U.S. President Trump and Melania test positive for COVID-19

[herfiehandbag]

5 minutes ago, jconrad said:

Bingo!

"After White House officials learned of Hicks’s symptoms, Trump and his entourage flew Thursday to New Jersey, where he attended a fundraiser at his golf club in Bedminster and delivered a speech. Trump was in close contact with dozens of other people, including campaign supporters, at a roundtable event.

The president did not wear a mask Thursday, including at the events at his golf course and on the plane, officials said"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hope-hicks-close-trump-aide-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/2020/10/01/af238f7c-0444-11eb-897d-3a6201d6643f_story.html

A "superspreader"?

 

I can just hear him in the Rose Garden: "D'you know, people are saying I'm the bigliest and bestest superspreader there has ever been..."

[DrTuner]

The worse outcome for this for Biden's cheerleaders will be when Trump recovers. Then he'll likely be immune and that sliver of hope is gone.

[Peterw42]

Has anyone stooped to consider the possibility Trump is just saying he has Covid. 

Here is a list of the pluses he gets

 

1) the sympathy vote

2) He can have a miraculous recovery in 2-3 days

3) his recovery would show how healthy and strong he really is

4) his quick recovery would show the virus to be no big deal

5) he was justified in doing nothing about it, down playing it.

 

I wouldnt put it past him to fake the whole thing, nobody would benefit more than trump from faking having the virus.

[Opl]

3 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

The worse outcome for this for Biden's cheerleaders will be when Trump recovers. Then he'll likely be immune and that sliver of hope is gone.

tell it to those who, statistically, will not make it in the coming weeks

Edited October 2, 2020 by Opl

[DaSherminator]

I'm sure Mr Trump will get over it soon. His doctor said he's the healthiest president in the history of the United States

[Morch]

3 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

The worse outcome for this for Biden's cheerleaders will be when Trump recovers. Then he'll likely be immune and that sliver of hope is gone.

 

Immunity is not guaranteed, nor is it clear if permanent. On the other hand, lingering health issues seem to be common.

[polpott]

1 minute ago, Phoenix Rising said:

If that's correct I'd say criminal charges could be filed against him.

A British MP (SNP) has just been suspended from her party for doing practically the same thing. The police are looking into the matter.

[Cod Face]

4 minutes ago, dabhand said:

Flu deaths in US since 2010 range from 12k to 61k annually. Some way short of the current covid number of 200k for a period of less than a year and has yet to include a winter season. Likely also that the flu deaths also include those who had comorbidities.

My point was that 200,000 Americans have not been killed by Covid-19 alone, there were underlying causes in the majority of cases.   The quoted 'flu figures relate to those who were killed by influenza, no mention has been made of other complications in the 'flu numbers.

[Morch]

5 minutes ago, Cod Face said:

If you think that Trump is obese perhaps you should take note of your own last sentence. 

 

What do you know about Trumps "lack of exercise" and "propensity towards junk food"?

 

Guess some Trump fans could fantasize him being slim, fit and generally 'hansom'. 

In the real world, he's on the phat side. No physical exercise other than golf. And him liking junk food is common knowledge.

[polpott]

9 minutes ago, Cod Face said:

What do you know about Trumps "lack of exercise" and "propensity towards junk food"?

He admits it himself. Off you go and dwell on your own ignorance.

 

 

Edited October 2, 2020 by polpott

[jconrad]

35 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

If I was Trump I'd milk it for all it was worth and get the election delayed. I imagine Biden trying to push through an election against a man on a respirator would work against him big time

Given that Trump was informed that Hope HIcks had come down with an illness with symptoms of Covid 19, but then went on to meet his supporters indoors and without wearing a mask, I kind of think sympathy for him is going to be in short supply.

[Morch]

2 minutes ago, Cod Face said:

My point was that 200,000 Americans have not been killed by Covid-19 alone, there were underlying causes in the majority of cases.   The quoted 'flu figures relate to those who were killed by influenza, no mention has been made of other complications in the 'flu numbers.

 

Yes, and the point made in response is that these are spins. And lame ones, at that.

[Dumbastheycome]

36 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

If I was Trump I'd milk it for all it was worth and get the election delayed. I imagine Biden trying to push through an election against a man on a respirator would work against him big time

If it got to the point where Trump was on a respirator he would be out of action for a considerable amount of time.

 

[Matzzon]

Must mean that he was wrong. All the pills and medicine he has been smacking in didn´t help at all.

 

Let´s hope he recovers, though . Even if he s*cks as a president, he and his wife does not deserve to die.

[Morch]

Just now, jconrad said:

Given that Trump was informed that Hope HIcks had come down with an illness with symptoms of Covid 19, but then went on to meet his supporters indoors and without wearing a mask, I kind of think sympathy for him is going to be in short supply.

 

Let's see if Hope Hicks isn't made to be the next scapegoat of Trump fans.

[Odysseus123]

1 minute ago, DrTuner said:

The worse outcome for this for Biden's cheerleaders will be when Trump recovers. Then he'll likely be immune and that sliver of hope is gone.

Well..I don't know Joe Biden..do you?

Are you a cheerleader for the Don?

A simple yes or no will do..

