Woodrow Wilson's Stroke
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- On October 2, 1919, Edith Wilson found her husband, US President Woodrow Wilson, unconscious on the floor of his private bathroom. The nation spent the next 17 months not knowing Wilson’s condition or prognosis. Woodrow Wilson's stroke changed world policy, our understanding of the presidency, and might even have affected who would be elected the next president.
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For the record, the timing of the episode is based on the anniversary of President Wilson’s stroke. No, I had no advanced knowledge of President Trump’s illness. My collection of items does not include a crystal ball.
That's also what I'd say if I could look into the future haha
I believe you. Lots of people live with blinded eyes.
May I recommend the book "Innumeracy" by John Allen Paulos! Crazy coincidence is not all that crazy!
Perhaps you do not have a crystal ball. Your magic 8 ball, however, has shown to be quite effective. Am I right? It's alright, you can tell me; I can keep a secret!
suuuuuuuuurrreeeeee. Likely excuse lol
So if he never fully recovered, the question is how many legal documents did he sign in those 17 months?
That would also explain why he was not able to campaign against the 18th amendment , probation.
He considered it a bad idea and thought it would lead to organized gangs of criminals controlling the illegal liquor industry
@@jamesricker3997 My Professor lectured on the 19th Amendment: Votes for Women. He talked of how the First Lady might have signed it.
@@jamesricker3997 Prohibition, Good Post
All of them I would think.
Never fully recovering doesn't mean he wasn't mentally capable.
Damage to the brain is what causes the partial paralysis, but damage to that part of the brain has nothing to do with your mental state.
Not all parts of the brain get damaged, and the parts that do don't all get the same amount of damage, or recover the exact same amount.
Calvin Coolidge, as governor of Massachusetts, was strong and decisive concerning the chaos and civil unrest in Boston and mainly the Boston Police’s strike, which thrust him into the national spotlight. He was added to Warren Harding’s ticket which they won and Coolidge became Harding’s Vice President. Harding died 2 1/2 years later making Coolidge President. In his autobiography, Coolidge discusses Woodrow Wilson’s weak response to the civil unready in Massachusetts. He assumed Wilson’s complete focus was on the League of Nations and nothing else mattered including US domestic issues.
Edward M. House. .ah foreign . .Favors
@Sheldon Robertson Please remember that the policies favored by the 2 parties in the early to mid 20th century was far different than today.
what page does he talk about Woodrow Wilson in his autobiography?
On the Right there is an ongoing debate/discussion for many many years as to Who was the Worst President. Woodrow Wilson is always in the running.
I'm so old I was taught about his stroke in grade school.
Count me as awarding Wilson as the worst.
He was horrific
As a Democrat, I mostly agree with them.
@@sncy5303
Said no reasonably intelligent person ever.
@@sncy5303 And hopefully he is not dethroned from that honor for some time to come
As a stroke survivor myself, I found this fascinating. The introspection that comes along with a brain injury is often overlooked. Hearing how his perception of himself was different than those around him was incredibly relatable. I often find myself questioning if the pre-stroke version of me would feel the same way about any given topic I consider. This shared thread elevated this episode to my favorite you've done. Thank you sir!
It's not shocking that his administration would respond this way. The idea that he would relinquish any power to anyone else, ever just never crossed his mind. Things like checks, balances, the Constitution and laws were just things that got in his way.
sounds familiar
Ronald Reagan's middle name was Wilson, and he returned to the White House a portrait of Wilson that'd been missing(and maybe hidden) for 60 years.
@@carllarsen Yes, but Obama's gone now. Cheer up.
Just think indeed, sir
@@baldeagle5297 almost 4 years he's been out of office and still blaming him for der trumpenfurher's bumbling ineptitude. classic.
If history, true history, were taught with such succinctness I may not have failed history in my senior year of high school. Keep up the excellent work, you’ve sparked something in this 79 year guy.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
High School is Progressive indoctrination. Nothing to do with real "History." To find real History you must find it yourself. The greatest education you can find is the opposition to the propaganda vended by most History teachers.
Many years ago I read a book by Lillian Rodgers Park entitled Backstairs At The Whitehouse. In it she described her mother's and her service as maids, etc. at the White House. Her mother started the day William Howard Taft was sworn in and ended with Ms. Parks retirement on the day John F. Kennedy was sworn in to office. In this book she covered many of the major and minor day to day going on of the country and President's families. She gave a very detailed account on how Mrs. Wilson staged everything for a meeting between Pres. Wilson and members of the Senate when they were "talking impeachment on the Hill". Fascinating book; made into a miniseries for TV. Don't know if either is still available. Started my interest in history.
