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Back to episode — Episode 3011 CWSA 11/07/25

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did the Democrats say about this? Of course, they took one picture out of context to say that Trump must be a psychopath because he's just standing there looking. What? What? What kind of standard is that for judging people? All right, let me tell you what I saw and then you tell me if that's what you saw. Now, I'm just going to read my post because I liked how I wrote it. Um, so right in the midd…

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e he was on the floor, Dr. Oz, who I believe was the closest doctor, was already on it. He had already rushed in and was starting to give whatever doctors do when they get there first. So Dr. Oz rushes in. You, if you watch the video, you see that RFK Jr. who'd be standing in the back immediately moves in the other direction away from the guy. What do you think he was doing? I don't know. But if I were RFK Jr., I would know that there is always medical staff on the other side of the wall from wherever the president is. Right there. There's no way there wouldn't be a gurney and an ambulance and a medical staff right on the other side of the wall cuz they wouldn't be in the room, but they would be right nearby. Now, RFK Jr. probably, and this is just a guess, I can't read his mind. Probably said, "We'd better make sure that those guys, you know, the medical people with the gurneys and the ambulance better make sure that the door is unlocked and they know to come in." So probably he did the thing that is the smartest thing he could have done, which is make sure they had already been alerted. And if they had been alerted, just open the door. Just open the door and let them in because maybe somebody needs to hold the door. So RFK did exactly what he should do because he's not the doctor. Dr. Oz did exactly what he should do because he is the doctor. And then Trump, what should Trump do in this situation? Should Trump push them away and administer CPR? No. No. He's got a room full of people who probably included more than one doctor and probably there were doctors on the other side of the the door as I said. No. What he should do because Trump is not in charge of that patient. Trump is in charge of the room. He's in charge of the room and also the country. So, what did you want him to do as the guy who's in charge of the room? I'll tell you what I wanted. I wanted him to stand up to show the respect that this situation demands. He stood up. I want him to look at what's happening because this situation demands that he look at it and assess what's going on and decide what, if any, uh, involvement he should have. Having looked at it and stood, he was then in charge of the room, not the patient. He was in charge of the room, not the patient. And the room didn't know what was going on. But having your president standing up there resolute and knowing that he's trusting the experts behind him to do what needs to be done, and they did. And fortunately, the the gentleman appears to be fine. We don't know his problem, but that's what I wanted him to do. I wanted him to show respect, wait, and know when it's his time. So, what Trump knew is that this was not his time. This was not his time. And so, he stepped back. What do you want that's better than that? You know, he's getting people are calling him a psychopath because he didn't, you know,

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rip the guy's shirt off and give him the give him some kind of a treatment or something. What exactly was he supposed to do? Was he supposed to push Dr. Oz away and say, "I got this because the cameras are rolling." No. He did exactly what I want my president to do. Not only did he hire competent people who immediately acted in exactly the right way, but he knew when to stay out of the way. You ca…

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