Walter Reed Hospital Didn’t Know Trump Was Coming

Vox reports:

In a break from precedent, Trump’s trip to the hospital wasn’t acknowledged ahead of time on any White House schedule. Secondly and similarly unusual, CNN reported that medical staff at Walter Reed weren’t notified of Trump’s visit in advance.

White House pool reporters said they were told Trump’s movements on Saturday “were strictly unreportable” until he arrived at the hospital at 2:47 pm. It smells fishy, and an unnamed “source familiar with the situation” acknowledged to CNN that the situation was “unusual” and did not follow protocol.

Adding to suspicions, on Sunday, NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell posted a video of Trump being hustled into an SUV on his way to Walter Reed by a White House physician — a visual seemingly belying the notion that everything was fine and normal.

POTUS health. WH says Saturday trip to hospital was “routine” & he’s “fine” despite break from past practices. Here is glimpse of Pres Trump and what appears to be WH physician Sean Conley getting into motorcade. Watch. (h/t @WinstonNBC) pic.twitter.com/8ZynFF2ytQ

— Kelly O’Donnell (@KellyO) November 17, 2019

Trump has no public events scheduled today.

He’s had none since before he unexpectedly was admitted to Walter Reed on Saturday.

He hasn’t been seen returning to the White House since going to Reed (doesn’t mean he hasn’t returned–just hasn’t been seen).https://t.co/a4THDyZV0f

— DCPetterson (@dcpetterson) November 18, 2019

White House Press Secretary says Trump has "more energy than anybody else in the White House" and Jeanine Pirro says "he's almost superhuman" pic.twitter.com/i5hUOuqAFU

— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) November 17, 2019