Such an interesting part of history. We were taught about Wilson at school of course, as part of WW1 and the aftermath but not much else. Love this channel as I learn so much about what happened over the pond. I can still remember lessons on the TVA but not the Presidents. Thank you so much for sharing this.
You learned about the Tennessee Valley Authority in England? Or is that something else?
I remember learning mostly about the League of Nations and it being the forerunner of the United Nations
Surin Farmwest Yea, thanks to him we have the federal reserve.
Did you learn about him being a racial segregationist who threw conscientious war objectors in prison?
His worst thing was creating a central banking system leading to the great depression.
Funny how history works. Could not have been a more relevant History Guy posting than today in 2020.
Now that’s a “funny how history works” comment 🤣
You should do an episode on Charles Curtis, our Native American Vice President from Kansas. My dad started a campaign to get VP Curtis more recognition but passed away before he got a real chance to do so, eventhough he was able to bring it up to a retired Bob Dole.
I knew that there was a "blank spot" in Woodrow Wilson's Presidency but I had no idea why.
Thank you, THG >
So you are aware of how Wilson treated blacks in America? Wilson was a true Southerner and thought blacks were not equal to WASPs.
Check out Woodrow Wilson and the Federal Reserve. There's some history there that definitely needs to be remembered!
1913 needs to be repealed. The Fed, income tax need to die ASAP
@Chris_Wooden_Eye Ruined this country? Our best years have been the last 100 years. Never have we seen this much wealth.
Jimmy M and just imagine the amount of wealth that could have been created without the government stealing a chunk of it only to be inefficiently and ineffectively doled out by bureaucrats
Not to mention the 16th and 17th amendments.
I travelled back in time to kill Adolph Hitler, but I screwed up and killed Woodrow Wilson.
Who the hell is Hitler?
Wilson was a scumbag of epic proportions.
My comment above was deleted earlier, and that's bullshit.
Check out the big brain on Arielle!
Just wanted to say thank you once again. My only complaint about your channel is I'd like more content more often.
It seems the only history the young folks know is what they learn from Hollywood movies. We need more people like you and more people watching.
Very good video. I saw a documentary once, although I can't recall the channel, where the historian said Mrs. Wilson was practically president for those 18 months, claiming every executive decision had to come through her as she wouldn't allow people to see President Wilson.
Yes, that's a very popular narrative. It's probably not true.
Brilliant! Why did this ever not have the coverage it deserved? Especially in the light of recent events...but 17 months! Crazy.
At the end of every episode I want to applaud.
What a great synopsis of the events of 1919! Obviously assembling this short snippet of all the events into a single episode was a huge undertaking! This was a scholarly work that appears to assemble all the key events accurately and fairly. Frankly I haven’t thought about these events in many years, but they certainly seem appropriate now. Thanks so much for all the time and effort necessary to put this together.
Sir you give me real enjoyment, God knows we it these days!
Sometimes I literally tear up a bit during the closing statement. Loves me some History Guy n Gal!
OK, I've had my coffee, brain is open and ready. Go ahead and fill it up.
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." -W.B. Yeats
I’m in your exact shoes right now. Just finished my coffee and opened You Tube to find this awaiting me! 😁
Teacher my head's full can I be excused😁
Has the Biden team been advised of Wilson's predicament from the History channel.
A very "interesting" and complex man and politician. Wilson is both loved as a peacemaker and disliked as a racist of his generation. His life and work could fill volumes. Well done HG!
Let's keep the red herring of racism, so beloved of certain people today, out of this.
Peacemaker? He was a warmonger, there was no real reason for the U.S. to get involved in WWI. He was a racist and a warmonger. And revived the Klu Klux Klan from the dustbin of history. Wilson was one of the worst scoundrels to ever sit in the oval office, even his league of nations failed because many Americans of the day recognized it was totalitarian organisation with the goal of one totalitarian world government. The current United Nations and it's myrid abuses and crimes is a built in feature.
You sir, have impeccable timing.....
Once again, recalling timely appropriate history that deserves to be remembered. Thank you
Wow.. good timing History Guy... love your channel
Such a very interesting episode. I wish I knew my dad better he lived through WW1 as a Veteran. Thanks for this episode.