 

All I know is that the countries with the most miserable levels (self proclaimed) of response to the Big Corona are..

 

Boris the Hairy of the defunct British empire

Bolsonaro the Brainless of Brazil

Trump von Twitter of the United States of Paranoia...

 

What can one say?

 

 

[Pib]

Donald just needs to follow his own treatment recommendations and he'll be fine soon.

 

 

[Opl]

11 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Has anyone stooped to consider the possibility Trump is just saying he has Covid. 

Here is a list of the pluses he gets

 

1) the sympathy vote

2) He can have a miraculous recovery in 2-3 days

3) his recovery would show how healthy and strong he really is

4) his quick recovery would show the virus to be no big deal

5) he was justified in doing nothing about it, down playing it.

 

I wouldnt put it past him to fake the whole thing, nobody would benefit more than trump from faking having the virus.

And Melania becomes 1st Mater dolorosa

Edited October 2, 2020 by Opl

[polpott]

1 minute ago, Dumbastheycome said:

If it got to the point where Trump was on a respirator he would be out of action for a considerable amount of time.

 

If Melania gets near the ventilator......permanently.

[spidermike007]

2 hours ago, Neeranam said:

I pray for those insensitive folks who rejoice at the suffering of others. Their Karma will be in the red.

Tell us please, how much time per day do you devote to prayer and inward contemplation? I despise how this prayer thing is thrown around. It is used so casually, usually by people with little faith. 

[wabothai]

1 hour ago, Pravda said:

Chances that trump is trolling? 

125%

[spidermike007]

Talk about egg in the face. After all the dismissal of it being a little flu, nothing to worry about, etc. How much sympathy will he get, after such extreme recklessness?

 

Let us see how the cheeseburger king is able to fight this one off. Fighting it off, and healing from it, is all about immunity and good health. How many in the White House already have it?

 

At a minimum, it derails his campaign, and makes him look incredibly dumb. Perhaps better to just forfeit now? 

[Odysseus123]

5 minutes ago, wabothai said:

125%

Yes,,..one never knows with this mob..so I have given you 150%.

 

Even the Pope couldn't give a flying fox anymore-and he doesn't have any divisions whatsover,

Edited October 2, 2020 by Odysseus123

[patman30]

they "tested positive", but feel well
as do the vast majority of people who "test positive"
which is different from being sick
even CDC state very low Iinfection Fatality Ratio rate

"The President and First Lady are both well at this time"
"the first lady wrote on Twitter that she and her husband were "feeling good.""
"Trump was last seen in public on Thursday afternoon, returning to the White House after a fundraising trip to New Jersey. He did not appear ill"
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/hope-hicks-positive-coronavirus/index.html

so for all the disgusting people here wishing ill on other humans
with comments like "i hope he nearly die" etc.
please do look at yourselves in the mirror
actually wishing harm and suffering upon others is just immoral and shameful and extremely close minded,
regardless of who the other person is or their race, beliefs or occupation etc
you really should be ashamed of yourself and your small minds.

 

[ballpoint]

1 hour ago, Morch said:

 

Over 200,000 Americans dead.

Relax, Says poster.

It is what it is.

[ballpoint]

Of the two certainties in life, Trump has cheated at taxes.  Let's see how he goes with the other.

[welovesundaysatspace]

16 minutes ago, Cod Face said:

My point was that 200,000 Americans have not been killed by Covid-19 alone, there were underlying causes in the majority of cases.  

That’s just your claim. Doctors don’t agree. 

 

[Eric Loh]

17 minutes ago, Cod Face said:

If you think that Trump is obese perhaps you should take note of your own last sentence. 

 

What do you know about Trumps "lack of exercise" and "propensity towards junk food"?

Let me paraphrase what Trump said and you intelligently opine whether he exercise.

 

"Trump believe that the human body was like a battery with a finite amount of energy which exercise only deplete" He think walking to the next door is exercise.

 

Trump weighs 239 pounds and way over the healthy BMI. So what you think. Obese or not. 

 

As for junk food, his own White House physician Ronny Jackson said he eat too much fast food. 

 

Ignorance!

 

 

[Odysseus123]

4 minutes ago, patman30 said:

they "tested positive", but feel well
as do the vast majority of people who "test positive"
which is different from being sick
even CDC state very low Iinfection Fatality Ratio rate

"The President and First Lady are both well at this time"
"the first lady wrote on Twitter that she and her husband were "feeling good.""
"Trump was last seen in public on Thursday afternoon, returning to the White House after a fundraising trip to New Jersey. He did not appear ill"
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/hope-hicks-positive-coronavirus/index.html

so for all the disgusting people here wishing ill on other humans
with comments like "i hope he nearly die" etc.
please do look at yourselves in the mirror
actually wishing harm and suffering upon others is just immoral and shameful and extremely close minded,
regardless of who the other person is or their race, beliefs or occupation etc
you really should be ashamed of yourself and your small minds.

 

You had better look at your faux leader on his Crispy Creme pedestal.

 

Just give me some examples of his "morality" as the US strove to tackle the plague.

 

Should the deceased relatives and friends be comforted by his 'twitterings"?

[onthedarkside]

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