[Firestarter]

Donald Trump has famously claimed that he never used alcohol or drugs. Some critics have noted that his erratic behaviour, suggests that he’s a drug addict.
The following shows that the Donald in 1982 used a diet drug, similar to amphetamines for 5 months.

Already in February 1992, Spy Magazine’s John Connolly reported that Donald Trump from 1982 to 1985 had been a patient of the New York doctor Joseph Greenberg, who prescribed diet drugs to celebrities.
Greenberg diagnosed Trump with “metabolic imbalance” (an unrecognised medical condition), which he used as a pretext to prescribe Trump Tenuate Dospan (a.k.a. diethylpropion).


Drugs.com reported its side effects as “may impair your thinking or reactions… (and) may also cause restless feelings that can hide the symptoms of extreme tiredness”. This is similar to amphetamines (or ADHD drug Ritalin).
Some experts have noted that diethylpropion shouldn’t be used for more than “a few weeks at a time”. But Trump appears to have used the drug for 5 months in 1982 (and he was a patient of Greenberg until 1985!).

Donald was euphoric over the drug:

Donald was so delighted with the results that he started recommending Dr. Greenberg’s treatments to his brother Robert, various friends, and celebrity acquaintances such as Diana Ross. The diet drugs, which he took in pill form, not only curbed his appetite but gave him a feeling of euphoria and unlimited energy.

Donald’s younger brother Robert Trump died last month, so he won’t tell: https://gawker.com/the-best-theory-of-19...1755299885
(http://web.archive.org/web/2020042205094...1755299885)

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The story gets better, or should I say worse?!?

On 10 June 2016, Gawker Media (that published the previous bombshell) filed for bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York, after losing a lawsuit against Hulk Hogan.

What makes this so interesting is that billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel spent more than $10 million bankrolling third-party lawsuits against Gawker (including the one by Hogan) to shut it down.
Just in time for Donald’s 2016 election victory: https://web.archive.org/web/201608181931...1778734026


To finish this post; Gawker Media’s 6 other websites were bought by Univision Communications for $135 million, but Gawker.com was shut down: https://web.archive.org/web/201702281045...5a2f41cbb5