AS ALWAYS THE HISTORY GUY, AN EXCELLENT VIDEO!!
I knew about this episode (or thought I knew) of Woodrow Wilson.
DEFINITELY gave me a history lesson about certain aspects that I wasn't aware of. I'm grateful for your slant about this story.
BTW, two things about Warren Harding: #1-TEAPOT DOME; #2-His replacement of the word NORMALITY by the word(WHICH IT ISN'T) NORMALCY.😖😖😖😖😖😖
Thank you as always very well done. You are the first person that I’ve ever heard present on this topic that acknowledge that it was TR who first spoke of a league of peace. Given Wilson’s distain for TR, I’ve always thought it remarkable that he was quick to use a good idea from a predecessor
A follow on about JFK's Addison Disease and the FDR's health would be interesting.
Eisenhower’s heart attack while in office deserves attention as well.
@@starventure - But Eisenhower's heart attack was never kept secret from either government officials or the public. In fact, Eisenhower ordered his medical team to opt for complete openness and to respond truthfully to questions asked about his health, even details about his bowel movements.
I think this event definitely established a precedent for cover up of a president’s illness/incapacity later used by FDR.
@@texaswoc3461 It goes back further than that. Grover Cleveland had cancer surgery where part of his jaw was removed at the start of his second term. He went on a four day "fishing trip" on a friend's yacht, and the operation was done on board. It was kept secret for about 25 years before one of the doctors admitted to it.
David Pratt, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND the book HIS FINAL BATTLE: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt by Joseph Lelyveld.
This book gives a VERY DETAILED ACCOUNT of the state of FDR'S health.🤔🤔🤔✌✌✌✌
If I didn't know how assiduously THG avoids involving, shall we say, current events in these videos, I'd be looking for that crystal ball. Your timing is impeccable, sir!
Sweet Christmas! 100 years with another Vice President from Indiana ! This was prepared over the past week or maybe weeks ago.
Thank you for adding the history.
Dan Quayle was from Indiana. Does that mean anything?
I first learned of Wilson's stroke and the aftermath when I read the book "When the Cheering Stopped" years ago. I've read it several times, a very interesting book about Wilson's stroke, how the public was kept in the dark about his condition, and how Mrs. Wilson essentially functioned as president during the period.
Fascinating story, clearly presented. 🙂
....."WHAT IF" is the biggest baddest scary most moving two words in the world,...IF...Is the stronger of the two....The word "IF" haunt's us all....Even to our grave....Thanks
Nearly 3K views in 35 minutes after posting. Your big time THG !
Wow! So informative, educational, and appropriate for our current times! Thank you!
I reached a milestone today; I have watched ALL of your videos! I can say for sure I have enjoyed and learned something from each of them. Thanks.
How prescient of you to release this yesterday!
Thank you 👍
Oh man, the timing of this coming today of all days is... uncanny.
Biden seems like he's on an infinite stroke loop.
Yeah history definitely has a sense of humor
Same with Trump, if the virus gets to his brain I doubt it wouldn't need to work very hard to disable it.
@@alainarchambault2331 It'll almost certainly improve it - can't go anywhere from a flatline but up...
Everything bad that happened in the past 100 years is because of Woodrow wilson
This has always intrigued me.
Please add; that I greatly enjoy your history Guy episodes and I look forward to each one.
The comment section is gonna become toxic so fast.... disable them on this video... we don't need political discussion here we are here for HISTORY!
History and politics are inseparable, if we are to learn from it.
The video is about politics so... no.
You dont give THG's audience enough credit.
Great episode about a rarely discussed topic! Thanks, History Guy!
Excellent presentation. Thanks for your efforts.
Wilson had the unique ability to alienate even his most dedicated supporters. He would frequently do the exact opposite of what he promised, he would not tolerate any resistance to his ideas or agenda and vilified any who disagreed with him. Tumulty's loyalty is odd, in that Wilson didn't extend a shred of it to his Press Secretary.
The animosity between the Wilsons and Henry Cabot Lodge was so intense that Edith Wilson sent Lodge a letter asking that he not attend Wilson's funeral.
And I suppose that made him want too?
Is there corroboration for this fact?
Thank you so much for sharing your passion, knowledge, and hard work with us. This was brilliant!!!!
This is probably one of my favorite videos to date. It proves an important point about this country and how’s its been ran for years.
