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Tim Miller: Trump’s Health Questions Won’t Go Away

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

Politics, News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Tim Miller joined Chris Hayes to discuss how Donald Trump’s long absence sparked wild online rumors about his health — even claims he was dead.

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0:00.0

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0:24.3

Jamel Bowie and we talked about what else, the rumors about Donald Trump's health that

0:29.5

were going around this weekend and what was behind those and why did they proliferate

0:36.1

and what that says about our society?

0:38.3

It was actually a fun little chat.

0:40.1

And I think that there were some insights I haven't got into in other places on this.

0:44.9

I was going to wear a costume.

0:46.7

And I was encouraged quite full-throatedly by managing editor Sam Stein to wear a costume on the Chris Hayes show,

0:57.2

but I whipped out.

0:58.8

So I explained on the show what I was going to wear,

1:01.7

so you can stick around for that on the other side.

1:04.7

You know, I think that our discussion is, you know,

1:08.4

there's some chuckles about the whole thing.

1:12.3

But I also think there's something ominous underneath about living in a society where this kind of thing happens

1:17.1

and what that says about what kind of society we are. So stick around for that. Subscribe to

1:22.2

the feed. Tell your friends. Do all the things. Comment. Let me let you think about my outfit. What else so you want. We'll see on the other side. We got a lot more coming on this page soon. How did you find out over the weekend that you were dead? You see that? No. People didn't see you for a couple days. 1.3 million user engagements as of Saturday morning about your demise.

1:45.0

You know, I have heard it's sort of crazy, but last week I did numerous news conferences,

1:52.0

all successful. They went very well, like this is going very well. And then I didn't do any

1:58.0

for two days and they said there must be something wrong with him.

2:01.5

There you have it. The President of the United States is alive and, well, his typical self.

2:06.2

But while the online speculation over the long weekend turned out to be just that, the growing

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