Back at White House after three days in the hospital

5 Of Every 6 People Who Try Russian Roulette Survive

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Eric J Scholl
3 min readOct 6, 2020

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Yet this seems not that far from the approach the President is suggesting following his hospitalization for COVID-19.

Trump Tweeting shortly before he was discharged:

We seem to be headed to a place where the President’s singular experience with one of the most protean diseases ever, becomes the basis for his campaign messaging moving forward. Especially since it reinforces his original instinct: downplay Coronavirus. It’s not that big a deal. And now, who would know better than him?

And that’ll be the key to sweeping him back into the White House for another 4 years.

Trump followed that Tweet up with a little video clip, where he repeated all that same stuff, and then added some nonsense about how he had to be reckless: “I stood out front. I led.” So that’s now part of the new message — that’s really an old message — too. He was right all along to downplay COVID-19. Proof? He survived.

In the background, the White House is busy countermanding FDA safety protocols in order to get a…

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Eric J Scholl

Peabody award winning journalist. Streaming media pioneer. Played @ CBGB back in the day. Editor-In-Chief "The Chaos Report" www.thechaosreport.com