https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/01/trump-health-mini-strokes-406953
President Donald Trump and his campaign on Tuesday accused the political commentators Matt Drudge and Joe Lockhart of spreading rumors that Trump had gone to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to treat a “series of mini-strokes.”
The targeted attacks come after Trump had vaguely tweeted that an ambiguous “they” were making the claim earlier in the day.
https://time.com/5885483/trump-kenosha-domestic-terror/
President Donald Trump stood at the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice Tuesday and came down squarely on the side of law enforcement, blaming “domestic terror” for the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and making no nod to the underlying cause of anger and protests — the shooting of yet another Black man by police.
Trump declared the violence “anti-American.” He did not mention Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed after being shot in the back seven times by an officer last week in Kenosha.
Biden hit back, speaking to donors on a fundraising call after Trump left Kenosha.
“Donald Trump has failed to protect America. So now he’s trying to scare the hell out of America,” Biden said. “Violence isn’t a problem in Donald Trump’s eyes. It’s a political strategy.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pence-dont-recall-put-on-standby-trump
Vice President Mike Pence told Fox News Tuesday that he does not remember being told to be "on standby to take over the powers of the presidency temporarily" if President Trump had to undergo a procedure during a visit to Walter Reed Medical Center last year.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-denies-stroke-michael-schmidt-book-walter-reed
Dr. Sean Conley, Trump's physician, said on Tuesday that the president "remains healthy" and will "remain fit to execute the duties of the Presidency."
"I can confirm that President Trump has not experienced nor been evaluated for a cerebrovascular accident (stroke), transient ischemic attack (mini stroke), or any acute cardiovascular emergencies, as have been incorrectly reported in the media," Conley said in a statement.
CNN reported this week that New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt in his forthcoming book claims Vice President Mike Pence was "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."
The CNN story did not reference any reports about Trump having a stroke, but author Don Winslow claimed Trump had "mini-strokes" in August.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53989076
US President Donald Trump has branded the Democratic mayor of Kenosha "a fool", accusing him of standing up for "radical anarchists".
Speaking en route to the city, Mr Trump said Kenosha would have been burnt to the ground by protesters were it not for the National Guard he deployed.
The Wisconsin city saw days of violence after Jacob Blake, a black man, was shot in the back by police.
Local leaders have asked the president to stay away.
But Mr Trump has ignored their pleas as he pushed a strong "law and order" message ahead of November's election.
Although Mr Trump claimed he sent the National Guard into Kenosha, they were actually deployed by Wisconsin's governor.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/09/trump-laura-ingraham-fox-news-interview-golf-biden.html
On Monday, Fox News aired an interview with President Donald Trump given from the friendly confines of host Laura Ingraham’s show, The Ingraham Angle. There is virtually nothing that this president can say anymore that is surprising, so, on Monday, Trump continued with more of the same—a slurry of lies, conspiracy, and ever-so-slightly coded race-baiting, each half-thought and incomplete sentence coursing with violence. In Trump’s brain, Biden is controlled by “people that are in the dark shadows,” there was apparently a plane “loaded with thugs wearing these dark uniforms” on its way to Washington, and “discriminatory” and “Marxist” Black Lives Matter is bent on “revolution.” What was clear throughout the White House interview: There is no shade of darkness that is inaccessible to Trump’s dark mind. Now, two months before the president’s political life may be over, Trump, with the help of Fox News, has taken the guard rails off.
Trump, in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, argued that police are in a difficult position because they are forced to make snap decisions, often when their life may be in jeopardy. But his golf analogy prompted Ingraham to interject.
"They choke. Just like in a golf tournament, they miss a three-foot putt," Trump said.
"You're not comparing it to golf," Ingraham chimed in, suggesting the media might jump on the comparison.
"I'm saying people choke. People choke. And people are bad people. You have both. You have some bad people, and they choke," Trump added. "You could be a police officer for 15 years and all of a sudden you're confronted. You've got a quarter of a second to make a decision. If you don't make the decision, and you're wrong, you're dead. People choke under those circumstances, and they make a bad decision."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/01/trump-missed-putt-analogy-keosha/3454010001/
While discussing the shooting of Jacob Blake with Fox News ahead of his visit to Kenosha,
Wisconsin, President Donald Trump said some police officers who shoot
unarmed suspects "choke," as if missing a 3-foot putt in golf, a comment
that drew social media criticism and mockery.
A prominent rabbi under arrest over complaints of sexual misconduct was identified Tuesday as Netanel Shriki, a religious leader in the hardscrabble southern town of Netivot.
