>>6131846 PB
POTUS has explained the expression he used. A golfer he admires would go for a putt without hesitation rather than over-analyze it. He'd just go to the ball, strike it (skillfully), and take the miss if he did not drop it into the hole. Some who play speed golf make this the basis of their entire approach to the sport.
On the other hand, if you miss, you still take the next shot until you sink the ball, right?
Double meaning:
"MISS IT QUICK"
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I'M SICK, QUITS.
Anagram refers obliquely to, THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK and the only get-out-of-jail card that some will be able to play.
Directly connected, even if fictionally, would be the rehabilitation of one's sickness. These people, not all of them, were sick but got better…