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Miles Archer

(22,257 posts)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 06:38 AM Nov 2025

We've reached the point where Trump is fist-bumping the cameras after "making it down Air Force One's steps." [View all]

Trump slumped into a waiting limousine after landing in Palm Beach for a Mar-a-Lago weekend on Friday—even as he demanded lawmakers keep at it in Washington, D.C., amid the ongoing government shutdown.

In footage captured by Fox News on Friday night, Trump can be seen slowly making his way off Air Force One. He descends the stairs at a cautious pace and raises his fist after completing the task without incident, before almost collapsing into the seat of his waiting car.

The dark footage shows Trump’s head rolling back, and he appears to sigh as he sits.

Less than two hours before he flew south for the weekend, Trump posted to Truth Social that senators should not leave the capital until they can reopen the government, which has now been closed for 39 days—the longest stretch in American history.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-79-slumps-into-limo-after-successfully-navigating-air-force-one-steps/

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Soon, AF1 will carry a presidential forklift. nt Buns_of_Fire Nov 2025 #1
I'm amazed they haven't built him a battery-powered elevator FakeNoose Nov 2025 #10
Forklift One hotdamn00 Nov 2025 #18
He's at Death's Door Joinfortmill Nov 2025 #2
Not for long, I hope. Orrex Nov 2025 #3
he really does seem to be having trouble standing for long and navigating stairs LymphocyteLover Nov 2025 #6
Open the door. Let him in. 2MuchNoise Nov 2025 #20
Nope I wish him further incapacity IbogaProject Nov 2025 #24
Watching the news of the release BOSSHOG Nov 2025 #27
Yes things like that IbogaProject Nov 2025 #30
From your lips to Gods ears! Hey Joe Nov 2025 #31
Trip and fall, you fuck Aviation Pro Nov 2025 #4
Is any media ever allowed to show him struggling up the steps? Lonestarblue Nov 2025 #5
does he go up? Maybe he gets a lift up away from the cameras LymphocyteLover Nov 2025 #8
There was posted on D.U. about a week ago --- climbing the plane's stairs. 3Hotdogs Nov 2025 #9
LOL. I did see a picture yesterday of some poor servicemember pushing Dump's butt through LymphocyteLover Nov 2025 #12
I look at it this way StoolPigeon Nov 2025 #15
Oh, I SO hope that description is accurate. n//t IL Dem Nov 2025 #7
Maybe they should get him a stair lift so he can sit his way down. milestogo Nov 2025 #11
LOL, notice how he pats his flabulous thigh just before starting the treacherous descent, Pinback Nov 2025 #13
But Biden slipped on the AF-1 stairs. It was a thing at the time -- eagerly pointed allegorical oracle Nov 2025 #14
Wasn't a fist bump Aviation Pro Nov 2025 #16
No golf this weekend BOSSHOG Nov 2025 #28
Soon he will cross that Rainbow Bridge and multigraincracker Nov 2025 #17
Last Feb to Early April I had a visiting nurse come by to change a dressing on my foot where I had some ... Botany Nov 2025 #19
One doesn't get an MRI just for kicks. paleotn Nov 2025 #22
I think he had one stroke in his first term .... he went to Walter Reed Hospital on a Sunday afternoon for Botany Nov 2025 #23
That's not AI that's really Chump - in the video and in the photo FakeNoose Nov 2025 #33
Being president is a tough job. Even when you phone most of it in. paleotn Nov 2025 #21
Surprised he's not on another tax payer paid overseas vacation Emile Nov 2025 #25
It's the international sign for constipation. C_U_L8R Nov 2025 #26
He's weak. Not well. MineralMan Nov 2025 #29
A perfectly healthy Trump springs up the stairs like a sprightly fawn. LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2025 #32
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