New report deepens mystery around Trump's sudden and suspicious visit to Walter Reed hospital

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

On Saturday, November 16, 2019, President Donald Trump made an unexpected visit to Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. That visit is among the many things that author Michael S. Schmidt discusses in the new book, "Donald Trump v. the United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President."

New York Times reporter Gabriel Debenedetti, discussing Schmidt's book, notes that it "reports the White House wanted Mike Pence 'on standby to take over the powers of the presidency temporarily if Trump had to undergo a procedure that would have required him to be anesthetized.' The vice president never had to take this step."

The fact that Trump's visit to Walter Reed in November 2019 was unannounced raised questions about the president's health. But Dr. Sean Conley, Trump's physician, described the visit as "routine" that month and wrote, in a memo, that it was only kept secret because of "scheduling uncertainties." And Trump described the visit as a "very routine physical."

"Despite some speculation, the president has not had any chest pain; nor was he evaluated or treated for any urgent or acute issues," Conley said in the memo. "Specifically, he did not undergo any specialized cardiac or neurologic evaluations."

But if this is true, it's not clear why, as Schmidt reported, Pence was prepared to take over the presidential duties. Other vice presidents have taken this step when the president has been temporarily incapacitated. For example, Dick Cheney stood in for George W. Bush when the then-president had to have a colonoscopy.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-deepens-mystery-around-trump-214037912.html

They tried to give Trump a colonoscopy but his head was in the way.

[llashram]

1. last line

I laughed out loud

[DeminPennswoods]

11. Me too

That's was a classic.

[still_one]

2. Gosh it would be a real shame if the asshole had something serious

[Initech]

3. It's that damned deep state don't you know?

[RKP5637]

4. That last line is really cracking me up!!!

[chriscan64]

5. Wasn't this when he took his cognitive test?

Please tell me that Person Woman Man Camera TV was not things he saw during a colonoscopy.

[soothsayer]

7. Hahaha!

[2naSalit]

6. His head was in the way after...

They extracted the heads of the entire Cabinet and more than half the Senate.

[LastDemocratInSC]

8. We don't know why he went to Walter Reed.

But notifying the VP to standby may be standard protocol. It seems like a reasonable thing to do.

[BGBD]

9. An unscheduled trip to WR

is very out of the ordinary.

The White House has medical facilities on site that could handle most issues without leaving. The WH Doc apparently rode with him in his car as well, also very abnormal.

[LastDemocratInSC]

10. Yes, I saw photos of their departure.

Trump is not well, that's for certain.

[electric_blue68]

12. An acquaintance of mine right by or in the hospital...

...for non medical business on that day who lives Iin DC said it was unusual, and an unscheduled visit because he saw none of the kind of security that'd be setting up that you'd see when a President is preparing to arrive some where.

Having President B Clinton visit NYC I've seen the Secret Service around outside with at least in the past with wires going to their then earpieces.
Are they wireless now?

Anyway when Sec Henry Kissinger used to visit his mom who lived in my neighborhood - I'd see Sharp shooters on two different rooftops! 😲

[BGBD]

13. We know from

the Reagan assassination attempt that WR has protocols in place to accept a President without much notice. They can clear out a wing.

Of course thats a huge deal so you wouldn't do it for nothing.