‼️Trump's #TaxReturns reveal how he engineered a sudden financial windfall: >$21 million in "highly unusual" one-off payments from the Las Vegas hotel he owns with his casino-mogul friend, Phil Ruffin.
Why did Trump's company with ZERO employees have >$20 million in fees for the first time. And all of this money is going to a man who just happens to be running for president, might not have a lot of cash on hand, and NEEDED cash to float his campaign?🧐
Unless the payments to Trump's company were for *actual* business expenses, claiming a tax deduction for them would be ILLEGAL #TaxFraud. If they were NOT legitimate and were also used to fund Trump’s campaign, they could be considered illegal campaign contributions, a #felony.💥
Ruffin has been very generous to Trump. When Trump took the Miss Universe pageant to Moscow in 2013, the men flew over together on Ruffin’s private jet. He contributed >$2.5 million to Trump’s campaign, his shady foundation and his inaugural.🧐
🔥WHOA. In an unprecedented move, the editors of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine condemn the Trump administration for its FAILED response to the #coronavirus pandemic.
“The magnitude of this failure is astonishing. The US leads the world in #COVID19 cases and in deaths. The death rate in this country is more than double that of #Canada, exceeds that of #Japan, a country with a vulnerable and elderly population, by a factor of almost 50.”💥
We have FAILED at almost every step. We had ample warning, but when the disease 1st arrived, we were incapable of testing effectively & couldn’t provide even the most basic #PPE to health care workers and the general public. And we continue to be way behind the curve in testing.
🚨BREAKING: Eli @LillyPad has requested emergency-use authorization from FDA of its antibody-based treatment LY-CoV555—a drug similar to the Regeneron antibody drug given to Trump—for people with recently diagnosed, mild-to-moderate #COVID19. wsj.com/articles/eli-l…
Lilly’s antibody therapy mimics human antibodies that can neutralize the new #coronavirus, similar to the experimental antibody-based treatment from Regeneron (mixture of 2 antibodies) that was given to @realDonaldTrump. 🧬🦠
LY-CoV555, a manufactured antibody based on an antibody found in one of the earliest US survivors of #COVID19, reportedly reduced viral loads and the rate of hospitalization/ER visits of #COVID19 patients to 1.7%, compared to 6% for placebo. investor.lilly.com/news-releases/…
🚨BREAKING: Trump didn’t disclose a POSITIVE rapid #COVID19 test result he received *on Thursday* before appearing on Fox News when he didn’t reveal it either, instead claiming he was awaiting results.
Trump's 1st positive was a "rapid antigen" #coronavirus test (quick, not as sensitive as PCR). His 2nd, confirmatory test used PCR–amplifies genetic material from the virus (more sensitive, not as quick).
😱As the #coronavirus spread among the people closest to him, Trump asked an adviser NOT to disclose results of their own positive test. “Don’t tell anyone,” he said.
As I warned, Trump’s condition was much more serious than revealed. His condition was deteriorating faster and earlier in the course of illness than is typical in #COVID19. Thus, the unproven antibody cocktail, #remdesivir (used for seriously ill patients), and now dexamethasone.
Patients with @COVID19 are hospitalized a median of 9days after onset of symptoms. Trump’s became symptomatic on Wednesday at the earliest, so today is Day 5. Yet Trump needed oxygen and hospitalization by Day 2.
It’s VERY CONCERNING that Trump was treated with dexamethasone. As @DrEricDing points out, dex is NOT effective in patients NOT on O2. Biggest benefit is for patients on O2/ventilator, less so for O2 only.
‼️Guilfoyle’s assistant alleges Guilfoyle “subjected her frequently to degrading, abusive & sexually inappropriate behavior...(Guilfoyle) displayed herself naked & (shows) photographs of the genitalia of men with whom Guilfoyle had had sexual relations.🤮 newyorker.com/news/news-desk…
The complaint alleges that Guilfoyle “spoke incessantly & luridly about her sex life and...demanded a massage of her bare thighs; Guilfoyle told her to submit to a Fox employee’s demands for sexual favors, encouraged her to sleep with wealthy and powerful men...🤬🤮
...(Guilfoyle) “asked her to critique her naked body, demanded that she share a room with her on business trips, required her to sleep over at her apartment, and exposed herself to her.”🤬🤮
⚠️If Hope Hicks traveled within close proximity to Trump aboard Air Force One—presumably while NOT wearing a mask—then Trump likely was exposed to the #coronavirus.
However, that does not necessarily mean it’s likely that Trump will be infected and/or get sick. 1/