President Trump has been diagnosed with a minor vein condition known as chronic venous insufficiency after he noticed swelling in his legs.
  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    2 days ago

    This is super minor. We can only hope it’s a cover for something more life threatening.

    …or better, that the next guy doesn’t miss. Counting on medical issues to take out a tyrant historically doesn’t work out that well - fucking cockroaches never just die on their own.

    • mriswith@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      This is super minor. We can only hope it’s a cover for something more life threatening.

      The swelling also occurs with late stage heart failure. Which is why they were so quick to announce a diagnosis that didn’t indicate he’d die soon.

    • PattyP@lemmy.zip
      77·
      2 days ago

      I don’t think Trump going away would solve any problems. The people who voted for him will still exist, and will still be easy to manipulate. Trump is not special, his success is a product of the right wing disinformation machine and the failure of previous governments to stave off wealth inequality.

      • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        141·
        2 days ago

        No, you’re wrong. Cults of personality fall apart fast when the leader dies. There are exceptions, but there’s huge survivors bias in counting them. For every Scientology and Mormons, there’s a hundred little ones you’ve never heard of that formed around a guy and dispersed when something happened to the guy.

        The MAGA true believers will be around for a long time, yes–there’s still a few Shakers around–but they won’t be a unified political force.

        • PattyP@lemmy.zip
          61·
          2 days ago

          This is a fair argument, I just don’t think it’s a cult of personality. The far right is performing shockingly well all around the world. It’s not because of the personalities involved, it’s because for one reason or another the ideas are popular. People can tell the world is getting worse, and many are blaming cultural outsiders rather than capitalism and the rich.

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 days ago

            I think the “one reason or another” is racism resulting from this wave of capitalism fucking everyone and people cultishly needing a “lesser” to blame. And no I’m not justifying racism. But some people work that way. “I’m doing badly and it’s someone’s fault, but of course it’s not capitalism!”

          • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netEnglish
            3·
            2 days ago

            There’s no real left to oppose them and they’re all riding American momentum. Now that Trump’s shitting the bed those far right parties are struggling again. Trump’s personality cult.is all that’s holding the Republicans together and not even all that well these days

          • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            I think it’s a little of both. There is absolutely a cult of personality going on; but millions of neonazis didn’t just appear out of thin air to support him. Taking Trump out of the equation won’t fix every problem, but it will fix the Trump problems, and the Trump problems are both frequent and disastrous.

            Trump dying will be a massive boon to humanity; but we’ll still have a lot of work to do.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 days ago

        I’m sure there is truth to this but no one before trump was able to help the cancer grow so quickly.

    • DaGeek247@fedia.io
      7·
      2 days ago

      The fact that this didn’t come up on his yearly checkup means he either has a shit doctor, or he doesn’t regularly go to a doctor. Either way, it’s a good sign for his continuing health.

      • caffinatedone@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 days ago

        Or it (and other things) did, but what trump released was a lie.

        A really obvious lie, no less. The vitals attested to were obviously bogus if one bothered to look at a recent picture of him.

        The media, of course, shrugged and reported the lie as fact since skepticism is only for democrats.

      • TommySoda@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 days ago

        Or the doctor was more worried about telling him something he didn’t want to hear. Or he doesn’t give a shit about what some random doctors tells him.

  • Bakkoda@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    CBS has incentive to lie. Trump has not given a true medical info release ever. Surely they must be telling the truth.