Somethings very wrong here. Gaslighting

[LuckyCharms]

from the doctors.

Halting answers from the docs.

Something is very fucked up, and very reality TV like.

Not making any conclusions, but these Docs are either scared of retaliation, or something else is going on.

They might might start discharge tomorrow, Monday? I thought days 7 and 8 were the critical days.

[steve2470]

1. I think Trump is demanding to go back to the WH and they are giving in nt

[BumRushDaShow]

19. THIS

I *KNOW* he must be pitching a fit in there and they are ready to get him out of there.

I also believe, just from my own experience with pneumonia, that the nasal O2 can generally maintain that 95+% ("normal" ) level (assuming your lungs aren't completely compromised). And say you stablize at 96% with the O2 flow and then pull the nasal cannula off. Within an hour or so, if you are still sick, the O2 level will start dropping and dropping and dropping and might eventually go back down below 90%, necessitating putting that cannula back in again for another "round" of O2 to get the levels back up again.

[Baitball Blogger]

23. He doesn't want to lose the election.

Instead, he's going to lose his life with one bad decision after the other.

[steve2470]

24. exactly nt

[Dave Starsky]

27. It is what it is. n/t

[Botany]

2. So Trump got out of bed, had his hair and make up done, put on a dress shit w/cuff links, a ...

... sports coat, posed behind 2 different desks and then signed blank papers. No gas lighting there
this pure on Pravda.

Link to tweet

[Leghorn21]

7. Yep!

“The Supreme Leader is giving energetic guidance to the Party and the Armed Forces from his offices at Walter Reed State Sanatorium."

Link to tweet

[Botany]

15. I might be wrong but this is approaching golfing with Kim Jong Il territory

"the 38-under-par 34 reportedly fired by the late North Korean despot Kim Jong Il, a man known to his people as Dear Leader and to you and me as Dear Top-the-Leader Board. According to official North Korean state accounts, Kim’s round, the first he’d ever played, was highlighted by five aces."

https://golf.com/news/behind-kim-jong-ils-famous-round-of-golf/

[Leghorn21]

22. Nope, I don't think you're wrong here, B!!

[Wicked Blue]

14. Dress shit

the perfect Freudian slip

[Botany]

30. Well you can't wear cuff links on a hospital gown now can you?

If you were movie/tv show/online streaming/producer or script writer and somebody brought
this "hot mess" to you how quickly would you reject it from just being unbelievable?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Hesitancy in the voice....The first sign something is amiss....

When you hear hesitancy in the voice, something is up.

Someone is SCARED. There's your first clue, Sherlock.

[rainin]

4. I think he's demanding to go back because his poll numbers aren't good

[fescuerescue]

5. The doctor who appeared today seemed very afraid

Terrified even.

[LuckyCharms]

6. Exactly. n/t

[steve2470]

10. yes, very nervous nt

[Walleye]

8. Also, doctors have to have permission from the patient to release any information about the

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Trump will continue to be CONTAGIOUS whether or not he leaves against medical advice.

Back in the WH, in the Oval Office, etc., he will be SHEDDING VIRUS.

And God forbid that he leaves the WH to do another rally.

[maryellen99]

12. And his trash base would still show up unmasked nt

[NCjack]

20. Mr. Trimp needs to get back to the WP post-haste. There are cult members

waiting for him to honor them with infections.

[The Genealogist]

11. Manufacturing chaos

That is what this administration does. He may be very sick, he may be not very sick. They are baiting the media to get all up in a frenzy over it, so they can 1) keep his name front and center; 2) deflect from the most recent round of shitty press for him; 3) manufacture pity that turns into votes in November.

[Dr. Jack]

13. I'm not watching but I would guess...

...based on everything I've heard that Trump is still likely in pretty rough shape and will be out of commission for weeks. I doubt he is on his deathbed but any idea that he is doing great or is ready to get back to his normal, useless life by tomorrow is likely total bullshit. You don't go from having trouble breathing and heart palpations, needing to take experimental drugs and supplemental oxygen on Friday and Saturday, and by Monday are doing cartwheels out of the hospital. The guy is probably going to be in rough shape for quite awhile and the odds things could go downhill very fast are still quite high.

[NoMoreRepugs]

16. Who knew signing blank sheets of paper was "presidentin??'

[secondwind]

17. So, countless hours have been spent to disinfect the entire White House,

and he wants to go and infect it.

[Bad Thoughts]

18. Lay off! Doctors are treating his ego as best they can! eom

[panader0]

21. I can't figure out why everyone seems so afraid of trump.

The Sens and Reps--well they have kompromat on many of the repubs. But everyone seems to
worry that they might get a mean tweet. (oh NO!)
So you sell your honor for that scumbag? I just don't get it.

[musette_sf]

25. Questions from a FB post on the Politico page:

I wonder the same.

Here's my question(s). . .Why is someone who has been diagnosed with a deadly infectious virus (1) be allowed to wander the corridors of a hospital, (2) not quarantined to a negative pressure infection "hot room", (3) be allowed to use offices and conference rooms that share the return air with the rest of the hospital through it's HVAC, (4) not wear gowns and masks, (5) allow photo ops with photographers in the same room? I question either the validity of Trump's purported illness or the quality of care at Walter Reed Hospital.

[LizBeth]

26. +1

[Andy823]

32. Exactly

I think the videos were made "before" he left he WH so they could use them to show how tough trump is, and how well he can handle things. This way he can continue to keep Pence from taking over the office of President. He has to be in control no matter what, and the videos are part of his need to be in total control, even if he is not.

[Windy City Charlie]

28. It's optics

They're doing all they can to try and keep their base energized, by making them think Trump is going to be just fine health-wise.

[Baclava]

29. It's all part of the show, next up "Sick GOP Senators Will Be 'Wheeled in' to Cast SCOTUS vote"

[occupant]

31. gimme that straw

He outta be going through Adderal and Coke withdrawls by now. He wanna go back home to his stash.

[AngryOldDem]

33. 48 hours was the benchmark

I’m taking that to mean 48 hours since admission. That was yesterday, so Monday will be roughly 48 hours. Even if he passes that, that doesn’t mean he’s recovered enough to be discharged.

There is nothing to gain by lying about any of this, and while they’re not technically violating their Hippocratic Oath, these doctors in good conscience can’t be good with having to spin a tale they all know can’t be true.

EDIT — I first heard of the 48 hours yesterday. If you count Friday, that’s up tonight. But my point still stands that no matter how you look at it, he can’t be sufficiently recovered to claim good health.