October 4, 2020

At one time, this book's title was meant metaphorically

https://twitter.com/GlennF/status/1312443027646935045?s=20

October 4, 2020

Trump just left Walter Reed!

On CNN Showing him waving to supporters from his SUV. WTF

October 4, 2020

And here we go.... Migrant caravan sets off from Honduras with eyes on U.S. border

https://twitter.com/cbsnews/status/1312643527369789441?s=21





Fox News will have this on 24/7 but it’ll do nothing for Trump.

October 4, 2020

The White House is editing video to remove coughs

https://twitter.com/andrewfeinberg/status/1312583985000787969?s=21


https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1312581275748892672?s=21

October 4, 2020

Trump had heart palpitations Friday

The White House released follow-up statements saying Conley misspoke, but they did little to quell the chaos. The White House’s shifting chronology and lack of transparency are being driven, in part, by Trump’s desire to conceal the seriousness of his illness from the public. Three sources said Trump argued with his doctors on Friday after they told him he needed to be moved to Walter Reed. “He didn’t want to go to the hospital a month before the election,” a Republican close to Trump told me. Two sources said doctors gave Trump an ultimatum: he could go to the hospital while he could still walk, or doctors would be forced to take him in a wheelchair or on a stretcher at a later point if his health deteriorated. “They told him, ‘You can go now or we’re taking you later and it’s non negotiable,’” a second source close to the White House said. Trump waited to leave for the hospital until the stock market closed on Friday, a source said.

After spending months denying the dangers of COVID-19, Trump is expressing an emotion aides have rarely seen: fear. On Friday, Trump grew visibly anxious as his fever spiked to 103 fahrenheit and he was administered oxygen at the White House, according to three Republicans close to the White House. Two sources told me Trump experienced heart palpitations on Friday night—possible side effects of the experimental antibody treatment he received. Trump has wondered aloud if he could defeat the disease. “Am I going out like Stan Chera?” Trump has asked aides, referring to his friend, New York real-estate developer Stan Chera, who died of COVID in April.




Inside Trumpworld, the shock of Trump’s hospitalization is giving way to despair about his prospects in the upcoming election. “They all know it’s over,” a Republican close to the campaign said. “This is spiraling out of control,” a former West Wing official said. Some Trump allies are entertaining conspiracy theories that the White House outbreak was caused by someone with political motives. “It’s weird that all these Republicans are getting it,” a prominent Republican told me. “I don’t know what the fuck is going on. But one thing I’ve learned is: when something major happens thirty days before an election, it usually has to do with the election.” (There is no evidence for this wild claim).

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/this-is-spiraling-out-of-control-allies-panic-about-trumps-hospital-stay-as-white-house-deflects

October 4, 2020

Shout out to Jaime Harrison and his plexiglass shield!

https://twitter.com/meenaharris/status/1312556981433982977?s=21



U.S. Senate candidate @harrisonjaime BROUGHT HIS OWN PLEXIGLASS SHIELD TO HIS DEBATE WITH LINDSEY GRAHAM

October 3, 2020

Christie checked into the hospital per CNN

He's achy and has a slight fever but because he has asthma his doctor told him he needed to be monitored.

October 3, 2020

Gabriel Sherman's got some more tea! Trump asked aides if he was dying

https://twitter.com/gabrielsherman/status/1312442681662926850?s=21


Conversations w Republicans close to WH over last 12 hours indicate it’s been far more dire than WH has said. Before being taken to Walter Reed, Trump kept asking aides, “Am I going out like Stan Chera? Am I?” (Chera was Trump’s NYC friend who died of Covid in April)

https://twitter.com/gabrielsherman/status/1312443979321896960?s=21


Per source, Trump was told on Friday he could go to Walter Reed voluntarily, but he would be taken no matter what when his condition worsened. Doctors told Trump if he waited he could lose ability to walk to Marine One (optics of a wheelchair or stretcher obvs would be terrible)

October 3, 2020

Trump was given supplemental oxygen at the WH - NYT

https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1312432028630110209?s=21



Two people close to the White House said in separate interviews that the president had trouble breathing on Friday and that his oxygen level dropped, prompting his doctors to give him supplemental oxygen while at the White House. @maggieNYT

October 3, 2020

From a source close to Trump

https://twitter.com/stevenportnoy/status/1312423908096827392?s=21


JUST IN: A source familiar with the president's condition tells reporters:

“The president’s vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. We’re still not on a clear path to a full recovery.”


It was Mark Meadows

https://twitter.com/themaxburns/status/1312429118038913026?s=21


For what it's worth, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said this in an "off the record" huddle despite live cameras still rolling.

Meadows then noticed the cameras and asked they be shut off before he'd share more "off the record" stuff.