When I saw "Secret Service" trending & read first tweet on Trump 's joy ride around Walter Reed, I thought, "This has got to be a joke." But nope, it's real. So massively irresponsible. And another reason to question whether he is capable of making sound decisions at this time.
Trump is trying to make it look like he is an innocent victim and he is the hero.
The truth is his irresponsibility got him sick and he needlessly risked the health of the secret service people guarding him who had to don protective eyewear and PPE gowns and N95 masks so Trump could ride around the block and wave to his cult.
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Oliver Willis
@owillis
Hundreds of thousands are dead, millions infected, and he takes a joy ride. Trump is Biden's living negative ad.
“he needlessly risked the health of the secret service people guarding him who had to don protective eyewear and PPE gowns and N95 masks so Trump could ride around the block and wave to his cult”
so NOW you are complaining that people around him are using all precautions? Lol are you aware that the vehicle he was riding in has a glass partition between the front seats and the passenger compartment? No, probably not. Are you aware that trump was the only person in the passenger compartment? No, probably not. Ok, commence the deranged ranting and raving.
Are you aware that trump was the only person in the passenger compartment? No, probably not. Ok, commence the deranged ranting and raving.
Do you think Trump rolled out to that suv in a fucking hamster bubble? No. He didn't. To pull off this little stunt, he came into contact with dozens of others who would not otherwise have been in such close contact with him. The irresponsibility cannot be denied, and is in fact, in your face.
Look, he had a chance to perhaps win the election with this latest state of affairs. Had he apologized to the American public and been appropriately humble about his dumb-ass decisions for the last 10 months, he would have had more of a chance to win, or at least more of a chance to lose to a lesser degree. But nothing has changed. Nothing. The biggest loser, is us.
No, i think he walked to the partitioned suv by himself, distancing himself from the secret service who were wearing all precautions.
Are you aware of how many front line workers have contracted Covid? 168,000. As of June 2020, over 600 had died. Several hundred more have died since then. These were all people whose personal livelihood depended on how well they protected themselves. So those precautions you speak of in regard to Trumps Secret Service detail, don't mean diddly.
A tweet made by a reporter, based on information given by another reporter, could never be considered a legitimate or factual statement of proof. It makes this:
if you think you know better than they do you should apply for their job.
...a rather silly thing to say. Nevertheless, thank you for your suggestion. I'll take it under advisement.
"The rear compartment of The Beast seats the President and up to four passengers with glass partition. Only the President has access to a switch to lower it. The car also has a panic button as well as its own oxygen supply."
It is a well known fact that the face masks are not as protective for healthy persons who wear them as they are preventive for those who are infected from spreading the virus. So Trump sits in a car with NO mask and those around him wear masks - is that a JOKE?
Obviously his "Joy ride" was to assure his base that he's still kicking and is on the mend. In his condition he should have been staying in bed. His not wearing a mask is just signalling to the American public that masks are not necessary, so the beat goes on and the numbers keep increasing.
If he DID wear a mask throughout his whole trip, I take back my comment. Hey, where I differ from quite a few on this site is that I ADMIT that I'm wrong when I am.
Exactly, it's the steroids. Years ago my sister had brain surgery to remove a benign tumor. We were there when she got back to her room. She was happy and upbeat, ready to get up and dance. Four or five days later after she was taken off the steroids she was down and went through a bit of a depression. Watch what happens with trump.
Yup. Dexamethasone gives you a steroid high. My aunt went through it when she did chemo for breast cancer. On the day she'd get her dexamethasone, she'd clean the house top to bottom and make ahead meals for weeks, and still have energy left over. And then she'd crash.
Sort of, but not quite. It won't cause the same side effects, or at least not to the same degree. It mimics cortisol, which is the body's stress hormone - released when we are in situations that require us to be able to exert ourselves more than usual, for longer than usual. Something like an adrenaline rush, but not as dramatic, and sustained for longer.
And nobody walked anywhere near him when he was finished speaking? The viral particles can linger in the air active for up to 3 hours, according to Harvard. Those viral particles are also on the surfaces in the room, now. No concern for the working class person who gets to clean those surfaces?
