Trump Says He Will Be Leaving Hospital In Tweet That Has Twitter Skeptical

Donald Trump has tweeted that he will be leaving Walter Reed Medical Center at 6:30 P.M. today in a post that has left onlookers skeptical.

I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020

The White House has been cagy about Trump's condition while at the hospital, insisting he was doing very well while taking Dexamethasone, a steroid which has been recommended by one panel of experts to COVID patients who need oxygen. Some doctors believe the drug's use is a sign Trump was gravely ill. Speaking to CNN, Doctor Rochelle Walensky, chief of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, opined, "Either he progressed (poorly) or people are like, well, let's just throw the kitchen sink at him." The White House has said Trump's oxygen levels appeared a little low while at the hospital but maintained his case was mild.

Some found the announcement of his discharge from the hospital to be suspicious, considering the relatively brief amount of time Trump was known to have the illness. Additionally, others speculated the message was written by someone other than Trump, particularly considering that earlier in the day, he sent a string of all-caps messages urging his followers to vote.

SPACE FORCE. VOTE!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020

The mix of factors had Twitter doubting Trump's statement on his health.

he is absolutely fucked https://t.co/6qKwRhwyDW

— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) October 5, 2020

same energy as when you have bronchitis, just took your third dose of steroids, and absolutely nail a tony hawk's underground: pro session https://t.co/i59LE7oED0

— Christopher Hooks (@cd_hooks) October 5, 2020

strange suspicion that this tweet might end up being juxtaposed with some dancing ghanaian gentlemen https://t.co/Ac2I6uotQQ

— Nathan J Robinson (@NathanJRobinson) October 5, 2020

Others were agog at Trump's continued messaging downplaying COVID-19 after he was forced to go to the hospital due to the illness.

That's right, America. You too can be medivacked to one the nation's premier hospitals, evaluated & monitored around the clock by a team of elite doctors, treated with an exclusive array of drugs, and come out feeling 20 years younger on the other side. Don't be afraid of Covid. https://t.co/cq9JVpzZd5

— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) October 5, 2020

If we all had the same access to the top-tier socialized medicine that the president does, COVID would be a little less scary. https://t.co/BUbzatHvLK

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) October 5, 2020

So fucking reprehensible and dangerous. Vote this idiot out. https://t.co/Bl7pTsjVYR

— it's a YIAY (@jacksfilms) October 5, 2020

At a press conference after the announcement, Trump's physician Dr. Sean Conley said Trump may not be out of the woods yet and refused to answer when the President's last negative test was.

Q: Can you tell us when the president had his last negative test?

CONLEY: I don't want to go backwards pic.twitter.com/u3Qe4ECkKG

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 5, 2020

This is certainly not the end of the Trump-COVID story, but there are seemingly infinite directions it could yet take.