Covid 19 coronavirus: Trump’s family was reportedly concerned about virus drugs affecting his judgment

People close to US President Donald Trump are concerned that his judgment will be affected by one of the drugs used to treat his Covid-19 infection, according to news reports citing anonymous sources.

Trump’s doctors have confirmed that he was being treated with dexamethasone, a powerful steroid that can affect mood, causing euphoria and in some cases psychiatric effects, including feelings of grandiosity or mania, after being airlifted to the military hospital. Walter Reed in Maryland last week like his virus. symptoms got worse.

He returned to the White House on Monday after a three-day hospitalization, where his behavior – including a car ride outside to greet supporters followed by a barrage of capitalized tweets – had allegedly worried some of those around him, including his son. Donald Trump Jr, according to Vanity fair.

Gabriel Sherman of the left-wing publication, citing “two Republicans informed about the family conversations,” said Don Jr had told friends that he had tried to pressure Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, and Eric Trump to convince the president that he should stop acting unstable.

“Don Jr has said that he wants to organize an intervention, but Jared and Ivanka keep telling Trump how well he is doing,” a source allegedly told him. Vanity fair.

“Don said, ‘I’m not going to be the only one to tell you that you’re acting crazy.’

On Tuesday, Trump abruptly suspended coronavirus stimulus relief talks with Democrats until “after the election,” saying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “was not negotiating in good faith” and was instructing. his team to focus on confirming the Supreme Court candidate in the Senate. Instead, Amy Coney Barrett.

The surprising move sent the stock market plummeting and was labeled a tactical error even by some Republicans, who argued that it should have allowed Democrats to take responsibility for the stalled negotiations, but instead made it appear that it had given up. to voters who suffered due to Covid-19 lockdowns.

In a follow-up tweet, Trump appeared to have realized his mistake. “If they send me a separate invoice for stimulus checks ($ 1200), it will go out to our great folks IMMEDIATELY. I’m ready to sign right now. Are you listening to Nancy?” he wrote.

the New York TimesAlso without citing sources, it reported that “some members of the White House staff wondered if Trump’s behavior was stimulated by a cocktail of drugs he has been taking to treat the coronavirus, including dexamethasone.”

The newspaper said Trump “made calls from the White House on Tuesday and wandered the areas of the presidential residence that had been established for him,” but was described as eager to return to the Oval Office and show that he was in charge. “.

In a conference call with House Democrats on Tuesday, Pelosi wondered aloud whether the side effects of dexamethasone were behind the president’s decision to drop the talks, according to USA Today.

Pelosi announced today that Democrats will “talk about the 25th Amendment” over the weekend, introducing a bill to establish a “commission” to investigate Trump’s health.

The 25th Amendment to the US Constitution describes how a sitting president can be removed by the vice president along with the majority of his cabinet “or any other body that Congress may establish by law” if he cannot “comply. with the powers and duties of his office. “

“Crazy Nancy is the one who should be under observation,” Trump tweeted in response. “They don’t call her crazy for nothing!”

It came as Sean Conley, Trump’s physician, announced Thursday that the president had “completed his therapy course for Covid-19 as prescribed by his team of doctors” and would be ready for public engagements on Saturday.

“Since he returned home, his physical examination has been stable and with no indications to suggest disease progression,” Conley said.

“Overall, it has responded extremely well to treatment, with no evidence on examining adverse therapeutic effects. Saturday will be the 10th since Thursday’s diagnosis and, based on the track record of advanced diagnostics the team has been performing, I anticipate the complete safe return of the president to the public. commitments at that time. “

Later that day, the Trump campaign again demanded that the second presidential debate with Joe Biden be held in person, after the group sponsoring the events “unilaterally” announced that it would be virtual due to health concerns.

“President Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, says the president will be medically cleared for ‘safe return to public engagements’ on Saturday, five full days before the originally scheduled debate in Miami on October 15,” said the Trump 2020 campaign manager Bill Stepien.

“Therefore, there is no medical reason why the Presidential Debate Commission should shift the debate to a virtual stage, postpone it, or alter it in some other way.”

Stepien claimed the CPD was “protecting Joe Biden.” “The American people can see through this obvious attempt to protect Biden from another beating like the one he received two weeks ago and the CPD must reverse course and let the debate continue,” he said.