That’s a straw man argument, because that is not at all what is happening.

There are several factors, first the visible evidence of IV, then the MRI scans, which are used to monitor the effect of the treatment. Then multiple symptoms Trump is showing, like fatigue and dementia, some also claim Trump has a cycle of fatigue consistent with this treatment, also rumors of repeated cognitive tests, and almost but not quite finally that this is the best treatment that exist for the suspected circumstance, and would very likely be the one chosen for the president, and finally that this treatment was approved by FDA after Trump became president.

So 1. The obvious IV, 2. Multiple MRI, 2.Obvious Symptoms, 3. Cycle, 4. Cognitive tests, 5. Best known treatment, 6. Circumstances surrounding the approval of the treatment.

These are the ones I’ve picked up even without having great interest in the issue, so there may be more. Of course not all points are equally strong, and it’s all circumstantial. But it’s false to claim it’s just the IV.

And finally as u/dhork mention, the blatant lying is a clear indication it’s something serious.

You want Brainworms?

Just as I predicted from the start (and others too of course) the USA alone policy will hurt USA more than it will hurt the rest of the world.
For instance Canada and Europe are doing fine, with clearly better economic numbers this year than USA. USA is not releasing the numbers as usual, but some numbers are not for the federal government to hold back. And from those numbers we can see that the American economy is most likely stagnating.

Gosh, what happened?

Americans elected the malignant narcissist instead of the lesser evil.

That’s OK, I wouldn’t dream of buying American RAM anyway.

Only if you use their products and allow them to profit from it.

Thanks, I didn’t think of it that way, I’ve seen way to many trying to make Melania out like some poor victim of evil Trump, when that is obviously not the case.

Fools, she is exactly where she wants to be. AND she is just as much a selfish narcissist as Trump.
The idea of poor innocent Melania is both stupid and wrong.

If anyone think USA will stop weapons supplies to Ukraine paid by Europe, that is very unlikely, because those weapons are sold at a 10% premium to Europe to give to Ukraine. And it would be political suicide for Trump to stop that deal, as it has zero negative effect for USA, and it yields huge profits both to American weapons industry, and the 10% surcharge goes directly to the federal budget. So everybody in congress is very happy with this arrangement, and most of congress actually wants to help Ukraine.
So ending this arrangement would be very risky for the Trump administration.

Winter has just started, and there are already signs of people losing patience in Russia.
This is a brilliant strategy that has been stopped by USA 3 times, first by Biden early in the war 2022-2023 because Biden didn’t want an oil crisis. Then again later in 2024 because Biden was afraid problems in the oil market would help Trump win the election against Kamala Harris. And again earlier this year 2025 by Trump, because he demanded Ukraine to not sabotage his peace negotiations.

If only USA had actually wanted to help Ukraine win, instead of constantly trying to prevent them from actually winning, then this shitshow could probably already have been over. But USA has made themselves irrelevant, and doing this is now worth more to Ukraine than the almost non existent help from USA.

So good on Ukraine to pick up this strategy again, and fuck USA from blocking it for more than 3 years!!!

Finally, if anyone think USA will stop weapons supplies to Ukraine paid by Europe, that’s a very small risk, because those weapons are sold at a 10% premium to Europe to give to Ukraine. And it would be political suicide for Trump to stop that deal, as it has zero negative effect for USA, and it has yields huge profits both to American weapons industry, and the 10% surcharge goes directly to the federal budget.

But fuck USA for not helping, and instead only profiteering in a situation where a democracy is defending itself against a totalitarian invasion. This is against everything USA used to stand for, and it is against everything NATO stands for.

USA is not an ally in this, they are only trying to profit, and we can’t trust USA anymore.

Goddam those pesky Russians are keeping at it. 😠

Completely moronic since they are actively ruining their own country and their future doing this.

none of this apparent success is helping cost of living in Canada.

Except lower inflation is doing exactly that.
Most of the world has been through a period of increased inflation, but Europe is getting it under control now, and apparently so is Canada. So yes this should definitely be helping.

What’s really insane is that we can’t rule it out completely. USA is being run by a bunch of sociopaths, and Trump has dementia which undermines the little self control he used to have.

USA is absolutely an extremely violent and racist country, and both those aspects are obviously primitive. How else would you judge that?
USA also isn’t governed by “modern” laws, if you want to see modern laws in practice look at the Scandinavian countries.

