Wild rumors, but scant evidence, that Trump is in serious condition at Walter Reed.

The WH itself has extensive medical facilities, and it's certainly possible he's being treated for something there. But it would be virtually impossible to secretly transport a president to Walter Reed (by either airlift or motorcade) without calling a LOT of attention to it, especially with the added constraints of a medical emergency.

And most of the "evidence" for this is just silly.

"They called a lid early in the day on a weekend to get rid of the press." They call early lids all the time, and it doesn't mean no one is watching the White House.

"Some of the entrances to Walter Reed are closed off". Which happens routinely on nights and weekends.

@mattblaze

i do like the irony of the WH doing a lid on 4/04 though. :)

@mattblaze people do seem to enjoy freaking out at phantoms and shadows. It’s really exhausting, tbh.

@mattblaze

It is the unconscious desire of the entire nation, if not the world, that this guy simply stopped being president

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @mattblaze TBH, I feel like the USA's best chance is if Trump continues to randomly fuck things up until the midterms. He's more than welcome to bite the dust afterwards.

@floe @mattblaze

And somebody living in the US I can’t really agree or disagree, but I tend towards disagree.

Somehow, the idea of the Almighty putting an end to the travesty shortcuts, a lot of insanity from the faithful. He has been the figurehead holding a coalition of negatives together , and they are already at each other‘s throats.

It would get a lot worse without him around

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @floe @mattblaze
It'll be a short-lived celebration when he croaks. With his grifting and other pet projects out of the way, Project 2025 can go full steam ahead.

And there's a serious danger of the Democratic Party and credulous fanboys going into "mission accomplished" mode and sitting with their thumbs in their asses as the christofascism really ramps up.

@floe @GhostOnTheHalfShell @mattblaze just note the text of the 22nd amendment.
Should Vance assume the Presidency before Jan 20 2027, he can only stand for election once (max 6 years). If he should assume it Jan 21 2027 or later, he can run twice.
https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxii
The 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

SECTION. 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once.

National Constitution Center – constitutioncenter.org

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @mattblaze

"unconscious" is doing a lot of lifting here...

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @mattblaze

It is the ——— desire of the entire nation, if not the world, that this guy simply stopped ———- ———

(How does mastodon not have strike through?)

@mattblaze In case anyone else is wondering: "Calling a lid" means announcing that there won't be any further announcements that day.
@newstik Right. It basically means "If anything happens later we'll recall the press corps."

@mattblaze

This is one thing I just don't concern myself with. Why?

When it happens..... we will all KNOW.

We will all know like we've never known. Chances are I'll see the dancing in the street before I even read about it.

And I live in Texas.

🤣

@RVLara23 As the old joke goes: guy goes to newsstand every day, scans all the front pages, but never buys a paper.

Proprietor finally asks him, "What are you looking for every day?"

"An obituary".

"But the obituaries are printed inside the papers".

"Not the one I'm looking for."

@mattblaze

Exactly that.

Amen brotha.

When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)

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@RVLara23 @mattblaze Yes, definitely, we will KNOW when Fox News starts broadcasting “Swan Lake”.