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Tuesday, July 07, 2026

A fellow aging NATO leader had to grab Donald Trump by the arm and physically steer him into position at a welcome ceremony for this week's alliance summit in Turkey. Both Trump, 80, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan, 72, are under sustained scrutiny over the state of their physical and mental health. Trump has faced questions over rambling speeches, apparent dozing at public events, and the makeup masking bruises on his hands. Erdoan has drawn similar attention for verbal stumbles, moments of confusion, and a slowed walking pace. The footage, captured beside Air Force One after it touched down in Ankara on Tuesday, shows the pair shaking hands and talking before Erdoa clasped Trump's arm to lead him onto the carpet. Trump then stopped and turned toward a line of soldiers from what appears to have been the wrong mark.

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The Mad King looked ... delapidated.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-07 01:35 PM | Reply

Rumors about Trump's digestive problems, which allegedly necessitated diapers, have spread at least since he became president. For example, internet users speculated that he had a bowel movement during a 2019 meeting with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Later, on Dec. 16, 2023, then-U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, posted on X about the former president's odor, writing that it was "something to behold":


www.snopes.com

Leave it to stinky to turn Erdogan into a sympathetic figure.

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-07-07 01:38 PM | Reply

"I'll take Nasty Decrepit Aging Tyrants for $100, Ken."

"This good-for-nothing deteriorating despot in the wheelchair was a sock puppet of a violent cabal of military and security service leaders and business insiders for many years."

*Ding!*

"Who is Republican Governor Greg Abbott of Texas?"

"No, I'm sorry, Nancy. Both crippled miscreants do look alike and are terrible human beings, but this is...."

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-07 02:30 PM | Reply

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