Notice that I also write that other countries with Sharia law are primitive, the same goes for laws based on other religions like Christianity, and obviously the same also goes for practices based on racism.

USA is widely considered primitive in many ways in Europe.

You can disagree with laws, but claiming they are “primitive” and “barbaric laws” is a stupid, racist, and ignorant statement.

You are so so wrong, for instance the death penalty is for sure a primitive law that modern political and humanist sciences have clearly abolished because it’s immoral, and is against human rights, and for those reasons also illegal in EU.

USA is also in many ways a primitive society, not entirely unlike Iran. Extreme regulation against abortion that can cause the death of pregnant women, a dysfunctional democracy, extreme violence, harassment of minorities and homeless, and a shorter life expectancy than other western democracies, even democracies that are less than half as wealthy as USA. USA also has the bigger portion of its population in prison by far compared to any other country in the world.

All signs of a society that is morally and mentally is caught in the past, and has refrained from introducing improvements that are common in other countries that USA used to be ahead of.

I never claimed Iran was a primitive society before 1979 under the Shah. My claim is that they are primitive NOW, in part because they use Sharia law. They did NOT use Sharia law under the Shah!
But yes I am also very well aware that the Shah was instated by what was practically a coup against a democratically elected government.

Germany was absolutely also primitive during WW2, because it devolved to violence and extermination of minorities.
Russia is a bit more complicated, but very definitely a society that has not evolved as well as it could have.

I don’t really care that “they” used other terms, first it’s a false equivalence, and why should I be bound by false standards?

“stupid” and “primitive” are not synonyms.

No they are not, why would you think I used it as such? Iranian society is both stupid and primitive, both mostly a result of social religious insanity.

After islamic extremists came to power in the 1979 revolution

I agree, Iran was a better society in some ways before the revolution, and if USA hadn’t messed up their democracy, Iran would likely have been a way better society today.

they broke down Iranian society in many directions. Executions were widespread, terror was used to subdue opposition, women’s rights were trampled on,

You are basically making my point here. Mind you this was by the wishes of the population. Much to the frustration of Iranians that had to flee, that had hoped for a socialist revolution. I have actually known Iranian people here in Denmark, and they are very good people, BUT!!! They are not Muslims!!! Iran today is an Islamic country, and the population is overwhelmingly Muslim, and they overwhelmingly condoned what the new regime under the Ayatollah was doing. Including all of your above points.

Iran is a former empire

What they used to be half a century ago is irrelevant to what they have become today, also being an empire does not exclude being primitive. Russia today is an empire, and they are primitive compared to what they could have been, without a super corrupt dictator that has undermined Russian society for 30 years.

Doesn’t change the fact that the society has laws build on ancient superstition without reason.
A society build on primitives rules that follow such rules is primitive per definition.
Because the practice of such primitive laws guide all activity in a society.

What about death penalty to the victim is not primitive and barbaric?
How is a society that execute primitive barbaric laws not primitive?
Is it because they can make nice cookies?

How does this complexity you mention change that it is a primitive society?
Is it because it is not PC to call a culture primitive? Because then I’ve got news for you, some cultures are very obviously more primitive than others.

I think it would be fair to make him wanted for war crimes.

I got it wrong at first, so sorry carry on…

The world should follow Canada’s lead and nobody should visit from anywhere.

I think a lot of the world absolutely is, a few months ago I saw similar numbers from Europe, with Denmark and Germany among the biggest declines.

https://viewfromthewing.com/new-data-shows-europe-to-u-s-fall-travel-plunges-up-to-12-5-expect-fares-to-be-slashed-to-fill-seats/

Denmark is not in the chart, but it is very noticeable here, and although we are a small country we have higher tan average level of traveling and economic interaction with other countries.

Air traffic to USA down 8.9% is very significant, and way beyond any statistical variance or uncertainty. Numbers at that scale tend to change slowly, so by that perspective 8.9% is a lot.

And ironically the Canadian economy is up 2.6% in Q3, and industrial production is up 3.3%. And inflation is down to 2.2%!!
So Canada is doing very well on major economic markers despite the sanctions from USA.
USA on the other hand is not, and Trump is so embarrassed he won’t even allow his fudged numbers to be released.
I call them fudged because he fires people who release “bad” numbers, because Trump claims bad numbers are fake.