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Zorro

(19,043 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 09:45 PM Thursday

Top Doctor Warns Trump Is Endangering Lives With July 4 Rally

A top doctor has warned that President Donald Trump’s much-hyped July 4 rally is potentially fatal.

Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a cardiologist and CNN medical analyst, urged the cancellation of Trump’s Washington, D.C. rally for America’s 250th birthday, citing sweltering temperatures that could put attendees at risk.

“The same way the outdoor inauguration was canceled last year because of the cold, the rally on the Mall this July 4 should be canceled because of the intense heat (> 100 degrees),” he wrote in an X post on Thursday.

“Dangerous weather and large crowds is a bad combination,” Reiner warned. The doctor has been one of the few medical experts to demand answers about the 80-year-old president’s health, citing his Oval Office slumps and odd examination schedule.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-doctor-jonathan-reiner-warns-trump-is-endangering-lives-with-july-4-rally/

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Top Doctor Warns Trump Is Endangering Lives With July 4 Rally (Original Post) Zorro Thursday OP
Actually if they want to commit mass suicide Coventina Thursday #1
Could end up... 2naSalit Thursday #6
They should all wear their clown tRUMP shoes like those wacko Hale Bopp Comet losers did wolfie001 Friday #45
Maga's Gate NBachers Friday #61
Noice! wolfie001 Friday #66
There will be no mass suicide. ... JustABozoOnThisBus Friday #64
Maybe this is that rapture they were talking about. Crowman2009 Friday #74
I think the "doctor" should mind his own business durablend Thursday #2
Looked at DC weather report for 4th pfitz59 Thursday #3
Not quite Resistance1 Thursday #8
From your keyboard, 3Hotdogs Thursday #16
I'm sure outdoor coolers of some kind will be there for him karynnj Friday #49
They'll be selling tRump branded drinks bif Friday #53
Winning yankee87 Friday #65
Will Hegseth force thousands of military to attend? Norrrm Thursday #4
Someone has a post here... sheshe2 Thursday #12
If no others, the military bands will be forced to be there. 3Hotdogs Thursday #17
Probably. Richard58 Friday #70
This will be Trump's excuse for not giving his "long speech". dflprincess Thursday #5
The smoke from the classlessly gluttonous fireworks will probably kill someone. RockRaven Thursday #7
Hours of flyovers first, then hours of fireworks. yardwork Friday #34
And the birds whose chicks will die, and people's pets. Sequoia Friday #50
Of course, ask PEDO if he cares. nt Cha Thursday #9
Not to mention the collapsing stage Blue Owl Thursday #10
According to my weather app, it will only be around 90 degrees at 9pm scipan Thursday #11
ONLY Mossfern Friday #25
With DC humidity. It will be brutal. paleotn Friday #31
I don't think there is much to worry about, wnylib Thursday #13
On another thread, somebody posted a couple mwmisses4289 Friday #30
The price gouging is incredible. yardwork Friday #35
People could park someplace away from the grounds and wnylib Friday #58
Good grief with those rules, they might get nobody. wnylib Friday #57
I would think the mosquitoes The Madcap Thursday #14
And this would be a problem why, exactly? niyad Thursday #15
I should be ashamed but I would be delighted to see hundreds of MAGAts carted off with heat stroke. TomSlick Thursday #18
I would open a bottle of bubbly for that happy event! I have a nice little niyad Friday #22
Every time I open my fridge and see that bottle of Taittinger's waiting there...patiently... Aristus Friday #36
I do understand. That is why I have less exalted bottles on chill niyad Friday #43
The collective world-wide cork-pop the moment we hear the news will likely be mistaken for a sonic boom. Aristus Friday #56
So very, very true! niyad Friday #59
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake" ― Sun Tzu JoseBalow Thursday #19
THIS!!! calimary Friday #21
That's actually Napoleon but...yeah....what you said!! paleotn Friday #28
If you're stupid enough to go purr-rat beauty Friday #20
Hope he endangers himself malaise Friday #23
I'm calling it. I think it's going to be a false flag event Bookreadingliberal53 Friday #24
I truly hope you are wrong, but probably not. niyad Friday #44
I hope I am too nt Bookreadingliberal53 Friday #80
Waiting for the 3 hour speech and replays all weekend long. bucolic_frolic Friday #26
God it would be the funniest thing ever if this is what does him in. bearsfootball516 Friday #27
Some magats dead from heat stroke. I don't see a problem. paleotn Friday #29
;-{) THIS Goonch Friday #32
Actually, no umbrellas, no lawn chairs karynnj Friday #51
From the past to the future ya think corporate media............... Lovie777 Friday #33
Oh no...his marathon 4th rant must go on... MiHale Friday #37
He is not the only one who is worried. mwb970 Friday #38
This is no time to go "woke" on science. 33taw Friday #39
Fine by me if a bunch of mouth breathing idiots want to be out in + 100 F weather to hear the ravings of a .... Botany Friday #40
Well, if the attendees are stoopid magats... ananda Friday #41
Right. What have we lost and what have we gained? mdbl Friday #42
Dr. Jesus Trump says it's ok dalton99a Friday #46
They'll have portable AC set up just for the giant orange turd. "What, me worry?" KY_EnviroGuy Friday #47
Sorry for the people who have to work. twodogsbarking Friday #48
Trumpstown no_hypocrisy Friday #52
Trump's 11 stripe 'American' flag Norrrm Friday #72
Waiting for taco. He will cancel, citing his "concern" for attendees. louis-t Friday #54
No. He will pre-record his speech. The Madcap Friday #60
Natural selection. Midnight Writer Friday #55
Fingers crossed NBachers Friday #62
It's Not A Problem Deep State Witch Friday #63
JUST ONE WILL DO. 🍊💩🤡 ColoringFool Friday #67
Not the first time bmichaelh Friday #68
Lets place this in perspective.................he sent thousands of men and woman into the Capital........ turbinetree Friday #69
Anyone who attends this event is a moron. Richard58 Friday #71
Trump left thousands of his own supporters stranded in freezing Oct 28, 2020 · Stranding your own supporters in a deadly Norrrm Friday #73
One life in particular, maybe? Orrex Friday #75
It's their own MAGA koolaid, i could care less. dem4decades Friday #76
Advice for trump and his Maga followers LetMyPeopleVote Friday #77
It's so hot and humid in DC that friends' parties to watch fireworks spooky3 Friday #78
Well it'll be republicans in the crowd, so less of them the better dave99 Friday #79