Well, you know, he puts it on, he takes it off, he puts it in his pocket....And when he returned to the White House he put on a big show of taking it off and putting it in his pocket for the cameras - to indicate to the American people that he doesn't really need it EVEN THOUGH HE IS DEFINITELY INFECTED AND CAPABLE OF SPREADING IT. A great signal to Americans that wearing a mask isn't important EVEN WHEN THEY ARE INFECTED. No doubt all the people in the White House are now BOUND to become infected, with maybe some of them dying. WHAT AN ASSHOLE HE IS!!!!!!
Biden should have a new ad. Clip of Trump riding around the block at the hospital so his fans can wave to him. Three letters caption the video in big letters - "WTF?"
Put his infected ass into the PEOC and don't let him out for two weeks. Activate the 25th now as he has now become officially a threat to public health and safety with this stunt.
not only that, catherine herridge reported that everything was done by the book and doctor approved. From posts i’ve read In this article the left seems to think the secret service took turns giving him mouth to mouth while carrying him to the suv.
I don't have any. But the White House Press Secretary (and Deputy Press Secretary, and I will even say Secretaries, as in all of the ones we've seen since and including Sean Spicer) have forfeited their credibility, so I take everything they say with a huge grain of salt. Reasonable people should, given past performance.
I won’t say your speculation is impossible, but given the seriousness of covid and the doctors involved in his care, i will believe this report if/until contrary, believable evidence is made available.
And I will believe what makes sense, which is that somebody infected with Covid should be in respiratory isolation to protect others, not doing meet-and-greets with other patients or sitting in a vehicle with Secret Service agents. Trump's not shedding viral particles that behave differently from anyone else's.
And one Walter Reed physician has already spoken out. Your source is from the Trump propaganda team, not from the actual doctors involved in his care, whom I doubt are at liberty to say what they really think.
That’s fine. I have no problem with you believing what you want. Imo your speculation makes no sense. The info in the report makes more sense to me so i will believe that.
That wasn't a correction, it was an addition. I promise! I saw the name Catherine Herridge mentioned in her tweet and googled it. I was surprised that he, too, was a reporter for CBS.
That wasn't a correction, it was an addition. I promise!
I get it - all good. It's another step in the game of "Telephone" that is apparently how we're staying informed about the physical condition of the holder of our nation's highest office - "I heard that somebody motivated to put a rosy spin on things told this guy that it was all fine, just fine." Gossip, instead of journalism.
I think it would be fabulous if that group of numerous, all white, all male doctors walked out to give another shitty update on Trump's condition, and not a single reporter was standing there.
An apparatus must be in place at Trump Rallies to begin crowd reactions. 25 to 50 people at the event receiving 'cues' to begin chants at specific moments is all it would take. Crowds, especially MAGA crowds are easily led.
It's good to know that the mouthpiece for Trump is full of shit. Kinda of fitting ya know.
Why are they the silent majority? After all, Trump is the president so they should be proud to show their support. Well, maybe they're not so proud after all.
because the leftist lunatics will attack them just for wearing a hat.
You said "attack". How am I supposed to know that you meant actual physical violence and not just words? I did think it thru and I think you should be more clear the next time you make a statement.
Some of you call insults attacks. So there's my reasoning and thinking it thru
An alleged billionaire who wears a coif like Trump has for decades, would have taken advantage of steroids to fill in his comb over long ago. Since he still has a severe case of baldness, it's clear that steroids didn't work for him.
So joyful, a handful of supporters while thousands are dead or quarantined without the ability to get the level of care afforded the rich and powerful. Christie was able to "check-in" on his own into a hospital. Unbelievable.
Trump is trying to make it look like he is an innocent victim and he is the hero.
The truth is his irresponsibility got him sick and he needlessly risked the health of the secret service people guarding him who had to don protective eyewear and PPE gowns and N95 masks so Trump could ride around the block and wave to his cult.
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“he needlessly risked the health of the secret service people guarding him who had to don protective eyewear and PPE gowns and N95 masks so Trump could ride around the block and wave to his cult”
so NOW you are complaining that people around him are using all precautions? Lol
are you aware that the vehicle he was riding in has a glass partition between the front seats and the passenger compartment? No, probably not.
Are you aware that trump was the only person in the passenger compartment? No, probably not. Ok, commence the deranged ranting and raving.
Do you think Trump rolled out to that suv in a fucking hamster bubble? No. He didn't. To pull off this little stunt, he came into contact with dozens of others who would not otherwise have been in such close contact with him. The irresponsibility cannot be denied, and is in fact, in your face.
