Yesterday, Trump had an unscheduled 2 hour medical appointment at Walter Reed. In a written statement, Stephanie Grisham, new White House press secretary toady, spouted some tripe about “getting a head start” on his annual physical for 2020. I call bullshit. This is one of two things: 1) He has a real health problem born of his morbid obesity, poor physical condition, and horrible diet; 2) This is the setup for manufacturing a health problem that will eventually end in a resignation from the office “for health reasons”.
First let’s talk about his physical condition. Trump and his enablers regularly lie about his health. He and his doctors claim he’s 6′ 3″. That’s not even close. I actually met him at a golf tournament about 15 years ago and he was not as tall as me, and I’m 6’0″. Also, he’s known for a really goofy forward leaning, ass sticking out posture. Here’s an example:
Also, Trump’s trouser length varies greatly, sometimes clownishly long. Here’s a pic of Trump when he visited a Virginia church arriving directly from one of his hundreds of rounds of golf.
Analysts of body language say this odd posture is because Trump wears shoes with 2 1/2″ to 3″ lifts in them to make him look taller. Those lifts throw off his balance causing this posture to lean noticeably forward to stay upright. When he’s not wearing lifts, like when he plays golf, his trousers are way too long.
Why does Trump do this? Probably for the same reason he lies about his hand size, intellect, global knowledge, and “unmatched wisdom”, but also to hide the fact that he’s morbidly obese. His last physical in February 2018 had him at 243 lbs., 4 lbs. over his previous physical. At his fictionalized height, that would give him a body mass index of 30.4, right on the edge of obesity. At an actual height of, say, 5’10”, which has been projected as his actual height, that gives him a BMI of 34.9, right on the edge of morbid obesity. With his other maladies, such as physical condition, high cholesterol, and grade school boy diet, he’s clearly in the morbid zone.
Having talked about his actual terrible condition, let’s talk about a “bad health” exit strategy. This is actually the perfect exit for Trump once the tsunami of evidence against he gets so high that even he can no longer ignore and attack it. Think about it – his doctors today freely lie about his condition; it’s conceivable that (in lieu of an actual health crisis) doctors could diagnose him with just about any malady and it would be believable. He could resign based on this diagnosis, saving at least some face, ushering in Pence who would then pardon him for at least all of his federal crimes. Trump could then retire to Mara Lago out of the public eye and then start fighting the state charges that would surely come.
Call me crazy, but I’ve always believed that a health based resignation could be a viable alternative for Trump to avoid facing impeachment charges.
