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By Nicole Charky-Chami
Published September 22, 2025 5:25 PM ET
President Donald Trump made a stunning announcement about children's health on Monday, saying, "This is based on what I feel," without any scientific or factual basis, claiming Tylenol use during pregnancy can lead to autism among children.
During a press conference led by the president, who mispronounced the main ingredient, acetaminophen, has already received pushback from medical experts who claim there is no evidence or existing data showing that
"Tylenol is not good, don't take it," Trump said. He added that women should only take it "if they can't tough it out."
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2674018165/
Two fucking idiots standing at a podium neither one a doctor..............and some feckless reporter should have asked.................. have you ever taken Tylenol in your life ..............for a fever or pain?...................Did a "qualified doctor" tell you to take this stuff...........yes or no.................hey Trump did that former doctor in the white house, Jackson ever tell you to not take Tylenol .................did your kids ever get you some at the store or your staff so ordered by you............................how about you Kennedy.........JFC 3 more years of this shit show.................the senate and the maga Roberts court has this on there hands now............

Aviation Pro
(14,842 posts)You fucking coward?
turbinetree
(26,601 posts)because its the way he feels..................
Irish_Dem
(75,589 posts)He is an emotion with legs.
2naSalit
(97,917 posts)High on other stuff back then.
no_hypocrisy
(53,225 posts)Melania took Tylenol during her pregnancy.
Irish_Dem
(75,589 posts)And she was too weak to "tough it out" so he is going to humiliate her.
Skittles
(167,767 posts)if she wasn't such a gold digging piece of shit I'd almost feel sorry for her
Irish_Dem
(75,589 posts)Barron is said to have a least a touch of the 'tism.
Trump appears to be blaming Melania for it.
Of course he is.
I know I almost feel sorry for the Gold Digging Genius Visa porn model.
Skittles
(167,767 posts)I had a severely autistic brother and could see a lot of the mannerisms
nothing wrong with being autistic but it would truly suck having those two as parents, they are both self-centered assholes
ananda
(33,430 posts)The key was the diagnosis.
Once they knew what it was, the knew
what to do.
I wouldn't have her any other way.
ReRe
(12,055 posts)One of my 3 sons is on the spectrum. Graduated College with a 3.45 GPA. 20 yrs ago. Now he's a 3rd yr electrical apprentice and the boss loves him, because he's a hard worker/brilliant learner and shows up every day on time. (He's 40 yrs old)
ananda
(33,430 posts)My niece has found her vocation also and is going
to be a vetinary assistant; and she has a wonderful
boyfriend.
It wasn't always this great, believe me. But
knowing the issue was key, and now she's doing
well.
Hi back!
Irish_Dem
(75,589 posts)And with such support a person can function in society.
Today kids with autism are fairly commonplace.
What really caused more problems with kids is the social isolation
and anxiety related to the Covid pandemic. This has really caused problems
and clinicians don't know when these kids will catch up developmentally
and intellectually. (This is from psych colleague still working with kids.)
rubbersole
(10,635 posts)🪙 💰 💩
turbinetree
(26,601 posts)Irish_Dem
(75,589 posts)They need to tough it out and deal with pain on their own.
Trump is a sadist and enjoys the pain of others.
Especially females.
turbinetree
(26,601 posts)Irish_Dem
(75,589 posts)or draw blood.
turbinetree
(26,601 posts)just like Hitler ..........he used woman to do it see the connection..............
Irish_Dem
(75,589 posts)He doesn't trust food prepared for him.
Fast food is anonymous.
He has always had so many enemies, he has been paranoid.
turbinetree
(26,601 posts)Irish_Dem
(75,589 posts)turbinetree
(26,601 posts)ReRe
(12,055 posts)"Impregnate 'em and then let 'em suffer".
Irish_Dem
(75,589 posts)He didn't need to add those comments but they showed his motives.
ReRe
(12,055 posts)Irish_Dem
(75,589 posts)How does someone so evil keep getting more power and money.
Keep getting rewarded.
While good decent people are being punished.
leftstreet
(37,402 posts)There's just no other explanation that makes sense to me
NCDem47
(3,086 posts)What an ass.
turbinetree
(26,601 posts)turbinetree
(26,601 posts)newdeal2
(4,244 posts)Im getting flashbacks to his idiotic covid pressers.
pfitz59
(11,910 posts)the moron
D. Spaulding
(400 posts)irresponsible thing I've ever seen a president say. Why the fuck are we accepting this? After this stupendous stupidity, every single responsible adult should be hammering him, every media outlet, and every politician, no matter what side you're on.
turbinetree
(26,601 posts)not once but twice they failed in there job description and they also enabled a person the court by the name of Gorsuch to be on that court with another president was denied the advise and consent rule ...........and Mitch McConnell should be called out for this shit show every time ..........and currently we have a maga senate that is doing exactly what.................. rubber stamping this fascist corrupt system...................my rant
senseandsensibility
(24,015 posts)has decided to act as stenographers instead of doing their constitutional duty, and the rest of us have no way to call him out on his inane and dangerous statements.
turbinetree
(26,601 posts)wolfie001
(6,235 posts)Biggest sane-washer out there. Maggie Haberman
Klarkashton
(4,139 posts)JFC this is an embarrassment of the 1st kind. Old stale debunked bullshit nothing.
