Donald Trump has confirmed that he wore compression socks to treat his cankles amid growing scrutiny over his health as America’s oldest president.
In an explosive interview about his medical treatments, Trump also admitted that he applies makeup to his hands, saying that the large daily dose of aspirin he takes to thin his blood causes them to bruise easily.
The Daily Beast has led the way in reporting on Trump’s efforts to hide his swollen ankles and the globs of makeup on his hands. Other media outlets largely ignored these issues, and the president and his inner circle have adamantly denied that he had any problems.
But in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, Trump said he wore medical compression socks to help with swelling in his ankles.
No we wont. The uneducated will continue to believe what Fox, Facebook, and X tell them to believe.
America has an idiot problem, and it wasnt an accident.
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Yes, they will
But you realize we can educate people right?
Like, someone that uneducated today only stays uneducated if no one educated them, and whether or not you want to “help” them, we’re all better off if we educate them.
Teaching critical thinking is really a “childhood only” thing, it’s very hard to get that into people after their minds are set and there are fallacies at work keeping them attached to their opinions.
Growing up in the 90s, we had classes in “media consumption” that taught you how to examine the claims made and the sources behind them. Rule #1 - news should be dispassionate, if you’re hearing something passionate, it’s not news.
Looking back I realize our teachers saw the information wars coming, and decided to do something about it. Sadly my parents never got this education and so every Facebook meme is true in their eyes.
Brain plasiticy doesn’t come into play until the mid to late 60s…
It’s why it’s acceptable to give up on a 70 year old boomer, but not really anyone else.
There’s a concerning amount of accounts arguing we need to write off teenagers that were dumb enough to vote trump before their brains have even finished developing.
Point being, giving up on voters is only good for a very small demographic.
if you think you can just educate people into not supporting trump, listen to The Necessary Conversation podcast. these people care more abt “winning” than being right
They need taught something?!?!?
Clearly that’s more than enough reason not to attempt to teach them anything…
If we taught things to people who don’t those things, just think of the horror!
Obviously our time is best spent telling others not to try anything and just fucking give up. Maybe listen to some fucking podcasts and pat ourselves on the back about how we’re intrinsically better? We won’t fix anything that way, but it makes you feel superior and that’s why the billionaires have spent so much effort into you having these views you think are your own
I know this is harsh, but wake the fuck up, we need all hands on deck.
you must not have much personal experience with these people. at some point you gotta know how far you can get with them, otherwise you will burn out and become horrendously cynical. btw i never said we should just give up and listen to podcasts. im just offering you a window into a family split down maga vs progressive lines and how they (the magats) will do anything to justify their position rather than listen and absorb new information.