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riversedge

(77,992 posts)
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 09:41 AM Sep 22

Donald Trump Goes on Bizarre Vaccine Rant About Babies and Horses

Source: daily beast

GIDDY UP
The president got medical ahead of his major autism announcement.


Cameron Adams Sep. 22 2025 4:35AM EDT

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Trump said vaccines “can be great” unless you “put the wrong stuff in them.”

Trump was speaking ahead of a Monday press conference where he suggested vaccine skeptic Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has “found an answer to autism.” Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, is expected to be blamed.

“Children get these massive vaccines like you’d give to a horse… like you’d give to a horse," he added.

“And I’ve said for a long time, I mean, this is no secret, spread them out over five years. Get five shots, small ones. You ever see what they get they get? I mean, for a little baby to be injected with that much fluid, even beyond the actual ingredients, they have sometimes 80 different vaccines in them. It’s crazy.”.........




Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-goes-on-bizarre-vaccine-rant-about-babies-and-horses/



This article about vaccines reminds me of how recently has been
Falsely claiming that drug prices will be reduced 1000%!!!




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Donald Trump Goes on Bizarre Vaccine Rant About Babies and Horses (Original Post) riversedge Sep 22 OP
Admittedly, I have no evidence, but no_hypocrisy Sep 22 #1
If there were something wrong with Barron Jerry2144 Sep 22 #3
The odds increase with older parents IbogaProject Sep 22 #24
THIS. Captain Zero Sep 22 #29
I got neutered at 35 Jerry2144 Sep 22 #35
Unintentionally humorous typo - the "come" around your neck/ 3catwoman3 Sep 22 #41
Sorry. New cell phone. Very old reading glasses Jerry2144 Sep 22 #42
What, he cried when he got a shot? ananda Sep 22 #10
Just remember that Duke, Viscount, Barron, whatevs Aviation Pro Sep 22 #15
And possibly infused with Adderall? n/t the nelm Sep 22 #30
Did the "fitness trainer" TommyT139 Sep 22 #53
My peds NP "spidey sense" has long thought that there is something... 3catwoman3 Sep 22 #40
Autism has been linked to paternal age Iris Sep 22 #43
As though he has ever been present when his kids received their shots... travelingthrulife Sep 22 #2
They want to protect babies up to the moment of birth...... SergeStorms Sep 22 #14
Only in the womb kkmarie Sep 22 #25
Families used to have like eight children so at least a few lived past puberty. twodogsbarking Sep 22 #4
He says spread them out over 5 years SCantiGOP Sep 22 #13
Millions of hours by dedicatied specialists that don't know as much as Trump. You believe that and there is no vaccine twodogsbarking Sep 22 #17
Eighty vaccines? Aristus Sep 22 #5
Does he think newborns get the series soldiers get when heading overseas? Attilatheblond Sep 22 #22
Yeah, we got a lot. Six or seven at the same time. But not eighty. Aristus Sep 22 #27
I don't remember how many I got when the family moved to Panama sdfernando Sep 22 #47
Listen up maga maha: News flash: Tylenol is not a vaccine. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 22 #6
Just wait until popsdenver Sep 22 #26
old fart at the end of the counter/bar ranting at clouds Kali Sep 22 #7
Problem is he's sitting in the middle of the bar Captain Zero Sep 22 #32
This is demonstrably false. All of it. AllyCat Sep 22 #8
This "esteemed lady?" surely will wolfie001 Sep 22 #18
Is he still pushing ivermectin? You remember the horse deworming medicine? tetedur Sep 22 #9
Pulling numbers out of his ass again. This is complete BULLSHIT. 3catwoman3 Sep 22 #11
Our childhood mortality and morbidity %ages popsdenver Sep 22 #33
He thinks someone is giving massive amounts of Tylenol to kids? IronLionZion Sep 22 #12
Advanced paternal age is a well documented autism risk factor Danmel Sep 22 #16
Going to repeat myself - Imagine how stupid one has to be to think this AssHat is qualified to run the country. NoMoreRepugs Sep 22 #19
Yeah, what do medical people know about vaccines, anyway? SidneyR Sep 22 #20
Oh great! He's 'educating' us all again. pandr32 Sep 22 #21
This would be TheOnion material if it weren't so sad. Nt BadgerKid Sep 22 #23
Speaking of Horses Coldwater Sep 22 #28
He seems oddly obsessed with horses. BlueKota Sep 22 #51
Horse's ass says what?? n/t the nelm Sep 22 #31
Horse's ass spews more horseshit. Captain Zero Sep 22 #34
Which is why he touts himself as the STABLE genius! Prof. Toru Tanaka Sep 22 #49
I remember him raving about this years ago. boonecreek Sep 22 #36
We're getting medical advice from Fredo now JoseBalow Sep 22 #37
Confideracy of Dunces roscoeroscoe Sep 22 #38
Thank you, dr. trump. (nt) Paladin Sep 22 #39
The ignorance, and willingness to show it in public, is breathtaking Bayard Sep 22 #44
Like you'd give to a horse??? moose65 Sep 22 #45
This from the clown who suggested we inject bleach to fight COVID. Gimpyknee Sep 22 #46
What Trump says used to be bizarre now it is just everyday rhetoric. twodogsbarking Sep 22 #48
IF a pandemic arises due to anti-vax policy... BurnDoubt Sep 22 #50
What the fuck do people see in this idiot? Emile Sep 22 #52
He is so full of shit Figarosmom Sep 22 #54
Trump is... GiqueCee Sep 22 #55
Trump's brain has flipped the switch . . . Aussie105 Sep 22 #56

