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A top doctor has warned that President Donald Trumps much-hyped July 4 rally is potentially fatal.
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a cardiologist and CNN medical analyst, urged the cancellation of Trumps Washington, D.C. rally for Americas 250th birthday, citing sweltering temperatures that could put attendees at risk.
The same way the outdoor inauguration was canceled last year because of the cold, the rally on the Mall this July 4 should be canceled because of the intense heat (> 100 degrees), he wrote in an X post on Thursday.
Dangerous weather and large crowds is a bad combination, Reiner warned. The doctor has been one of the few medical experts to demand answers about the 80-year-old presidents health, citing his Oval Office slumps and odd examination schedule.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-doctor-jonathan-reiner-warns-trump-is-endangering-lives-with-july-4-rally/
Coventina
(30,086 posts)Please let them!
2naSalit
(105,061 posts)Looking like jonestown, they already drank the kool-aid.
wolfie001
(8,247 posts)NBachers
(19,680 posts)
wolfie001
(8,247 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,796 posts)First, there would have to be a mass of people. Not gonna happen.
Alas.
Crowman2009
(3,646 posts)Instead of vanishing and floating up, in reality they die of heatstroke on the national mall.
durablend
(9,467 posts)If MAGA wants to off themselves to pwn teh libs, let them.
pfitz59
(13,060 posts)100 degrees with 80% chance of thunder storms. Perfect.
Perfect is trump passes out from a heat stroke mid-sentence and a lightning bolt vaporizes his ass before he hits the floor. Perfect!
3Hotdogs
(15,779 posts)to God's eyeballs.
karynnj
(61,264 posts)I wonder if they will do anything for the people coming. I think putting up large shades that can be taken down at night fall would have been possible if they actually had considered it.
I'm past summers, in very hot weather many restaurants in Manhattan with outdoor areas had something that created a very fine mist that was refreshing at the ends of their space.
I hope they will at least be proving cold bottles of water. Free, if possible. (They should have money left from not paying the costs of top musicians.)
bif
(27,427 posts)No doubt.
yankee87
(2,902 posts)You win the internet
Norrrm
(6,193 posts)sheshe2
(99,131 posts)there are going to be multiple flyovers that are scheduled at very short intervals. It is an accident waiting to happen.
3Hotdogs
(15,779 posts)I feel sorry for them because they will probably faint from the heat!
dflprincess
(29,468 posts)He'll cancel, not because he doesn't want to be there, but because he's concerned with the health of his supporters. And the fools will believe that.
RockRaven
(20,115 posts)Not unlike how wildfire smoke can cause excess deaths in people with lung and heart disease, which are difficult to directly attribute in any one case but are clearly present in the epidemiology data as a whole.
yardwork
(70,092 posts)MAGA is about to find out what smog is again.
Sequoia
(12,798 posts)Cha
(321,658 posts)Blue Owl
(60,174 posts)scipan
(3,170 posts)But the post speech fireworks for 45 minutes, along with the heat, are concerning.
90 degrees?
I just came in from watering some new plantings - I started at 7:30 am - it's now 87 degrees and I'm absolutely spent.
I'm sitting here with a tall glass of ice water trying to recover. Yes it will only be 90 degrees, but those there will most likely have been there for quite some time.
I was not watering in the sun - ferns in shady spots.
paleotn
(23,130 posts)wnylib
(26,906 posts)considering the attendance at his events so far.
But some people might turn out for the fireworks since that's traditional for the holiday.
ETA: At least not much to worry about regarding a crowd at his speech and other events during the day.
The fireworks, though, could be a cause of concern because Trump always hires the cheapest, most incompetent people. They could burn down DC. Good thing there might be rain to put out a possible fire.
mwmisses4289
(5,237 posts)of posters, on touting the event, the other the dos and don't. The couple of things I remember were no coolers, lawn chairs, back packs, no outside food and drink (forcing people to buy such, if there are food and drink vendors there; or causing people to fast and become dehydrated, because there are no food and drink vendors there). The other thing that I thought was weird was that they weren't going to let anyone in after 5p.m.
yardwork
(70,092 posts)I read they're charging $20 for water, $30 for a turkey leg.
I hope people don't bring their children.
wnylib
(26,906 posts)watch from a distance. Fireworks tailgate parties.
wnylib
(26,906 posts)I wouldn't go.
