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News & Current Events Apr 14, 2026 at 11:51 PM

Philippine president does jumping jacks to disprove health rumors

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Philippine president does jumping jacks to disprove health rumors
NBC News
Philippine president does jumping jacks to disprove health rumors
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., 68, said the impromptu workout was meant to ease worries about his health as the Southeast Asian nation struggles with fallout from the Iran war.

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Empty_Ad3616 Apr 14, 2026 +183
How many does someone need to do to prove they're healthly?
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AudibleNod Apr 14, 2026 +109
Forty-five or forty-seven, by my count.
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ZAlternates Apr 15, 2026 +34
Our PE class required 100 to get the Presidential Fitness Award, so that. Of course we’re gonna need a 6 inch sit and reach, an 6 minute mile, 20 pull-ups, and a few other things I can’t remember from 30 years ago.
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Earl_E_Byrd Apr 16, 2026
A six minute mile 😭💀 did anyone besides the track baddies ever make that time? Did I?!?! I was a hurdle and 400m girlie. I only did cross country as a way to stay in shape during the off season. I know I sucked. My 1600m was probably 7 or 8 minutes if I ever bothered to care.  Last time I timed myself it was a struggle to get under 10 minutes.  For non-runners, you would probably call that speed a "jog." Basically, can you go the whole mile without stopping to walk? Congrats, you'll probably end up somewhere around 10 minutes.
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sicilian504 Apr 15, 2026 +63
Ask the US president to do any.
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starrpamph Apr 15, 2026 +28
“2026 Presidential fitness test” but for the president Five jumping jacks in three minutes One sit and reach in two minutes ~~Two push ups in five minutes~~
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_Nightbreaker_ Apr 15, 2026 +26
remember when trump was in italy and had to ride around in a golf cart because he couldn't walk for more than a few minutes with the rest of the world leaders? i seriously doubt he could do a single pushup
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starrpamph Apr 15, 2026 +3
I will remove pushups from the requirement
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Yetanotherdeafguy Apr 15, 2026 +2
No push ups, his bone spurs will flare up
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gomurifle Apr 15, 2026 +5
Tree-fiddy. 
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Obvious_wombat Apr 15, 2026
At least tree fiddy
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Hi_Im_Dadbot Apr 14, 2026 +115
Really? Well, I hear rumours that Trump wouldn’t be able to do a bunch of jumping jacks.
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GetrIndia Apr 14, 2026 +48
Oh my god yes! Jumping Jack's are the best way to prove your physical and mental fitness. Only the greatest world leaders can do them.
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Nickmorgan19457 Apr 15, 2026 +35
Certainly not as many as Obama did the other day.
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01011110_01011110 Apr 15, 2026 +16
he should get a Nobel peace because I heard hes the best at jumping jacks
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toastronomy Apr 15, 2026 +7
*the thing about that is, and I said this to my good friend vance, I told him "vance, I can do more jumping jacks than anyone in the world", and you know what he said? he said, and that is the truth, he said donald, I've never seen anyone do jumping jacks like you do* [turns around after twenty more minutes of rambling and exits the room without doing a single jumping jack]
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Hi_Im_Dadbot Apr 15, 2026 +8
That’s all believable except for the part where he remembers Vance’s name.
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toastronomy Apr 15, 2026 +1
true, should've used *couchfucker*
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MrFishAndLoaves Apr 14, 2026 +6
I heard he couldn’t go up three flights of stairs.
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iDoWeird Apr 16, 2026 +2
Careful. This is how things get renamed to “Trumping Jacks” or “Flying Trumps.” He’ll get halfway through one and it’ll be a headline tomorrow paired with incoming branded workout videos for MAGUMPS training.
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Low_Pickle_112 Apr 15, 2026 +2
I'd pay $20 to see him try.
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Synth-Pro Apr 15, 2026 +1
I'll pay $10 per jumping jack Give him motivation to really try and push himself to the limit. Maybe past the limit. Maybe even *very very far* past the limit 😐
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MoreGaghPlease Apr 15, 2026 -2
Trump actually completed the 2025 Haliburton Forest Trail Race. It’s a 26 km run in pretty treacherous terrain up and down rocky hills on the Canadian Shield with over 850m of cumulative elevation. Came third in the 60+ division. It’s genuinely impressive, as is the fact that he didn’t promote it at all or call any media and we only know about it because other runners posed posted their selfies with him.
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AudibleNod Apr 14, 2026 +83
>Wearing formal office wear, reading glasses and leather shoes, the 68-year-old leader said he did the impromptu workout to ease any worry about his health at a time when people were already beset with problems created by the war in the Middle East. **Raises hand, Horshack-style* "Ooh, ooh! I have someone else who should do this!"
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Fallouttgrrl Apr 15, 2026 +34
Biden \-The media, apparently
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ZLUCremisi Apr 15, 2026 +15
Meanwhile Biden riding bikes and walking more than 100ft without being tired
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youreloser Apr 15, 2026 +5
