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Liberty Belle

(9,533 posts)
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 05:31 PM Oct 2020

Trump leaves Walter Reed in motorcade

Source: CNN

Update: Here is link to story.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-covid-19-updates-sunday/h_ab956b255062d78ea69d73afa78f47ac



He posted a video before this ride promising a "surprise" visit to supporters outside.

This is just a publicity stunt in the SUV...and exposing all in the vehicle with him. CNN announcer is saying it appears he's going back to the hospital, not to the White House.

The Secret Service wore only N95 masks, not the full protective suits. Wish they would have refused this assignment. Selfish pig.

I sure hope they've assigned agents to cover him who have already had the disease, but this only feeds into the optics that he doesn't care about anybody but himself.

Update: He has now returned to Walter Reed. He did this without notifying any of the White House Pres Corps. He wore only a cloth mask.
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Trump leaves Walter Reed in motorcade (Original Post) Liberty Belle Oct 2020 OP
Think it was just around the block soothsayer Oct 2020 #1
the orange moron's crack medical team is made up agingdem Oct 2020 #18
All of them soothsayer Oct 2020 #19
So, did Trump Ananda62 Oct 2020 #2
The dog takes his keepers for a short walk. Binkie The Clown Oct 2020 #3
Pic underpants Oct 2020 #4
He really is an attention whore XanaDUer2 Oct 2020 #5
Needed his fix! deurbano Oct 2020 #14
Reckless needy asshole. SunSeeker Oct 2020 #6
Exactly. Un-fkn-believable. nt iluvtennis Oct 2020 #9
This whole thing is a publicity stunt Escurumbele Oct 2020 #7
Fitting if this stunt exacerbates the illness Auggie Oct 2020 #8
+ agree. nt iluvtennis Oct 2020 #11
+1 DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #28
Did he thank those who brought Confederate flags? IggleDuer Oct 2020 #10
Definitely makes no sense to be leaving in a car when he has Marine One. LiberalFighter Oct 2020 #12
Now saying he is back at Walter Reed. LiberalFighter Oct 2020 #13
I haven't been wishing for his demise but...... Joe Nation Oct 2020 #15
Malignant Narcissist. djacq Oct 2020 #16
Did they take him out for a drive thru double cheeseburger and fries? Must be having withdrawls Baclava Oct 2020 #17
Asha Rangappa tweet: This looks sad, desperate, and pathetic iluvtennis Oct 2020 #20
Not to mention expensive! yankeepants Oct 2020 #44
Is he sick or isn't he? TimeToGo Oct 2020 #21
stark nekkid except for a mask? Where did he wear it? CTyankee Oct 2020 #22
WTAF!!!!! Unreal and so stupid!!! LymphocyteLover Oct 2020 #23
We are 8 months in to this pandemic gab13by13 Oct 2020 #24
I knnow...I caught that. What a fkn moron trump is. nt iluvtennis Oct 2020 #29
Pathetic, selfish, just to feed his ego. BarbD Oct 2020 #25
Publicity Wh**e. That's the leader Karma13612 Oct 2020 #26
He is not the "leader of the free world." He is the impeached occupant of the US people's house. japple Oct 2020 #46
You have a point. n/t Karma13612 Oct 2020 #47
Jeopardizing the lives of all those Secret Service personnel.... Paladin Oct 2020 #27
he's fucking out of his mind!!! orleans Oct 2020 #30
Secret Service should have had Hazmat suits on like this: Liberty Belle Oct 2020 #31
... orleans Oct 2020 #32
Trump is so stupid that he doesn't know this is stupid and arrogant too. Stuart G Oct 2020 #33
Still think this BS is "real"??? Bengus81 Oct 2020 #34
Maybe this despicable photo-op was his Farewell Tour. Talitha Oct 2020 #35
Unbefuncking believable.... KatyaR Oct 2020 #36
Like a senior fleeing a rest home, Trump is losing it. jalan48 Oct 2020 #37
McDonalds drive thru. JohnnyRingo Oct 2020 #38
It's 25A time bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #39
This Stunt.... McKim Oct 2020 #40
He should have gone out by himself mountain grammy Oct 2020 #41
Ivanka and the boys could have driven him. keithbvadu2 Oct 2020 #42
It's time to start running the attack adds again. Aerator Oct 2020 #43
That Good Ol' North Korea Feel White_Panther_1984 Oct 2020 #45
How can the secret service allow their people put their lives on the line for THIS SHIT??? pat_k Oct 2020 #48

