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Trump Hospitalized for Delulu Disorder after Macron Hot Mic Incident

Putin “wants to make a deal for me” lands on top ten most naive list

Aug 22, 2025
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By Penny Shill, White House Correspondent
Washington, DC – August 21, 2025

A hot mic on Monday caught US President Donald Trump telling his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, “I think he wants to make a deal for me,” referring to Trump’s efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Medics immediately rushed Trump to Walter Reed hospital, where he was diagnosed with “Delulu Disorder” and placed on a diet of cold reality and carrots to wake him up and alleviate his blind spots.

Trump and Macron sit across from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House after the hot mic incident. (Source: the White House)

“Once we heard Trump tell Macron that he thought he could ‘set up a trilat’ with Zelenskyy and Putin – and that Putin wanted a deal instead of all of Ukraine – we grabbed the stretcher,” explained one of the medics.

“That kind of naivete can be dangerous. In the past, it led to dejection when Putin didn’t reply to Trump’s 2 a.m…

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