Posted on 05/19/2025 5:36:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
When a former president receives a serious medical diagnosis, the traditional response has been to set aside political differences, offer warm praise and wish the individual a speedy recovery and complete return to health.
In many cases, that’s exactly what happened Sunday after former president Joe Biden disclosed that he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly attacked Biden since taking office, wished Biden “a fast and successful recovery.”
But in a reflection of today’s harsh political environment and reignited questions over Biden’s health during his reelection campaign and his inner circle’s handling of the situation, some Republicans and right-wing activists wasted little time asserting, without evidence, that Biden and his circle covered up the diagnosis.
Trump, speaking in the Oval Office on Monday, said the diagnosis was “very sad, actually” and that he felt “badly about it.” But he also questioned why it wasn’t caught earlier.
“That test is standard to pretty much anybody getting a physical, a good physical,” he said. “We had the doctors at the White House and over at Walter Reed, which is a fantastic hospital. I do it — I did a very complete physical, including cognitive tests.”
Trump inaccurately referred to Biden’s diagnosis as “stage 9,” an apparent reference to a pathology report giving his cancer a Gleason score of 9 on a scale that rises to 10 and indicates an aggressive cancer. Trump also questioned Biden’s cognitive ability.
“If you take a look, it’s the same doctor that said that Joe was cognitively fine, there was nothing wrong with him,” Trump said. “If it’s the same doctor who said there was nothing wrong there, that’s being proven to be a sad situation. … The doctor said he’s just fine. And it’s turned out that’s...”
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Fluke the Compost, why bother.
conspiracy theories
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LOL
So it's not important to know what lies half the country is being fed and believing today?
We good people are supposed to shut up and sit down according Hakeem Jeffries because the vicious, evil political con artist is now a sick, dying man with a terrible disease.
No.
Took 4 to write this?
LOL!
Jake Tapper hardest hit. All the new-found Biden sympathy is going to take a bite out of his book sales.
Of course.
Not obvious conclusions based on previous lies, standard disease timelines, and obvious medical examinations that must have happened but we're supposed to believe they missed the inescapable.
"Conspiracy theories." Just like the obvious senility we all saw before 2020.
"Conspiracy theories."
Funny how so many conspiracy theories turn out to be true these days
Biden diagnosis draws WaPo to talking about anything but the worst crime in history
But the truth coming. Like a train down a Johnny cash tune track
They stole it and fafoed
We're going to need a bigger conspiracy theory. 🤡
Conspiracy theorists were true
Conspiracy, yes. Theory? More like fact!
The Post has a big problem.
No one believes them anymore.
They are just one of a long list of worthless, lying MSM democrat media mouthpieces.
Trump didn’t say anything conspiratorial, but they’re blaming him anyway.
“Poor Joe has cancer and Trump’s being mean about it”
To Washington Post: Where are Biden’s medical records?
Yeah, “conspiracy theories” and “Republicans Pounce”.
“So it’s not important to know what lies half the country is being fed and believing today?”
That half isn’t here on FR. We can’t help the other half.
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You should file a complaint against me and have me permanently banned, because I think it is important to know what the enemy is thinking and saying, and I am not going to stop posting what they are thinking and saying.
Tell the mod that I am posting from sources you find offensive.
That should do it.
Prostategate. The movie. All The President’s Media.
“by: Naftali Bendavid, Matt Viser, Joel Achenbach, Patrick Svitek”
I guess no American reporter would stoop to the level needed to make the claims in this article.
Don’t axe any questions or you are a conspiracy nut.
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