Real dictator dominates doddering desirous dictator from his disembarking plane to his leaving on a victory flight. By Hal M. Brown

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I could be wrong, but the photo shows the only time Putin touched the railing, very lightly at that, as he walked down the center of the airplane stairs without holding onto the railing.

I am sure he deliberately walked in a way to show his confidence and youth. In comparision (if I recall) Trump had a hand on the railing and watched every step lest he fall. (Holding onto stair railings is highly recommended for elderly people in articles about aging safely (article )

Then he walked in a serpentine fashion down the red carpet. I love how Peter Falk used that word in the movie “The In-Laws:” (Read article)

Here’s a video of the famous serpentine scene. 

Trump would probably claim he was walking the weave. This is how The Daily Beast put it:

This is from the UK Daily Express US:

This made the news all over the world. Below are some examples:

MSN

Watch Video: Trump struggles to walk straight as he treads the ... - MSN

During a high-stakes summit in Alaska, US President Donald Trump appeared unsteady while approaching Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting, aimed at discussing the Ukraine war, was called ...

Express

Donald Trump health fears as he 'staggers' to meet Putin | US | News ...

1 day agoDonald Trump walked slowly down the stairs and then appeared to 'stagger'.

BBC

Watch: Moment Trump and Putin meet in Alaska for Ukraine talks - BBC

1 day agoThis is the moment US President Trump and Russia's President Putin simultaneously disembarked their planesin Alaska to meet for talks about the Ukraine war.

Newsweek

Donald Trump Stumbles on Plane Stairs - Newsweek

Jun 9, 2025President Donald Trump stumbled as he walked up the stairs to board Air Force One on Sunday, quickly correcting himself.

The Independent

Trump rolls out the red carpet for Putin as leaders shake hands on ...

1 day agoPresident Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, greeting the leader warmly before they made the unusual move of departing together in the U.S ...

indy100

Video of Trump walking down stairs raises concern: "There is ... - indy100

Former President Donald Trump has been mocked by critics after a video of him walking down the stairs from his planehas been circulating on social media.As he descended the stairs, the 78-year-old can been seen holding onto the handrail where the press awaited him on the tarmac.From the clip, it's ...

Irish Star

Donald Trump 'intensely focused' as he struggles to walk down stairs in ...

Jun 17, 2024A video clip that shows ex-President Donald Trump, appearing to be fearful of taking a fall, cautiously negotiating his way down the steps of his private jet, prior to a campaign event last Saturday has gone viral online.

The Mirror

Donald Trump health fears intensify as he 'can't walk straight' at ...

1 day ago Donald Trump sparked fears when he touched down in Alaska to meet with Vladimir Putin - as he appeared to be struggling to walk in a straight line. The 79-year-old President is holding talks ...

Putin, who will view videos of this, knows he is dealing with a doddering old man who he can easily dominate.

Take my word for it that these are just some of the articles about this.

In all fairness, there was at least one article about Putin which suggested he was not well. This was also in the UK Express:

'I’m a body language expert – this is 1 giveaway from Trump summit that Putin's not well'

EXCLUSIVE: Vladimir Putin's "physical presentation" was notable, Darren Stanton pointed out, in particular his "laboured" walk from the plane.

The author noted signs that Putin might have been experiencing some pain, and he described how Trump tried to show dominance with his handshake and touching. As Trump was doing this, I suspect Putin, the former KGB agent, was thinking “Trump can play his dominance game, but I’m going to ебать the guy.” This expert concluded as follows:

“From a power dynamic standpoint, Mr Putin appeared dominant. But the subtle cues, especially in his expressions and physical movement, indicate he is experiencing discomfort or health issues."

Update

This is from this article:

Excerpt:

“The first page in the printed packet disclosed the sequence of meetings for August 15, including the specific names of the rooms inside the base in Anchorage where they would take place. It also revealed that Trump intended to give Putin a ceremonial present,” the report states.

My comment:

What was the present? Was it a map of what used to be a country called Ukraine renamed West Russia with Kiev renamed Putingrad?

