Maggie Haberman on the Fallout from Trump's Hospitalization

[JonLP24]

What have you been able to learn about the timing of the President’s positive diagnosis?

Conley raised far more questions than he answered. I have reported that [Trump] was on oxygen at the White House. Conley seemed to give very equivocal answers around that, and what happened. The biggest question mark for me is Conley saying we are seventy-two hours into this diagnosis. If we are seventy-two hours into it, that suggests he has been sick since Wednesday, and that is a major question, because if he was sick on Wednesday, and they had him going to a rally in Minnesota, and then a fund-raiser, parts of which were in an indoor area at his club in Bedminster, that is important to know.

What have you been able to learn about the President’s state of mind?

His friend Stanley Chera, who was a real-estate magnate in New York, died [of the coronavirus, in April]. Chera was older than Trump is and was in worse physical shape than Trump is, and Chera got very, very sick, very quickly, and basically went into the hospital and never came out. Trump was very spooked by that, and I think that has stayed with him. And he is—I don’t want to say hypochondriacal, because that is not the right word—but he gets very agitated when he is not feeling great. And I think all of this contributed to how they were dealing with him [on Friday].

What do you mean by that?

What I mean by that is that some people experience the feeling of being sick differently than others, and I think he experiences it acutely, and it can be anxiety-provoking.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/maggie-haberman-on-the-fallout-from-trumps-hospitalization

[lindysalsagal]

1. "and it can be anxiety-provoking."

I certainly hope so.

[msongs]

2. any evidence he is actually in walter reed hosp? haven't seen one single bit yet nt

[sweetloukillbot]

4. Apart from the helicopter ride?

Jesus, take your conspiracy bullshit elsewhere...

[Orangepeel]

3. "they had him going to a rally..."

who the fuck is supposed to be in charge?