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Americans Furious After Trump Dangerously Leaves Hospital to Wave at His Supporters Outside Walter Reed

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Donald Trump greeted and waved to supporters outside Walter Reed Medical Center from his motorcade, leaving his hospital suite to make a “surprise” visit despite undergoing treatment for coronavirus.

The president Sunday evening tweeted a video in which he said he planned to go say hello to the dozens of supporters who had gathered across the street from the hospital, waving flags.

Moments later, a video emerged of the president’s motorcade passing by, with a masked Trump visible waving from the backseat. The decision triggered immediate safety concerns – and outrage – as the president is infected with a highly contagious virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans.

The pool of reporters that travels with the president whenever he moves from one location to another was not notified of Trump’s drive-by.

“President Trump took a short, last-minute motorcade ride to wave to his supporters outside and has now returned to the Presidential Suite inside Walter Reed,” deputy White House press secretary Judd Deere said in a statement.

Patients who test positive for COVID-19 are typically required to quarantine for 14 days, which is the incubation period for the virus, to avoid infecting others. Trump first publicized his positive test early Friday morning, and he has been symptomatic since then, meaning he is likely still contagious.

Trump tweeted out a video earlier hinting that he was going to do something for this supporters:

Obviously people are infuriated about this.

James Phillips, an attending physician at Walter Reed, tweeted that the drive-by photo op was “insanity.”

“Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential “drive-by” just now has to be quarantined for 14 days,” he tweeted. They might get sick. They may die. For political theater.”

It’s a cult people, it’s a CULT:

People are furious:

Nicole Hickman
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Nicole Hickman James is a lifelong Democrat and political activist who first cut her teeth as a teenager volunteering for Mike Dukakis’ presidential campaign. She has worked and volunteered for John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, HFA (Hillary For America), and Organizing For Action. She’s passionate about liberal and progressive causes and considers President Obama her favorite president ever. She holds her Bachelor’s from Boston College in Economics and her Master's from Columbia, also in Economics. When not working as a writer, she enjoys traveling and spending time with her three college-aged children.

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