Vice President Pence was told to be on standby to assume presidential powers during President Trump’s abrupt visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center last year, according to New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt’s upcoming book obtained by CNN.
Schmidt wrote that he learned “in the hours leading up to Trump’s trip to the hospital, word went out in the West Wing for the vice president to be on standby to take over the powers of the presidency temporarily if Trump had to undergo a procedure that would have required him to be anesthetized.”
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While Pence did not take over presidential powers, Schmidt’s book raises questions about the unscheduled hospital visit, which drew speculation at the time about the president’s health.
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A person familiar with the matter told CNN at the time that Trump’s visit did not follow traditional protocol at the hospital with a staff-wide notice of the president’s arrival being sent out.
The source told CNN that it was possible a small number of doctors were told before Trump came, but the practice strayed from the normal handling of his routine visits.
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Pence told to be on standby to assume powers during Trump's abrupt Walter Reed visit: book https://t.co/NPB1mTFHqG pic.twitter.com/EN6kQoaagf
— The Hill (@thehill) September 1, 2020
This is odd for more important reasons, but I did chuckle at the "me." Did anyone in the world think he could possibly be referring to some other president? https://t.co/PAFANnEP4u
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) September 1, 2020
There is a rumor going around that then Secret Service is aware that Trump has some health issues, particularly mental health problems. Have not found confirmation of the rumor — it comes from Twitter which is not exactly a reliable news source. But given this man’s increasingly odd behavior of late, it sure sounds plausible. This is one sick man.
Now the White House physician is denying there is anything wrong with Trump, that Trump is in excellent health and is fit for office.
Yeah, right.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 1, 2020
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