WH Covered Up Real Reason For Sudden Trump Walter Reed Hospital Visit: Book - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Rachel Maddow shares new reporting from Michael Schmidt, Washington correspondent for the New York Times, in his new book, "Donald Trump v. The United States," that a sudden trip by Donald Trump to Walter Reed Medical Center that the White House dismissed as part of a routine physical was anything but routine and involved putting Mike Pence on standby to take over the powers of the presidency. Aired on 08/31/2020.




New Reporting On John Kelly & Trump Bolsters Comey Claim Of Loyalty Demand - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

Rachel Maddow shares new reporting from Michael Schmidt's new book, "Donald Trump v. The United States" that Trump wanted to make John Kelly FBI director and asked him for a pledge of loyalty just like James Comey says was demanded of him. Aired on 08/31/2020.




How The Counterintelligence Investigation Of Trump's Ties To Russia Disappeared - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

Rachel Maddow shares reporting in Michael Schmidt's new book, "Donald Trump v. The United States" in which he explains how Rod Rosenstein narrowed the scope of Mueller's investigation to exclude the counterintelligence angle and no one else picked up that thread. Aired on 08/31/2020.




Public Misunderstanding Of Mueller Mission Overlooks Missing Counterintelligence Piece - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

Michael Schmidt, Washington correspondent for the New York Times, talks about reporting in his new book, "Donald Trump v. The United States," in which he explores how the counterintelligence investigation into whether Donald Trump was compromised by Russia fell fallow while the public assumed it was part of Robert Mueller's purview. Aired on 08/31/2020.

[Scarsdale]

1. Oh, I'll bet

Mother was excited. Likely praying HE would not come back from the hospital and ruin her plans. Good Christian woman that she is.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I'm baffled by her behavior since initial reports said that she did NOT like Trump

Not that I'd blame anyone, especially a woman, for that - but she continues to go along with these shenanigans, including speaking herself at the RNC.

[Scarsdale]

5. She is afraid little Mikey

might be replaced by Nicki Haley or Ivanka as VP. Fighting to keep her "boy" in power.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Good point!

His greatest asset appears to be his continued silence...

[irisblue]

8. Evangelical & dominionist theology & rapture theology followers as well

[diverdownjt]

2. Like everything about T-rump....

Even investigations into him are a sham. Nothing about this guy is real.
I never expected that Mueller's investigation was going to do anything.
He's a Republican...for the purposes of future dealings just assume that
every republican is compromised. That whole time Mueller was working
I knew it was nothing but smoke and mirrors.

Who are the people that handle Melania. Who close to her, is the go
between, between Melania and Moscow. We need to take a close look at her life.

Her past has not been dug into enough.

[tiptonic]

4. I agree

She is his handler. Its so obvious, no one believes it. "Hiding something in plain sight".

[lagomorph777]

14. Natasha Fatale

[bucolic_frolic]

11. We help defeat

European powers in WWI and WWII. Any legacy issues? I suppose not as they're not hinted at in the press, still strange coincidence Drumpf arises to the throne and all the turmoil in eastern Europe. The whole geography is scrambled in my mind, they change boundaries every few years after a regional conflict.

[malaise]

7. Watched

Plenty more to come to expose this fake

[NurseJackie]

9. Probably the same thing that Bernie Sanders experienced: myocardial infarction

... the "procedure" that would require him to be anesthetized would be to insert a stent. (That's my guess.)

Now he's on blood thinners. I think he's going to suffer a massive stroke before it's all over with. He'll be a drooling idiot. (The only thing new will be the drool.)

[Claire Oh Nette]

12. Myocardial infarc

A heart attack (myocardial infarction) wouldn't cause glitchy speech, or right side leg dragging, or balance issues on ramps and stairs and flat land. Trust me, I've had two infarcs. Sounds so much less scary that "heart attack." He'd be anesthetized for an angiogram, whether or not he had a stent placed (i've got four stents, and enough angiograms that I've got scar tissue in my femoral artery).


Me thinks stroke. Cognitive ability and severley curtailed vocabulary. He repeats stock phrases of empty words, and his verbal retinue has shrunk considerably from his television attention seeking days and even from his 2016 campaign.


Is it wrong to wish he strokes out on national television during the debates? I'd pay to watch that!

[NurseJackie]

13. All those things are correct, but for that particular day and visit, it was likely due to...

All those things are correct, but for that particular day and visit, it was likely due to... a heart attack or suspected heart attack.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to discover that he's had multiple micro-strokes.

Is it wrong to wish he strokes out on national television during the debates? I'd pay to watch that!

Not at all. I'd pay to see that too! Save me a seat! I'll bring the popcorn!

[Mike 03]

15. That's my speculation too. Remember how his first public appearances after the "visit"

he didn't move one of his arms normally? That got me to thinking about the possibility he had undergone Transradial catheterization and either his arm was still sore (it would be sore for about a week) or he didn't want to lift his arm and risk raising his sleeve to expose bandages, bruises or related tube marks.

Just speculation!

[NurseJackie]

18. Also recall... the IV needle bruise on his hand.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Honestly

I doubt during this time period we had the clarity of chain of command to confront the possibility of a president being compromised by a foreign power. Muddling through has been the strategy. Otherwise it could have provoked confrontation, Republicans en masse wanted to ignore it and cover it up for obvious reasons, and it would have been quite internationally embarrassing with no clear path forward or outcome. In my opinion it will hide in plan sight for decades, just like international business ties to Nazi Germany did for many decades after WWII.

[marble falls]

16. Heck of an effort - great post!

[brer cat]

17. Thanks for this post, Rhiannon.

Very informative.

[cp]

19. Failure of counterintelligence investigation--now I'm not going to sleep well either

Not that I've been sleeping well since March.
Thank you for posting these, Rhiannon!