We’ve all watched the bizarre behavior and statements from Donald Trump and wondered: Is this guy on drugs? Most people don’t act so deranged unless they’re heavily medicated.
As it turns out, there’s ample evidence that Trump has indeed been on drugs during his life, and for all we know he still is.
Noted Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald followed the facts for an article he was writing that his publication later refused to run, but Eichenwald was still able to get the evidence he found out into light thanks to Twitter, where he posted exactly what he’d been able to establish by being a good reporter. And it all started with a former staffer on “The Apprentice” who said Trump was a “speed freak.”
A former staffer on The Apprentice and current stand-up comic named Noel Casler claims that Donald Trump was a “speed freak” who snorted crushed-up Adderall, and also says that Trump invited teen beauty pageant contestants up to his suite. pic.twitter.com/67bkJ8doSW
— SeriouslyUS? (@USseriously) December 13, 2018
Take a look at what Eichenwald uncovered:
1. As another witness @CaslerNoel discusses Trump's use of amphetamines (this one I didn't know about), it's time to remind folk of my reporting bout Trump's medical records that show he was addicted to an amphetamine derivative for at least eight years…https://t.co/ApMLRLtAwV
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
2…in Trump's pre-election medical statement (which his doctor, Harold Bornstein, now says Trump wrote himself), he reports Bornstein had been his doctor since 1980. What Trump hid, as I previously reported, is he had a second doctor from 1982-1990 named Dr. Joseph Greenberg…
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
3…Greenberg was widely known years later (particularly when 60 Minutes reported it in the 1990s) as a guy who prescribed uppers to famous people. The records show that Trump was one of his patients starting in 1982. The records show….
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
4…that Greenberg diagnosed Trump with a "metabolic imbalance" which somehow disappeared from his pre-election medical report. “Metabolic imbalance” is a catch-all phrase for different conditions and, in itself, is equivalent of a diagnosis of “heart problem.” There are….
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
5…electrolyte insufficiencies, anaerobic imbalances, acid imbalances, and an assortment of related disorders that can have serious health consequences. According to a 2007 peer-reviewed study, patients with underlying mental illnesses have a higher incidence of this syndrome…
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
6…the medical records reveal that Greenberg gave Trump a prescription for amphetamine derivatives in 1982 to treat his "metabolic problem;" the records show that Trump continued taking the drugs for a number of years and the former officials said that Trump stopped using…
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
7…on or about 1990. Now, before Trumpers start screaming "fake news" – Trump White House (Hope Hicks) admitted Trump used these when I asked, but lied to say it was only for a few weeks. I asked "how do you know that, since the medical records show it is for many years?"….
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
8…Hope never got back to me with an answer. So…let's talk about what the records show. The derivatives were diethylpropion, known under its brand name as tenuate dospan. These drugs are designed for short-term use; studies have concluded that patients can…
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
Let’s pause here and take a closer look a what tenuate dospan — which is also known as diethylpropion — is used for:
“Diethylpropion is an appetite suppressant similar to an amphetamine. Diethylpropion stimulates your central nervous system (nerves and brain), which increases your heart rate and blood pressure and decreases your appetite. Diethylpropion is used as together with diet and exercise to treat of obesity.”
As you might expect, a drug such as this has serious side effects:
“Fast/irregular/pounding heartbeat, mental/mood changes (e.g., agitation, uncontrolled anger, hallucinations, nervousness), uncontrolled muscle movements, change in sexual ability/interest.”
Hmm…sound like anyone we might all know? Donald Trump is a man who has constant mood changes, is nervous, irritable, and often seems to be lost in his own little world. In other words, he exhibits all of the key warning signs for those who use this legal form of speed.
Eichenwald had some other facts he also shared in that December 2018 Twitter thread:
9…only avoid developing a dependence on the drug if they take it for 25 weeks or less. But Trump continued downing the pills for years. According to two people – someone who said Trump would consider him a friend and a former Trump executive – the then-real estate developer…
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
10…boasted that the diethylpropion gave him enormous energy and helped him concentrate. A former Trump executive claimed to have picked up the medication while running errands for the boss. This person said the prescription, for 75 milligrams of diethylpropion a day, was….
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
11…filled at least for a time at a Duane Reade drugstore on 57th Street in Manhattan, a few blocks from Trump Tower. The executive said, like many celebrities, Trump used an alias for the prescription. Diethylpropion has a high risk of dependency and chronic abuse – such as…
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
12. …taking it for years – can cause delusions, paranoia, and hyperactivity. Studies in medical journals also report it can result in sleeplessness and impulse control problems. Trump stopped the diethylpropion completely in 1990 under the supervision of a doctor, a former…
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
13…executive with his company said (ending the drug after long-term use causes serious withdrawal problems.) Until now, with the statements by the fellow who formerly worked with Trump, there had never been evidence that Trump began using such uppers again. Which is why….
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
14…@CaslerNoel statements about his watching Trump snort crushed up adder all is so important. Think of the probabilities here: Records show Trump used uppers from 1982-1990, then Casler says Trump was using them during his time working on the Apprentice. I don't know Casler…
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
15…I don't think he knows me. Isn't it interesting that my reporting – and Casler's statements about his personal experience – align so perfectly?
Done.
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
It should be noted that we have absolutely no proof that Trump still uses stimulants or amphetamines, but his behavior certainly suggests he’s taking something that makes him act the way he does. And if his bizarre actions can’t be said to be the result of drug use, that leaves us only one other option: That the current president has a form of brain damage or dementia that makes him act so strangely.
Either way you look at it, ask yourself this question: Should Donald Trump have control of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, or is this man a catastrophic accident waiting to happen?
I believe every word of it. Ol’McSniffy has something going on. I agree with Bloomberg, he’s the equivalent of a CARNIVAL BARKING CLOWN.
PERSONALLY, I can’t stand the sound of his lifetime narricisstic “I love me & only me” voice. Growing up just outside of NYC, I know of all the lawsuits he bought his way out of & I personally knew one of the Contractors he stiffed after his Taj Mahal Casino was built. I know that his first introduction to the KKK was at the tender age of 12. His parents should have been arrested then. Maybe he wouldn’t have grown up anyway because I believe that’s a boat that set sale years ago. However, had his “throw the kid in a military camp” parents lost custody then, he might not have been able to become the rich Menacing Mango Mussolini that’s NEVER been held accountable for his actions and behavior by way of his financial aid. Once a scumbag always a scumbag. And yes a Lying TreasonWeasel who’s known Putin since the 80’s & been groomed for exactly what he’s doing, ruthlessly subverting our Constituion, Freedoms & Democracy.
Also explains the ill timed sniffing, no?