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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN just said unequivocally, "The president is sicker than they are telling us."
And he goes into detail about the announcement of medications and the timing of events.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)...unless it's like this:
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brewens
(14,216 posts)Earthshine2
(4,044 posts)She'll get more from that than Donald's financially underwater estate.
calimary
(82,754 posts)I bet we might finally hear from the exiled Marla Maples at such a time, too.
I bet Marla has a story to tell, also.
wnylib
(23,031 posts)in her divorce filing, about how he beat and raped her because she had recommeded the person who botched a hair transplant job on him. Then she retracted it and I can only imagine what threats he used to accomplish that.
Maybe she will un-retract it.
HoosierDebbie
(327 posts)wnylib
(23,031 posts)his exes - the wives, mistresses, hired "companions."
calimary
(82,754 posts)And she's been muzzled, too.
Can't wait til they finally speak. Just guessing that if/when he eventually passes, that would release them from non-disclosure "agreements" that they were probably forced to sign or face a LOT of grief, legal, financial, AND otherwise.
treestar
(82,383 posts)The payoff might be more than the lawsuit costs.
generalbetrayus
(530 posts)to rewrite it from the original Slovenian Eengleesh.
Fritz Walter
(4,327 posts)Second, I think that grin will drop like a stone through a wet paper bag when she meets with the executor of his will. The estate -- what's left of it -- will be as miniscule as his heart. Then, she'll find out that his "adult" children will get the lion's share of any remaining assets.
Maybe she could write a tell-all book.
No, wait! What am I thinking? Mailordia writing something?!?
wnylib
(23,031 posts)Last edited Sun Oct 4, 2020, 07:11 PM - Edit history (1)
from Michelle.
But, she might right (sic) book with Slovenian accent. "How I Met and Married Hateful Soul Mate."
brewens
(14,216 posts)to make fortune."
COLGATE4
(14,788 posts)text of the entire book.
LoveMyCali
(2,018 posts)and then steal it.
Celerity
(45,500 posts)Illumination
(2,458 posts)she's been left penniless...
csziggy
(34,164 posts)Seriously, it would be an insult to the flags that both my parents earned by serving during WWII to have a draft dodging piece of shit get one just because the Electoral College is fucked up.
sarge43
(28,976 posts)However, as CinC and head of state one would be required. RHIP.
RBG never served and she had one on her casket and yes, she damn well deserved one.
csziggy
(34,164 posts)But after his revolting display, he should not be allowed to touch an American flag!
lastlib
(23,820 posts)(it might take some time before it changes to "I owe WHO,WHAT??!?" Vladdy-Daddy is sure to remind her and demand payment soon!)
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)misanthrope
(7,706 posts)She now knows there's no money for her, that Daddy Warbucks was in hock past his head. She is living soft right now based on their current status, which disappears if he kicks the bucket.
She also knows the nest of vipers he spawned will turn on her before the first shovelful of dirt hits Cadet Bone Spurs' coffin. Unless she has squirreled away some money, she will be SOL when he's gone.
calimary
(82,754 posts)Did you come up with that one? It's hilarious! And hilariously clever!
Hey, it's not our fault that her parents gave her a name that was so easy to play with!
brewens
(14,216 posts)Not this time as far as I can tell. I've used it all over and it doesn't seem to catch on though. Oh well. I know that there's funny!
calimary
(82,754 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)and he will wait to announce he's too sick to go home until after the stock market opens so it doesn't start with a crash.
This is about the stock market. It's all he's got.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)He HAS TO WIN in his estimation because if he does not, he is looking at an orange jump suit. Yep, the stock market is his only plus...and that is not saying much.
C Moon
(12,356 posts)Ah, that's why: the stock market.
I always thought it was because people pay less attention to the news on the weekends or something.
Traildogbob
(9,188 posts)It will be confederate/Russian combo.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)Yep, I am sure Melania will have the casket covered by the flag of the homeland to which she owes her loyalty when he's buried.
SayItLoud
(1,718 posts)in depth questions if tRUMP is not released to return to the WH tomorrow. If he's not they will have a lot more questions whose answers will also be lies.
Wonder why NO reporter has asked: Has the president* been given a drug he promoted to America? Hydroxychloroquine. If not WHY NOT?
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)My best guess...their patient want only certain statements made and they his voice at the moment.
vapor2
(1,365 posts)BadgerMom
(2,880 posts)While it is unfeeling and unhealthy to set any expectation for a sick man in his 70s with co-morbidities, they have done it. Theres no walking it back. If he isnt released tomorrow there will be so many questions. Im betting he waits until after the stock market closes tomorrow and returns to the White House, come hell or high water. I feel sorry for White House staff who will be exposed further by caring for him in a non medical setting.
pandr32
(11,853 posts)DT gets the best top-tiered healthcare available in this country, experimental drugs not yet approved for others, copious amounts of steroids, attendees to fawn all over him while others are too often neglected, and a propaganda campaign machine that is still spinning.
