Toxic masculinity doesn’t take a day off – nor does narcissism. We’ve all questioned President Trump’s sanity over the past four years, but the past four days since his coronavirus diagnosis have confirmed that he is sick in the head.
On Sunday evening, the president hopped into a Chevy Suburban and forced two completely innocent (and likely woefully underpaid) Secret Service agents to drive him around Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where he is receiving treatment for COVID-19. In an impromptu “parade,” the masked COVID Denier-in-Chief waved to his supporters keeping vigil outside the military hospital as his security detail, decked out in PPE up the wazoo, stared ahead.
Photo: CNN
With this careless stunt, Trump showed the world he is completely incapable of taking care of himself – or staying out of the spotlight. Imagine being so attached to what it means to be a “real man” that you won’t you let yourself recover from COVID-19, currently the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Imagine being convinced that getting sick with a highly contagious disease isn’t a natural consequence of spitting in the face of science but instead a sign of weakness. (And he thought wearing a mask was only for sissies!)
If we could talk to Trump, we’d tell him in the kindest tone possible that falling ill doesn’t mean he’s weak; he’s just human, and therefore, fallible. Take a goddamn weekend off from the shitshow, gorge yourself on those tiny cups of delicious green Jell-O, and watch some terrible daytime TV (and we don’t mean Fox News). You’re not less of a dude if you do. But for all our sakes, please don’t go out in public super-spreading your ‘rona germs like a porn star mid-money shot. Thanks. Sincerely, the American people.
Cover Photo: CNN
Biden vs. Trump: Which Political Candidate Has Better Hair?
MORE NEWS:
Mandatory Voting: 12 Simple Reasons to Be Pro Joe (And Against Don the Con)
Visit the Mandatory Shop for great deals on your very own Mandatory merch.
Follow Mandatory on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Weird News 7/21/2020
-
Men’s Beards May Have Evolved to Sustain Punches to the Head, Random Study Suggests Scientists Are Running Out of Things to Study
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: max-kegfire (Getty Images)
-
Louisiana Man Puts the ‘Ass’ in Bass Pro Shop by Swimming in Fish Tank
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Niklas Jourdan / EyeEm (Getty Images)
-
San Jose Police Fire Rubber Bullets at Their Own Trainer, Rupturing His Testicle (That’s Nuts)
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images / Contributor (Getty Images)
-
Apple Delays iPhone 12 Release, Consumers Expected to Just Use Phone They’ve Had a Whole Year Already
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Adam Kuylenstierna / EyeEm (Getty Images)
-
Ivanka Trump Tells Unemployed Americans to ‘Find Something New,’ Which Is Precisely What We Wish Her Whole Family Would Do
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Alex Wong / Staff (Getty Images)
-
Dumb as Rocks: Kanye West Photoshops His Face Onto Mount Rushmore
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: @kanyewest (Twitter)
-
The Internet Had Its Phallic Way With Ivanka Trump Modeling Goya Beans, Hilarious Tweets Ensued
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: @SsnarkIsMyGame (Twitter)
-
Rudy Giuliani Calls NYPD After Being Pranked by Sacha Baron Cohen, Can Only Take a Joke if it Becomes President
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: The Hollywood Reporter, via Getty Images
-
Badass Mother Who Wore Face Mask Through 38-Hour Labor Says ‘If I Can, So Can You’
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Jai Kershner
-
Aww Nuts: Squirrel in Colorado Tests Positive for Bubonic Plague Because 2020
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Picture Alliance via Getty Images
-
Meanwhile in Florida…Woman Sues for Paternity Test on Goats (But Not for the Reason You Think)
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: SOPA Images via Getty Images
-
Trump’s Terrorist Theory of 75-Year-Old Man Shoved by Police Exhibits New Expert Level of Sociopathic Thinking
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Pool, Getty Images
