How in the f'n HELL can a public servant demand that other Public servants sign private nda's? The

[niyad]

They all work for US, supposedly. They are not HIS personal employees. How in the hell can covidiot45* get away with it?

[RockRaven]

1. From what I've seen they are not enforceable, BUT that's not why he uses them.

It is a bullying tactic. He's putting them on notice that he will sue them, and ruin them financially with their own lawyers' fees even though he loses the lawsuit or it is thrown out.

[underpants]

6. Exactly.

[spanone]

2. That's what you get when you put a crooked 'business man' in the oval office

[niyad]

4. I think that the next person I hear saying we need a businessman in OUR HOUSE is going to get

smacked.

[spanone]

5. Yep.

[MyOwnPeace]

14. Go ahead - do it!!!!!!!

I'm sure BunkerBoy will pay your legal fees!

(But seriously, I'm with 'ya! )

[Eliot Rosewater]

9. He's not a business person, he's a complete and total failure

He’s not a business person, he’s a complete and total failure.

He thinks of nothing on his own ever

[czarjak]

18. Hey...

He’s a business as usual person. If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’.

[crickets]

20. 'Crooked business man' is another way

of saying mobster. Accurate.

[Poiuyt]

3. I would have thought that HIPAA rules would have applied in this situation

[niyad]

7. Ordinarily, yes. Oh for a real president who tells the truth.

[Kablooie]

8. Public servant? Pffft, yeah.

They are simply Trump cult worshippers.
they will do anything for him because he is god almighty in their minds.
Those are the only kind of people he will allow to worki for him.

[niyad]

11. I am referring to the medical staffs at Walter Reed and the WH.

[chriscan64]

10. It has gotten to the point of a national security crisis

The Joint Chiefs are out of commission for pete's sake. The need to know exceeds his neurotic need to hide things about his health.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. He was never a public servant. They wanted a businessman.

And we got Trump.

[superpatriotman]

13. What kind of coward would sign one?

What kind of coward wouldn’t break his?

[MyOwnPeace]

17. Oh, come on - really?

You've never been in a situation where you REALLY needed a job to get you "back in the game" - to take the "next step up" - to allow yourself to think that you've finally "made it" and things are going to really go from here?

It is just NOT that easy - not to refuse to sign - not to break it.

This "you only go around once" thing really does exist - and in the real world it rules!

How much do you want to risk?

I ache for those in such a situation...........

[Willto]

15. What's Weird to Me

I am a RN. There are already HIPPA laws that prevent your medical information from being disclosed to anyone that doesn't have a need to know it. And believe me those HIPPA laws have teeth. So why would an additional non disclosure agreement be needed?

[niyad]

16. As pointed out above, even though unenforceable, he can ruin people. I think it is all about his

ego. I don't care whether cholesterol or his plague gets him, just soon.

[Ms. Toad]

19. Only if they violate HIPAA -

In other words, he is already protected by the power of federal law.