Trump could be out of the woods

Doctors are generally cautious individuals, and Donald Trump's doctors have been cautious from the beginning while trying to reassure the American public that their president is doing well. Today there seems to be a genuine note of optimism that things are looking so good that he might even leave the Walter Reed medical centre tomorrow. Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff who has played a somewhat Machiavellian role in this whole drama, dismissed the multitude of reports in newspapers and on TV that he would have to hand over power to Mike Pence. Meadows said there was never any question of Trump handing over power to anyone. I assume he meant now rather than after the November 3 election. Meadows was the one who appeared to dispute the personal presidential doctor's medical bulletin that Trump was doing fine. Meadows told reporters in what was supposed to be an "unofficial source" briefing that Trump had actually been very ill with a rapid drop in his blood/oxygen level. It now seems that that was correct because the doctor, Sean Conley, admitted in a question and answer session outside Walter Reed today that the president had had a problem with the so-called blood saturation level until it was corrected. Anyway, Trump's health crisis could be over quicker than anticipated, although this is what happened to Boris. All the signs looked good until he suddenly deteriorated and was put on oxygen for several days. Boris has never really been his true bouncy self ever since. Anyway, if we are to believe Trump's medical team, the president will soon be back campaigning. But presumably not at mass rallies with no one wearing masks. Surely those days are over. The next four weeks before the election are going to be more subdued. Right now, according to the latest poll, Biden is ten points ahead of Trump. That's a big margin. It's going to be fascinating to see how a recovering Trump faces up to that challege and tries to reverse it. It may be too late.