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,799 posts)
64. There will be no mass suicide. ...
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:54 PM
Friday

First, there would have to be a mass of people. Not gonna happen.

Alas.

Crowman2009

(3,648 posts)
74. Maybe this is that rapture they were talking about.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 06:30 PM
Friday

Instead of vanishing and floating up, in reality they die of heatstroke on the national mall.

durablend

(9,477 posts)
2. I think the "doctor" should mind his own business
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 09:50 PM
Thursday

If MAGA wants to off themselves to pwn teh libs, let them.

pfitz59

(13,062 posts)
3. Looked at DC weather report for 4th
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 09:52 PM
Thursday

100 degrees with 80% chance of thunder storms. Perfect.

Resistance1

(179 posts)
8. Not quite
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 10:10 PM
Thursday

Perfect is trump passes out from a heat stroke mid-sentence and a lightning bolt vaporizes his ass before he hits the floor. Perfect!

karynnj

(61,271 posts)
49. I'm sure outdoor coolers of some kind will be there for him
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:47 AM
Friday

I wonder if they will do anything for the people coming. I think putting up large shades that can be taken down at night fall would have been possible if they actually had considered it.

I'm past summers, in very hot weather many restaurants in Manhattan with outdoor areas had something that created a very fine mist that was refreshing at the ends of their space.