Very timely. And excellent, as usual.
Wasn't hiding his stroke and inability to run the country a violation of law and the vice presidents legal right to take the lead and do his job? All those involved, including the first lady would today be indicted on some charges I'm sure.
yea right look at tRUMP
The thing is, until the 25th Amendment, there was no clear guidance on how or even if removing him from office due to disability was possible. And what would happen if, some time after removing him, he had recovered enough to resume his duties.
And with the state of medicine 100 years ago, what happened in Wilson's case was unusual. Back then, it was rare to have a condition that left you essentially permanently incapacitated but alive. You either recovered from a condition, or you died-there wasn't much middle ground.
History Guy is Timely.
On a recent edition of Radiolab about the Spanish flu a whole section was devoted to Wilson catching the flu and that being the cause of his failure to overrule Clémenceau's desire to punish Germany.... ultimately with the same outcome. I'm confused now as you made no mention of this.
Radiolab plays fast and loose with the facts. And obviously, they are biased towards the extreme left. I wouldn't trust them as a reliable source.
Timely!
Too bad Wilson's vp didn't take over. He's the one who said "what this country needs is a good 5 cent cigar".
My cousins aunt Florence Vevia was his nurse. She refused to speak about it.
I always thought Jan Smuts was the brainchild of the League of Nations.
Great video.
Have a awesome day.
Jacques Hickley fair point. Jan Smuts was an early supporter and submitted one of three competing plans.
Fascinating. Liked and shared. Thanks for posting.
I hope the cynical Historian sees this video, WIIILLSOONN!!!
I remembering reading about this about a year or two ago and being very surprised that such a thing had occurred, and that I had never heard of it.
Fascinating to think about what might have been without Woodrow Wilson.
Thanks for the explanation HG... but on a higher level, foreign policy in the US sometimes doesn't really work. A president determines foreign policy and then congress refutes it. That's a pointless exercise. A better system would be to come to a foreign policy direction with congress and the executive in agreement... before announcing it ...!
Ah, but Wilson was a progressive. This was the rage of the time. The mainline politicians in the US at the time... were decidedly NOT. Ergo, top-down, PR driven and ultimately passed by the thinnest margin and with a President that was incapacitated.
Then? Than foreign?
An foreign? A foreign
Not very good for your credibility if you can’t
@@AlphaGeekgirl Can't what - finish a sentence like you ?
And read the whole thing again and maybe it will make sense... but... no probably not. I changed some words for you... make it easier to understand... they're smaller words.
@@yippie21 Thank you for that. I thought that might be the case, but don't know enough about Wilson. Appreciated.
wow this is ironic timing.. I had only first heard of president Wilson having a stoke and his wife taking over some of the dutys for him earlier today. before I seen this video in my subscription list on utube.
I did a report in my college history class on PWW's 14 points. Got a B. I was satisfied...
thanks,couldn't help asking that question, thanks for putting that to rest! As always, really enjoyed, much obliged!!
Please do some Native American History... Native Americans are history worth remembering...
absolutely! how about the contribution of Hiawatha to peace and law?
And where our constitution came from, that is the league of five nations.
to clarify- are you seeking the history of participation by native Americans in US History, or history of the nations before European contact?
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Hi, I guess it's up to you which Native American history that you would like to make videos. I have some knowledge (from school) on Native American history before and after the Europeans. I am just hoping that if you make it, that many more people will see it.
@wargent99 I can't stand people who complain that other people's history aren't good enough. Native American History is History Deserves to Be Remembered!
Love these videos. History is such an important subject
Interesting thanks for the lesson.
awesome as always.
Keep them coming, my Brother in History .
“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”
― Woodrow Wilson
Bwhahahahaa like selling the country out to the banksters?!?! Rot in hell Wilson
It should have been: "If you have enemies, simply pass a law and make them illegal".
Great as always
In my opinion the worst president ever. The only way he won is because Roosevelt and Taft were running against each other and Wilson.
Actually, he ran against Hillary Clinton.
Wait, who are we talking about?
@@SuperScottCrawford
Trump.
