Week 204 - Altered State - a podcast by Amy Siskind

This week the public was given little information  about Trump’s health and recovery from the coronavirus, including basic  questions like when he last tested negative or his medical status. Even  by Trump’s standards, this week he acted extraordinarily crazed and  erratic — both in his actions and his words. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi  questioned if Trump was in “an altered state,” as it was unclear if a  steroid he was taking as treatment, which can result in mild to moderate  psychiatric side effects, was to blame.

Despite being hospitalized for Covid-19, Trump  did not change his approach to the pandemic, like caring about the  wellness of those around him, or adhering to safety guidelines. As he  plummeted further in the polls, and there was talk of a landslide, he  returned to the White House, then the Oval Office, and was eager to get  back on the campaign trail, despite likely being contagious. It was  remarkable.

Later in the week, Trump made a series of long  appearances on Fox and other conservative media, coughing and sounding  unhinged, and repeatedly calling on the Justice Department to indict his  political enemies. After Michigan law enforcement and the FBI announced  arrests in an alleged plot by domestic terrorists to kidnap Gov.  Gretchen Whitmer and orchestrate a coup of sorts, Trump, whose words had  incited their actions, fanned the flames further by seeming to side  with the 13 suspects, some who had links to the national “boogaloo”  anti-government movement, and criticizing Whitmer.

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