Top Doctor Warns Trump Is Endangering Lives With July 4 Rally

[Zorro]

A top doctor has warned that President Donald Trump’s much-hyped July 4 rally is potentially fatal.

Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a cardiologist and CNN medical analyst, urged the cancellation of Trump’s Washington, D.C. rally for America’s 250th birthday, citing sweltering temperatures that could put attendees at risk.

“The same way the outdoor inauguration was canceled last year because of the cold, the rally on the Mall this July 4 should be canceled because of the intense heat (> 100 degrees),” he wrote in an X post on Thursday.

“Dangerous weather and large crowds is a bad combination,” Reiner warned. The doctor has been one of the few medical experts to demand answers about the 80-year-old president’s health, citing his Oval Office slumps and odd examination schedule.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-doctor-jonathan-reiner-warns-trump-is-endangering-lives-with-july-4-rally/

[Coventina]

1. Actually if they want to commit mass suicide

Please let them!

[2naSalit]

6. Could end up...

Looking like jonestown, they already drank the kool-aid.

[wolfie001]

45. They should all wear their clown tRUMP shoes like those wacko Hale Bopp Comet losers did

[NBachers]

61. Maga's Gate

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

64. There will be no mass suicide. ...

First, there would have to be a mass of people. Not gonna happen.

Alas.

[durablend]

2. I think the "doctor" should mind his own business

If MAGA wants to off themselves to pwn teh libs, let them.

[pfitz59]

3. Looked at DC weather report for 4th

100 degrees with 80% chance of thunder storms. Perfect.

[Resistance1]

8. Not quite

Perfect is trump passes out from a heat stroke mid-sentence and a lightning bolt vaporizes his ass before he hits the floor. Perfect!

[3Hotdogs]

16. From your keyboard,

to God's eyeballs.

[karynnj]

49. I'm sure outdoor coolers of some kind will be there for him

I wonder if they will do anything for the people coming. I think putting up large shades that can be taken down at night fall would have been possible if they actually had considered it.

I'm past summers, in very hot weather many restaurants in Manhattan with outdoor areas had something that created a very fine mist that was refreshing at the ends of their space.

I hope they will at least be proving cold bottles of water. Free, if possible. (They should have money left from not paying the costs of top musicians.)

[bif]

53. They'll be selling tRump branded drinks

No doubt.

[yankee87]

65. Winning

You win the internet

[Norrrm]

4. Will Hegseth force thousands of military to attend?

[sheshe2]

12. Someone has a post here...

there are going to be multiple flyovers that are scheduled at very short intervals. It is an accident waiting to happen.

[3Hotdogs]

17. If no others, the military bands will be forced to be there.

[dflprincess]

5. This will be Trump's excuse for not giving his "long speech".

He'll cancel, not because he doesn't want to be there, but because he's concerned with the health of his supporters. And the fools will believe that.

[RockRaven]

7. The smoke from the classlessly gluttonous fireworks will probably kill someone.

Not unlike how wildfire smoke can cause excess deaths in people with lung and heart disease, which are difficult to directly attribute in any one case but are clearly present in the epidemiology data as a whole.

[yardwork]

34. Hours of flyovers first, then hours of fireworks.

MAGA is about to find out what smog is again.

[Sequoia]

50. And the birds whose chicks will die, and people's pets.

[Cha]

9. Of course, ask PEDO if he cares. nt

[Blue Owl]

10. Not to mention the collapsing stage

[scipan]

11. According to my weather app, it will only be around 90 degrees at 9pm

But the post speech fireworks for 45 minutes, along with the heat, are concerning.

[Mossfern]

25. ONLY

90 degrees?
I just came in from watering some new plantings - I started at 7:30 am - it's now 87 degrees and I'm absolutely spent.
I'm sitting here with a tall glass of ice water trying to recover. Yes it will only be 90 degrees, but those there will most likely have been there for quite some time.

I was not watering in the sun - ferns in shady spots.

[paleotn]

31. With DC humidity. It will be brutal.

[wnylib]

13. I don't think there is much to worry about,

considering the attendance at his events so far.

But some people might turn out for the fireworks since that's traditional for the holiday.

ETA: At least not much to worry about regarding a crowd at his speech and other events during the day.

The fireworks, though, could be a cause of concern because Trump always hires the cheapest, most incompetent people. They could burn down DC. Good thing there might be rain to put out a possible fire.

[mwmisses4289]

30. On another thread, somebody posted a couple

of posters, on touting the event, the other the dos and don't. The couple of things I remember were no coolers, lawn chairs, back packs, no outside food and drink (forcing people to buy such, if there are food and drink vendors there; or causing people to fast and become dehydrated, because there are no food and drink vendors there). The other thing that I thought was weird was that they weren't going to let anyone in after 5p.m.

