Trump and first lady Melania test positive for coronavirus

[Sha-Rok]

If he dies, he dies.

 

[KaraBulut]

The recovery rate is 99%. Trump will say right before the election. I had it myself and there’s nothing to it. Nothing to worry about.

Correction. If you look at the tables posted on the CDC website, compared to young adults between the ages of 18 and 29, a person between the ages of 65 and 74 is five times more likely to be admitted to a hospital and 90 times more likely to die of the disease. The case fatality rate in that age group is about 10%.

 

[JRandell69]

2020 is a fucked up year. Donald Trump dying....it will not surprise me.

 

[MystikWizard]

Then maybe the President himself and supporters themselves shouldn't do that very thing either.

JRandell69 is correct. Again, revisit 2016 when Democrats were the ones spitting in the wind with the "I don't care what anyone says, we're going to do whatever we want to do and nobody is going to stop us" attitude and paying no regard to the Independents that could've supported them.

The arrogance has to stop and people need to act responsible and mature without the "well, the other side did it first" attitude.

Thus far, the Democrat leadership has been taking the right approach and setting the example, not giving the Right any ammo.

 

[ClubLevelVegan]

JRandell69 is correct. Again, revisit 2016 when Democrats were the ones spitting in the wind with the "I don't care what anyone says, we're going to do whatever we want to do and nobody is going to stop us" attitude and paying no regard to the Independents that could've supported them.

The arrogance has to stop and people need to act responsible and mature without the "well, the other side did it first" attitude.

Thus far, the Democrat leadership has been taking the right approach and setting the example, not giving the Right any ammo.

I don’t really care. If you think the Right needs this as ammo you are incredibly naive. Go recite this to the liberals that give a shit cause I don’t.

Trump is a fascist who is one of the biggest reasons why 200k people are dead, he has insulted the dead multiple times, he has insulted sick people, he has insulted handicap people, he is a bigot, and so on and so forth.

Go shill some where else, it is old.

And any Democrat trying to garner sympathy for him can go fuck themselves. After all these years of rightly running on a platform about how dangerous he is and how much he needs to be removed. Have a god damn backbone.

 

[cabinfever]

I think I am going to line up with the "I don't believe him" crowd.

I just read a headline saying he was getting an "experimental drug". STOP THE CLOCK.

There are 100 things wrong with that - and an obvious deception in progress from a seasoned con man.

October surprise time folks.

Trump taking an "experimental drug"? - and when he is "cured" he will be a hero.

 

[ClubLevelVegan]

Why are we jumping into conspiracies like the right does? Jesus.

Like for the sake of argument, if he was faking it. Wouldn’t he be all over social media bragging about how it is not a big deal?

 

[cabinfever]

Why are we jumping into conspiracies like the right does? Jesus.

Like for the sake of argument, if he was faking it. Wouldn’t he be all over social media bragging about how it is not a big deal?

The man lies ALL THE TIME - it would be an art form if he was good at it - but he is not.

From day one - he is an obvious and proven con man. To pretend he isn't is a mistake.

 

[ClubLevelVegan]

By your own logic if he is a bad liar we would already know that this was fake. Like why is critical thinking being thrown out the window here? We have no REAL evidence to go on to suggest that he is lying, outside of him being a liar. That is not good enough.

 

[cabinfever]

By your own logic if he is a bad liar we would already know that this was fake. Like why is critical thinking being thrown out the window here? We have no REAL evidence to go on to suggest that he is lying, outside of him being a liar. That is not good enough.

Sorry - not going to bite. If it isn't good enough for you - so be it. My opinion is that I don't believe him now. I could be wrong - I am OK with that.

 

[ClubLevelVegan]

It’s not good enough unless we have some credible source to actually believe he is lying. Outside of himself being a liar. Like of course he is capable of being a liar.

My theory that if this was a lie and he was doing it to come of strong or be a hero, he would have a bigger presence on social media to prove he is championing COVID and that it is no big deal. Trump loves the attention and feeding into it. Don’t know why he’d go silent when all eyes are on him right now.

 

[cabinfever]

It’s not good enough unless we have some credible source to actually believe he is lying. Outside of himself being a liar. Like of course he is capable of being a liar.