No need to go anyway. You can see fireworks from a distance.
I hope people skip the grounds and have fireworks tailgate parties.
The Madcap
(2,201 posts)would be particularly bad, especially if there is any rain.
niyad
(135,554 posts)TomSlick
(13,142 posts)niyad
(135,554 posts)Last edited Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:06 AM - Edit history (1)
mango mimosa from Trader Joe's.
Aristus
(72,781 posts)I just get more and more impatient...
niyad
(135,554 posts)for smaller occasions. But, darn it, I want to open that good bottle NOW!!!
Aristus
(72,781 posts)niyad
(135,554 posts)JoseBalow
(9,955 posts)calimary
(91,592 posts)paleotn
(23,130 posts)purr-rat beauty
(1,694 posts)Place is going to be sweltering
sizzle wit da wizzle
malaise
(299,870 posts)That is all
Bookreadingliberal53
(180 posts)I have had a very bad feeling about this all week.
niyad
(135,554 posts)Bookreadingliberal53
(180 posts)bucolic_frolic
(56,421 posts)bearsfootball516
(6,743 posts)paleotn
(23,130 posts)Goonch
(6,042 posts)
karynnj
(61,264 posts)Lovie777
(24,620 posts)would be smart enough to acknowledge that the Republican Party don't give a shit.
The cult will somehow blame the Democrats, and shithole will blame Obama.
MiHale
(13,301 posts)Let him scream at stuff for hours in the sweltering, oppressive heat. It may be the end of him🙏
mwb970
(12,175 posts)I anticipate heat stroke events and maybe even deaths if he goes ahead with this madness. 100+ degrees, high humidity, no water, no shade, the president promises to give a long, LONG speech to "prove he can do anything", fireworks don't start till 11 or later.
Basically, this is my vision of Hell.
33taw
(3,389 posts)Botany
(78,345 posts)Last edited Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:37 AM - Edit history (1)
.. convicted felon, child raping, insane, Russian agent and they die so be it. Just leave the kids @
home. Darwin works.
ananda
(35,878 posts)wellll....
mdbl
(9,019 posts)dalton99a
(96,423 posts)
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,813 posts)NWS forecast:
Independence Day:
A chance of showers between 2pm and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 102. Heat index values as high as 110. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Dear Abby:
How many ways are there to totally screw-up a 4th of July celebration?
Second question:
How many ways are there to grift millions from a 4th of July celebration?
twodogsbarking
(19,937 posts)no_hypocrisy
(55,800 posts)Norrrm
(6,193 posts)louis-t
(24,706 posts)(cough) bullshit (cough)
The Madcap
(2,201 posts)He won't announce that. The few who show will find out at the last minute after sitting in the heat for hours. Cruelty is the word.
Midnight Writer
(26,045 posts)NBachers
(19,680 posts)Deep State Witch
(12,808 posts)It's a plan.
ColoringFool
(1,439 posts)bmichaelh
(1,334 posts)Remember those that attended Trump rallies in the past and probably got COVID and died.
turbinetree
(27,864 posts)and people died..............his ego means everything to him ..................and he wanted thousands to show up for his sh*t show.............so that he could brag............
Richard58
(253 posts)It's supposed to be over 100° on the 4th down there! If people are going to show up they deserve whatever heat stroke they get! The one good thing is that Trumpy is planning to give a long speech in his suit and tie and I hope the heat takes him! It would be glorious!
Norrrm
(6,193 posts)It's not as if Trump cared about his supporters.
Trump left thousands of his own supporters stranded in freezing
Oct 28, 2020 · Stranding your own supporters in a deadly situation doesnt seem like the best strategy. President Trump held a rally at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska Tuesday night that was supposed
https://www.bing.com/search?q=freezing+Trump+rally+goers+in+Omaha%3A&form=ANNTH1&refig=6a48295b05e144cc8344369c2964eb4f&pc=LCTS
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Trump claims it was a joke but it turns out to be true.
Link to tweet
Orrex
(67,574 posts)dem4decades
(14,703 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
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spooky3
(39,038 posts)Have been moved inside. Even at 10:30 pm it will be dangerously hot and/or storming. Guess well watch on tv.
Record high today was 101 degrees.