You can't deny while the guy tried to be active, he walked and just moved very.. oldly.
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shrimpcest Apr 15, 2026 +8
...because he was old?
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Ok-Seaworthiness4488 Apr 15, 2026 +43
If Trump did this he would go into cardiac arrest
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StarblindMark89 Apr 15, 2026 +10
I think there's a significant risk of his legs bones giving up. I'm on the heavier side, and I can feel my legs at risk of snapping when I exercise.
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InadequateAvacado Apr 15, 2026 +13
Feck, there’s that weird boner again
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notasrelevant Apr 15, 2026 +1
I honestly can't even imagine him jumping. Like even once. Considering that, I'm not sure if he'd be able to get cardiac arrest from it, unless attempting it is enough to trigger it.
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[deleted] Apr 15, 2026 +24
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34710x2 Apr 15, 2026 +2
Best he can do is fill his diaper and fire off 20 truth social posts that are each more false and nonsensical than the last
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semperknight Apr 15, 2026 +1
Best you'd get is an A.I. image of him doing it while angels surround him. Because if he did even one, I'd throw my 64GB of gaming memory in the garbage.
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steve_ample Apr 15, 2026 +16
A layer of visceral fat actually is preventing Trump's aorta from popping. He's been advised by doctors to not partake in any activities to dislodge that fat, like jumping jacks.
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trampus1 Apr 15, 2026 +8
He's now en route to the hospital for a non jumping jack related illness.
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keith2600 Apr 15, 2026 +7
This is a great trend. Every world leader should do a bunch of jumping jacks and it might goad Trump to do it and that would be as good as killing him. A nice public heart attack caused by his narcissism would be good for the country
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bttr-swt Apr 15, 2026 +4
As a Filipino, I am always completely taken aback that they actually voted for ***Ferdinand Marcos' son***. After everything he and his wife did to the Philippines, making it damn near impossible to live in... they elected his son who proudly describes himself as *machiavellian*... only to be surprised when they suspect him of *lying*. The platform he ran on doesn't reflect the policies he's pushing. He self-identified as a conservative and ran on liberal ideas and calls the critics of his father "liars" and "overdramatizing history" when his father ordered the murder of Philippine citizens. What the actual f***.
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dontrike Apr 15, 2026 +4
Let's take bets how many jumping jacks Trump can do before his heart gives out.
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BigDrewbot Apr 15, 2026 +1
you're assuming that it's not **a** jumping jack?
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Goshawk5 Apr 15, 2026 +2
I doubt my president could do even one.
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PigFarmer1 Apr 15, 2026 +3
Trump should do this to *prove* that the rumors are true.
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notches123 Apr 15, 2026 +3
I dare Trump to do one.
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ike7177 Apr 15, 2026 +2
i wanna see Trump do them-heck, I wanna see him pass the Presidential Fitness Test. lol
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DJGlennW Apr 15, 2026 +1
I don't think he can do one jumping jack without needing a diaper change.
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Cautious-Brother-838 Apr 15, 2026
And he needs to draw a clock on live tv.
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strolpol Apr 15, 2026 +1
Reinventing The Olympics so it’s only heads of state and losers who don’t place get booted from office
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NPVT Apr 15, 2026 +1
I'd trust a jump rope more
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ItsVinn Apr 15, 2026 +2
lol because vice president sara Duterte the rat and her fake news peddlers love to show all of these health rumors so they have a ground to kick him off the presidency and she becomes president She even openly did death threats on him lol
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bchoonj Apr 15, 2026 +1
those are some of the worst jumping jacks i've ever seen. Marcos is to jumping jacks as that d***** mark wahlberg is to pull ups.
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Wizard_with_a_Pipe Apr 15, 2026 +1
Now let's see chump do it!
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GatoLibre Apr 15, 2026 +1
I seem to remember Biden doing pushups to prove his fitness early in his term. I dunno if Trump has done a jumping jack in his miserable, pathetic life.
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IowaJL Apr 15, 2026 +1
Man person woman camera jump
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Nova17Delta Apr 15, 2026 +1
I wonder if theres any other world leaders that could prove theyre fit and healthy right now
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Xsiah Apr 15, 2026 +1
Last September https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/prime-minister-mark-carney-runs-26k-trail-race-in-ontario/
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YounomsayinMawfk Apr 15, 2026
He should've just hired the white house doctor. That doctor is the most incredible doctor in the world. He got Trump down to a lean 225 lbs!
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spacestationkru Apr 15, 2026
Hey, I'd love to see Trump do jumping jacks
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CrazyBeggarXXXVI Apr 15, 2026 -1
Trump answered by doing a couple of Mike Tyson‘s push-ups and dips then finsh with ten jumping jack on camera saying that was something lite
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