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[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 57 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Maybe leg braces, but I'm betting it's catheter bags. Taco Don switched from diapers.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

I have also heard the catheter bag explanation, and that seems to make good sense to me.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sorry about the Twitter link,, but here is him stumbling up the stairs. It could be either or both.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1931814713039409478

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Here's an alternative frontend:

https://xcancel.com/i/status/1931814713039409478

It seems his shoe just simply caught the lip of the stairs. I think it's most likely caused by wearing shoes too big for his feet, since it would hurt his ego to have smaller feet.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

He wears lifts, which is why he’s always hunched forward slightly, too.

But yeah, it looks like he “just” stumbled a bit- we’ve all been there.

Still, gonna mock him for it.

[–] rock_hand@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I don’t normally post but there’s something uncanny about this picture. Like, could it be a double? Did he speak at all? It only resembles him.

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

My bet is on a robot. He did just accuse Biden of being a robot and as we all know every MAGA accusation is a confession.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

It looks like it was skinnied up. It's an easy photoshop fix. You skinny the background people a little, but take him out and skinny him. It might have been layered against another background too. It looks like the equivalent of too much botox too me, but in reverse.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Two Foleys? It probably is some kind of orthopedic.