Kennedy is a dimwit fucking fraud. Did we pay for a "study" or did they look this up with Chat GBT?
sinkingfeeling
(56,464 posts)turbinetree
(26,601 posts)Rebl2
(17,031 posts)What he feels. Well I do the opposite of what he says or feels.
struggle4progress
(124,695 posts)Men who hear him suddenly find they have no balls, guts, or spine
Nearby women suddenly feel sexually assaulted
These are scientific facts, that are also based in how I feel
democrank
(11,809 posts)Trump was so very right about bleach and Covid that Im going to go with him on this Tylenol thing. Trump must have spoken with experts in the medical field because it would have been extremely reckless to come up with this on his own. Hes just not a reckless guy.Ask Epstein. Oh, wait .
BattleRow
(1,827 posts)He never gets headaches..he GIVES headaches .
rampartd
(2,490 posts)and then he "feels" an answer which i am supposed to accept?
this is madness.
Blue Owl
(57,439 posts)turbinetree
(26,601 posts)Aussie105
(7,265 posts)And there I was, blaming drinking water that came through lead pipes, fetal alcohol syndrome, genetics, poor childhood nutrition and other stuff!
Thanks for the heads up there, Sir!
Looking forward to you publishing your in-depth research papers.
. . . me wanders off to flush Tylenol down the toilet, so I don't catch that there auty-ism!
With announcements like that, you know that Trump really cares about people.
We are in safe hands!
I'm screaming EPSTEIN!!!! at the top of my voice right now, for no particular reason.
Aussie105
(7,265 posts)would have a hard time deciding if Trump was related to the cowardly lion, the tinman without a heart, or the strawman without a heart.
Related to all three, Dorothy!
Conjuay
(2,712 posts)He's been at it or 79 years.
Grins
(8,902 posts)slightlv
(6,628 posts)Once upon a time, Bruno Bettelheim blamed childhood schizophrenia on mothers, specifically their actions or nonactions. For decades, mothers were made to feel guilty and blamed.
This is just another attack on women. And it's not even very well disguised. Why not just say Tylenol screws up sperm? Oh... but that might hurt men's feelings!
Diraven
(1,617 posts)That he didn't push Ivermectin horse dewormer. That's the official MAGA cure-all now.
Javaman
(64,573 posts)Be sure to either buy J&J short or wait till it tanks and buy it low. Its already taking a hit
Xipe Totec
(44,402 posts)Klarkashton
(4,139 posts)hahahaha
LetMyPeopleVote
(170,462 posts)After seeing his successors radical rhetoric about medicine and vaccines, the former Democratic president apparently felt the need to speak out.
Days before leaving office, @barackobama.bsky.social said heâd largely remain on the sidelines, except when âour core valuesâ are at stake.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-09-25T16:26:15.157Z
Nine years later, Obama is apparently seeing our core values in jeopardy with increasing frequency. Take this week, for example www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/violence-truth-obama-takes-aim-trumps-bogus-tylenol-claims-rcna233690
Barack Obama has accused President Donald Trump of violence against the truth for linking autism to the use of Tylenol by pregnant women. The former president made a direct attack on his successor that was as rare for its forcefulness as for its setting an arena stage on foreign soil in London on Wednesday as he warned that the Trump administrations claims undermine public health.
Speaking to a large crowd at Londons O2 Arena, the former president said, We have the spectacle of my successor in the Oval Office, making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproved.
He added, The degree to which that undermines public health, the degree to which that can do harm to women who are pregnant, the degree to which that creates anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic which, by the way, itself is subject to a spectrum, and a lot of what is being trumpeted as these massive increases actually have to do with a broadening of the criteria across that spectrum so that people can actually get services and help. All of that is violence against the truth..
And while its true that Obama was speaking at the time to a foreign audience, its also true that he wanted a domestic audience to be aware of his comments: The Democrat promoted excerpts from his appearance, including his Trump criticisms, via social media.
We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.
— Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) 2025-09-25T14:02:35.168Z
This was notable in its own right, especially given how dangerous Trumps misguided claims about medicine, vaccines and public health have been. But circling back to our recent coverage, its also worth emphasizing the recent pattern involving the former president.,,,,,
In September, Obama slammed Trump for politicizing the Charlie Kirk shooting and not doing more to unite the country, before taking rhetorical aim at the rights recent efforts to undermine the First Amendment.
A week later, the former president also shared a few thoughts about his successors anti-Tylenol rant.
When thinking about Trumps most prominent and most vocal Democratic critics, Obama does not spring immediately to mind. That, however, is starting to change.