# Coronavirus will finish Trump's presidency **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 16, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597 "2020-03-16T17:46:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/167 "2020-03-22T18:53:08Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > TV says Rand Paul has coronavirus. You mean coronavirus has Rand Paul. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/168 "2020-03-22T21:32:07Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > TV says Rand Paul has coronavirus. Even better - he was the only Senator to [vote](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/05/senate-passes-8point3-billion-coronavirus-bill-sending-it-to-trumps-desk.html) against the recent coronavirus funding bill. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/169 "2020-03-22T21:38:18Z")
If he infected enough Republicans, do Democrats end up with a Senate majority for votes? ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/170 "2020-03-23T02:13:08Z")
And it is reported that Rand Paul did not social distance nor self quarantine while waiting for his test results ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/171 "2020-03-23T02:26:54Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I think the drama and hysteria are a significant part of Trump’s “appeal”, for lack of a better word. From a policy standpoint Pence would be similar (probably less overtly racist and xenophobic) but would totally lack the ability to rally the base. I think he’d get crushed by Biden. This is what I think, too. Plus Pence brings a substantial amount of his own baggage. His views on women alone are enough to get most of us out to the polls to vote, “Oh, HELL no.” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/172 "2020-03-23T03:38:38Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Then you’ve never had ipecac. Nothing will make you puke faster. You have time enough to think it tastes pretty gooBWAAAAA, your innards turn inside out. Obligatory “Family Guy” clip: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jHUMaJphBdE/hqdefault.jpg "Family Guy Who Wants Chowder") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHUMaJphBdE) ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/173 "2020-03-23T03:57:00Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > He will certainly uphold his libertarian principles and refuse any help funded in any way by the government. The mere fact that he got tested while health care workers often cannot kind of flies in the face of some of his libertarian principles. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/174 "2020-03-23T04:12:09Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’m reposting this from another thread, hoping to give it a bit more traction. > > A couple of people said yes, they thought this could happen, that Pence’s inoffensively bland appearance makes him a welcome contrast to DJT, to which I replied: Could it happen? Four-eight more years of a Republican administration? I’m extremely surprised that it hasn’t happened yet. My thoughts, after Trump won the election, was that there was no way that the Republican leadership would abide this Bull in a Cina Shop, and would swiftly find some way to oust him on a technicality, leaving the reasonable-sounding Pence in charge. I am amazed and appalled that they have followed Trump so long on his chaotic arc. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/175 "2020-03-23T11:55:57Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > The mere fact that he got tested while health care workers often cannot kind of flies in the face of some of his libertarian principles. That’s cute. You think he has principles. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/176 "2020-03-23T14:08:33Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > The mere fact that he got tested while health care workers often cannot kind of flies in the face of some of his libertarian principles. > [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s cute. You think he has principles. I think he is abiding by Libertarian principles. The principle that underlies Libertarian beliefs is ‘I’m looking out for numero uno!’ Rand could get the test. If other people want the test, they should have made better choices and should take responsibility for getting their own tests. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/177 "2020-03-23T15:00:45Z")
Trump is like a cockroach. I fear he’ll keep coming back. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/178 "2020-03-23T15:08:37Z")
Is there no limit to the man’s stupidity? Short answer: no. Long answer: no [**Trump signals growing weariness with ‘social distancing’ and other steps advocated by health officials**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-signals-growing-weariness-with-social-distancing-and-other-steps-advocated-by-health-officials/2020/03/23/0920ea0a-6cfc-11ea-a3ec-70d7479d83f0_story.html) WaPo article NOT paywalled. COVID articles accessible to all without subscription. > [@](#): > > President Trump is signaling interest in scaling back “social distancing” and other steps promoted by health officials to contain the novel coronavirus as a growing number of conservatives argue that impact on the U.S. economy has become too severe. > > “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF,” Trump said in a late-night tweet Sunday written in capital letters. “AT THE END OF THE 15 DAY PERIOD, WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO!” > > The White House has promoted a 15-day period — initiated March 16 and set to expire later this month — to “slow the spread” of the deadly virus that includes following directions of state and local authorities that have resulted in shuttered schools, restaurants and other businesses. > > Trump’s tweet appeared to reflect impatience with the economic toll of such moves, and a series of retweets by the president early Monday added to doubts about whether he is committed to staying the course beyond March if necessary. > … Tweeting in ALL CAPS-- sign of hysteria? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/179 "2020-03-23T15:22:44Z")
So in other words: “I WANNA PLAY GOLF!!” ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/180 "2020-03-23T16:13:09Z")
For pity’s sake, someone install a putting green on the White House lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/181 "2020-03-23T17:09:42Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > For pity’s sake, someone install a putting green on the White House lawn! Will **He** use a golf cart? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/182 "2020-03-23T21:10:37Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Is there no limit to the man’s stupidity? > > Short answer: no. > > Long answer: no > > [**Trump signals growing weariness with ‘social distancing’ and other steps advocated by health officials**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-signals-growing-weariness-with-social-distancing-and-other-steps-advocated-by-health-officials/2020/03/23/0920ea0a-6cfc-11ea-a3ec-70d7479d83f0_story.html) > WaPo article NOT paywalled. COVID articles accessible to all without subscription. > Tweeting in ALL CAPS-- sign of hysteria? The new talking point is that we have to be willing to make tradeoffs to make sure the economy is OK. Those “trade offs” are human lives. Now, it’s perfectly acceptable to have an honest discussion about what the right mix of saving lives vs tanking the economy is, but I’m old enough to remember how opposed to “Death Panels” Republicans used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/183 "2020-03-23T21:17:15Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > The new talking point is that we have to be willing to make tradeoffs to make sure the economy is OK. Those “trade offs” are human lives. Now, it’s perfectly acceptable to have an honest discussion about what the right mix of saving lives vs tanking the economy is, but I’m old enough to remember how opposed to “Death Panels” Republicans used to be. Not to mention that a more serious epidemic will ultimately hurt the economy more than flattening the curve over several months. Think this is disruptive? Wait til you see what mass graves and food riots do to the Dow! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/184 "2020-03-23T21:39:15Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > The new talking point is that we have to be willing to make tradeoffs to make sure the economy is OK. Those “trade offs” are human lives. Now, it’s perfectly acceptable to have an honest discussion about what the right mix of saving lives vs tanking the economy is, but I’m old enough to remember how opposed to “Death Panels” Republicans used to be. No, no… it’s just Death Panels run by Democrats that they were against. If they’re run by Republicans, perfectly fine! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/185 "2020-03-23T21:42:31Z")
“I need an abortion, so I can save my life.” GOP: “FUCK YOU. And don’t you dare think you’re getting any government handouts, bitch.” “I need 2,000,000 to die so I can save my airline.” GOP: “How can we help?” ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597/186 "2020-03-23T22:20:57Z")
Apparently[taking medical advice](https://www.axios.com/chloroquine-coronavirus-death-09c91a91-4fe7-472c-9de9-79b890aa8fff.html)from Donald Trump isn’t a good idea. Who knew? \* “A man has died and his wife is under critical care after the couple, both in their 60s, ingested chloroquine phosphate,” one of the anti-malaria drugs that President Trump has mentioned in recent days, according to Banner Health, the hospital system that treated both patients."\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-will-finish-trumps-presidency/849597.md?page=10)