So Trump’s physician will hold a press conference today, right?
I asked this for two reasons:
1) Because it’s the appropriate thing for the White House to do, and for journalists to demand;
2) Because Trump has spent years programmatically misleading Americans, and so tens of millions of people will be primed to disbelieve him now.
The simplest, best explanation is Trump made culture war out of reckless disregard for guidelines and got COVID. But he also, e.g., invented multiple fake personas to manipulate NY tabloids into printing fake news about him. Now he's losing an election and desperate for a reset.
Because of that track record, people will have doubts and cook up conspiracy theories. That's baked in, and, more importantly, it's ENTIRELY ON TRUMP. It's also on him to quell those doubts with *real* transparency.
So: Who did his physician receive confirmation from? When will he release the lab report? These are fair questions; the White House should have to answer them.
We need to hear from someone credible, pronto.
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