I hope they will at least be proving cold bottles of water. Free, if possible. (They should have money left from not paying the costs of top musicians.)

sheshe2

(99,144 posts)
12. Someone has a post here...
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 10:34 PM
Thursday

there are going to be multiple flyovers that are scheduled at very short intervals. It is an accident waiting to happen.

dflprincess

(29,472 posts)
5. This will be Trump's excuse for not giving his "long speech".
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 09:56 PM
Thursday

He'll cancel, not because he doesn't want to be there, but because he's concerned with the health of his supporters. And the fools will believe that.

RockRaven

(20,151 posts)
7. The smoke from the classlessly gluttonous fireworks will probably kill someone.
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 10:06 PM
Thursday

Not unlike how wildfire smoke can cause excess deaths in people with lung and heart disease, which are difficult to directly attribute in any one case but are clearly present in the epidemiology data as a whole.

yardwork

(70,127 posts)
34. Hours of flyovers first, then hours of fireworks.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 09:19 AM
Friday

MAGA is about to find out what smog is again.

scipan

(3,171 posts)
11. According to my weather app, it will only be around 90 degrees at 9pm
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 10:29 PM
Thursday

But the post speech fireworks for 45 minutes, along with the heat, are concerning.

Mossfern

(4,935 posts)
25. ONLY
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 08:47 AM
Friday

90 degrees?
I just came in from watering some new plantings - I started at 7:30 am - it's now 87 degrees and I'm absolutely spent.
I'm sitting here with a tall glass of ice water trying to recover. Yes it will only be 90 degrees, but those there will most likely have been there for quite some time.

I was not watering in the sun - ferns in shady spots.

wnylib

(26,934 posts)
13. I don't think there is much to worry about,
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 10:42 PM
Thursday

considering the attendance at his events so far.

But some people might turn out for the fireworks since that's traditional for the holiday.

ETA: At least not much to worry about regarding a crowd at his speech and other events during the day.

The fireworks, though, could be a cause of concern because Trump always hires the cheapest, most incompetent people. They could burn down DC. Good thing there might be rain to put out a possible fire.



mwmisses4289

(5,272 posts)
30. On another thread, somebody posted a couple
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 08:59 AM
Friday

of posters, on touting the event, the other the dos and don't. The couple of things I remember were no coolers, lawn chairs, back packs, no outside food and drink (forcing people to buy such, if there are food and drink vendors there; or causing people to fast and become dehydrated, because there are no food and drink vendors there). The other thing that I thought was weird was that they weren't going to let anyone in after 5p.m.

yardwork

(70,127 posts)
35. The price gouging is incredible.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 09:20 AM
Friday

I read they're charging $20 for water, $30 for a turkey leg.

I hope people don't bring their children.

wnylib

(26,934 posts)
58. People could park someplace away from the grounds and
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:32 AM
Friday

watch from a distance. Fireworks tailgate parties.

wnylib

(26,934 posts)
57. Good grief with those rules, they might get nobody.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:30 AM
Friday

I wouldn't go.

No need to go anyway. You can see fireworks from a distance.

I hope people skip the grounds and have fireworks tailgate parties.


TomSlick

(13,142 posts)
18. I should be ashamed but I would be delighted to see hundreds of MAGAts carted off with heat stroke.
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 11:52 PM
Thursday

niyad

(135,639 posts)
22. I would open a bottle of bubbly for that happy event! I have a nice little
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 08:31 AM
Friday

Last edited Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:06 AM - Edit history (1)

mango mimosa from Trader Joe's.

Aristus

(72,798 posts)
36. Every time I open my fridge and see that bottle of Taittinger's waiting there...patiently...
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 09:24 AM
Friday

I just get more and more impatient...

niyad

(135,639 posts)
43. I do understand. That is why I have less exalted bottles on chill
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:09 AM
Friday

for smaller occasions. But, darn it, I want to open that good bottle NOW!!!

