BREAKING: WH Aides stopped Trump from going to Oval Office (Bloomberg)

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[mercuryblues]

1. Showdown at the OO Corral

[Squidly]

4. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

problem is, there is no Good

[reACTIONary]

52. And all for a...

... fist full of dollars.

[mercuryblues]

62. They died with their boots on.

[Squidly]

67. at High Noon

[mercuryblues]

68. at the OO corral

we have cone full circle.

[Squidly]

69. we still need to throw their asses

onto the 3:10 To Yuma and get them out of our sight forever

[ananda]

30. LOL

[exboyfil]

2. Aides shouldn't make that decision

Where is Pence?

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

14. in his residence prepping covid amy.

[octoberlib]

44. I think Pence is in Utah. He's got a debate tomorrow.

[Johnny2X2X]

3. 25th amendment please

He is a danger to everyone.

[Aristus]

5. What's he going to do in the Oval Office that he can't do in his personal quarters?

Watch TV and tweet.

Of course, if his sole intent is to spread his disease, that's a reason...

[NYC Liberal]

8. Probably wants a photo op.

[Butterflylady]

24. You are so, so right

He wants to show he's in command.

[Statistical]

32. Nailed it. Everything is a prop to him.

[Arkansas Granny]

34. Yep. That's bound to be why.

[tblue37]

43. Or he wants the media to spread the news that he is so eager to get back to work that he must

be held back, though he actually spends little time there normally and does no actual work.

[Ponietz]

46. Needs to talk to handlers and loan sharks on a secure line with privacy, perhaps?

[chriscan64]

57. Tell him to stand in the corner to take it.

That will keep him occupied.

[malaise]

10. Spread Covid-19 n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Get his picture taken at the Resolute desk.

Maybe he should just have it moved to the residence, along with the gold curtains.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

18. he ditched the resolute desk.

brought in a bigger one. and i'm glad.

[Ms. Toad]

37. It was still there as of July,

when he used it to hawk Goya products.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

47. my bad. saw a pic recently

that made it look like a different desk. just googled pics, and what i saw was the chairs on the sides of it that looked like part of the desk.
he did re-use bill clinton's curtains, tho. hilarious that he denies that.

[Klaralven]

40. It has been in the Treaty Room - aka the President's Private Study.

Most presidents who choose not to use the Resolute desk in the Oval Office instead use it in this room, including George HW Bush. The Bushes did away with the heavy Victorian theme and made it into a lighter and simpler study with a later-period chandelier. Hillary Clinton restored some of the Victoriana but used dark wood and burgundy walls with an empire chandelier. The second Bushes returned it yet again to light walls and simple draperies with a Victorian chandelier like the one the Mrs. Kennedy had chosen.

http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/floor2/treaty-room.htm

[displacedtexan]

45. Remember the peach carpet in Dubya's version of the Oval?

I just remember it as being powder puffy looking.

[William Seger]

58. Blank pages piling up waiting for his signature

[JHB]

60. Talk to his boss through secure channels

Vlad didn't put the listening devices that Trump knows about in the residence. Those are the ones he doesn't know about.

[greenjar_01]

6. Disgraceful...this is the kids trying to manage a parent in mid-dementia

He's refusing to accept the situation: he has a deadly, communicable virus that he's spitting out in droplets and shedding all over the damn place.

Nobody in their right mind would go to work in this place. He's literally posing an existential threat to his staff, as well as the career workers at the People's House. Ivanka and Co., come and get your mans, please.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

16. This! INTERVENTION needs to be done stat. Take away the car keys & get him a caretaker now.

[underpants]

7. It's like he's cropdustng the place with COVID

Or at least wants to. Is it just for show (dragging a photog with him to the Oval) or does he really think he’s over it?

[C_U_L8R]

9. The image of Trump sneaking over to the Oval Office

only to be turned back... it's just beyond belief. We're in situation comedy land.

[Ohiogal]

26. What a funny SNL skit it would make!

[Totally Tunsie]

38. Even better if he's in his jammies and bunny slippers,

carrying his teddybear.

[wnylib]

55. Maybe change "would make" to "will make."

How could they pass this up?

[madaboutharry]

11. He is not going to quarantine.

He is going to do whatever he wants and infect people.

They should lock him up in the same place in the Bronx where they quarantined Typhoid Mary.

[wnylib]

61. Is anyone surprised? The moment I heard

that he was being released from the hospital, I knew he would not quarantine. He wouldn't even do it while in the hospital.

