President Donald Trump on Friday afternoon called Ronny Jackson, the White House physician who withdrew as the nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, “an American hero” for exposing the Washington political system.
“In a very big way, you’re an American hero because you’ve exposed a system for some horrible things,” Trump said he told Jackson over the phone earlier on Friday.
“I’ve had it happen to me with the Russian collusion hoax,” Trump added.
Before calling Jackson a hero, Trump said that it was a “disgrace” to see Jackson’s record tarnished by “false accusations.”
Jackson withdrew his nomination following several reports from congressional Democrats alleging that Jackson drank excessively on the job, was lax in handing out prescriptions for sleeping aids and mistreated his employees. Both Jackson and Trump have insisted that the allegations are false, but Jackson nonetheless withdrew his name Thursday morning.
Trump calls Ronny Jackson an “American hero” for exposing “horrible things” in the system pic.twitter.com/JUhxj8hmLg
— David Taintor (@davidtaint) April 27, 2018
Sure a “hero” in the sense that if he told the truth about Trumps physical and mental health, the stock market might have crashed and other national security issues could have arisen.
Despite the fact that everyone knew he was polishing a turd and how that should negatively affect his standing in the medical community.
Trump is increasingly losing it. He calls someone accused of repeated drunkenness on the job an “American hero”, and endlessly repeats his “innocence” from collusion with Russia. Since Trump lies about everything, he’s effectively ruining Dr. Jackson’s remaining reputation and endlessly signaling his guilt with Russia.
President Donald Trump - He can’t say more than seven words without referencing himself.
Dr. Jackson was likely liquored up when he thought he examined Trump. He probably mistakenly looked at Jared Kushner.
“In a very big way, you’re an American hero because you’ve exposed a system for some horrible things,” Yes, like the shoddy way you ran the White House Medical Office, which deals with the health of important public officials.