agingdem

(7,840 posts)
18. the orange moron's crack medical team is made up
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 05:44 PM
Oct 2020

shamans and quacks...no RFD with integrity would have allowed a guy lousy with the "rona to leave the hospital for a meet-cute with his beyond stupid worshippers..and how many did toxic Donnie infect today on his little joyride?...

XanaDUer2

(10,638 posts)
5. He really is an attention whore
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 05:35 PM
Oct 2020

He's taking a spin to wave to his followers. Dear God. He really is off his nut

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
6. Reckless needy asshole.
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 05:36 PM
Oct 2020

Those poor Secret Service agents were not in full PPE. Trump put these men at risk for PR and to stroke his ego.

Escurumbele

(3,386 posts)
7. This whole thing is a publicity stunt
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 05:36 PM
Oct 2020

Why don't I trust this charade? What is it that is telling me this is all an act? I hope not, but I have this bad feeling...

IggleDuer

(964 posts)
10. Did he thank those who brought Confederate flags?
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 05:38 PM
Oct 2020

I assume the flag of the new country he wants to run. When he loses the election.

LiberalFighter

(50,856 posts)
12. Definitely makes no sense to be leaving in a car when he has Marine One.
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 05:38 PM
Oct 2020

MSNBC only has him leaving Walter Reed leaving in a motorcade with unknown destination.

gab13by13

(21,295 posts)
24. We are 8 months in to this pandemic
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 05:54 PM
Oct 2020

and today Trump posts a video that he learned a lot about the virus. That statement should disqualify him from being president.

Karma13612

(4,549 posts)
26. Publicity Wh**e. That's the leader
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 05:57 PM
Oct 2020

Of the free world.

On a joy ride, waving at his worshippers while he is supposedly sick with COVID.

The information we are given, along with video footage of his actions just makes me wonder about reality.

Can this all please be OVER SOON!!



japple

(9,819 posts)
46. He is not the "leader of the free world." He is the impeached occupant of the US people's house.
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 08:19 PM
Oct 2020

Citizens of other countries resent this term and I can understand why. A friend from AU pointed this out quite clearly.

Paladin

(28,246 posts)
27. Jeopardizing the lives of all those Secret Service personnel....
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 05:58 PM
Oct 2020

....for a little crowd adulation. The dirty bastard. I hope the effects on his health are immediate and severe.

Liberty Belle

(9,533 posts)
31. Secret Service should have had Hazmat suits on like this:
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 06:10 PM
Oct 2020

The hospital should have prohibited this and the Secret Service should have refused without at least this level of protection:

?h=3750e62f&itok=hwUDDXq5

McKim

(2,412 posts)
40. This Stunt....
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 06:41 PM
Oct 2020

This publicity stunt takes the focus off of whatever Biden is doing today to win votes with honest speeches full of substance by a real grown up!!!!!

45. That Good Ol' North Korea Feel
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 07:55 PM
Oct 2020

Seriously. It's feeling more like Kim Jung Un-land every day. Makes me wonder just what he would have to do to get forcibly removed from office. The thing they actually tried to impeach him for was SMALL POTATOES compared to everything he's done since. Ready for the "opposition" to get off their arses & put a stop to this.

We need laws that force infected people to quarantine along with a national mask mandate. This honor system crap ain't cutting it. We can be mad all we want but it does no good. And real legal penalties if you fail to isolate/quarantine while actively infected. This is a deadly disease with long-term complications for many people even if the infection itself is "mild" or asymptomatic. It shouldn't be optional whether you're the president or some pleb.

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
48. How can the secret service allow their people put their lives on the line for THIS SHIT???
Mon Oct 5, 2020, 02:36 AM
Oct 2020

These guys know how to do their job. They are in harm's way, but they put ALL POSSIBLE PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE to minimize risk.

HOW CAN the hierarchy justify putting their people at risk for this SHIT!

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