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Zorro

(19,042 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 Yesterday #45
Maga's Gate NBachers 21 hrs ago #61
Noice! wolfie001 20 hrs ago #66
There will be no mass suicide. ... JustABozoOnThisBus 21 hrs ago #64
Maybe this is that rapture they were talking about. Crowman2009 16 hrs ago #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 Yesterday #49
They'll be selling tRump branded drinks bif 23 hrs ago #53
Winning yankee87 20 hrs ago #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 18 hrs ago #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 Yesterday #34
And the birds whose chicks will die, and people's pets. Sequoia Yesterday #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 Yesterday #25
With DC humidity. It will be brutal. paleotn Yesterday #31
I don't think there is much to worry about, wnylib Thursday #13
On another thread, somebody posted a couple mwmisses4289 Yesterday #30
The price gouging is incredible. yardwork Yesterday #35
People could park someplace away from the grounds and wnylib 23 hrs ago #58
Good grief with those rules, they might get nobody. wnylib 23 hrs ago #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 Yesterday #22
Every time I open my fridge and see that bottle of Taittinger's waiting there...patiently... Aristus Yesterday #36
I do understand. That is why I have less exalted bottles on chill niyad Yesterday #43
The collective world-wide cork-pop the moment we hear the news will likely be mistaken for a sonic boom. Aristus 23 hrs ago #56
So very, very true! niyad 23 hrs ago #59
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake" ― Sun Tzu JoseBalow Thursday #19
THIS!!! calimary Yesterday #21
That's actually Napoleon but...yeah....what you said!! paleotn Yesterday #28
If you're stupid enough to go purr-rat beauty Yesterday #20
Hope he endangers himself malaise Yesterday #23
I'm calling it. I think it's going to be a false flag event Bookreadingliberal53 Yesterday #24
I truly hope you are wrong, but probably not. niyad Yesterday #44
I hope I am too nt Bookreadingliberal53 13 hrs ago #80
Waiting for the 3 hour speech and replays all weekend long. bucolic_frolic Yesterday #26
God it would be the funniest thing ever if this is what does him in. bearsfootball516 Yesterday #27
Some magats dead from heat stroke. I don't see a problem. paleotn Yesterday #29
;-{) THIS Goonch Yesterday #32
Actually, no umbrellas, no lawn chairs karynnj Yesterday #51
From the past to the future ya think corporate media............... Lovie777 Yesterday #33
Oh no...his marathon 4th rant must go on... MiHale Yesterday #37
He is not the only one who is worried. mwb970 Yesterday #38
This is no time to go "woke" on science. 33taw Yesterday #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 Yesterday #40
Well, if the attendees are stoopid magats... ananda Yesterday #41
Right. What have we lost and what have we gained? mdbl Yesterday #42
Dr. Jesus Trump says it's ok dalton99a Yesterday #46
They'll have portable AC set up just for the giant orange turd. "What, me worry?" KY_EnviroGuy Yesterday #47
Sorry for the people who have to work. twodogsbarking Yesterday #48
Trumpstown no_hypocrisy Yesterday #52
Trump's 11 stripe 'American' flag Norrrm 17 hrs ago #72
Waiting for taco. He will cancel, citing his "concern" for attendees. louis-t 23 hrs ago #54
No. He will pre-record his speech. The Madcap 21 hrs ago #60
Natural selection. Midnight Writer 23 hrs ago #55
Fingers crossed NBachers 21 hrs ago #62
It's Not A Problem Deep State Witch 21 hrs ago #63
JUST ONE WILL DO. 🍊💩🤡 ColoringFool 20 hrs ago #67
Not the first time bmichaelh 19 hrs ago #68
Lets place this in perspective.................he sent thousands of men and woman into the Capital........ turbinetree 19 hrs ago #69
Anyone who attends this event is a moron. Richard58 18 hrs ago #71
Trump left thousands of his own supporters stranded in freezing Oct 28, 2020 · Stranding your own supporters in a deadly Norrrm 16 hrs ago #73
One life in particular, maybe? Orrex 16 hrs ago #75
It's their own MAGA koolaid, i could care less. dem4decades 16 hrs ago #76
Advice for trump and his Maga followers LetMyPeopleVote 16 hrs ago #77
It's so hot and humid in DC that friends' parties to watch fireworks spooky3 16 hrs ago #78
Well it'll be republicans in the crowd, so less of them the better dave99 15 hrs ago #79

wolfie001

(8,247 posts)
45. They should all wear their clown tRUMP shoes like those wacko Hale Bopp Comet losers did
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:17 AM
Yesterday

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,796 posts)
64. There will be no mass suicide. ...
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:54 PM
21 hrs ago

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

Alas.

Crowman2009

(3,647 posts)
74. Maybe this is that rapture they were talking about.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 06:30 PM
16 hrs ago

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

durablend

(9,468 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

(13,060 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

(61,264 posts)
49. I'm sure outdoor coolers of some kind will be there for him
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:47 AM
Yesterday

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

(99,131 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

(29,468 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

(20,115 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

(70,098 posts)
34. Hours of flyovers first, then hours of fireworks.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 09:19 AM
Yesterday

MAGA is about to find out what smog is again.

scipan

(3,170 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

(4,926 posts)
25. ONLY
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 08:47 AM
Yesterday

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

(26,908 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

(5,243 posts)
30. On another thread, somebody posted a couple
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 08:59 AM
Yesterday

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

(70,098 posts)
35. The price gouging is incredible.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 09:20 AM
Yesterday

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

I hope people don't bring their children.

wnylib

(26,908 posts)
58. People could park someplace away from the grounds and
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:32 AM
23 hrs ago

watch from a distance. Fireworks tailgate parties.

wnylib

(26,908 posts)
57. Good grief with those rules, they might get nobody.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:30 AM
23 hrs ago

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

(135,562 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
Yesterday

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

mango mimosa from Trader Joe's.

Aristus

(72,782 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
Yesterday

I just get more and more impatient...

niyad

(135,562 posts)
43. I do understand. That is why I have less exalted bottles on chill
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:09 AM
Yesterday

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

Aristus

(72,782 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
23 hrs ago
24. I'm calling it. I think it's going to be a false flag event
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 08:39 AM
Yesterday

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

Lovie777

(24,622 posts)
33. From the past to the future ya think corporate media...............
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 09:14 AM
Yesterday

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

(13,301 posts)
37. Oh no...his marathon 4th rant must go on...
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 09:35 AM
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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

(78,349 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
Yesterday

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

(14,813 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
Yesterday

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
23 hrs ago

(cough) bullshit (cough)

The Madcap

(2,201 posts)
60. No. He will pre-record his speech.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:06 PM
21 hrs ago

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

(1,334 posts)
68. Not the first time
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:03 PM
19 hrs ago

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

turbinetree

(27,864 posts)
69. Lets place this in perspective.................he sent thousands of men and woman into the Capital........
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:19 PM
19 hrs ago

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
18 hrs ago

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

(6,199 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
16 hrs ago

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

(39,039 posts)
78. It's so hot and humid in DC that friends' parties to watch fireworks
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 06:58 PM
16 hrs ago

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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