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Fox News’ Unhinged Trump Testosterone Talk Trashed As ‘F**king Nonsense’

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Fox News on Wednesday championed President Donald Trump for his supposedly high testosterone levels, seizing on a comment from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and what he had heard from fellow Trump official Dr. Mehmet Oz.

The subject was broached on “Outnumbered” by former collegiate swimmer turned right-wing activist Riley Gaines, and has not only resulted in a barrage of unbridled mockery from critics on social media but also saw one of her fellow panelists burst into laughter.

“I saw this morning, actually, it was Dr. Oz who said that President Trump has the highest testosterone level of any man over 70 that he’s ever seen,” Gaines said Wednesday, prompting “Outnumbered” co-host Emily Compagno to veritably lose her composure.

“Why is that so funny to me?” she said after laughing.

While critics on social media called the moment “inane fucking nonsense” and noted just how “weird” it is to brag about Trump’s supposed testosterone levels, Gaines apparently wasn’t done praising the MAGA leader.

“You ask any 20-year-old boy, especially on a college campus, who they would rather spend a day golfing with, President Trump or [Minnesota Gov.] Tim Walz?” Gaines said. “You have to imagine that majority of them are going to say President Trump.”

The panel swiftly moved on from that imaginary scenario without even addressing it, but critics on social media erupted at the unbridled hero worship on display. One user on X asked plainly, “ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS RIGHT NOW, RILEY.”

Kennedy claimed in an episode of the “Katie Miller Pod” released earlier in the day that Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, revealed to him that Trump is “in incredible health.” The claim was seemingly premised only on Trump’s testosterone.

“Dr. Oz looked at his medical records and said he’s got the highest testosterone level that he’s ever seen for an individual over 70 years old,” Kennedy told Katie Miller, the wife of White House deputy chief of staff and anti-immigration hardliner Stephen Miller.

“I know the president will be happy that I’ll repeat that,” Kennedy added.

Critics on social media were quick to note that high testosterone levels don’t actually reveal much about a person’s overall health. Kennedy also added on the podcast that Trump “eats really bad food” like McDonald’s and is “pumping himself full of poison all day long.”

Kennedy continued, “I don’t know how he’s alive.”

Harvard Medical School states that too much naturally occurring testosterone “is not a problem” for men, but artificially induced levels can pose an increased risk of a heart attack and cause “mood swings, euphoria, irritability, impaired judgment,” and “delusions.”

The Trump administration has seemingly been scrambling to paint Trump as the very image of health after months of documented bruising and swelling on his body. He also underwent two “yearly” check-ups in the span of six months.

Critics, however, were most focused on the “risible gaslighting” from Fox News.

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