Trump still seemingly struggling to breathe after hospital return, aides say

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Trump still seemingly struggling to breathe after hospital return, White House aides say

from theweek.com:

9:36 a.m. - President Trump isn't the picture of health he's making himself out to be, White House aides tell The New York Times.

After returning from Walter Reed Medical Center on Monday after his COVID-19 diagnosis and three-day stay, Trump removed his face mask defiantly before entering the White House. Aides say it was supposed to be Trump's display of strength after his hospital visit, even though it put everyone around him at risk because he was still contagious with the virus. "But they also wondered if the face covering was making it harder for the president to breathe," the Times reports. The next day, aides said Trump's voice was stronger than it had been the night before, "but at times he still sounded as if he was trying to catch air," the Times writes.

Aides, including White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah, publicly said they were "comfortable working here" as more and more White House workers tested positive for the virus. They brought in masks, gloves, and eye protection for anyone planning to work closely with Trump, including in the Oval Office. "But many saw the situation as spiraling out of control" as the pandemic Trump brushed off "seemed to have locked its grip on the White House," the Times writes. And as polls continued to show Democratic nominee Joe Biden triumphing over Trump, aides were reportedly "worried that they were living through the final days of the Trump administration." Kathryn Krawczyk

[still_one]

1. That is why people are asking about his imaging studies

[Hugin]

2. Even though they say PPE is provided, I've read some say utilizing it could lead to a negative...

appraisal.

So, it like the mask in the Malignant Mussolini's pocket during the debate is only for show.

[llmart]

3. You know who else couldn't breathe?

George Floyd. So, let the orange ignoramus struggle more and more until he gasps his last breath. What a fitting end that would be.

[lagomorph777]

5. If he can tweet, he can breathe

Right? Until he can't. Tots 'n' pears.

[bigtree]

7. well, sure

...just thought some folks might need something to cleanse their palates of all of the 'improving' talk.

[lagomorph777]

25. Don't get me wrong, I am very encouraged by this report.

I was just making a sarcastic reference to one of the RW memes about George Floyd.

[Illumination]

42. That's exciting! Maybe soon we'll have footage of Trump saying: "MAMA!", keeling over, kicking

the bucket & creating an earthquake! That would make for some GREAT network ratings!...

[llmart]

53. The bigliest/bestest ratings EVER!

Tee hee.

[malaise]

4. My new slogan-Make America Breathe Again

- Vote him out!

[bigtree]

6. Love it!

...MABA!

[nolabear]

16. That's perfect!

[Rebl2]

19. Excellent!

[Arthur_Frain]

8. I wonder if a part of him began to believe that "anointed by god" BS

Somewhere along the line he started snorting his own product, that he was the chosen one. It’s a small step to buying into the rest of the magical thinking that he’ll be protected.

Even now, his reptile brain has failed to process that reality differs from his delusion, so he rips the mask off, wanders around thinking that he has been miraculously cured, and wonders why his breath is coming short.

[Ligyron]

37. Absolutely, and I think the Christian nutballs convinced him...

He is the Chosen One, anointed by Gawd to lead the Americans out of the wilderness. In his mind he can do no wrong and none in his orbit dare correct him. The chaos that surrounds him? That’s somebody else’s fault, usually the Democrats.

Can’t even imagine the damage he could cause if given another term.

[Johnny2X2X]

9. It is what it is

We all know he's still really sick.

But why is he letting this dominate his life? And where is he? He can't do a photo op even?

[llmart]

10. +1

[crickets]

11. I'd be more worried about dying through the final days of the Trump administration.

aides were reportedly "worried that they were living through the final days of the Trump administration."

[robbob]

20. Worried?

Or celebrating?

[lagomorph777]

27. Many of them are living through the final days of their lives.

Might be best to expend their energies on self-quarantining, will-writing, etc.

[Le Roi de Pot]

12. Easy - Donald is just going to dominate the virus out of sheer will power

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

13. Gee, I thought he was symptom free completely.

At least that what his doctor told us.

[C Moon]

17. I know right? I guess not being able to breathe, is no longer one of the symptoms.

[lagomorph777]

28. It's not a symptom if Trump doesn't report it.

By that standard, death would also not be a symptom.

[ouija]

14. Open schools immediately

[maxsolomon]

43. ?

[bigtree]

46. I know, right?

...a sleeper?

[BarbD]

15. Moscow Mitch is controlling the puppet strings...

with Putin's blessing.

