Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 192
November Surprises
Gabriel Sherman reports that conversations with Republicans close to White House over the last 12 hours indicate President Trump’s medical condition has been been far more dire than White House and doctors have said.
Before being taken to Walter Reed Medical Center, Trump kept asking aides: “Am I going out like Stan Chera? Am I?”
Chera was Trump’s New York City friend who died of Covid in April.
Daily Beast: Trump doctor’s briefing turns into code-red debacle.
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