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Donald Trump posting a week-old photo has heightened scrutiny of his health.

Amid continued concerns about his physical well-being, Trump posted an image of himself playing golf with a former football coach.

But, given the photo was taken a week ago, people raised concerns about a potential attempt to hoodwink the public about the true state of the president's condition.

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[–] Octavio@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Every time he posts something on his little Twitter imitation the media says something like, “Trump proves he’s alive by posting that…”

Now I’m not a conspiracy theorist and frankly I doubt Trump is sick, but this drives me nuts. A post on social media proves nothing. Anyone could have written that. Now we’ve got two cases of golf photos being released and treated by the media as definitive, when one is absolutely old and the other was also rumored to be outdated.

Have there been any public appearances since he “resurfaced “? If there had been I’m sure I would’ve read about them.

Again, I don’t buy the theory that he is dead or dying, but something is weird. He normally never stays out of the spotlight.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The running theory is he's has a stroke. He was struggling to walk in a straight line when he met Putin

He's 80 odd and lives on a diet of mcdonalds and coke and "works" a stressful job

His blood pressure is likely though the roof

[–] audaxdreik@pawb.social 9 points 3 days ago

These, "we assure you the president is alive" posts sure are raising a lot of questions already answered by the, "we assure you the president is alive" posts ...

I mean, he's obviously gotten plastic surgery at various times in the past. That shit needs constant retouching.