# Trump's unexplained visit to Walter Reed medical center - Pence put on standby

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 1, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-unexplained-visit-to-walter-reed-medical-center-pence-put-on-standby/919543 "2020-09-01T18:58:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-unexplained-visit-to-walter-reed-medical-center-pence-put-on-standby/919543/21 "2020-09-02T23:16:55Z")

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> [@PhillyGuy](#):
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> The better Trump’s health, the more my concern. Destroying an established representative democracy, so you can become president for life, takes a lot of hard work. I hope he is unable to work that hard.

Trouble is, it’s not really Trump’s efforts that have been destroying democratic norms and wrecking the economy; it’s more the efforts of Trump’s minions and enablers. And who doubts that they’ll keep him propped up in front of the cameras for as long as possible, despite how sick he may actually be?

> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> It was real suspicious how the White House Physician came out with a statement that there were no strokes or cardiac issues or whatever it said. But it had to be something. Also, what prompted them to give him that cognitive test? And why was Pence told to get ready to take over?

Yes, this. If Trump had no health issues the WH Physician would simply have said that he had no health issues. The specific, very limited denials leave lots of room for actual medical crises (or at least ‘concerning events’) that Trump may well have suffered.

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**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-unexplained-visit-to-walter-reed-medical-center-pence-put-on-standby/919543/22 "2020-09-02T23:54:16Z")

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> [@Sherrerd](#):
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> And who doubts that they’ll keep him propped up in front of the cameras for as long as possible, despite how sick he may actually be?

:🤦‍♂️ for the inevitable _Weekend at Donny’s_ mashups we’re going to see in the near future::

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**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-unexplained-visit-to-walter-reed-medical-center-pence-put-on-standby/919543/23 "2020-09-03T00:34:51Z")

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Yes, that joke will get old fast, considering the ‘way beyond hi-jinks’ stuff Trump’s handlers will be doing. Getting rid of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid will be only the beginning. I would think that they’d find a fancy name for them, but expect debtor’s prisons to be introduced fairly early-on.

And if Donald is still hanging in there mentally (even if only part of the time), there will be kangaroo courts for Obama, Hillary, James Comey, numerous journalists, and dozens of other people Donald hates.

Really not very funny at all.

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