Look, he had a chance to perhaps win the election with this latest state of affairs. Had he apologized to the American public and been appropriately humble about his dumb-ass decisions for the last 10 months, he would have had more of a chance to win, or at least more of a chance to lose to a lesser degree. But nothing has changed. Nothing. The biggest loser, is us.
No, i think he walked to the partitioned suv by himself, distancing himself from the secret service who were wearing all precautions. 🙄
Are you aware of how many front line workers have contracted Covid? 168,000. As of June 2020, over 600 had died. Several hundred more have died since then. These were all people whose personal livelihood depended on how well they protected themselves. So those precautions you speak of in regard to Trumps Secret Service detail, don't mean diddly.
The move was ok’d by his doctors.
if you think you know better than they do you should apply for their job.
A tweet made by a reporter, based on information given by another reporter, could never be considered a legitimate or factual statement of proof. It makes this:
if you think you know better than they do you should apply for their job.
...a rather silly thing to say. Nevertheless, thank you for your suggestion. I'll take it under advisement.
go back to your own seeds
Got a link for that 'partitioned suv' thingy?
"The rear compartment of The Beast seats the President and up to four passengers with glass partition. Only the President has access to a switch to lower it. The car also has a panic button as well as its own oxygen supply."
But what if there was a ramp he had to walk down to get there?
So the claim is meaningless.
Was it lowered at any time during the trip? Prove it wasn't...
Hey Jim, did you LOOK at the fucking picture in the link that you posted?
The 'Beast' is a LIMO, NOT the SUV Trump did his Covid spewing drive by in yesterday.
FAIL.
Yes, the utterly IRRELVANT bit of research and truth...
It is a well known fact that the face masks are not as protective for healthy persons who wear them as they are preventive for those who are infected from spreading the virus. So Trump sits in a car with NO mask and those around him wear masks - is that a JOKE?
Obviously his "Joy ride" was to assure his base that he's still kicking and is on the mend. In his condition he should have been staying in bed. His not wearing a mask is just signalling to the American public that masks are not necessary, so the beat goes on and the numbers keep increasing.
Obviously you didn’t see the video because trump is wearing a mask. 🙄
yes, everything about the left is a joke.
trump was wearing a mask
Don't cry too much when this latest fiasco causes his approval ratings and poll numbers to tank more than they already have.
He is sick enough to be given three experimental treatments , and then he feels better so he takes a spin around the block to feed his ego.
NO ONE will change their vote to Trump because of this - no one. But I could see a few changing away from him because of crap like this.
again with the polls....
LOL
your too funny
seriously, after trump wins again will you still believe the polls?
If he DID wear a mask throughout his whole trip, I take back my comment. Hey, where I differ from quite a few on this site is that I ADMIT that I'm wrong when I am.
Exactly, it's the steroids. Years ago my sister had brain surgery to remove a benign tumor. We were there when she got back to her room. She was happy and upbeat, ready to get up and dance. Four or five days later after she was taken off the steroids she was down and went through a bit of a depression. Watch what happens with trump.
He didn't wear one while making his "thank you to the people I endangered" video.
Yup. Dexamethasone gives you a steroid high. My aunt went through it when she did chemo for breast cancer. On the day she'd get her dexamethasone, she'd clean the house top to bottom and make ahead meals for weeks, and still have energy left over. And then she'd crash.
So it's somthing like methamphetamine, commonly known as "speed"?
Sort of, but not quite. It won't cause the same side effects, or at least not to the same degree. It mimics cortisol, which is the body's stress hormone - released when we are in situations that require us to be able to exert ourselves more than usual, for longer than usual. Something like an adrenaline rush, but not as dramatic, and sustained for longer.
And nobody walked anywhere near him when he was finished speaking? The viral particles can linger in the air active for up to 3 hours, according to Harvard. Those viral particles are also on the surfaces in the room, now. No concern for the working class person who gets to clean those surfaces?
Also, distancing alone is not adequate:
And she didn't have the nuclear codes.
But that first video posted shows a still of trmp sitting in the back seat with NO MASK!
