Media and Doctors Severely Criticize Trump’s Irresponsible Behavior

One of Donald Trump’s treating physicians at the military hospital said that Trump apparently is unable to understand the seriousness of coronavirus infection. Trump’s nighttime “drive-by” faced severe criticism, with critics calling it irresponsible behavior.

On the evening of Sunday, October 4th, Trump got into a vehicle to appear before his supporters gathered around Walter Reed Military Hospital, drove among his supporters and waved to them from behind the car window. This promotional act sparked considerable criticism.

The news network “CNN” has called Donald Trump’s behavior in the election campaign “questionable.” Especially since, with this action, he has endangered the life of the driver of this vehicle as well as his own “bodyguard.”

It is now said that the occupants of this vehicle should go into quarantine for two weeks. A CNN analyst wrote that these security personnel’s duty is to protect the president’s life. But now it is the American president who has endangered their lives.

Moreover, based on reports published in American media, apparently Trump remained silent about the result of his first coronavirus test and endangered the health of some White House employees and those with whom he came into contact after receiving his positive coronavirus test result.

“Promotional Drive-by”

Images released from Donald Trump’s short drive outside Walter Reed Military Hospital show that at least two other people were also present in this vehicle.

James Phillips, one of Trump’s treating physicians at the mentioned hospital, reacted to Donald Trump’s behavior by posting a tweet, mentioning the endangerment of the lives of the officers present in the vehicle.

According to this physician’s statement, the American president’s vehicle is not only bulletproof, but is also resistant to chemical attacks. This very fact increases the risk of coronavirus infection inside the vehicle.

James Phillips continued in his tweet: “They may get sick, they may even die. For this political theater. Because Trump ordered them to, they risk their lives for this theater.”

Moreover, Trump’s treating physicians have also stated that this action by Donald Trump suggests that he is still unable to understand the seriousness of the danger of coronavirus infection.

Silence Over Coronavirus Test Result

On Sunday, October 4th, the newspaper “Wall Street Journal” reported Trump’s silence regarding his first positive coronavirus test result through a report.

It is said that on Thursday, October 1st, the result of Donald Trump’s rapid coronavirus test was positive. The Wall Street Journal wrote that despite the positive test result, Donald Trump did not make the news public; moreover, he appeared on the “Fox News” program.

In this television program, he announced that one of his colleagues had contracted coronavirus but stated that he was waiting for the result of his second coronavirus test, and thus said nothing about his first test result.

It was after the second test came back positive that Donald Trump formally announced his coronavirus infection on Friday, October 2nd, by posting a tweet.

Not only Trump’s contradictory statements about coronavirus and his medical recommendations about the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 infection sparked considerable criticism in America, but his lack of attention to the seriousness of the dangers of contracting this disease has also caused much criticism.

Included in this is the ceremony for introducing Amy Coney Barrett for membership in the Supreme Court, which took place on September 26th in the Rose Garden of the White House, which resulted in at least seven of the participants contracting the coronavirus. At that day’s ceremony, the attendees did not pay attention to medical protocols, participating in the program without wearing masks and without maintaining distance.

Source: DW