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Sabrina Haake calls it Trump's deadly itch, I call it sadism. She says tomato, I say tomatoh. By Hal M. Brown, MSW

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I slept quite late (for me) this morning and got around to begin to write my Substack at 7:30. I am usually writing it at 5:30. This is why I am allowing myself the luxury of reposting, with some additions, the comment I posted on Sabrina Haake’s Substack.

You can read it here:

Here’s an excerpt from what she wrote:

Trump’s death penalty ads also revealed his relatively young thirst for police brutality. He wrote in 1989 that police should be “unshackled” from the constant threat of being called to account for “police brutality,” a sentiment he has echoed ever since:

• In a 2017 speech, Trump said police should not to be “nice” to suspects and encouraged arresting officers not to shield suspects’ heads as they loaded them into squad cars;

• In 2020, he celebrated the police killing of Micael Reinoehl, a community activist;

• In 2020, in response to protests over police brutality in the George Floyd case, he asked his staff if the protestors couldn’t “just be shot;”

• In 2023, he said police should respond to shoplifters by shooting them;

• In 2024, he said that one day of “violent policing” would end crime, suggesting that if police were free to brutalize the population, crime would disappear;

• In April, 2025, he issued an Executive Order “Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement” promoting aggressive police tactics and making it more difficult to punish brutality; and

• On August 11, 2025, announcing his “federal takeover” of Washington DC, Trump said police and military forces could “do whatever the hell they want” to people on the streets, expressly encouraging brutality.

This led me to write this comment:

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadistic_personality_disorder ) defines Sadistic Personality Disorder as an obsolete term for a proposed personality disorder defined by a pervasive pattern of sadistic and cruel behavior. People who fit this diagnosis were thought to have a desire to control others and to have accomplished this through use of physical or emotional violence." It is a part of the Dark Tetrad (which is worse than the Dark Triad as I explained in my Substack in March: Sadists ® U.S: Trump and The Dark Tetrad. https://halbrown.substack.com/p/sadists-us-trump-and-the-dark-tetrad It should be obvious that Trump is an example of someone who has all of the traits of The Dark Tetrad: narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and sadism.

You can identify someone as a sadist not only by how they enjoy inflicting pain on someone, but also by their fantasies about how they like to be responsible for hurting others. The Central Park Five ad combined with other aspects of Trump's psychopathology, his driving need for attention and revenge for example, with his sadism. In recent years as you note his visualizing and describing the police bashing a suspects head as they pushed then into a cruiser, his wanting alligators in the Rio Grande and alluding to prisoners trying to escape into the Everglades being eaten by them. He floated the idea of immgrants being shot. I suspect he finds supposedly comic depictions of people being hurt hilarious.

It is bad enough to say "if only Trump was merely an exemplar of the Dark Triad." He is far, far worse than this. He is THE exemplar to The Dark Tedrad.

Could this be worse?

It can, and in fact is so bad I had to make up a psychopatholgy to describe it adding a fifth element in "Trump is in the Dark Pentagon, and I don't mean the home of the Dept. of Defense" here https://halbrown.substack.com/p/trump-is-in-the-dark-pentagon-and This adds mania. You can see this in his rapid speaking, his jumping from the topic he's talking about to and unrelated topic (both indicative of racing thoughts), how he's up rage tweeting in the middle of the night.

Trump is a boiling, roiling caldron of noxious psychopathology emitting deadly to democracy funes.

Related to this I also wrote "When they spit, we hit." As if we needed more proof that Trump was a sadistic malignant narcissist he shares a viscious ditty, here: https://halbrown.substack.com/p/when-they-spit-we-hit-as-if-we-needed

I recommend not only that everyone read Sabrina’s Substack, but in the comments those by the other retired mental health professional and regular commenter to her Substacks, Greeley Miklashek, MD. He has his own diagnostic take on Trump which he goes into detail about after calling him “our Mad King Donald the 1st (who) is often psychotic and delusional, so extremely dangerous to anyone and all around him.”

Many thanks to my friend Sabrina Haake, not only for her insights, but for giving me something to write about this morning.

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Nobody is likely to mistake my AI images of Trump (top of page) for real photos. It is possible to use AI to create quite realistic photos. All it takes is the right software and having no compunctions about deceiving the public.