By Missy Crane | November 20, 2019
President Trump can’t do anything without the rumor mill churning and spreading hysterical fake news.
That’s precisely what happened when he made an unscheduled trip to Walter Reed hospital for a “physical.”
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During a cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump brought up his quick trip to Walter Reed Medical, saying that he’d only gone to undergo a portion of his yearly physical.
Trump said he returned home a short while later to a panicked Melania, who thought he had a heart attack, thanks to fake news.
The “heart attack” rumor was all over social media. Some of these people are truly sick and soulless.
“If Trump has a heart attack and dies, I hope impeachment hearings against Mike Pence start within 24 hours.”
If Trump has a heart attack and dies, I hope impeachment hearings against Mike Pence start within 24 hours.
— Elizabeth Rodriguez (@LibbyBlog) November 17, 2019
“Last week the impeachment proceedings began. This weekend Donald Trump clearly had a heart attack. Lol”
Last week the impeachment proceedings began.
This weekend Donald Trump clearly had a heart attack.
Lol
— God (@thegoodgodabove) November 18, 2019
“Is it anatomically possible for President Trump to have a heart attack?”
Is it anatomically possible for President Trump to have a heart attack?
— Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) November 18, 2019
“Mom: “Who went to the hospital?” Me: “Trump went to the hospital on Saturday.” Mom: “Probably had a heart attack” Me: “Well, he was walking to the car, so…” Mom: “Yeah, that’ll do it when you’re as big as he is.””
Mom: "Who went to the hospital?"
Me: "Trump went to the hospital on Saturday."
Mom: "Probably had a heart attack"
Me: "Well, he was walking to the car, so…"
Mom: "Yeah, that'll do it when you're as big as he is."— Sarah Burris 🌻 (@SarahBurris) November 19, 2019
This clown who plays a “doctor” on Twitter claimed Trump had a “panic attack” over the impeachment hearing. LOL, these people are living in an alternate universe.
“Here’s a working theory on yesterday’s no notice visit to Walter Reed. They needed cardiac labs to rule out heart attack. Per pool report Trump left WH with shirt open with no police escourt for motorcade-like it was pulled together quickly. Theory: he had a panic attack”
Here’s a working theory on yesterday’s no notice visit to Walter Reed. They needed cardiac labs to rule out heart attack. Per pool report Trump left WH with shirt open with no police escourt for motorcade-like it was pulled together quickly. Theory: he had a panic attack (1) pic.twitter.com/DMFpVCQyIS
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) November 17, 2019
But he told reporters that he was greeted by a panicked first lady and communications department when he arrived back at the White House due to media coverage of the trip.
Story Continued Below“I went for a physical. and I came back and my wife said, ‘Darling are you OK? … Oh they’re reporting you may have had a heart attack,’” Trump explained. “I said ‘Why did I have a heart attack?’ ‘Because you went to Walter Reed Medical Center’ — that’s where we go when we get the physicals.”
“I was only there for a very short period of time, I went, did a very routine, just a piece of it, the rest takes place in January,” he continued, noting that afterward he took a tour of the hospital and met with an injured soldier and their family. “I got back home and I get greeted with the news that ‘We understand you had a heart attack!’”
Press secretary Stephanie Grisham provided a positive readout of Trump’s medical visit over the weekend, telling reporters that “Anticipating a very busy 2020, the President is taking advantage of a free weekend here in Washington, D.C.” In an interview on Fox News later, she called Trump “healthy as can be.”
Unlike his last two physicals while in office, Saturday’s medical trip was not on his public schedule released ahead of time.
Trump’s physician released a memo Monday rebuffing speculation that the White House was trying to mask anything with the unscheduled visit
His explanation over with, the president then pivoted into an attack on the media coverage of his hospital trip.
“These people are sick. They’re sick,” Trump said, also unprompted, of the speculative commentary surrounding his trip. “The press really in this country is dangerous.” [Politico]
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This piece originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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