no_hypocrisy

(53,201 posts)
1. Admittedly, I have no evidence, but
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 09:47 AM
Sep 22

I harbor a suspicion that “something happened” to Barron, and Yrump is still blaming it on vaccines.

Jerry2144

(2,996 posts)
3. If there were something wrong with Barron
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 09:56 AM
Sep 22

It’s probably due to the defective genes from his father and his upbringing

Jerry2144

(2,996 posts)
35. I got neutered at 35
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:39 PM
Sep 22

It wasn’t so bad. But that come around my neck chafed. I should have read the sign carefully. I thought it said Veteran clinic. But I did get belly rubs. And they told me I was a good boy

Aviation Pro

(14,822 posts)
15. Just remember that Duke, Viscount, Barron, whatevs
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 11:29 AM
Sep 22

Was sired by a 60-year-old broke dick man with defective spunk.

Let that sink in, you fucking pedophile.

3catwoman3

(27,805 posts)
40. My peds NP "spidey sense" has long thought that there is something...
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 01:11 PM
Sep 22

...not quite right with Barron. I get an "on the spectrum" vibe from him. My husband's daughter-in-law, who is a psychiatric NP, agrees.

travelingthrulife

(3,360 posts)
2. As though he has ever been present when his kids received their shots...
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 09:53 AM
Sep 22

Donnie, the immune system doesn't work that way. Infectious diseases don't care if it's a baby. The baby has no immunity except what it is given. Our job is to protect them, isn't it?

SergeStorms

(19,789 posts)
14. They want to protect babies up to the moment of birth......
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 11:27 AM
Sep 22

after that it's all "in god's hands."

SCantiGOP

(14,604 posts)
13. He says spread them out over 5 years
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 11:08 AM
Sep 22

The problem is, depending on which order they are in, many of the kids will have died before they get 5 years old.

twodogsbarking

(16,000 posts)
17. Millions of hours by dedicatied specialists that don't know as much as Trump. You believe that and there is no vaccine
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 11:39 AM
Sep 22

for your problem.

Attilatheblond

(7,342 posts)
22. Does he think newborns get the series soldiers get when heading overseas?
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:18 PM
Sep 22

Pretty sure soldiers get a lot of shots in a short period of time, but not eighty, surely.

He knows so little he just pulls numbers outta his ass. He does know a lot of his followers are dumb enough to believe him and never check actual sources.

Aristus

(70,971 posts)
27. Yeah, we got a lot. Six or seven at the same time. But not eighty.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:26 PM
Sep 22

Plus, we got overseas vaccines more than once. I got typhoid and some others when I was ordered to Germany. Hated it; hurt my arm like hell. Then had to get them again when we were deployed to the Gulf in 1991. I told the medic I had already had the typhoid shot. He said: "Well, you're getting it again."

It never would have occurred to me to refuse, or to disobey. So when I heard there were soldiers during COVID-19 who were refusing vaccination, I couldn't help but think they joined the wrong organization if they thought they could refuse orders.

sdfernando

(5,916 posts)
47. I don't remember how many I got when the family moved to Panama
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 02:08 PM
Sep 22

for 3-years back in the late 60s. I was just about to start kindergarten....Anyway, it was quite a few shots, but I took them like a champ! It was NO WHERE NEAR 80! Maybe 5 or six.

popsdenver

(544 posts)
26. Just wait until
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:25 PM
Sep 22

the corporation that is the manufacturer of Tylenol hears that he erroneously criticized their brand in a public statement......

Kali

(56,478 posts)
7. old fart at the end of the counter/bar ranting at clouds
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 10:36 AM
Sep 22

we shouldn't elect them president.

Captain Zero

(8,454 posts)
32. Problem is he's sitting in the middle of the bar
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:33 PM
Sep 22

That's why there's so much fighting and arguing.

AllyCat

(18,236 posts)
8. This is demonstrably false. All of it.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 10:40 AM
Sep 22

And yet the M$M will stenograph it like the good little lackeys they are.

tetedur

(1,354 posts)
9. Is he still pushing ivermectin? You remember the horse deworming medicine?
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 10:45 AM
Sep 22

Is he conflating ivermectin with covid vaccines? I need an interpreter. . . .

