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Trump declares ‘I get it,’ then briefly leaves hospital (AP trashes President's short trip to greet supporters)
The Albuquerque Journal ^ | Sunday October 4, 5:15 p.m. | Jill Colvin, Steve Peoples and Jonathan Lemire/AP

Posted on 10/04/2020 4:37:07 PM PDT by CedarDave

BETHESDA, Md. — President Donald Trump declared, “I get it,” in a message to the nation Sunday evening before briefly leaving the hospital to salute cheering supporters from his motorcade, a surprising move that raised new questions about the president’s understanding of the coronavirus that has killed more than 209,000 Americans.

“It’s been a very interesting journey. I learned a lot about COVID,” Trump said, standing in his hospital room in a video posted on social media. “I learned it by really going to school.” He added, “I get it, and I understand it.”

Before the video was posted, the infected president cruised by supporters in his bulletproof SUV, windows rolled up, driven by Secret Service agents in protective gear who were potentially exposed to the disease that has swept through the White House in recent days.

“This is insanity,” tweeted Dr. James P. Phillips, an attending physician at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where Trump has been hospitalized since Friday evening. “Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary presidential ‘drive-by’ just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. They might get sick. They may die,” the doctor wrote. “For political theater. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for theater.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: covid19; hospital; potus; trump
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To: CedarDave

....... I’m pretty sure there would have been a protective barrier between the agents and POTUS ... Just sayin’ .....


21 posted on 10/04/2020 4:51:20 PM PDT by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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To: CedarDave

Earlier I read the doctors had cleared the trip because the president was past the infectious stage.... Geez


22 posted on 10/04/2020 4:51:41 PM PDT by nralife (Proud Boomer Rube)
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To: CedarDave

Maybe everyone else in the car already had it.


23 posted on 10/04/2020 4:51:44 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: CedarDave

FWIW, I think Trump may have been referring to getting an idea of how healthy people feel about being locked down.


24 posted on 10/04/2020 4:51:46 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

He’s working out doing a trip around the block getting ready to do the Rush Limbaugh guest host gig.


25 posted on 10/04/2020 4:52:13 PM PDT by Equine1952
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To: CedarDave

Three authors. Three times the lies.


26 posted on 10/04/2020 4:53:23 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The NYT commits acts of violence with their words.)
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To: Lazamataz

Three times the stupidity!!!


27 posted on 10/04/2020 4:54:23 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (In this circus called the Democrat Party, Biden is the monkey and Harris is the organ grinder...)
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To: CedarDave

Well, I’m not sayin’ he is but...

“Dr. Phillips trained in Disaster Medicine and Emergency Management as a Fellow at Harvard and was a resident in Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois-Chicago”


28 posted on 10/04/2020 4:54:28 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: escapefromboston

The point was that he was supposed to quarantine for 2 weeks.

They all had masks on though.

And I assume they are watching him either way, whether in a car or not.

And the doctor freaked out because it’s a closed window vehicle because of safety concerns.

But Trump had the window open...

And I’m guessing secret service dudes are in pretty good shape and are not over 70.

This whole virus thing has gotten insane.

Pelosi said this proves how vicious the virus is.

no. It’s IS contagious. Not vicious for the vast majority.

Maybe she doesn’t know the difference.

But Trump is smart. He says now he understands it. He’ll win millions of old folks back that biden may have scared with lies.


29 posted on 10/04/2020 4:54:59 PM PDT by dp0622 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE COVID GODFATHER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
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To: KittyKares

Here is my prediction... we are all going to exposed to it eventually. In one form or another, one mutation or another.


30 posted on 10/04/2020 4:56:36 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Spirit of Liberty

Yup.


31 posted on 10/04/2020 4:59:14 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: bramps

Or maybe Trump was at the point where he wasn’t coughing much and everybody’s going to get cleaned up at the White House just to be sure. He even wore a mask inside the car.


32 posted on 10/04/2020 4:59:16 PM PDT by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!)
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To: CedarDave
Notice how Dr. Phillips isn't an "attending physician" to President Trump.

He's a Demonrat nobody who takes care of emergency room cases.

Yesterday's press conference outlined all that are on President Trump's team:

Walter Reed Press Conference

33 posted on 10/04/2020 5:01:21 PM PDT by politicket (Don't remove a Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. It's the only thing holding the car together!)
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To: CedarDave

Phillips needs to be fired ...


34 posted on 10/04/2020 5:01:40 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Flick Lives

“Isn’t the Secret Service on hand 24/7 with the President?”

Yes they are and they are all willing to lay down their lives for him. Nobody forced them to accept that position or responsibility so I guess they aren’t afraid of a little virus. After all they just saw the greatest President ever kick it’s ass.


35 posted on 10/04/2020 5:01:49 PM PDT by chuckb87
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To: KittyKares

Something tells me the Secret Service Agents truly care for Trump. They likely did this gladly. BESIDES he wore a MASK that fixes everything I thought.


36 posted on 10/04/2020 5:02:40 PM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: bramps

“Maybe everyone else in the car already had it.”

they had already been exposed guarding the President when he had tested positive ...


37 posted on 10/04/2020 5:03:35 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: CedarDave
Secret Service agents in protective gear who were potentially exposed to the disease that has swept through the White House in recent days.

Ok I'll bite.
Did Secret Service people drive President Trump to the hospital?
Did Air Force people pilot the helicopter from the White House?
Is President Trump being attended to by nurses and doctors at the hospital?
Are millions of nurses and doctors worldwide attending to covid patients worldwide after putting on protective clothing just like the Secret Service people?
Yes yes yes and yes. So what's the problem?

38 posted on 10/04/2020 5:03:57 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: CedarDave

Okay.....


39 posted on 10/04/2020 5:05:56 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1, Today's Special, Half Baked: 50c)
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To: KittyKares

I think everytime Trump goes off the public schedule or perceived agenda he upsets any Democrat planning so I hope everyday he mixes things up.


40 posted on 10/04/2020 5:06:38 PM PDT by cnsmom
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