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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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at abqjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: covid19; hospital; potus; trump
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Who is this Dr. Phillips at Walter Reed who says the Secret Service agents "might get sick, they may die?" One thing is for sure, the President is less contagious now and the agents are safer than they might have been Friday when they, and Marine One helicopter, transported the President to the hospital on Friday.
1 posted on 10/04/2020 4:37:07 PM PDT by CedarDave
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Oh for crying out loud! They’re all gonna die! That doctor must be a Democrat.


2 posted on 10/04/2020 4:39:44 PM PDT by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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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.

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


3 posted on 10/04/2020 4:40:09 PM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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Gee the same commie media wasn’t concerned when these same secret service members took trump to the hospital, on Friday, when he was the most ill..meanwhile, they were ALL wearing PPE in the motorcade today


4 posted on 10/04/2020 4:40:39 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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HIPPPA violation, Dr. Phillips?


5 posted on 10/04/2020 4:40:54 PM PDT by dodger
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If I can work 6 days a week I am sure these guys can drive Trump around for a few minutes


6 posted on 10/04/2020 4:41:22 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange)
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To: CedarDave

I have been watching cnn and msnbc. Major meltdowns.


7 posted on 10/04/2020 4:42:04 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: CedarDave

Dr. James Phillips is an emergency room dweeb who knows nothing about infectious disease.


8 posted on 10/04/2020 4:42:13 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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But....but.....President Trump was wearing a mask! That’s supposed to make it incapable of spreading to others who are closer than 6 feet, right???


9 posted on 10/04/2020 4:42:42 PM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (It's morning in America again!)
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A copy of Rudy Giuliani's comments on Fox & Friends this morning:

"This is a chance for us, all of us, who he's carried for three-and-a-half, four years. We've watched this man, and those of us who love him and care about him, it makes you want to cry to think of what they've done to him. Every single day he's been in the White House, they tried to get him out. From the day he started until now... They have tortured this man, and he's accomplished more than any President that I can remember. So maybe he's entitled to a little rest. I said to him, 'You've got a lot of friends. They've all called me. They all want to go out and help you. You know, we can't campaign as well as you can, but we can campaign.' I think there's something that's been sparked in the American people. He's the friend we've been taking for granted. He's been carrying us. Now it's time for all of us to carry him."
– Rudolph “Rudy” Giuliani

10 posted on 10/04/2020 4:43:32 PM PDT by CedarDave (NM's oil patch needs fracking; large signs here saying: "Vote Trump 2020. Your job depends on it.")
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Phillips is a freakin POS whiner. Ef off a-hole. Vote for your weak ass politician. Go treat someone and shut your pie hole.


11 posted on 10/04/2020 4:46:35 PM PDT by gathersnomoss (Just the facts, ma'am......)
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To: KittyKares

Guaranteed!


12 posted on 10/04/2020 4:46:40 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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:: Dr. James P. Phillips ::

Remember that name.
He is a member of The Resistance and has national security clearance according to the work he does.
His statement about “political theater” exposes him as politically active and now compromised.
Time to retire Dr. Phillips.
Or get caught up in the election barbecue on Nov 4.


13 posted on 10/04/2020 4:47:20 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Scatology is serendipitous.)
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It’s long past time to start a full scale boycott of the AssPress. We need to start pushing the editors of local newspapers and TV stations to stop using AssPress material, on pain of losing any advertising dollars from our businesses.


14 posted on 10/04/2020 4:48:06 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: Spirit of Liberty

And secret service were wearing masks also. Love watching everyone go crazy. One of these days will get it.


15 posted on 10/04/2020 4:48:15 PM PDT by LoveMyFreedom
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To: gathersnomoss

Maybe his real name is Dr. James “Karen” Phillips.


16 posted on 10/04/2020 4:48:33 PM PDT by CedarDave (NM's oil patch needs fracking; large signs here saying: "Vote Trump 2020. Your job depends on it.")
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Sounds like Dr. James Phillips is talking out of school. If he doesn’t get severely reprimanded for shooting off his mouth, I’ll be surprised. If he’s still on staff, or is allowed to go anywhere NEAR the President after this, I’ll be shocked.


17 posted on 10/04/2020 4:48:45 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: gathersnomoss

Don’t think that Trump would have done this without getting a sign off by his primary physician, so Phillips can suck it.


18 posted on 10/04/2020 4:49:05 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: Cletus.D.Yokel

Hatch Act violation which the DOD has upped the training for this year.


19 posted on 10/04/2020 4:50:42 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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Because they know how good it was and effective. Our President is cool Biden doesn’t come close to him.

The only way Biden wins is by cheating and other nefarious things which we are seeing.


20 posted on 10/04/2020 4:51:07 PM PDT by funfan
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