I was given a steroid when I had bronchitis. I drove my mom nuts because I wouldn't sit still. Then I crashed
Well, you know, he puts it on, he takes it off, he puts it in his pocket....And when he returned to the White House he put on a big show of taking it off and putting it in his pocket for the cameras - to indicate to the American people that he doesn't really need it EVEN THOUGH HE IS DEFINITELY INFECTED AND CAPABLE OF SPREADING IT. A great signal to Americans that wearing a mask isn't important EVEN WHEN THEY ARE INFECTED. No doubt all the people in the White House are now BOUND to become infected, with maybe some of them dying. WHAT AN ASSHOLE HE IS!!!!!!
You said it, Buzz, he is a complete asshole
Expect his polls to drop even more after this stunt.
They are only secret service agent with families. WTF does that matter, they are expendable to Trump.
Biden should have a new ad. Clip of Trump riding around the block at the hospital so his fans can wave to him. Three letters caption the video in big letters - "WTF?"
It was just mentioned that Melania said she didn't visit Donald because she didn't want to expose Secret Service Agents unnecessarily.
Perhaps she has a tiny bit more concern for people that will take a bullet for them than the asshole of a husband.
I was thinking that it was a pretty good excuse not to see her asshole of a husband...
Put his infected ass into the PEOC and don't let him out for two weeks. Activate the 25th now as he has now become officially a threat to public health and safety with this stunt.
What you said. He should be in strict isolation, shouldn't he?
It's hard to believe how utterly depraved Trump is. That's what we're stuck with... but not for much longer...
secret service agent in car with trump wearing face shield, mask, and gown.
I cant believe trump was not wearing a mask either
oh wait... that was just liberal fantasy... trump was wearing a mask... LOL
not only that, catherine herridge reported that everything was done by the book and doctor approved. From posts i’ve read In this article the left seems to think the secret service took turns giving him mouth to mouth while carrying him to the suv.
That's what she was told by the White House. We know nobody in the Trump White House would be anything but honest.
Well, if you have proof to dispute her report, post it.
I don't have any. But the White House Press Secretary (and Deputy Press Secretary, and I will even say Secretaries, as in all of the ones we've seen since and including Sean Spicer) have forfeited their credibility, so I take everything they say with a huge grain of salt. Reasonable people should, given past performance.
I won’t say your speculation is impossible, but given the seriousness of covid and the doctors involved in his care, i will believe this report if/until contrary, believable evidence is made available.
And I will believe what makes sense, which is that somebody infected with Covid should be in respiratory isolation to protect others, not doing meet-and-greets with other patients or sitting in a vehicle with Secret Service agents. Trump's not shedding viral particles that behave differently from anyone else's.
And one Walter Reed physician has already spoken out. Your source is from the Trump propaganda team, not from the actual doctors involved in his care, whom I doubt are at liberty to say what they really think.
That’s fine. I have no problem with you believing what you want. Imo your speculation makes no sense. The info in the report makes more sense to me so i will believe that.
That's what she was told by her CBS colleague, Mark Knoller. He is a CBS correspondent, not White House staff.
I stand corrected. Another link in the chain.
That wasn't a correction, it was an addition. I promise! I saw the name Catherine Herridge mentioned in her tweet and googled it. I was surprised that he, too, was a reporter for CBS.
I get it - all good. It's another step in the game of "Telephone" that is apparently how we're staying informed about the physical condition of the holder of our nation's highest office - "I heard that somebody motivated to put a rosy spin on things told this guy that it was all fine, just fine." Gossip, instead of journalism.
I think it would be fabulous if that group of numerous, all white, all male doctors walked out to give another shitty update on Trump's condition, and not a single reporter was standing there.
Sandy really is a medical professional. When she believes something, I believe it, also
You're hanging your hat on a re-regurgitation by a reporter of an alleged regurgitation by a Trump deputy re-regurgitated by another reporter.
Do you think they stopped by Starbucks and got the President a pup cup ?
What an unnecessary risk and waste of resources.
1. Lets see here. Trump used a hermetically sealed SUV to view a few pieces of fabric with his name emblazoned on them.
2. He also said he 'learned a lot' and is ( at ) the COVID school.
3. Trump is a strange man. But not as strange as those waving the MAGA flags at Walter Reed.
4. Were the professionals at Walter Reed okay with this stunt? If so, why?
Trump said he has learned more about covid as a patient than someone could learn from "books". His record of being a moron is intact.
Books have to be read and the words understood by a person that has an interest. Three points in the prior sentence and Trump lacks all three.
