Trump’s White House Was ‘Awash in Speed’ — and Xanax

[Zeedox]

Trump's White House Was 'Awash in Speed' -- and Xanax

Under Trump, the White House Medical Unit was “like the Wild West,” and staffers had easy access to powerful stimulants and sedatives, sources say.

www.rollingstone.com

In January, the Defense Department’s inspector general released a report detailing how the White House Medical Unit during the Trump administration distributed controlled substances with scant oversight and even sloppier record keeping. Investigators repeatedly noted that the unit had ordered thousands and thousands of doses of the stimulant modafinil, which has been used by military pilots for decades to stay alert during long missions.

The report didn’t say why so many of those pills had been given out. But for many who served in the Trump White House, the investigation highlighted an open secret. According to interviews with four former senior administration officials and others with knowledge of the matter, the stimulant was routinely given to staffers who needed an energy boost after a late night, or just a pick-me-up to handle another day at a uniquely stressful job. As one of the former officials tells Rolling Stone, the White House at that time was “awash in speed.”

 

[Gomez Adams]

Old news from a month ago, but they're just now re-hashing it because that's what news agencies do now: just keep repeating shit over and over again because people have the attention span of a gnat and forget a week after they see it.

https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-01-28/trump-white-house-pharmacy-improperly-provided-drugs-and-misused-funds-pentagon-report-says

 

[Zeedox]

I didn't see it back then. Some things just take time to perculate up on reddit for me.

 

[Gomez Adams]

It is a pattern though with main stream media:

1. Break a story
2. Beat it to death for two weeks
3. Break the next story
4. Beat it to death for two weeks
5. Break the next story
6. Beat it to death for two weeks
7. Go back to the first story and start all over again.

I haven't really seen anything new about the Trump white house since he left office. It's all just rehashings of the same old shit.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Well, here's some news we didn't know about. Admiral Ronny Jackson, the guy that ran the pharmacy, was actually demoted over the whole thing.

He is no longer a retired Admiral. He is now a retired Captain, and loses all of the benefits and salary between those ranks.

Navy Demoted Ronny Jackson

"Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician turned GOP congressman, regularly touts his military bona fides," the Washington Post reports."But Jackson is no longer a retired admiral. The Navy demoted him in July 2022 following a damaging Pentagon inspector general’s report that substantia

politicalwire.com

 

[Zeedox]

Ouch