I know i'm repeating myself but it is both unprecedented and remarkable the White House has not held any kind of briefing 15 hours after it was disclosed the President has contracted a deadly disease. This can't be incompetence at this point. It's contempt for American people.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) October 2, 2020
Why isn't the White House disclosing the last time the president had a negative test before testing positive and what kind of tests he has been administered in the past week? Seems really important for those who have come in recent contact with him.
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) October 2, 2020
Not until November 4th.NEW: Trumpworld insiders say @realDonaldTrump’s announcement that he’d tested positive for COVID-19 could also signal the end of his re-election hopes, or as one staffer put it: “He’s fucked, we’re fucked.” https://t.co/nh0Lgz0mz1
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) October 2, 2020
Trump still doesn't understand what it means to be "President of the United States."Remember, they will never admit they were wrong, and they will gladly let you get sick and die if that's what it takes to protect the image of the Dear Leader. #Cult https://t.co/AnH1HtVk6V
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 2, 2020
This, by the way, is NOT a briefing. Which is a feature, not a bug.Potus doctor note on his treatment > pic.twitter.com/V74wON51aU
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 2, 2020
Dr. Sanjay Gupta interprets, of course on limited information, that the fact that Trump has been given the antibody cocktail reflects concern among the President's medical team. It's assumed that Melania is not taking the antibody cocktail.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) October 2, 2020
Trump's former physician, who knows better. Trump is overweight and over 60, two comorbidities. He may have others, but Walter Reed and the White House have never been forthcoming on the President's physical condition (other than what we can plainly see).I know we've all become inured to this stuff, but sentiments like these would be much more reassuring from someone who knew how to spell the basic concepts involved. "Asymptotic" is a math term, not virology, and "comorbities" doesn't mean anything. https://t.co/G7hs05bCpm
— David Roberts (@drvox) October 2, 2020
According to the Independent, the hope in the White House was always that they could change the topic from the pandemic to, well, anything else. That hope is now absolutely featherless and about to be roasted in the oven, to a turn."The 2020 election was always going to end like this." Must-read @alexburnsNYT on the moment https://t.co/3DrGnna2iX
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 2, 2020
Well put.Charlie Pierce mordantly wondered if there would be adequate roosting space for the chickens returning to the White House. At some point, when the pursuing footsteps get louder, you have to turn and face them.
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