He needs to quarantined in a huge playpen - like a cage. Call ICE. I'm sure they could arrange it.

[MineralMan]

12. "Get out of my way! I have more people to infect!

"I'm going to the Oval, and you can't stop me!"

I can imagine Trump shouting those words, punctuated with gasping for breath.

[exboyfil]

15. Can't he tell the Secret Service to clear a path

Maybe the SS should be on the phone with Pence to get his butt over to the White House (in a Haz Mat suit).

[MineralMan]

19. Maybe. I don't know.

There is an inner conflict going on right now in the White House. That's clear. I don't know how it ends, though. The dynamic of it is way too complex for me.

[Arazi]

35. Do the Secret Service "guard" him in the residence?

I thought they only took personal shifts in the White House proper when there's a threat

[Norbert]

17. They should walk out

In the end it is just a job and not worth jeopardizing one's life or the life of their family and friends.

I'd sooner work at a Wendy's.

[MyOwnPeace]

20. Oh, come on, guys!

You KNOW he wants to get in there a plan for what his administration is going to promise to do to "Make America Even Greater" following the outstanding successes he's had with the first fou................

Aw, SHIT!

I KNEW I couldn't get through the whole thing without losing it!

[EndlessWire]

33. LOL! n/t

[cwydro]

21. I can't believe this is allowed to continue.

This guy is insane.

[gristy]

22. This is fully consistent with his behavior regarding Covid since day 1

He has always, always taken actions that maximize the number of infections in this country.
I firmly believe that was always his desired goal. His covid-related actions and inactions aren't and have never been "to get re-elected".
The only difference now is that it is at a direct, personal level.
The country is only now, just barely, awakening from a mass psychosis.
Lock the MF up.

[ananda]

31. Agree

We a r e now only awakening from our mass psychosis, that
of fascism. It has affected us all, and has been residing in
our collective unconscious as a society based on white
supremacism.

We c a n heal from this, but it will take a lot of work and a
whole new way of thinking. I am looking forward to our
youth to take the lead on this; and I believe they will.

[pandr32]

23. More proof he is incapable of caring about anyone but himself

[Princess Turandot]

25. They supposedly set up an office space for him in the WH..

..in the Map Room and another room on the ground floor. Apparently, these rooms are in close proximity to the medical office.

As others have said, he just wants the photos.

[Ohiogal]

27. The sanitation effort

To make this place habitable for the Bidens will take WEEKS..

[MyOwnPeace]

59. Start from scratch.......

Burn it down (let the British do it - they have the experience).

Build a new building that will be built to 21st century standards with wiring and facilities for all essential workers.

Might still be cheaper than cleaning up after BunkerBoy!

[Autumn]

66. I agree with that 100%. Burn it and rebuild it.

[Mike 03]

28. I feel sorry for the WH staff. This is going to be like trying to keep your

drunken grandfather from driving to the liquor store.

[2naSalit]

39. More like keeping from getting into the gun safe. ...nt

[duforsure]

29. The Senate GOP need to put him in a time out now,

And let him know he stays put, or else they'll rush through proceeding for his removal from office asap. He's unstable, and still having effects from drugs he's on, and from previous health issues , and from his having Covid. He's also a national security risk to the country now.

[Politicub]

36. He's wandering around hopped up on steroids

Soon he will hit peak Kanye.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

63. Lol!

[Gothmog]

41. Roid rage is in effect

[IcyPeas]

42. it would've been todays Photo Op

trump busy working in the oval office. they denied him that. LOL

[pnwmom]

48. He and Melania are driving each other crazy. nt

[In_The_Wind]

49. Good for them. He needs to stay alone.

[lettucebe]

50. Should't he be in quarantine? This is beyond insane, and criminally negligent if anyone becomes ill

[nature-lover]

51. Oh, I am sure that he learned a valuable lesson and now wears a mask. Yeah, right.

[C Moon]

53. This is all going to make a great book one day.

[procon]

54. The idiot doesn't understand what quarantine means.

He wanted out of Walter Reed because he was restricted to his suite. He thought going back to the WH would let him do whatever he wants, regardless of the consequences. That may yet prove to be true.

[Quixote1818]

56. He just wants another photo op then back to bed. Nt

[Niagara]

64. He belongs in a straight-jacket. n/t

[tanyev]

65. Block all the routes with baby gates.

He won't be able to climb over them.