Aristus

(72,798 posts)
56. The collective world-wide cork-pop the moment we hear the news will likely be mistaken for a sonic boom.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:20 AM
Friday
24. I'm calling it. I think it's going to be a false flag event
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 08:39 AM
Friday

I have had a very bad feeling about this all week.

Lovie777

(24,645 posts)
33. From the past to the future ya think corporate media...............
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 09:14 AM
Friday

would be smart enough to acknowledge that the Republican Party don't give a shit.

The cult will somehow blame the Democrats, and shithole will blame Obama.

MiHale

(13,304 posts)
37. Oh no...his marathon 4th rant must go on...
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 09:35 AM
Friday

Let him scream at stuff for hours in the sweltering, oppressive heat. It may be the end of him🙏

mwb970

(12,175 posts)
38. He is not the only one who is worried.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 09:43 AM
Friday

I anticipate heat stroke events and maybe even deaths if he goes ahead with this madness. 100+ degrees, high humidity, no water, no shade, the president promises to give a long, LONG speech to "prove he can do anything", fireworks don't start till 11 or later.

Basically, this is my vision of Hell.

Botany

(78,371 posts)
40. Fine by me if a bunch of mouth breathing idiots want to be out in + 100 F weather to hear the ravings of a ....
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 09:51 AM
Friday

Last edited Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:37 AM - Edit history (1)

….. convicted felon, child raping, insane, Russian agent and they die so be it. Just leave the kids @
home. Darwin works.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,816 posts)
47. They'll have portable AC set up just for the giant orange turd. "What, me worry?"
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:36 AM
Friday

NWS forecast:

Independence Day:
A chance of showers between 2pm and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 102. Heat index values as high as 110. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.


Dear Abby:
How many ways are there to totally screw-up a 4th of July celebration?

Second question:
How many ways are there to grift millions from a 4th of July celebration?

louis-t

(24,706 posts)
54. Waiting for taco. He will cancel, citing his "concern" for attendees.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:07 AM
Friday

(cough) bullshit (cough)

The Madcap

(2,213 posts)
60. No. He will pre-record his speech.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:06 PM
Friday

He won't announce that. The few who show will find out at the last minute after sitting in the heat for hours. Cruelty is the word.

bmichaelh

(1,335 posts)
68. Not the first time
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:03 PM
Friday

Remember those that attended Trump rallies in the past and probably got COVID and died.

turbinetree

(27,880 posts)
69. Lets place this in perspective.................he sent thousands of men and woman into the Capital........
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:19 PM
Friday

and people died..............his ego means everything to him ..................and he wanted thousands to show up for his sh*t show.............so that he could brag............

Richard58

(253 posts)
71. Anyone who attends this event is a moron.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 04:49 PM
Friday

It's supposed to be over 100° on the 4th down there! If people are going to show up they deserve whatever heat stroke they get! The one good thing is that Trumpy is planning to give a long speech in his suit and tie and I hope the heat takes him! It would be glorious!

Norrrm

(6,239 posts)
73. Trump left thousands of his own supporters stranded in freezing Oct 28, 2020 · Stranding your own supporters in a deadly
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 06:15 PM
Friday

It's not as if Trump cared about his supporters.

Trump left thousands of his own supporters stranded in freezing
Oct 28, 2020 · Stranding your own supporters in a deadly situation doesn’t seem like the best strategy. President Trump held a rally at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska Tuesday night that was supposed …

https://www.bing.com/search?q=freezing+Trump+rally+goers+in+Omaha%3A&form=ANNTH1&refig=6a48295b05e144cc8344369c2964eb4f&pc=LCTS
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spooky3

(39,046 posts)
78. It's so hot and humid in DC that friends' parties to watch fireworks
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 06:58 PM
Friday

Have been moved inside. Even at 10:30 pm it will be dangerously hot and/or storming. Guess we’ll watch on tv.

Record high today was 101 degrees.

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