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4.27pm BST
Trump just sent a tweet to push back against a report about his unexpected November 2019 visit to Walter Reed Medical Center.
“It never ends! Now they are trying to say that your favorite President, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes,” Trump said in a tweet.
It never ends! Now they are trying to say that your favorite President, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes. Never happened to THIS candidate – FAKE NEWS. Perhaps they are referring to another candidate from another Party!
Describing Trump’s unexpected November 2019 visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, he reports the White House wanted Mike Pence ‘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 vice president never had to take this step.)
4.10pm BST
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning that he was delaying resuming in-person classes in the city by 11 days.
The announcement comes as New York teachers threatened a strike over the plan to resume classes on 10 September.
Continue reading…Trump compares police shootings to golf and defends teen shooterTrump makes baseless claim that ‘dark shadows’ are controlling BidenLos Angeles: sheriff’s deputies shoot Black man stopped for riding bikeSign up for our First Thing newsletter 4.27pm BSTTrump just sent a tweet to push back against a report about his unexpected November 2019 visit to Walter Reed Medical Center.“It never ends! Now they are trying to say that your favorite President, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes,” Trump said in a tweet. It never ends! Now they are trying to say that your favorite President, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes. Never happened to THIS candidate – FAKE NEWS. Perhaps they are referring to another candidate from another Party! Describing Trump’s unexpected November 2019 visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, he reports the White House wanted Mike Pence ‘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 vice president never had to take this step.) 4.10pm BSTNew York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning that he was delaying resuming in-person classes in the city by 11 days.The announcement comes as New York teachers threatened a strike over the plan to resume classes on 10 September. Continue reading…