One of the worst presidents ever. OK I tend to forget about Harding and Pierce who was so bad that he didn't get his party's nomination for re-election. All three were/are worse than Wilson.
www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2009/07/a_president_denied_renominatio.html
"That was Franklin Pierce, the 14th president, who was elected as a Democrat in 1852. His pro-Southern sentiments and his policy of failing to lead on the divisive issue of slavery badly hurt his standing with the voters. Especially damaging was his support for the pro-slavery Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which backfired on him as Kansas was overrun by pro-slavery forces, mostly from the slave state of Missouri. The events angered Northerners everywhere and helped lead to the creation of the Republican Party. When Democratic delegates gathered in Cincinnati for their convention in 1856, it was clear that they had had enough of Pierce. James Buchanan, who had been defeated by Pierce for the nomination four years earlier, won the nomination on the 17th ballot."
Buchanan was a bad president as well, certainly in the same class as Trump. Dummy Bush was really bad and was sorta related to Pierce by a marriage. Remember that by the end of Dummy's second term even the Republicans thought he was one of worst ever.
Another is STILL on 20 dollar bill. Jackson, REALLY bad, a racist of the worst sort, genocidal, and an ideologue that busted the US economy.
These six are quite likely the worst six, by a lot.
President Buchanan was the worst the President of all time not President Wilson. Not even close.
@@KLRJUNE
Yeah, a god put in the stupidest and worst president in one hundred years.
With George Jr on the line?
I love ( not really ) reading people’s responses like they were there or knew factual events. They are doing nothing but reading it somewhere without confirmation.
Winston Churchill had a stroke in the 1950s during his second term as PM which was also covered up!
His neurologist was Lord Brain.
If they never told anybody... then how did you find out about it? 🤨
I never knew that.... He was overweight. Drinking. And smoked cigars until 90.
@@rbsmith3365 Look at his medical history
He suffered 8 strokes.
Great timing.
Woodrow Wilson may have been able to moderate France and England's treatment of Germany to the extent a full-blown rise of militant revenge minded people in Germany in response to the communists and the failures of the Weimar republic would not have been necessary to them. Woodrow Wilson stroke helps set the stage for World war II.
Not to mention that Japan came to the league and asked if civil rights and racism should be dealt with, everyone agreed except Woodrow wilson. Woody boi caused pearl harbor
Great video...thanks history guy
With the oldest candidates ever in the current election geriatrics plays a significant role.
what do people swinging on ropes and doing backflips have to do with anything?
One is probably going to have dementia in a year, the other will die of stroke in a year. Jorgenson gets my vote. There needs to be a 70 year old age limit. This is ridiculous.
Regardless of politics, I think there should be term limits on elected offices, appointments and an age limit for candidates.
@@jetstream6389 We are essentially a single party system that openly serves the wealthy and connected, with a little window dressing to give the american people a feeling of choice in their government. THG is giving strong clues to our future by our link with the past, although this does require deeper thought.
Fascinating! I had no idea of all this.
HOW TIMELY
THG insight's. This one is down right eerie!
@Sheldon Robertson What do the Cohens have to do with this? Please explain.
@Chris_Wooden_Eye Oh you missed it? He has the "hoax" virus.
Hale-XF11 he has very minor symptoms and access to the best healthcare in the world. Dont be stupid
Fascinating. Thank you, as always.
I had friends who were honored to attend "Woody Wilson" at Princeton. One of the actually worked in his old office. My understanding is that "Woody Wilson" may be renamed. Not because of this little quirk in history but because of his long history or racism, mysaginy disregard for individual human rights. I live in Newark , NJ and I'm seriously close to the concept of institutional racism. It is here and it is unrelenting
Thank you
“The nation was essentially leaderless for 17 critical months; the longest Presidential disability in U.S. history.” Not counting, of course, the current one.
okay comrade
Duffy Bordeaux OK, Boomer.
Duffy Bordeaux The fact that we’ve been without a competent President for nearly four years hurts all of us, yes.
History guy doesnt have to be so timely, you know ;)
4:15 The whole world must learn of our peaceful ways... By force!
At least Edith and Woody brought us the Federal Reserve and Central Banks. That is interesting history too. LOVE your show. Never miss one. Keep up the great work and I let all the commercials play through. Hope you get paid for that !
You say that as if it’s a good thing
Why don't you cover his original view of the Constitution as a living document and the creation of the Federal Reserve
Also locking up German-Americans in camps during WWI.
And American exceptionalism, South American banana republics, and Lost Cause revisionism. Wilson was the president that should have never been. It was a race between Taft and Roosevelt, and Teddy just couldn't leave well enough alone.
@Joe Duke wow, really? Got any proof on that one, there, bucko?