Can we get Amy McGrath elected?

[iluvtennis]

18. He'll be back at Walter Reed before the end of the week. nt

[Texin]

32. I think it's entirely possible -- if not sooner.

[Texin]

33. I think it's entirely possible -- if not sooner.

[Ilsa]

47. My son was disappointed when he checked out

of WR on Monday. I explained that this could be a good thing, that he'd have less attention paid to the details of his health. That'll give his body a chance to crash and burn.

I think he'll be back to WR, taken via a stretcher to Marine One. If he has a protracted recovery, we'll have to give God the Glory.

[iluvtennis]

54. Taken via stretcher would be very gratifying. nt

[spanone]

21. I trust nothing his aides say.

[Chakaconcarne]

24. I trust nothing that gives any impression that Trump is on his way to losing the election.

It's very dangerous, because if voters start to believe it and they weigh the inconvenience (in some cases) of voting and risk for COVID, well guess what?>?>???

We don't need to go there for momentary feel goodness.

[bucolic_frolic]

29. exactly, posted many times, overconfidence is our enemy, foreign actors themselves could use it

[PatrickforO]

22. They should be rejoicing that they are living through the final days of Trump's

administration, as we should all be.

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!

[Rebl2]

23. I have to

think he has Covid pneumonia like my Dad did. If he is refusing oxygen, it is to his detriment. My father would take the oxygen out of his nose and immediately his oxygen level would drop. Of course the nurse would have to put it back in and explain the importance of keeping it in his nostrils. My Dad had to take antibiotics to get over his pneumonia-it was bacterial pneumonia.

[bucolic_frolic]

26. Belongs in hospital

if they don't put him back in confinement, all the covid patients will want to go home after 3 days

[lagomorph777]

30. Yeah, normal COVID patients won't feel like going home. Most people are not insane.

Only 39%.

[niyad]

52. Most people don't have an entire medical unit in the house where they live, completely paid

for, including all medications, by the taxpayers, either.

[PaulRevere08]

31. It's like Downfall 2020

[Fritz Walter]

48. Beat me to it! Well done!

In this case, he doesn't need to pass around cyanide capsules. He's passing around a virulent plague which can cause a much more painful death than the poison pills.
Right down to the children of his followers.

[Gregory Peccary]

34. The last sentence

The last sentence has a real ring to it!

[ancianita]

35. I'm counting the days.

[Azathoth]

36. It takes about 7-8 days from first symptoms to know whether it will be severe

Fattie isn't out of the woods yet. And running around like a loon with possibly asymptomatic hypoxia isn't going to help his prognosis.

[Traildogbob]

38. Womp womp

I by no means want him to die. I want him to live 20 plus more years, especially since steroids gave him another 20. He needs to steam in a massive embarrassing defeat, be able to hear what history says about his fiasco. Physically never play golf again because of long term Covid damage, have IRS and Putin call in the debt, take everything he has and make him dead broke on the streets needing Medicare to live.

[maxsolomon]

44. I really don't need another 20 years of Trump.

8 would be plenty, though it would be easier to take if Twitter bans him.

[Traildogbob]

51. Agree

I would love to see him suffer for a few, and be humiliated. Get really bald, fatter, and live with an even smaller dick after steroid shrinkage. Just a mushroom spore. And Melanoma have to stay with him until her plastic cracks and kidneys sag to her knees.

[llashram]

39. You know what?

GOOD!!! To throw the caps back at 'em. Last evening with his balcony stunt, when he took off the mask and turned and went into the people waiting to greet him, I saw Jim Jones/Mooselini, Stalin and Hitler, Jim Jones most prominently exhorting his followers to suicide with him...900+ Some did. Some did not, the choice is up to the trump voter...

[cstanleytech]

40. I feel for the aides...........well I feel nothing but disgust for them to be more precise.

They have to worry about both the virus and potential criminal investigations as well as charges for anything they might have done that was illegal while Trump was in office.

[milestogo]

41. When you'd rather suffer and die than use oxygen, that's extreme toxic masculinity.

[maxsolomon]

45. He has access to it 24/7. We're not being told; we're being gaslit.

Just like the stimulus bill: lie on every side of the issue, create chaos.

[cayugafalls]

49. MAGA, Make America Gasp Again.

[Yeehah]

50. Worst president ever by far

and we've had some stinkers

[Skittles]

55. I cannot drum up even one ounce of sympathy for that bastard

he has caused SO MUCH MISERY for SO MANY PEOPLE