSSHOG Saturday #28
Soon he will cross that Rainbow Bridge and multigraincracker Saturday #17
Last Feb to Early April I had a visiting nurse come by to change a dressing on my foot where I had some ... Botany Saturday #19
One doesn't get an MRI just for kicks. paleotn Saturday #22
I think he had one stroke in his first term .... he went to Walter Reed Hospital on a Sunday afternoon for Botany Saturday #23
That's not AI that's really Chump - in the video and in the photo FakeNoose Saturday #33
Being president is a tough job. Even when you phone most of it in. paleotn Saturday #21
Surprised he's not on another tax payer paid overseas vacation Emile Saturday #25
It's the international sign for constipation. C_U_L8R Saturday #26
He's weak. Not well. MineralMan Saturday #29
A perfectly healthy Trump springs up the stairs like a sprightly fawn. LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #32

FakeNoose

(39,445 posts)
10. I'm amazed they haven't built him a battery-powered elevator
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:16 AM
Saturday

It seems a no-brainer .... he clearly can't get up those steps.
In the White House and everywhere else, he only uses elevators.

IbogaProject

(5,401 posts)
24. Nope I wish him further incapacity
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 09:44 AM
Saturday

Bed ridden needing help w basic hygine, feeding and hopefully he can't enuciate with much clarity. Though inside I want him aware and unable to communicate to much if any effect. I want him stuck watching the news while he has lost influence. I have been wishing thiz upon him since he mocked that reporter with the physical challanges, who was able minded.

IbogaProject

(5,401 posts)
30. Yes things like that
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 09:53 AM
Saturday

And for his support within the beltway to evaporate and for the media to begin the eulgies while he sits watching with limited capacity to respond.

Lonestarblue

(13,117 posts)
5. Is any media ever allowed to show him struggling up the steps?
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:50 AM
Saturday

Going up is usually much harder for anyone in his poor physical condition.

3Hotdogs

(14,798 posts)
9. There was posted on D.U. about a week ago --- climbing the plane's stairs.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:15 AM
Saturday

He was almost at the top of the stairs and some poor fuck was behind him, pushing his fat ass into the plane.

LymphocyteLover

(9,033 posts)
12. LOL. I did see a picture yesterday of some poor servicemember pushing Dump's butt through
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:21 AM
Saturday

a helicopter or plane door, but I wasn't sure when it was from

StoolPigeon

(179 posts)
15. I look at it this way
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:38 AM
Saturday

In 2016 we saw him come down an escalator. A few months back we saw the escalator fail to take him up. I see it as confirmation as to which he will leave the Pearly Gates.

Pinback

(13,439 posts)
13. LOL, notice how he pats his flabulous thigh just before starting the treacherous descent,
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:26 AM
Saturday

as if to say, “Come on, champ. You’ve got this.”

They should just give him the Olympic Gold Medal for stairwalking right now.

allegorical oracle

(5,975 posts)
14. But Biden slipped on the AF-1 stairs. It was a thing at the time -- eagerly pointed
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:31 AM
Saturday

out by media and djt.

Aviation Pro

(15,047 posts)
16. Wasn't a fist bump
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:45 AM
Saturday

Just a half-assed attempt at rendering a salute.

Stay in your fucking lane, you fucking chomo.

Die.

multigraincracker

(36,697 posts)
17. Soon he will cross that Rainbow Bridge and
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:52 AM
Saturday

halfway across, I expect him to slip and fall into that deep dark Abyss.

Botany

(75,855 posts)
19. Last Feb to Early April I had a visiting nurse come by to change a dressing on my foot where I had some ...
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 09:04 AM
Saturday

…. surgery (I am good now) and one of them said that every patient she had had over her 25+ years
of nursing that showed the symptoms that Donny was showing then was either dead or in total
cognitive shutdown in under a year to 18 months.

We know that he has had @ least one or two strokes, has some kind of cardio/pulmonary/circulatory disease, his short term memory is failing (same question or statement 3 or 4 times in under 10 or so
minutes), he doesn’t eat well his favorite meal is 2 Big Macs, 2 McDonald’s Fried Fish Sandwiches,
Fries, and a chocolate milkshake, he is falling asleep all the time, his bruising on his right hand is
from an I.V. or Pulmonary Edema, he wears diapers, he has a catheter too, and he 79.5 years old.

Please any smart DU doctors, nurses, or medical professionals please let me know if I am right.

Btw look @ this image …. It might be A.I.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20777376


paleotn

(21,155 posts)
22. One doesn't get an MRI just for kicks.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 09:26 AM
Saturday

You’re correct. He’s in rough shape even for his age.

Botany

(75,855 posts)
23. I think he had one stroke in his first term .... he went to Walter Reed Hospital on a Sunday afternoon for
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 09:42 AM
Saturday

… a physical? And another not long ago because even though they are trying to hide it his mouth
is dropping on the left side. You are 100% right they don’t give cognitive tests or MRI tests because
they don’t think something might be wrong.

FakeNoose

(39,445 posts)
33. That's not AI that's really Chump - in the video and in the photo
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 06:20 PM
Saturday

He's making the grim face while going up those steps because of the pain he's in. Also he has trouble balancing, so he's holds both left and right railings. The helicopter steps could be due to some air currents or buoyancy while he tried to climb up. It's not necessarily a sign of weakness or old age.

Yes Chump definitely has trouble with any kind of steps. He only uses an elevator in the White House and in Mar-A-Lago. The only time he uses steps is when he gets on and off Air Force One or the helicopters. Sometimes he might pose for a photo on steps but he doesn't actually go up or down.

paleotn

(21,155 posts)
21. Being president is a tough job. Even when you phone most of it in.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 09:23 AM
Saturday

Pressure. Stress. Bad diet. Come on CVA!

MineralMan

(150,208 posts)
29. He's weak. Not well.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 09:50 AM
Saturday

On the other hand, at 80 years of age, I'm celebrating each day I can put on a pair of jeans without sitting down. I don't do that in public, though.

LetMyPeopleVote

(172,486 posts)
32. A perfectly healthy Trump springs up the stairs like a sprightly fawn.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 12:26 PM
Saturday

Here is more on trump's issues with stairs

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