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Miles Archer

(24,390 posts)
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:50 AM 11 hrs ago

"Navel-Gate"..."DAMN it, I'm a DOCTOR, Jim...and I'm telling you that man has an OUTIE!" Also, "Trump-not-standing-Gate"



Co-host Mika Brzezinski was the first to bring up the “optics” of the sitting president surrounded by “crotches and belly buttons” — a pointed reference to a man standing directly to Trump’s right on Thursday who had, what she called, a “distracting” protruding belly button.

“But why do they — it's all these crotches and belly buttons around the president. Like that was gross,” she complained. “Prominent belly buttons that distracted and I can't even. What? Why. Oh my God, make it go away!”

“I wrote earlier this week about this story about, how, look, Donald Trump is aging and there's some scrutiny coming to changes in his behavior,” co-host Jonathan Lemire offered. “One of the data points I mentioned is that for these events in the Oval Office, they have him seated now. They don't have him standing in front of podiums. And when you sit at the desk, that's the risk you run is that might be your backdrop.”

“Can someone say, ‘Mr. President, you look so much more commanding when you're standing so we don't have to look at belly buttons sticking out of big stomachs and crotches,’?” Brzezinski countered.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676930080/
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"Navel-Gate"..."DAMN it, I'm a DOCTOR, Jim...and I'm telling you that man has an OUTIE!" Also, "Trump-not-standing-Gate" (Original Post) Miles Archer 11 hrs ago OP
Crotches and belly buttons! Ocelot II 11 hrs ago #1
"...he can't stand up any more". mwmisses4289 11 hrs ago #2
djt could crush up 5 pills of Viagra with the back of a teaspoon,.. magicarpet 11 hrs ago #4
You got any recommendations EYESORE 9001 10 hrs ago #10
It's a clue as to what's going on. Not random. bucolic_frolic 11 hrs ago #3
Yeah, can't expose the cankles...nt Wounded Bear 8 hrs ago #12
Looks like Trump has lost a lot of weight. yardwork 10 hrs ago #5
That's his "I thought it was a fart, but..." face. CoopersDad 10 hrs ago #6
I saw that yesterday UpInArms 10 hrs ago #7
Same guy who sat there while Musk's kid picked his nose and wiped it on his desk Miles Archer 10 hrs ago #8
Dump's always had unfitted clothes on. sakabatou 6 hrs ago #14
I saw that!! It was really gross. Coventina 10 hrs ago #9
You can't un-see it!! Ars Longa 8 hrs ago #11
The guy looks about seven months pregnant. greatauntoftriplets 7 hrs ago #13

Ocelot II

(131,263 posts)
1. Crotches and belly buttons!
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:53 AM
11 hrs ago


His backdrops are crotches and belly buttons because he can't stand up any more.

mwmisses4289

(4,749 posts)
2. "...he can't stand up any more".
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:00 AM
11 hrs ago

Lol! Oh, my mind slipped right past the gutter and straight into the sewer! Lol!

magicarpet

(19,426 posts)
4. djt could crush up 5 pills of Viagra with the back of a teaspoon,..
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:16 AM
11 hrs ago

.... then snort the powder up his nose like he does Adderall. That might help resolve his Erectile Difficulties.

EYESORE 9001

(29,895 posts)
10. You got any recommendations
Fri May 22, 2026, 10:08 AM
10 hrs ago

for the ‘electile dysfunction’ he’s gonna endure in November?

bucolic_frolic

(55,866 posts)
3. It's a clue as to what's going on. Not random.
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:10 AM
11 hrs ago

There's a reason he's sitting. Visibility top 1/2 is a calculated choice. Just saying.

UpInArms

(55,400 posts)
7. I saw that yesterday
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:46 AM
10 hrs ago

and was grossed out … what sloppy clothing … I realize that TFG deserves no respect, but would one not think that you shouldn’t look like a slob in a poorly fitting polo shirt?

Miles Archer

(24,390 posts)
8. Same guy who sat there while Musk's kid picked his nose and wiped it on his desk
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:47 AM
10 hrs ago

Any time Trump is in the Oval Office, "dignity" and "respect" are relative terms and never a guarantee.

sakabatou

(46,357 posts)
14. Dump's always had unfitted clothes on.
Fri May 22, 2026, 01:23 PM
6 hrs ago

Huge ties, ill-fitted jackets and pants, etc. Probably wrong size shoes, too.

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