[yardwork]

35. The price gouging is incredible.

I read they're charging $20 for water, $30 for a turkey leg.

I hope people don't bring their children.

[wnylib]

58. People could park someplace away from the grounds and

watch from a distance. Fireworks tailgate parties.

[wnylib]

57. Good grief with those rules, they might get nobody.

I wouldn't go.

No need to go anyway. You can see fireworks from a distance.

I hope people skip the grounds and have fireworks tailgate parties.

[The Madcap]

14. I would think the mosquitoes

would be particularly bad, especially if there is any rain.

[niyad]

15. And this would be a problem why, exactly?

[TomSlick]

18. I should be ashamed but I would be delighted to see hundreds of MAGAts carted off with heat stroke.

[niyad]

22. I would open a bottle of bubbly for that happy event! I have a nice little

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mango mimosa from Trader Joe's.

[Aristus]

36. Every time I open my fridge and see that bottle of Taittinger's waiting there...patiently...

I just get more and more impatient...

[niyad]

43. I do understand. That is why I have less exalted bottles on chill

for smaller occasions. But, darn it, I want to open that good bottle NOW!!!

[Aristus]

56. The collective world-wide cork-pop the moment we hear the news will likely be mistaken for a sonic boom.

[niyad]

59. So very, very true!

[JoseBalow]

19. "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake" ― Sun Tzu

[calimary]

21. THIS!!!

[paleotn]

28. That's actually Napoleon but...yeah....what you said!!

[purr-rat beauty]

20. If you're stupid enough to go

Place is going to be sweltering

sizzle wit da wizzle

[malaise]

23. Hope he endangers himself

That is all

[Bookreadingliberal53]

24. I'm calling it. I think it's going to be a false flag event

I have had a very bad feeling about this all week.

[niyad]

44. I truly hope you are wrong, but probably not.

[bucolic_frolic]

26. Waiting for the 3 hour speech and replays all weekend long.

[bearsfootball516]

27. God it would be the funniest thing ever if this is what does him in.

[paleotn]

29. Some magats dead from heat stroke. I don't see a problem.

[Goonch]

32. ;-{) THIS

[karynnj]

51. Actually, no umbrellas, no lawn chairs

[Lovie777]

33. From the past to the future ya think corporate media...............

would be smart enough to acknowledge that the Republican Party don't give a shit.

The cult will somehow blame the Democrats, and shithole will blame Obama.

[MiHale]

37. Oh no...his marathon 4th rant must go on...

Let him scream at stuff for hours in the sweltering, oppressive heat. It may be the end of him🙏

[mwb970]

38. He is not the only one who is worried.

I anticipate heat stroke events and maybe even deaths if he goes ahead with this madness. 100+ degrees, high humidity, no water, no shade, the president promises to give a long, LONG speech to "prove he can do anything", fireworks don't start till 11 or later.

Basically, this is my vision of Hell.

[33taw]

39. This is no time to go "woke" on science.

[Botany]

40. Fine by me if a bunch of mouth breathing idiots want to be out in + 100 F weather to hear the ravings of a ....

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….. convicted felon, child raping, insane, Russian agent and they die so be it. Just leave the kids @
home. Darwin works.

[ananda]

41. Well, if the attendees are stoopid magats...

wellll....

[mdbl]

42. Right. What have we lost and what have we gained?

[dalton99a]

46. Dr. Jesus Trump says it's ok

[KY_EnviroGuy]

47. They'll have portable AC set up just for the giant orange turd. "What, me worry?"

NWS forecast:

Independence Day:
A chance of showers between 2pm and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 102. Heat index values as high as 110. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Dear Abby:
How many ways are there to totally screw-up a 4th of July celebration?

Second question:
How many ways are there to grift millions from a 4th of July celebration?

[twodogsbarking]

48. Sorry for the people who have to work.

[no_hypocrisy]

52. Trumpstown

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQByx8gUDPg87oW4UGoBdQLrrQmF9r8Qu4HV6BFixYlQmOoW-nOobrNN20&s=10

[louis-t]

54. Waiting for taco. He will cancel, citing his "concern" for attendees.

(cough) bullshit (cough)

[The Madcap]

60. No. He will pre-record his speech.

He won't announce that. The few who show will find out at the last minute after sitting in the heat for hours. Cruelty is the word.

[Midnight Writer]

55. Natural selection.

[NBachers]

62. Fingers crossed

[Deep State Witch]

63. It's Not A Problem

It's a plan.