# My theory about what's going on with Trump **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 19, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968 "2024-10-19T01:44:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/61 "2024-10-20T23:26:41Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > While we’re on the subject, I’m also assuming that her reproductive status is G0P0 (in other words, she’s never been pregnant) but that too is her business. If that is her business, why are you speculating? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/62 "2024-10-20T23:38:24Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Something being “well-known” in the 1950s is nothing like today when something _known_ is more than well-known, it’s reported, analyzed, gummed to death, digested, and excreted 24/7 And turned into a conspiracy theory, and misrepresented, and used for political purposes … ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/63 "2024-10-20T23:58:34Z")
And today it happens instantaneously. When I was a kid, there weren’t even live TV reports. Film had to be rushed to a lab and developed, then broadcast. Now any idiot with a phone (or any hundreds of idiots) can film something and livestream it. Governments announce policy on X/Twitter, FFS. We’re continuously awash in “well-known” facts as well as lies with no time or competent guidance to sort them out. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/64 "2024-10-21T22:35:20Z")
Nothing about that added up, but then again, since when has anything associated with him done so? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/65 "2024-10-21T23:00:55Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > > > it’s well known that Eisenhower had Crohn’s disease > > I didn’t know that, actually! I have two friends with Crohn’s and so I know it can be pretty incapacitating. Yeah, me, too. That’s why I contribute to Crohn’s Disease causes. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/66 "2025-02-19T02:01:37Z")
5 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Cartalk Troll Posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartalk-troll-posts/1014478/5) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/71 "2024-10-22T13:23:04Z")
Fuck Vegas? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/72 "2024-10-22T13:44:40Z")
Vegas tells everybody who visits that they are going to win. Most don’t. That’s its entire business plan. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/73 "2024-10-22T14:35:00Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > For any who don’t know … > > > UTIs can cause sudden confusion (also known as delirium) in older people and people with dementia. If the person has a sudden and unexplained change in their behaviour, such as increased confusion, agitation, or withdrawal, this may be because of a UTI. > > [**SOURCE**](https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/daily-living/urinary-tract-infections-utis-dementia) If any of Trump’s issues had suddenly emerged, i might think this was a possibility. (Although I’d like to mention that sudden and unexpected cognitive changes are a symptom of many health disorders in the elderly.) But none of it is sudden. 8 years ago he seemed to have declined mentally from his peak. A friend pointed out that his older speeches used a wider vocabulary and were more coherent. And he’s certainly declined in the past 8 years. But that’s common at his age. Personally, i think Harris’s health report verges on oversharing. I don’t feel i need to know that she has seasonal allergies and had surgery when she was three. But maybe she felt it was best to get it out there. > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > While we’re on the subject, I’m also assuming that her reproductive status is G0P0 (in other words, she’s never been pregnant) but that too is her business. Honestly, if she were 38, i would care, because I’d worry that she might decide it was more important to have kids than to be a better president or something. It would certainly be an issue with asking a childless woman of childbearing age. But she just turned 60. I’m completely indifferent. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/74 "2024-10-22T14:37:38Z")
To be honest, what surprised me in Kamala Harris’ health report was that she has allergic conjunctivitis, as I didn’t know that pink eye could be caused by allergies. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/75 "2024-10-22T14:44:23Z")
It’s not really pink eye. It just means her eyes get irritated by pollen. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/76 "2024-10-22T14:45:57Z")
Ok, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/77 "2024-10-22T14:51:02Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > i think Harris’s health report verges on oversharing. I don’t feel i need to know that she has seasonal allergies and had surgery when she was three. But maybe she felt it was best to get it out there. I’m pretty sure the over sharing was intended to starkly contrast with Trump’s ridiculous “doctor’s notes”, which always attest to his amazing health and beautiful body. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/78 "2024-10-22T15:22:30Z")
Yeah, “itis” means “inflammation of”. You can get inflammation from a bacterial infection, a viral infection, allergies, or mechanical irritation. Probably other stuff, too. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/79 "2024-10-22T15:26:01Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Personally, i think Harris’s health report verges on oversharing. I don’t feel i need to know that she has seasonal allergies and had surgery when she was three. But maybe she felt it was best to get it out there. I agree it’s TMI. But you know if she didn’t list every hangnail and hiccup from birth, the Pubs would be all **“Ka-MAH-la LIES about her health!! Deep state cover-up!”** ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968/80 "2024-10-22T15:26:02Z")
Thanks; I assumed that conjunctivitis meant only the nasty pink eye with the crust covering the eyelid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-whats-going-on-with-trump/1008968.md?page=3)