Trump’s hands clawed the air weirdly as he bellowed greetings last night to his glad-to-be-fleeced club members. As Ben Meiselas points out, his splayed hands–in evidence when he fell asleep in the Oval Office yesterday–now seem to fall naturally into positions reminiscent of the cerebral palsy victims he mocked on the campaign trail in 2016.
This is the man MAGA worships as a virile superhero.
This is the man whom The New York Times complimented in 2024 on his allegedly ever-youthful appearance.