My theory that if this was a lie and he was doing it to come of strong or be a hero, he would have a bigger presence on social media to prove he is championing COVID and that it is no big deal. Trump loves the attention and feeding into it. Don’t know why he’d go silent when all eyes are on him right now.

I know "why" - he is a con man. Perhaps you have never dealt with one? They are con men/women because there is ALWAYS a con - it is how they go through life.

In order for him to be a hero - he needs to be a victim first or it won't play as well - and for all the people who wish him dead he will be whining about it to sympathetic crowds.

BUT - that is JUST MY OPINION.

 

[gsdx]

It’s not good enough unless we have some credible source to actually believe he is lying.

From his (long) past history of lies and cons, we can't 'know' but we can certainly 'assume'. Until there is proof that he IS NOT lying, I will simply assume that he is.

Trump never does anything that is not in his own self-interest, and lying about having COVID-19 most definitely is in his own self-interest. It benefits him in so many ways.

 

[ClubLevelVegan]

How about the other White House employees that were around him getting it as well? Like, he isn't the only one who has gotten it. Like if he is lying, then are these other people lying? And if they are, the amount of moving parts to cover this up is a lot. Considering the amount of leaks that happen to undermine him, this lie wouldn't last long.

 

[gsdx]

If this is not a lie and it turns out that he truly does have COVID-19, then I will pity him.

I will pity him that his ego and his pride and his greed and his narcissism took the lives of over 200,000 and counting Americans and made millions more Americans sick before him.

Donald Trump is still running your country like a reality television show and I can think of this only as a run-up to a season finale cliffhanger, and I can only hope that the show is cancelled before the next season starts.

I keep thinking of the Mitch McConnell 'broken shoulder' thing. I don't remember the circumstances of it and I can't remember what pile of shit he was involved in at the time, but I can remember that it was a very convenient inconvenience at the time. And to this day, I do not believe he broke his shoulder. I have never seen any sign of it.

I know the signs. I broke my shoulder 4 years ago. My arm was immobile for 2 months and, to this day, I have only about 40% usage.

And we're not talking about Trump's employees. Leave them out of it.

 

[Kyanimal]

I'm thinking this is the real deal. Too many sources verifying it for it to be one of his many, many, cons. These tweets are one of those backups:

https://twitter.com/TimInHonolulu/status/1311883569086623744

 

[JRandell69]

The timing of this is very fishy. He has just enough time to recover and come back looking strong before election.

 

[KaraBulut]

Add Ron Johnson R-WI to the list.

Senate GOP's third positive covid case threatens quick Barrett confirmation [CNN]

Look up in the air... it's a bird... it's a plane... no, it's superspreader!

So, now we have 5 Republican Senators who either have or have had COVID-19:

• Ron Paul R-KY
• Bill Cassidy R-LA
• Thom Tillis R-NC - possibly infected at the Barrett announcement
• Mike Lee R-UT - possibly infected at the Barrett announcement
• Ron Johnson R-WI - did not attend Barrett announcement because he was in quarantine from yet another previous exposure

 

[Kyanimal]

^ Just a few more, and ...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/poli...:+rss/cnn_topstories+(RSS:+CNN+-+Top+Stories)

 

[ClubLevelVegan]

If this is not a lie and it turns out that he truly does have COVID-19, then I will pity him.

I will pity him that his ego and his pride and his greed and his narcissism took the lives of over 200,000 and counting Americans and made millions more Americans sick before him.

Donald Trump is still running your country like a reality television show and I can think of this only as a run-up to a season finale cliffhanger, and I can only hope that the show is cancelled before the next season starts.

I keep thinking of the Mitch McConnell 'broken shoulder' thing. I don't remember the circumstances of it and I can't remember what pile of shit he was involved in at the time, but I can remember that it was a very convenient inconvenience at the time. And to this day, I do not believe he broke his shoulder. I have never seen any sign of it.

I know the signs. I broke my shoulder 4 years ago. My arm was immobile for 2 months and, to this day, I have only about 40% usage.

And we're not talking about Trump's employees. Leave them out of it.

Considering he more than likely caught it from one of his employees and thereby spread it to other ones, they are a part of the equation here. Not going to ignore them just because it is an inconvenience to the conspiracy theory being spun here.