@Joe Duke Dang. That is incredibly funny.
@Joe Duke cute. In other words, you have none. You have no idea how my beliefs have changed/adapted over the course of my life, so the fact that you would assume, 1) I was born before the cutoff, and wasn't forced to wait until the year I turned 6, despite being able to read and write the year prior, and, 2) that I've been a Democrat since Kindergarten, just completely decimates any point you're going to make.
But please, by all means, give me some reddit forum link. I'm interested to know why you think all Kindergarten teachers are Marxist.
Timely, indeed!
The more things change, the more they stay the same. leaks
Good Cinderella song
Excellent video!
We were not leaderless. We are a free people! With 3 branches of government. Our founders were wise.
The Constitution is bigger than ANY person.
Living now, in what the founding Fathers conceived a mere 220 years ago.
We enjoy it every day without ever recognizing the memory of these great men.
This does not go unnoticed here.
Wilson: only got in office thanks to a stubborn fight over a technical 3rd term.
Also Wilson: Divided the vote by stubbornly fighting for a 3rd term
WILSOOOON
Timely for sure.
Well, that's erm... Timely
Love this channel. Great content and a superb presentation.
Videos such as this remind me little changes over time; things are hidden from the public for political reasons by both parties.
Classic examples being FDR's horrible health, JBJ's incredible crudity. and JFK's speed zipper.
@@genebruce6321 had to look up "crudity" also which president is JBJ?
@@pavelow235 i suspect he meant LBJ. lyndon johnson always talked about "jumbo" his penis
@@carllarsen or, needing an inseam with "about an extra inch around to my bumhole", because of how little "room for (his) balls" there were in store-bought pants. Yeah, LBJ wasn't polite, but it was that impoliteness which got things done after JFK's assassination.
@@genebruce6321 FDR did everything he could to hide his health, but we all knew it. Proof that what he *actually* hid, he hid well.
Franklin and Eleanor had a marriage of convenience, and she wouldn't even move back on with him after his health took it's final turn. I'm pretty sure that he wasn't faithful to her, after their children were born, and that rift was never healed. Regardless, yeah, they're all human, and should have personal lives. It's kinda hard to know the line, though, because health is *certainly* a matter of national security, and debt is too. Not sure about much other than those two, though. Yeah, Dirty Bill shouldn't have been fooling around with an intern, in the Oval Office. But, say it was an old friend, in the basement of his mansion in Arkansas? Idk, man. Morality? We *all* fall short sometimes. Yeah, the president should be better, and arguably should have been able to keep it in his pants for a whole presidential term, buuuttttt.... again, I dunno. This is definitely a question that should be had, nationally, about every 6-10 years, though. We should determine what need be known about our president regularly, and, if someone doesn't want us knowing that about them, maybe they shouldn't be president. Idk, maybe that's just me.
I know you disclaim it but the timing is outstanding !
The timeliness of this video is very coincidental as our own president faces the health challenges of COVID19.
While I did not intend to vote for his re-election, I do sincerely pray for his ( and his wife’s ) swift and full recovery.
I am thankful that they have the very best of healthcare. 🙏
@Intellectual Ammunition I wish no ill to others.
Even those I disagree with.
Intellectual Ammunition - agreed, we should be kind to each other.
@Intellectual Ammunition The Marxists who want to overthrow our government are a bunch of mean, nasty, vile people.
Carpenter Family, I'm definitely not a Trump supporter but I certainly don't want him to die (partly because I don't want him to become some sort of martyr). As someone with heart issues, I can tell you that being on the edge of drowning in your own fluids is no fun, and I don't wish debilitating illnesses or death on anyone. (We lost a close family friend to Covid19, and we know three others who got knocked for a loop by it; one was hospitalized, and my 40 year old nephew, a cop in above average physical condition, missed a month of work).That being said, Trump and his administration have been pooh- poohing this virus for months, and not taking sensible precautions, which serves as an example to others to similarly not take it seriously. Their refusal to deal with viral reality will likely cost other people their lives.
As for healthcare, we should ALL have access to healthcare even a half as good as what Trump, and Congress, get. My wife is a nurse, and yet not only does our health insurance through her job cost us a ton of money, but our yearly, out of pocket deductible is about 7 times what Trump paid in taxes in 2016.
While it's noble to pray for a speedy recovery regardless of who it is, I cannot in good faith say the same for this man. I had only wished he got it sooner.
Remarkably timely ....