Shortly after being bewildered by a surprise visit to the hospital on November 16, Trump yesterday posted a transplant photo showing his muscular body.

US President Donald Trump was furious at media rumors that he was having a serious health problem, even having "chest pain", so he had to be surprised at the National Military Medical Center. Walter Reed of Bethesda, Maryland, nearly two weeks ago.

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A picture of Trump posted on Twitter November 27 Photo: Twitter/realDonaldTrump

Posting a photo of his face with the muscular and muscular body of actor Sylvester Stallone on Twitter on November 27 without any comments seems to be a way for the White House owner to send a message without words said he was very strong, to completely quell all doubts about his health, experts said.

It is unclear if Trump was the person who edited this photo, but observers think it has been handled quite well by editing technology, making Trump's face look natural, despite the muscular body. not very suitable for his usual physique.

On November 26, during a speech during a campaign for re-election in Florida, Trump became angry at the disturbing information about his visit to the hospital. Trump said the major media reported that he had a "serious" heart attack, so he had to go to Walter Reed military hospital suddenly.

In fact, most newspapers and news sites only question the irregularity of the visit, which is customary to be informed in advance. The White House then announced that President Trump simply wanted to take part in an annual medical examination to save time, before participating in the busy activities of the 2020 election year.

According to the results of President Trump's latest medical examination in February, he reached the obesity threshold but his health was generally stable. Trump hardly plays any sport other than golf.

At the campaign, Trump said the media reported that he had a heart attack made the White House staff extremely worried. But the US president affirmed that, at the hospital, the team of doctors only had the biggest concern to witness his physique.

"The first thing they told me 'Sir, please take your shirt off and show us that beautiful chest. We have never seen another like it," Trump recalled the trip to Walter Reed. .

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A sarcastic photo comparing Trump's expectations and reality Photo: Twitter/Hoodlum RIP

"It was not a coincidence that Trump posted a mock photo after a week of speculation about his health," said Meredith Conroy, an associate professor of political science at California State University in San Bernardino. comment. "I think Trump sees himself as a strong patriot, the same way his supporters see him. Trump is like an actor and the way he shows up at the campaigns is also a performance to follow. supporters' feelings about him ".

According to Conroy, everyone knows that Trump is not muscular, but on social networks, there are still large groups of people who regularly share, post pictures, edit pictures showing the US President as a muscular person. , robust.

Posting muscular images not only shows Trump full of strength, but also implies that those who dislike him are "weak people," Conroy said.

Ben Garrison, the cartoonist who regularly draws big, muscular Trump images in matches with opponents, said that describing the White House boss as "a true manly man" is Many people love it because it "provokes the leftist."

However, the photo of Trump's face transplant on a robust body also made him suffer a lot of sarcastic comments. Many Twitter users re-posted a retouched photo next to Trump's real body image with the comment line: "Expectations and Fulfillment".

The picture that Trump edited was a poster promoting the movie Rocky III, depicting the character Balboa fighting against an evil and so strong Russian opponent that no one believed he could defeat the enemy. But in the end, Balboa won.

Some people seek to ironically make sense of Trump's photographic image. "It was all wrong. Rocky defeated the Russians and Trump continued to give them the victory," comedian Nick Pappas wrote on Twitter, seeming to mention that the US President frequently ran out of praise for the President. Russia Vladimir Putin.