DT wants his base to believe he's a tough guy duking it out for them.
jimfields33
(17,315 posts)updated. Im hoping with the media attention, the hospital will do it after trump is discharged. It definitely needs an overhaul.
Kingofalldems
(38,821 posts)generalbetrayus
(530 posts)What it will need is an extended fumigation.
pandr32
(11,853 posts)It is 5 star compared to what other people get. Have you ever been hospitalized? They aren't places of comfort and style.
jimfields33
(17,315 posts)Boomerproud
(8,120 posts)NT
pandr32
(11,853 posts)It is as though their brain cells are in a suspended state.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)You know the rest.
mucifer
(24,022 posts)doctors thinking out of the box right now.
Tanuki
(14,992 posts)surprised if he hasn't heard a thing or two from highly placed colleagues.
58Sunliner
(4,905 posts)mucifer
(24,022 posts)Quixote1818
(29,699 posts)Dexamethasone is generally reserved for patients who have serious disease. The National Institutes of Healths treatment guidelines for Covid-19 say dexamethasone should be used only in hospitalized patients who are on ventilators or who require supplemental oxygen, and specifically recommends against using dexamethasone for the treatment of Covid-19 in patients who do not require supplemental oxygen.
Ms. Toad
(34,884 posts)58Sunliner
(4,905 posts)one should not use a drug with known contra-indications for his condition. And that is the big clue here. Dexamethasone, statistically, would be detrimental to a patient in early covid treatment. He/she has a medical license to protect. Unless you want to be sued. Many doctors would not put their practice at risk, especially for a high profile patient.
Quixote1818
(29,699 posts)now, then they probably would be taken to court for giving him something too early that did more bad than good.
Historic NY
(37,619 posts)hydroxychloroquine Dr is upset....
[link:https://www.newsweek.com/hydroxychloroquine-doctor-furious-donald-trump-took-experimental-antibody-stupidness-1536161|]
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)and even to anyone who understands the critical difference between, for example, "or" and "and."
Those very good doctors are instructed to try to obfuscate and when that's not possible leave giant holes in their information, all of which they know other professionals treating Covid patients will have no trouble recognizing and inferring a very narrow range of possibilities from. Sometimes only one.
Stallion
(6,481 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)ffr
(22,825 posts)tRump on third medicine since Thursday, a steriod that can reduce death in severe cases
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214209399
NightWatcher
(39,349 posts)This looks bad for the US. It makes us look weak, like North Korea.
Escurumbele
(3,498 posts)I just hope this incident is true and both trump and Pence need to retire, then we can have President Pelosi and come November Biden can be elected.
wnylib
(23,031 posts)can sanitize it between Nov 3 and Jan 20, before Biden moves in.
This morning I heard a report on poll numbers on NPR. They said Trump's numbers are below 40 and added the comment that they are at the level that Hoover had in 1932.
panader0
(25,816 posts)And the CIA and FBI and NSA can debug the place.
DallasNE
(7,452 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)BarbD
(1,206 posts)wnylib
(23,031 posts)Gymbo
(134 posts)The Washington Post just said the president could be released by Monday. I call fake on Trump. How do you go to the hospital with covid and then miraculously get released after a weekend?
George II
(67,782 posts)Peregrine Took
(7,462 posts)Then he can say refer to his hospital stay as a "weekend" only - like no big deal.
Liberty Belle
(9,581 posts)Capable of things like administering oxygen and IV medications if needed.
They don't have the sophisticated testing equipment like MRI or CT scan units, as far as I know, and needed to hospitalize him for those sorts of evaluations. Also had he needed a ventilator, a hospital is where he would need to be.
Anybody else would likely not be sent home so soon.
wnylib
(23,031 posts)but he is insisting on it for the optics. Just like he initially refused to go into the hospital. He could end up offing himself with his pride and "tough guy" pretensions.
Not to mention that he will still be contagious. Could also relapse from re-exposure to Melania and WH staff.
But, hey, this is America. He gets to choose what he will do
Ms. Toad
(34,884 posts)But the risk to others around him, given that it is abundantly clear how contagious the strain he has acquired is, is significant.
wnylib
(23,031 posts)2) a recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement.
Doesn't say after getting over it, just after improvement.
Ms. Toad
(34,884 posts)it would have nothing to do with exposure to anyone else who is positive, since that's not how viruses work.
My comment was based on you connecting the concept of relapse to re-exposure to the virus.
