I normally don't want to watch donald trump gaslighting / bloviating / spewing lies on national television, so I didn't watch this morning's Meet the Press to see this happen (via Laura Esposito at the Daily Beast):
The president, 79, furiously stormed off an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press after journalist Kristen Welker confronted him on his election conspiracies.
Trump began to sour on Welker after she pointed out in the interview that aired Sunday that there’s “no evidence” of rigged elections in the United States.
“Do you have evidence?” she asked after Trump slammed California’s elections as “rigged.”
The president then fired back: “All I have to do is look.”
When Welker replied: “That’s not evidence,” the interview took a turn.
“You’re crooked, and Meet the Press is crooked, and so is ABC and CBS and CNN one-sided crooked networks. Let’s call it quits, because I’ve had enough,” Trump raged. “Thank you, darling. Have a good time.”
Confronted with questions he can't answer, confronted with even the simplest requirement that he present evidence of voter fraud - something he's NEVER been able to do since 2016 or 2020 - trump would rather attack his interviewer - especially when it's a woman - and later claim he "won" the argument even though he fled like a coward.
But that's not the thing that should be troubling today.
If you watch that video clip, as trump tries to get up to flee the scene, he cannot stand upright on his own. he has to put a hand on Welker's shoulder to maintain any balance, and as he shuffles away he's bent over like he's got back pain.
Add to this the reality that trump's had his third "annual" medical checkup in 13 months, trump keeps falling asleep at Oval Office gatherings to where Congress members are questioning Cabinet members about it, and growing rumors about CHF (congestive heart failure) and we're dealing with a clear constitutional crisis that nobody among the Republican ranks wants to deal with.
The moment where IT HAPPENS is coming closer by the minute.
1 comment:
He may have had a stroke. My stroke was 18 years ago, and I find it very plausible that he could have had one, not just from his symptoms, but also from his risk factors. Those would mainly be his diet and lack of exercise.
He admits to taking aspirin to thin his blood, as do I, and my doctors only advised me to do it because as a stroke survivor, I already technically have vascular disease.
-Doug in Sugar Pine
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