Ben Meiselas
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Trump’s SPIRALS as OBSESSION over Health BACKFIRES
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October 30, 2025
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14:24Now PlayingSomething’s shifting in American politics, and in public health, and this week made it impossible to ignore. Fresh off bragging about his “perfect MRI” and once again challenging lawmakers to IQ tests (that are almost certainly dementia screenings), Trump’s obsession with proving his mental fitness collided with a wave of actual health crises across the country. Measles outbreaks are spreading in Utah and Arizona, driven by parents rejecting vaccines in the name of “freedom” while obsessing over food dyes like Red 40. It’s ideology over science, ego over evidence, and it’s putting real lives at risk. Meanwhile, 42 million Americans are about to lose food assistance because of the government shutdown, as the USDA sits on billions in unused emergency funds. Loren Piretra ( @iamlorenp ) breaks it down, connecting the “perfect MRI” to the perfectly preventable measles surge, showing how political theater and misplaced outrage are turning ignorance into policy — and crisis into collateral damage.
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