As President Trump descended a ramp following his West Point commencement speech, his slow and halting walk left many speculating about the President’s health before he took to Twitter, making the story even bigger than it was. Chris Cillizza explains why talking about Trump’s health is important.
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Hey, Chris here – what information do you want to know about the President’s health?
And yet again this idiot from C NN, is wrong.
I’d like to know how long people in his cabinet have known that he has dementia
@Derek Ewing Since when does Joe Biden, have a cabinet?
@Mike Hall you keep watching and commenting that’s why. You are your own worst enemy.
How about joe Biden’s health? He can’t even remember his name
I rarely see this guy. He’s never in the studio. I like him okay. 210 lbs? That’s ridiculous.
1000000000 at trump rally https://youtu.be/GCWTIQOapbc
Guys, he was just inspecting the ramp like he was inspecting the bunker. He’s in great health. Momentum!
Tremendous inspector. Very strong inspections.
@Mr. Giraffe Who told you that?
If Trump ran down the ramp, CNN would be doing a story about how racist it was to run or walk briskly down a ramp, and how Trump used the ramp to crush Illegal immigrants and destroy the environment. You can’t win with these people– anything Trump does is evil, and all his supporters are supposedly klan leaders, or something, you know– because the mainstream media hates him and regular Americans who voted for him. Trump is a childish egomaniac, but still had better worldviews for real American citizens than Hillary or Biden– which is sad. Trump, for all his faults, is still taking on real issues that real Americans, who foot the bills, care about. The leftists are more concerned with putting men in women’s bathrooms, open borders, “free” everything, communism, cultural Marxism, destroying the family, replacing dads with a check and nanny state, emasculating males, silencing free speech, looting businesses, giving kids hormone blockers, taking your guns so they can run over you in the streets, and climate change hysteria, etc. Nothing on their platform makes any sense, but it makes people feel morally superior and is parroted by the fake media daily.
@Ruth Bladder-Ginsbag Um, that doesn’t even make since.
Judging by what some involved with his “Apprentice” show have said, that may be public intoxication more than just bad health.
And behind him on a shelf I spy “Another side of Bob Dylan” Venyl!
Wow!
‘hes weak and shot’
everythings going to B.O.K 😉
If “mental and physical stamina” is a requirement – what about IQ, and a conscience?
Trump has neither.
So then Biden is disqualified all the way around .
@santa fe, bantayan island life No. You are very confused. It’s TRUMP who is an incompetent, unqualified, malfeasant looney toon.
HAHAHAHAHA I see mentions of Trump’s IQ being 156, do some people actually believe that? Yeah right not only a genius, but a very stable genius, indeed! Also of note, NOBODY even bothered to argue that he had a conscience…
@chinechinecherie No need to feel guilty when you haven’t done anything wrong.
Very stable genius
Good thing we care so much we’re putting him up against an even older candidate huh?
Maybe his bone spurs are flaring up.🤔
great video, can’t wait for the next one, “Why Presumptive Nominee Joe Biden’s health matters”
oh wait..
mister kluge don’t start man Hillary’s health wasn’t allowed to questioned. No one made up anything about her health she had a massive brain injury and was caught on video fainting and being carried to her SUV
Exactly! Doesn’t matter! Anybody but Cheetolino! He can keel over after inauguration as far as I’m concerned!
@mister kluge the one who passed out and has medical devices hidden under her butt ugly pant suits . And you mean ” killerly ” right ?
@Gas Johnson plus her maniacal laughing and uncontrolled head rolling around like a dash bobbing toy .
Great, now make a Joe Biden health video.
It’s been done
Meanwhile joe “can we have him sit down for the debate Biden.” Over here is in his peak clearly right?
Nothing you said here is clearly understandable….not in our language anyway.
You speak like Joe Biden
They try to hide Biden from the cameras and audio devices, as much as possible, as he doesn’t even know what year it is, or what he is running for. He is just the face and name recognition they need to get older voters and moderates. Once he is in the White House, they can further their agendas through the nutty new age progressives that run the VP spot and cabinet.
You mean the Biden that RAN UP the same ramp and has never suggested anything as remotely stupid as injecting disinfectant?
That Biden? Or the one in your fevered magat dreams?
I love how people make fun of trump for taking hair growth medication when my friend has alopecia and probably takes the same thing when nobody can say anything about transgender surgery
…..Hey, CNN—-When you gonna do a segment on “Leaders with Dementia”—-and the Dangers of Electing Them??
@Alternative Influencers Network Overlord
Yep 32states of Debauchery…
Bang on…
Bud….
@Alternative Influencers Network Overlord you’re still crying about the election in 2016?
@Wild One just how many YouTube I’d do you have?
@GreatWhiteBuckwheat Here is your proof. https://youtu.be/ju_gOth4DPY . Also you can Google hillary being thrown into a van.
What do you think this video was lmao. A man who thinks airports existed during the revolutionary war or forgets his own children.
“…slippery,” my aunt sally’s shoes! He wasn’t holding on to anything. Grandpa is OLD – as is reflected in his THINKING! NEXT!
Answer: because if he’s perfectly healthy, he’ll never die of natural causes
lead in the ear best shot.
hello Alley… how you today?
Removing my comments youtube…classy
And then he, of course, had to lie about running the last ten feet, which is clearly false.
hi Richard… hope your cool
Chill
Correction : we also know he had ‘bone spurs’ which prevented him going to do his patriotic duty which of course he was itching to do 😐
Have you ever been to war?
You do know that Biden also avoided the call to draft five times, the first through claims of asthma and the last four because of attending college? He admitted to doing so. Also, in his memoir “Promises to Keep” he talks about having an active childhood, a job as a lifeguard, and being an excellent football player during high school. That doesn’t sound like someone with asthma.
TRUMP 73 in second term, JOE ALMOST 80 first term, do the math🤕♿😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆✔
I rather have Joe at any time. I do not see them coward of Rep men running for President why because they are scared of him. But Joes not. And I give Joe credit for that.