Trump and Melania test positive test positive for Covid 19

[JoeMorgue]

Oh before I forget.

*Claps my hands* Bring out plates of our finest pearls, polished to the highest shine, and make sure they are ready and available for the clutching.

 

[Meadmaker]

Nope, Pelosi is ahead of Mcconnell in line. But Pence has kept himself physically separate from Trump and be appears to keep himself in shape, so don't hold your breath.

McConnell isn't in line at all. After Speaker of the House, the next in line is President Pro-Tempore (sp?) of the Senate. I think the current holder of that office is Chuck Grassley.

After that, it's Mike Pompeo.

For the moment at least, Pence is negative, so it doesn't seem very likely that we will see a President Pelosi in the future.

 

[Myriad]

Elon Musk has announced that after having his engineers work all night, he's created a miniature rescue submarine for safely evacuating infected high-level government officials from the While House premises.

 

[timhau]

Look how big Trump's mask is in that photo!

It has to cover his ass too, because that’s where he mostly speaks from.

 

[jerrywayne]

The mystery writer Don Winslow is also questioning the reality of Trump and company claims: ""Dear@realDonaldTrump. Assuming it's true you have tested positive (after all you have lied over 20,000 times since becoming President and so have your wife and doctors) but assuming it is true WHY is it now COVID-19? You have ALWAYS called it the China Virus? What changed?"

 

[jerrywayne]

Another writer, journalist David Simon, has his doubts too:

"Honestly, when a man lies so damn much, am I wrong to imagine another cry of wolf for an October surprise? That Trump is claiming a positive test, will present as asymptomatic, or claim himself cured with bleach, then dismiss COVID again as a Democratic hoax? I'm wrong, right?

— David Simon (@AoDespair) October 2, 2020"

 

[quadraginta]

I've said for some time that I wish judges could sentence white collar crooks to enforced homelessness, so that'd be my pie-in-the-sky wish in this case.

But since he's gonna be in quarantine for some time now, does that mean we get spared the second debate?

They can always use Zoom or something.

Of course, that will give the moderator a built-in mute button.

 

[timhau]

This is what we can call "A COVID outbreak at the White House"

You know who has spent more time in the White House than Trump? Obama.

 

[JoeMorgue]

I know it's sort of cliche to ask/bring up at this point, but I'm curious of the polls in a couple of days.

Thanks Nate that cleared it up.

 

[Andy_Ross]

It's borderline criminal that Trump was aware he was exposed to the coronavirus by Hope Hicks, who tested positive on Wed but he still traveled to a fundraiser on Thursday. "where one attendee said POTUS came in contact with about 100 people" & he was having symptoms

Maggie Haberman NYT wrote
"Trump is said to have minor symptoms. He was lethargic at the Bedminster fundraiser, per an attendee. As of last night, officials were discussing treatment options as well as options for addressing the nation." https://nytimes.com/live/2020/10/02...ld-like-symptoms?referringSource=articleShare

 

[Regnad Kcin]

Shouldn't Trump be keeping this a secret from himself so he doesn't panic?

 

[Thermal]

This could be a great teachable moment for the POTUS.

Take away his money and availability of multiple properties. Put him in a small rancher with his wife and some young children, living paycheck to paycheck. Now have his health insurance cancel while he is sick.

This is the America you have been working for, Donny J. How you like it, mother ******?

 

[dasmiller]

If Trump does get severely ill from this, he's still Trump, so he'll have to blame someone. It must have been that there was some mistake in his treatment, perhaps even sabotage! The wrong one of three equally-valid options was taken, an injection was given a little too late or too early, the temperature in his room seemed high or low, a pillow didn't seem fresh (did it come from another infected patient?) Something.

And there will be someone - perhaps some doctor or orderly or administrator, who is found to have at some point retweeted something that wasn't completely contemptuous of Biden or liked a Facebook post that wasn't entirely hateful of Hillary, and the innuendo will begin . . .

 

[angrysoba]

In some ways this isn't a news story

Headline: man engaged in high risk behavior for catching infectious virus catches infectious virus

True. Although if he were something like the President of the United States, that would make things more newsworthy.

 

[dann]

Right now QAnon is split between "the Democrats infected him at the debate" and "it's misinformation and Trump's quarantine is cover for his beginning of The Storm, which he will be leading personally".

And for the past two months Herman Cain has been helping him with the preparations.

 

[angrysoba]

If Trump does get severely ill from this, he's still Trump, so he'll have to blame someone. It must have been that there was some mistake in his treatment, perhaps even sabotage! The wrong one of three equally-valid options was taken, an injection was given a little too late or too early, the temperature in his room seemed high or low, a pillow didn't seem fresh (did it come from another infected patient?) Something.

And there will be someone - perhaps some doctor or orderly or administrator, who is found to have at some point retweeted something that wasn't completely contemptuous of Biden or liked a Facebook post that wasn't entirely hateful of Hillary, and the innuendo will begin . . .

He’ll blame China and Biden (and imply they were in on it). But most of all he will blame Obama.

 

[timhau]

This could be a great teachable moment for the POTUS.

... if you only had a POTUS capable of learning.

 

[Horatius]

It's borderline criminal that Trump was aware he was exposed to the coronavirus by Hope Hicks, who tested positive on Wed but he still traveled to a fundraiser on Thursday. "where one attendee said POTUS came in contact with about 100 people" & he was having symptoms

Don't worry, the Great Minds have already concluded that nothing Trump does can be considered criminal. He's just exercising his duties as president to decide who to infect, and when.

 

[dann]

Hannity's still a believer.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...sitive-for-covid-19/ar-BB19CQTw?ocid=msedgdhp

This isn't the time for ineffective pseudo-cures.
This is the time for demon-sperm lady!

 

[dann]

Trump is really in risky territory, election aside. He has almost all the risk factors.

74 years old, male, obese, shouty, stressed, on medication.

Just not sure about his lung function, being so shouty.

Shouty is a risk factor for others, not for the shouter.