{"id":17099,"date":"2025-08-31T22:32:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=17099"},"modified":"2025-08-31T22:32:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:32:45","slug":"trump-haters-new-political-strategy-just-hope-he-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=17099","title":{"rendered":"Trump haters\u2019 new political strategy: Just hope he dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Assassins failed to take the Orange Man out. Impeachment didn\u2019t stick. Is the Grim Reaper the new favored candidate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is US President Donald Trump on death\u2019s doorstep? That\u2019s the question that Trump haters have been asking as they\u2019ve suddenly turned to armchair medical analysis \u2013 their latest great hope.<\/p>\n

It all kicked off with some recent shots of the back of Trump\u2019s hands covered in poorly blended women\u2019s makeup, ostensibly covering some bruising.\u00a0<\/a>Social media has been rife with amateur sleuths manipulating the contrast on the images in an attempt to determine whether there are any signs of intravenous puncture that could perhaps be indicative of a serious medical condition \u2013 like heart failure. As supporting evidence, they also cite recent shots of his swollen ankles \u2013 or \u201ccankles\u201d<\/em> \u2013 debating whether they\u2019re expanding and contracting like an accordion, and if so, what that means for the number of days that he has left, both in power and in life.<\/p>\n

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@vrb49dmwr1<\/a> Doctors believe that Trump’s leg swelling is only 7 months to live #maga<\/a> #trump<\/a> #politics<\/a> #debate<\/a> #chf<\/a> \u266c original sound – vrb49dmwr1<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

TikTok in particular has given rise to a whole new category of content called \u201chopecore,\u201d<\/em> with Trump haters citing medical or medical-adjacent experience in publishing content opining about how Trump\u2019s days are numbered \u2013 although there\u2019s usually much debate over exactly how many.<\/p>\n

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@patricknewsss<\/a> Trump Has Severe Health Conditions!.. #trump<\/a> \u266c original sound – Patrick<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That uncertainty is a source of great frustration for commenters seeking certainty in nailing down the exact amount of time that they have to put up with him. Some even keep spreadsheets, charts, and countdown clocks like they\u2019re managing fantasy football teams, except instead of touchdowns\u00a0they\u2019re tracking anatomical anomalies.<\/p>\n

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@thewarningses<\/a> <\/p>\n

Donald Trump is sick both physically and mentally.<\/p>\n

\u266c original sound – The Warning with Steve Schmidt<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The White House has openly commented on Trump\u2019s \u201cchronic venous insufficiency,\u201d<\/em> which would explain the bruising and swelling. But even before that, back in June, his appearance at a UFC fighting event led to much zooming in on the crotch area of this 79-year-old man, with some speculating that he was wearing a catheter<\/a>. Others argued that it was just something in his pocket. Some internet detectives even claimed it was a subtle Olympic-level flex that defies both anatomy and comprehension.<\/p>\n

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White House explains Trump\u2019s swollen ankles and bruised hand<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Why is this even a thing, though? I guess gossip and speculation makes politics accessible for those who prefer the entry bar to be at floor-level. Policy and issues are complex and require work, particularly when the objective is to eject someone from power. It\u2019s much more fun to just place all hope in fate to do the heavy lifting for you. And to cheer it along on a daily basis with your like-minded tribe. Add a hashtag, a TikTok filter, and suddenly it\u2019s an entire movement. One that doesn\u2019t even require you to get off the couch to make you feel like you\u2019re part of something big \u2013 like a child tugging an escalator handrail convinced they\u2019re moving everyone to the top.<\/p>\n

Guess they\u2019re now putting all their hope on the Grim Reaper to take Trump out. Assassins failed to do it with actual bullets. Impeachment didn\u2019t stick. Not even his disqualification through the courts came through for them. The Grim Reaper is now effectively their candidate of choice, and they seem more psyched about him than they ever did about Kamala Harris or Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

Go figure that there\u2019s a glaring overlap between these people and those who also glom onto every health-related tidbit about Russian President Vladimir Putin. Over the years, it\u2019s been reported in Western publications that he\u2019s suffered from strokes, Parkinson\u2019s, \u201cterminal\u201d<\/em> pancreatic cancer (over a decade ago), thyroid cancer, and leprosy. Again, basically a fantasy football roster of health crises, all projected onto one man.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hardly a coincidence that many of those conjuring up death fantasies also happen to be proponents of regime change, including former MI6 officer Christopher Steele<\/a>,\u00a0former CIA officer Ralph Goff<\/a>,\u00a0Danish intelligence sources<\/a>,\u00a0<\/a>Kremlin critic Valery Solovei<\/a>,\u00a0or former Ukrainian intelligence chief Kirill Budanov<\/a>.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0All waiting for Mother Nature to spring into action like she\u2019s on USAID payroll.<\/p>\n

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From cold war to cold peace: What the Anchorage and White House meetings mean for the world<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When Putin and Trump were together in Alaska recently for Ukraine peace talks, it was a double whammy field day for the death pool watchers. They glommed onto Trump\u2019s somewhat non-linear walk down the tarmac\u2019s red carpet to greet Putin as \u201cproof\u201d<\/em> of his ongoing decline. Then their radar went off again when Putin shifted his weight from one leg to the other while chatting with Trump. Evidence that he was about to collapse, surely! If not immediately, then imminently!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a classic case of anxiety displacement. Instead of grappling with why a political leader has power or support, they funnel their unease into scrutinizing movements, coughs, or missed steps. The result is a culture of obsessive speculation where nothing is sacred \u2013 not posture, not hands, not ankles, and certainly not the crotch region.<\/p>\n

But the more interesting question is why exactly do they feel the need to take refuge in this kind of nonsense? It represents a super low-effort power grab. Fate does the heavy lifting and clears the way for their preferred alternative over which they feel they have more control. There seems to be a lot of projection going on, though \u2013 the mistaken belief that what comes after would be more aligned with their interests. Or that the eradication of a particular leader through natural biological processes would somehow shift the tectonic plates of the political landscape. History shows that this is hardly ever the case. Just ask all the folks in Che Guevara or Martin Luther King t-shirts.<\/p>\n

Trumpism won\u2019t end with Trump. Nor will the growing appetite for institutional reform of Washington. So then what\u2019s the plan? To start all over again with a J.D. Vance death watch? At this point, someone should probably invent an app to track ankle swelling and gait analytics in real time. Because if you\u2019re too lazy or inept to win, you can at least obsess over your opponent\u2019s every micro-movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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