Lasher
(27,886 posts)He would be moved to the White House medical facilities.
andym
(5,531 posts)Why? He got the Regeneron treatment which confers a humoral immune response equal to somone who made very high affinity neutralizing antibodies again after three weeks of infection.. That by itself should help immensely.
Earthshine2
(4,044 posts)What doesn't kill him will still leave him weaker and damaged.
bdamomma
(64,751 posts)he is stupid enough to have a rally, hmm... now that would be interesting.
He doesn't listen to anyone esp. his Drs. since he is such a stable genius.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Gupta knows what hes talking about.
crimycarny
(1,445 posts)More than one acquaintance of Trump has mentioned he is a bit of a hypochondriac and is freaking out right now. My gut feeling, as a hypochondriac myself myself, is that Trump IS symptomatic but they have it under control...just not fast enough for Trump who is scared shitless. It would not surprise me if this third medicine is more a way to make him feel they arent leaving any stone unturned.
Frustrates the hell out of me that a man who has no qualms subjecting millions to this same disease, yet without his access to top (and lightening fast) medical care is now a quivering lump of fear demanding all stops be pulledbut will continue his battle to end ACA for the rest of the masses.
One thing he cant control are long term effects. Even with all his amazing medical care he could have a difficult road back. I hope to hell he does.
Earthshine2
(4,044 posts)Trump is freaked and making the Drs use everything at their disposal.
Things are worse than they are telling us.
crimycarny
(1,445 posts)I dont think its wrong to feel satisfaction if Trump suffers long term effects from this. It feels like karma because its self inflicted. Trump has gotten away with sooooo much during his Presidency. COVID isnt something he could bullshit away. Yes, his money and power probably saved his life where others would probably have died, but my hope is that this hits him right where it hurts the mosthis fear of looking weak. You dont snap back from something like this even with the best of care. So I think I can be forgiven for hoping he pays for his own recklessness by having a long road back. No energy for rallies, looking weak and tired in public, etc.
radius777
(3,759 posts)yet have no problem helping themselves to the best taxpayer funded care - while many regular Americans died alone and went out in body bags.
Earthshine2
(4,044 posts)I agree. It's okay to have these types of evil thoughts and feelings as long as one does not act on them.
It is totally natural to feel what you feel -- and I feel the schadenfreude as well.
If he survives, it's probable his lungs and more will be scarred for life.
Peace to you.
Illumination
(2,458 posts)Jon King
(1,910 posts)With a MS in Microbiology and an avid follower of pharma companies, I would not automatically think that because Trump got the Regeneron cocktail he has a big advantage. The company has a track record of cherry picking data going back to their previous treatments and little of it so far with the Covid cocktail has been reviewed independently. The Regeneron CEO and his son are Trump supporters and members of one of his golf clubs. Trump's financial disclosure showed large capital gains from Regeneron stock in 2017.
The Regeneron cocktail monoclonal science will likely be a blueprint for great future treatments, but likely is not a miracle in its current form. My hunch is it may just delay the inevitable second wave of virus symptoms that will hit Trump within the next week. The virus replicates and targets various organs over time. The cocktail may just postpone what is coming for Trump. As we learned in virology, viruses are quite resilient and bide their time.
crimycarny
(1,445 posts)Thanks so much for posting. I dont know much about the science behind monoclonal antibodies and I had no idea about the ties between Regeneron and Trump. Very interesting...
flamingdem
(39,731 posts)What meds are left to try if that's the case?
panader0
(25,816 posts)There are experts in many fields here.
Great post.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)BusyBeingBest
(8,267 posts)be treated unless we were ready to be intubated--it's hard to say how much of that is his actual condition and how much of that is precaution. You'd have to look at the dangers and side effects of the medications and treatments for someone in his age group and prior health status to really say for sure what's going on. Maybe Gupta knows that the docs weighed the risks of the meds and still thought they had to proceed aggressively because he was deteriorating.
Warpy
(112,249 posts)Signing his name with a Sharpie in the middle of a random piece of blank paper, ethernet and USB cords dangling, unplugged, his face not made up and looking a little drawn. The quality was poor so I couldn't tell if he was a little dusky around the edges, but I would imagine he is since he's dumped his O2 sat. twice in the last 24 hours.
he seems to be as ill as I was when I had "preumptive." I'd feel sorry for him but he's done too much to piss me off.
kwijybo
(252 posts)I only watch a minute of it, but in that time he gasped for breath a couple of times. He sounded like my father on a very bad day (84M, AFIB, obese, COPD, etc). He will talk (deep breath) like this and (deep breath) this and so on.
iluvtennis
(20,232 posts)He then later said to reporter trump is on a 5 dose remdesivir treatment. So, to me that mean 3 more daily doses which means earliest he would go home would be Wednesday.
Dr Conley is a LIAR just like his boss Don the Con.