Seems like we'll see a "Trump afraid to trip on the steps" headline every time he waddles up & down Air Force One

[Miles Archer]

I GET the "I don't want to fall" thing. We have cats. A couple of them have the excruciatingly annoying habit of getting underfoot in the kitchen. I would never want to accidentally step on them but what I'd like even less was for me to spin around and land on my ass on the floor because of one of them.

PROBLEM IS that TRUMP doesn't want to "trip" because Joe Biden "tripped" and Trump MUST ALWAYS BE SEEN AS "STRONGER" THAN BIDEN.

This is Fred Trump, speaking to his son from the bowels of Hell.

IF TRUMP TRIPPED, the Botoxed Baghdad Betty in his employ would probably say he was "testing the steps for safety" and "pretended to trip" to see what would happen if someone actually DID trip.

It's the reason WHY he is SO AFRAID of it. Joe Biden is still living rent free in his sick and twisted head.

Trump Holds On to Melania for Dear Life While Descending AF1 Stairs
DOUBLE GRIP
The president has said he is extra cautious on stairs to avoid tripping like his predecessor.

William Vaillancourt Reporter

Published Feb. 14 2026 12:12AM EST

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-holds-on-to-melania-for-dear-life-while-descending-air-force-one-stairs/

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Being best spouse will "take care" of him.

LOLOLOL!

[Miles Archer]

3. Alfred Hitchcock & Rod Serling made vast chunks of their fortunes with episodes about wives like Melania

She really is a prototypical Twilight Zone / Alfred Hitchcock Presents villainess.

[malaise]

2. Do you mean trip again?

He has tripped quite a few times

[eShirl]

4. He's also afraid of walking down ramps.

his fear of falling predates Biden's presidency.

[dalton99a]

5. Leavitt: "The president likes to hold his wife's hand because he loves her"

[Ishoutandscream2]

7. I hope she washed her hands

thoroughly after that. Yuck!

[bif]

6. I'd love to see him fall down the stairs

and split his skull open. Just sayin'.

[Raftergirl]

8. I'm 69 and in great shape. Play tennis twice a week, do yoga, walk the dog, ride my bike, etc, but I never walk

up or down stairs without holding the railing. Ever. I slipped and fell down my basement stairs 25 years ago and, though fortunate, I didn’t break anything, was in terrible pain for weeks.

I hold the railing even to walk down my 4 steps from my deck to the patio.

Last year I tripped going up the one step from my laundry room to the kitchen (slipper caught on lip on step) and landed on my knees, one which I had torn my meniscus the previous year when I slipped due to a wee bit water from dogs bowl, on my laundry room floor.

I’ve also tripped on uneven sidewalks but fortunately caught my balance before doing a face plant. I hate doing it, but now when walking on sidewalks I look down.

[BWdem4life]

9. I'm surprised they don't have a portable escalator for him

Is there such a thing? Why hasn't he asked them to create one for him?

[tinrobot]

10. Lower him down in a cargo net.