The Insider reports:
President Donald Trump on Monday baselessly suggested he might be “immune” to COVID-19 after a weekend in which he was hospitalized and administered supplemental oxygen, an experimental antibody cocktail, and a steroid generally used for severe cases of the virus.
“I knew there’s danger to it. But I had to do it. I stood out front. I led. Nobody that’s a leader would not do what I did. I know there’s a risk…But that’s OK. And now I’m better. Maybe I’m immune, I don’t know,” Trump said in a video posted to Twitter upon his return from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he was transferred on Friday as his condition worsened.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020
A humbling Herman Cain/coronavirus timeline:
6/24: Attends Trump rally, maskless
7/2: Tests positive for Covid-19
7/10: Says he’s improving
7/15: Says his doctors seem happy
7/27: Says he’s really getting better
7/30: Dies— Tim O’Brien (@TimOBrien) October 5, 2020
This is the type of propaganda video I’m used to seeing from authoritarians and populists in the former Soviet Union. I’ll say it again, more and more the US is resembling countries I’ve covered as a foreign correspondent. https://t.co/vieoSoBYu0
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 6, 2020
Staring into a solar eclipse was practice for this moment.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) October 6, 2020
Trending topics right now include “Claudia Conway,” “Herman Cain,” “Gasping,” and “Mussolini” if you’re wondering how Trump’s day went.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) October 6, 2020
His lying has killed at least 150,000 people. He is crazy. https://t.co/vs1i3lNWnG
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) October 6, 2020
That video will absolutely get people killed.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 6, 2020
Wear a mask. pic.twitter.com/TSuLuzAXEB
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 6, 2020
Screenshot this for the relapse. https://t.co/Meh2nDiKer
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) October 6, 2020
Trump looks like he is gasping for air pic.twitter.com/4k2v4Jxlir
— Brennan Murphy (@brenonade) October 5, 2020
This scene of the president ripping off his mask, posing and saluting, is deranged.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) October 5, 2020
Drudge is not impressed with the Glorious Return. pic.twitter.com/YxCP9Upxem
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) October 6, 2020
Masks matter. They save lives.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 6, 2020