Lies Are Killing You, Donald
The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project
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🗓️ 18 July 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
This week, Rick's Elephant in the Room is -- is Trump dying? From his bruised hands to his swollen cankles, Donald Trump is taking on water like a pregnant woman with pre-eclampsia. As of yesterday, Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency (or as we joked internally, "venus deficiency" or "a lack of love from the ladies" -- which totally tracks). According to a quick Google search, Trump's veins are having a problem circulating the blood back to his heart (probably because it's ten sizes too small). It's highly possible that, with this condition, Trump has grotesque leg sores -- almost like he's rotting from the inside out. The treatment? Losing weight, getting wound care for his rotting leg meat, and wearing compression stockings. The epic karma of a man who's harassed women his entire life, forced to sport a full set of compression hose at the height of the most prominent public-facing role, is not lost on us. Enjoy your Spanx, Donnie. Surely, Melania will still find you sexy?
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| 0:00.0 | Your task will not be an easy one. |
| 0:03.5 | Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped in battle-hearted. |
| 0:07.3 | There is not a liberal America and a conservative America. |
| 0:10.9 | There is the United States of America. |
| 0:15.5 | Good night and good luck. |
| 0:17.9 | Hey folks. |
| 0:18.6 | This week's elephant in the room is a question. |
| 0:21.0 | The question is simple. |
| 0:22.1 | Is Trump dying? |
| 0:28.0 | Politically, yes. |
| 0:29.7 | Politically, Trump is on death's door knocking loudly. |
| 0:31.9 | You've got 62% of the American population who thinks that Donald Trump is not handling |
| 0:36.9 | the Fstein affair properly, |
| 0:38.2 | including a narrow plurality of Republicans, which means a part of his base has collapsed. |
| 0:43.2 | You've got Trump's pollster Tony Fabrizio warning of a 2026 disaster. |
| 0:47.2 | You've got the markets shaky because Trump wants to replace Jerome Powell as the chair of the Federal Reserve. |
| 0:51.9 | You've got the Epstein matter continuing to absolutely decimate Trump's team in Washington to destroy their morale. They are paranoid. They are freaked out. They are looking for anything to change the subject. And it's not working. It's not working. They tried the auto pen bullshit. Didn't work. Did not work at all. Okay? They tried three |
| 1:12.1 | days of that trying to beat that auto pen thing to life in it. That didn't happen. You put the paddles on that thing all you want. It's not coming up to life. They tried the changing Coke to a cane sugar. Did not work. He's still got a lot of bait. No one's taking it. What they are taking is a piece out of Trump's ass every day. Manga is furious. He's been lying to them. |
| 1:29.7 | It's really hurting him. Congress is watching for every taco move that Trump makes. They're trying to pass the agenda while Trump is flailing because they know their time is running out. They know the power of Trump is diminishing by the day. His own people. He called Charlie Kirk and said, stop talking |
| 1:45.1 | about Epstein. Charlie Kirk goes, okay. And then he started talking about Epstein again. Laura Lumer, |
| 1:49.4 | Candice Owens, Jack Possobeek, Alex Jones, Tucker Carlson, major MAGA influencers, all of whom |
| 1:55.9 | were like, boss, this ain't it. We got to talk about this. Pam Bondi, Cash Patel, Dan Von Geno, deeply unpopular in the polling, which Trump watches |
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