Many of you think Trump is faking coronavirus now that he's suddenly well. But you've got it backward. It's the "well" part that's a fake. That dexamethasone steroid would have him up and walking even if he were a corpse. It's (temporarily) covering up his actual state of health.

We don't know how sick Trump is. But we do know that if the coronavirus weren't in Trump's lungs, doctors would actually be increasing his odds of death by giving him dexamethasone. So they must be sure it's in his lungs. It's a waiting game to see if it clears out or takes root.

As with others in his situation, Trump's coronavirus could go either way. But the images we keep seeing of him are merely proof that he's conscious and not on a ventilator. We have no idea if he'd be able to sit / stand / walk without the assistance of the powerful steroid drug.

If Trump does check out of Walter Reed in the next day or two, this will tell us nothing; it could just be the dexamethasone propping him up enough to fake his way back to the White House, which is also a de facto hospital.

If Trump does go home soon, the thing to look for will be whether he actually does anything there. Will he hold meetings, press briefings, campaign speeches? Or will his people just keep releasing staged photos of him pretending to do things, to hide his ongoing weakness?

Trump thinks the hospital makes him look weak, and going home will help his election odds. But minute he's out of the hospital, the narrative will turn harsher against him for recklessly getting himself and so many others infected – and his other scandals will return.

So if Trump wants to twist his doctors' arms into letting him return to the White House too soon while he's still sick, jacked up on steroids just so he can walk to the helicopter, that's fine. It's his choice, his mistake. It'll just make his ugly election prospects even uglier.

Also, think about how many people Trump pissed off this week in the White House, the GOP, and the donor class by knowingly exposing them to coronavirus. If he survives, they'll start leaking things in retaliation. The minute Trump leaves the hospital, start your engines.