President Trump and First Lady have tested positive for Virus (Update: Trump to undergo televised ‘medical exam’ Friday night) (6 Viewers)

[MT15]

 

[superchuck500]

Jim Acosta, of course, is CNN’s White House beat reporter.

 

[Foreign National]

Is it customary to release this level of detail about the President of the USA?

 

[superchuck500]

Is it customary to release this level of detail about the President of the USA?

I think yes, as a matter of tradition. The president serves by virtue of having been elected - no other source. Should the president be incapacitated, the public has a outmost interest in that information to know that the power has been transferred in accordance with presidential succession law, even if temporarily.

So for example, when a president needs general anesthesia for a medical procedure, presidential authority is temporarily transferred to the Vice President, and the public is notified ahead of time about the details of the procedure and the transfer.

Part and parcel to all of that is the public’s interest in knowing details about he president’s health and treatment in the event of a serious health issues. I was young but I think I remember that when Reagan was shot, there was constant update about his treatment at the hospital.

 

[LA - L.A.]

Is it customary to release this level of detail about the President of the USA?

Yes. to assure the public. Regarding the treatment.

Kristian Anderson is expert and has been highly critical of the president’s handling of the pandemic. He says we can’t read into the treatment.

 

[Maxp]

I hate Trump as much or more as the next guy, but we don't need major networks spreading unsubstantiated rumors about the president.

 

[gummbo]

The president who bitched about socialism is about to get the best care available for free, and all he had to pay was $750

 

[superchuck500]

also at the ACB event

 

[LA - L.A.]

This is approaching Twilight Zone territory.

 

[Nebaghead]

It is sounding like the ACB announcement was the source of the spread.

 

[superchuck500]

It is sounding like the ACB announcement was the source of the spread.

Yep. And it was outdoors. But packed in and no masks. Just foolish

 

[bdb13]

also at the ACB event

It's not going to happen, but Trump infecting the entire Republican party and it being the reason they can't confirm their Justice for the Supreme Court would be just so, so incredible.

 

[Nebaghead]

It's not going to happen, but Trump infecting the entire Republican party and it being the reason they can't confirm their Justice for the Supreme Court would be just so, so incredible.

I was thinking the same thing. Didn’t McConnell refuse to allow remote votes for the senate. It might have changed but I thought that was one of the things he wouldn’t allow.

 

[bdb13]

I was thinking the same thing. Didn’t McConnell refuse to allow remote votes for the senate. It might have changed but I thought that was one of the things he wouldn’t allow.

Yeah they'd have to manage to get that changed first is what I heard.

 

[Nebaghead]

Yeah they'd have to manage to get that changed first is what I heard.

Without a majority on the floor, Schummer might be able to obstruct the rule.

 

[Foreign National]

I hate Trump as much or more as the next guy, but we don't need major networks spreading unsubstantiated rumors about the president.

This activity should be reserved for the use of government counter-intelligence like for Mr Un of North Korea.

 

[MT15]

Yep. And it was outdoors. But packed in and no masks. Just foolish

the clip I saw showed people going around hugging each other, shaking hands, and mingling with no masks like the virus didn’t even exist. Just so stupid.

 

[gummbo]

It's not going to happen, but Trump infecting the entire Republican party and it being the reason they can't confirm their Justice for the Supreme Court would be just so, so incredible.

Infected since 2016

 

[MT15]

I didn’t realize this many people are affected (so far)