Amazing recovery the steroids are working.
he looks like Burl Ives wearing a wig
I'm sure that some do love him the problem is that in Nevada Fox polls show Trump behind Biden by 10 points.
An apparatus must be in place at Trump Rallies to begin crowd reactions. 25 to 50 people at the event receiving 'cues' to begin chants at specific moments is all it would take. Crowds, especially MAGA crowds are easily led.
... there is no way to poll the silent majority.
Hedge the bet.
no thanks
the media / polls are selling the same bs they sold in 2016;
you can fall for that bs twice if ya like,, matters not to me.
if joe was in the hospital with covid no one would be outside his hospital
but hey, let us know when joe can get over 100 people at his events k?
You mean Fox doesn't know about the silent majority? Wow, is there some kind of secret handshake for the silent majority?
fox news? LOL
best ya got?
the left, the polls, the entire media including fox ignored the silent majority in 2016
I'm fairly sure they ALL will make the same mistake twice.
It's good to know that the mouthpiece for Trump is full of shit. Kinda of fitting ya know.
Why are they the silent majority? After all, Trump is the president so they should be proud to show their support. Well, maybe they're not so proud after all.
Cheers.
because the leftist lunatics will attack them just for wearing a hat.
me personally? I don't know how to be silent.
I tell pollsters I will vote for joe / democrat ticket just to fuk up their results.
I also don't know how I got on their polling lists, but it has been fun
And here I thought that Trump supporters were such badasses. LOL, afraid of senior citizens and snowflakes...
That's obvious from the number of bizarre comments you make.
I hope you don't think that you're unique in that. I've been telling them that I will vote for Trump for months.
You have a good evening, ya hear.
there is a time for fighting and a time for voting,
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I will have a great night, hope you do too.
You mean Democrats aren't sycophants that worship a leader?
Threatening violence, the trumpian way.
I never mistake bullshit for anything other than what it is, bullshit.
well, I will say this...
I hope the left never figures out that violence and burning innocent people's businesses is not the right answer for getting votes... so carry on.
we can talk more in 30days - it is going to be epic
Kinda like what you and your fellow travelers did here with the people who were wearing pussy hats?
how many people HERE have been punched in the head while commenting with their pussy hats on while on this site?
answer? ZERO
don't even try, next time just think it thru
Gee 8, I had no idea that people can punch those who comment on this site. PLEASE tell me how I can achieve that.
me too... ask trout,
trouts comment
Ya, nothing about punching people in there 8, that was YOU. Please tell me how that's done.
whatcha drinking today? I want some.
try reading the whole conversation.... ya might uncover some clues.
me: because the leftist lunatics will attack them just for wearing a hat.
trout replied: Kinda like what you and your fellow travelers did here with the people who were wearing pussy hats?
so unless someone here was physically attacked here for wearing a pussy hat? try again.
Then take responsibility for the WHOLE conversation 8:
YOU: how many people HERE have been punched in the head while commenting with their pussy hats on while on this site?
So now, do you have an answer for my question or are you going to just keep deflecting?
I'm going with the third option...
buh bye
Bail away...
You said "attack". How am I supposed to know that you meant actual physical violence and not just words? I did think it thru and I think you should be more clear the next time you make a statement.
Some of you call insults attacks. So there's my reasoning and thinking it thru
that thing called "common sense.
you would have to be living in a bubble not to know people wearing maga hats get punched in the head by leftist morons on the streets.
but yeah, my bad... I should have known you could not figure that out on your own.
Well since you and Common Sense seem to have just a passing acquaintance, you can see why I didn't get it
You must admit that some of your cronies seem to think that an insult is an attack
Yeah....but steroids don't work on hair
Yes they do.
Here’s a paper on it.
An alleged billionaire who wears a coif like Trump has for decades, would have taken advantage of steroids to fill in his comb over long ago. Since he still has a severe case of baldness, it's clear that steroids didn't work for him.
That's thinking it thru, Dulay!
The guy can’t even grow a whisker. You’d think the Proud Boys would have never let him in their macho man club.
... they claim he has very soft hands.
The PB leader is Trump's 'Latinos for Trump' chair in Florida.
no thanks
So joyful, a handful of supporters while thousands are dead or quarantined without the ability to get the level of care afforded the rich and powerful. Christie was able to "check-in" on his own into a hospital. Unbelievable.