3catwoman3

(27,805 posts)
11. Pulling numbers out of his ass again. This is complete BULLSHIT.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 10:56 AM
Sep 22

The schedule of recommended pediatric vaccines, as of Aug 7 2025 on the DC site:

Birth thru 18 months - 10 vaccines protecting against 14 different illnesses (9 if the MMRV is used instead of MMR)

Protection against more diseases is available with many fewer antigens per vaccine. Here's a brief excerpt from a 2024 article by a peds infectious disease doc:

Today’s expanded schedule protects against 16-18 diseases, but the total antigen count is about 165. That’s about a 95% reduction in antigen exposure, thanks to precision engineering that strips vaccines down to only the components necessary for protection.

Vaccine expert Paul Offit and colleagues calculated that a baby could theoretically respond to 10,000 vaccines simultaneously before using even one percent of circulating B-cells. The real-world schedule barely registers on the immune system’s capacity.


Here's the whole article for those who might be interested: https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/too-many-too-soon-vaccine-schedule-children-antigens-immune-system-aluminum/

And the volume of fluid in each injection is miniscule - usually 0.5-1.0 cc/mL

And one more link discussing infant immune systems. They are not "weak" - babies are exposed to thousands of antigens the moment they are delivered from the uterine environment and handle most of them just fine. The vaccines are timed to protect them from those to which they are most vulnerable at these early ages: https://asm.org/articles/2024/september/baby-immune-systems-not-immature-just-different

I'm so glad I'm retired and don't have to argue this shit with antivax parents anymore.

popsdenver

(544 posts)
33. Our childhood mortality and morbidity %ages
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:34 PM
Sep 22

are already high compared to many most other civilized nations..........

JUST WAIT.........YOU MAGAot Morons, you ain't seen nothing yet................

The Republicans are also just setting the stage for another Pandemic, quite possibly far worse than Covid......

Think of the Swine Flu Pandemic in 1918, etc

IronLionZion

(49,992 posts)
12. He thinks someone is giving massive amounts of Tylenol to kids?
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 11:01 AM
Sep 22


Or even massive amounts of vaccines, of which Tylenol is not.

NoMoreRepugs

(11,638 posts)
19. Going to repeat myself - Imagine how stupid one has to be to think this AssHat is qualified to run the country.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 11:57 AM
Sep 22

The fact that 80mm+ thinks so is terrifying.

SidneyR

(191 posts)
20. Yeah, what do medical people know about vaccines, anyway?
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:01 PM
Sep 22

Just because medical scientists studied these things for years doesn't mean they know anything, right? And yes, that's snark.

My doctor once told me our bodies are assaulted by viruses all the time. Combining vaccines is not a strain on the body at all. The notion is just plain ignorant.

pandr32

(13,460 posts)
21. Oh great! He's 'educating' us all again.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:08 PM
Sep 22

No body has a brain like him, and the thinking--he has the best thinking!

Coldwater

(240 posts)
28. Speaking of Horses
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:29 PM
Sep 22

Wasn't it trump who pushed the horse dewormer Ivermectin as one of the cures for Covid-19

boonecreek

(1,235 posts)
36. I remember him raving about this years ago.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:43 PM
Sep 22

When he was on the "vaccines cause autism" bandwagon.

Bayard

(27,172 posts)
44. The ignorance, and willingness to show it in public, is breathtaking
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 01:43 PM
Sep 22

I give my own shots to our animals, including the horses and donkeys. The amount you use is determined roughly on what the animal weighs. Our 500 lb mini's get much less than my 1,500 pound Warmblood. They get them once a year.

He's right about one thing--80 different vaccines in one shot is crazy. Kennedy is really filling him with bullshit.

moose65

(3,401 posts)
45. Like you'd give to a horse???
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 01:46 PM
Sep 22

But wait - aren't the MAGAs all about giving everyone Ivermectin, which is given to horses???

BurnDoubt

(1,066 posts)
50. IF a pandemic arises due to anti-vax policy...
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 04:24 PM
Sep 22

Will he be held accountable, or will he have Immunity? (The Irony is inescapable!)
Oh, that's an interesting segue!
Seriously, will history assign responsibility for thousands of deaths stemming from this trend?
Poo Tee Weet?

GiqueCee

(2,854 posts)
55. Trump is...
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 05:37 PM
Sep 22

... a malicious imbecile. Kennedy the Lesser is a perfect example of Trump's malice and staggering stupidity.
Kennedy, like Trump, cannot stand not being the center of attention, so he'll do anything to get that attention, no matter how outrageous or dangerous to everyone around him. His next stunt will be to claim that air causes autism, so everyone stop breathing!

Aussie105

(7,265 posts)
56. Trump's brain has flipped the switch . . .
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 06:27 PM
Sep 22

from sane garbage to random insane garbage.

Does your mouth have an Off switch? - use it Donny!

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