# Poll...how will DJT fare with COVID? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 3, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085 "2020-10-03T03:28:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/1 "2020-10-03T03:28:45Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/1))_ Discuss as you see fit. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/2 "2020-10-03T03:29:37Z")
I think his age and weight will work against him, but he has the best doctors etc. so if he can be saved he will. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/3 "2020-10-03T03:52:28Z")
I put “other” because no matter the outcome, we’ll never find out the truth. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/4 "2020-10-03T06:06:53Z")
He’ll suffer tremendously, then claim that it wasn’t nearly as bad as the fake news had predicted. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/5 "2020-10-03T06:23:42Z")
How sure are we that Trump actually has COVID? Trump has announced that he has it, but that doesn’t prove anything. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/6 "2020-10-03T06:33:11Z")
Not 100%, but the string of others who tested positive lend credence to it being real. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/7 "2020-10-03T06:40:04Z")
Much like Gandalf the White, he will return better and stronger than ever, and will smite his enemies and lead us all to a new age of peace and prosperity. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/8 "2020-10-03T06:46:00Z")
Peace and prosperity for whom? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/9 "2020-10-03T06:47:24Z")
Us all. Can’t you read? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/10 "2020-10-03T06:51:13Z")
I can read the words written, but I’ve been super sketchy about the words unsaid in your posts lately. If you truly mean all of us, I will happily agree with you in hoping for that outcome. But not even I wished for his death, even if it means resurrection as our saviour, as that seems extremely unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/11 "2020-10-03T06:51:54Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > lead us all to a new age of peace and prosperity. Like he did the last 4 years? 😜 His devotees will always find excuses for the Dear Leader of their cult. It’s actually pretty funny to see the losers who were fooled by a slimy con man pathetically falling over themselves to defend him. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/12 "2020-10-03T06:59:49Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Like he did the last 4 years? Well my 401k has doubled over the last four years. Is that to President Trump’s credit? Maybe, maybe not. Some credit it to Obama. On the other hand, nobody blames Obama for the Pandemic. So I guess only GOOD things get credited to the previous POTUS, and all BAD things get credited to the current POTUS. Funny how that works. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/13 "2020-10-03T07:01:40Z")
Or, you know, you could actually consider “more things” into your evaluation of what makes a president good or bad. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/14 "2020-10-03T07:08:22Z")
I believe you really mean that in earnest, which makes your statement both hilarious and sad. Repent, my death wishing skull, repent! The end is nigh! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/15 "2020-10-03T07:14:47Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Well my 401k has doubled over the last four years. What an interesting aberration from the norm. .[Average 401(k) Return - What Is The Average Rate Of Return On 401(k) In 2024?](https://www.investmentzen.com/blog/average-401k-return/) If letting your 401k guide your vote is the thing to do, then maybe Trump isn’t the way to go, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/16 "2020-10-03T08:34:59Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > On the other hand, nobody blames Obama for the Pandemic. So I guess only GOOD things get credited to the previous POTUS, and all BAD things get credited to the current POTUS. Funny how that works. Funny how that is not even close to the case. Obama was, in fact, president when he laid the foundations for certain economic effects. Obama was not, in fact, presdient–and had not been for years–when this pandemic hit. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/17 "2020-10-03T10:27:15Z")
I can’t predict. He’s in a class to be badly affected, on the one hand, but on the other, statistically, most people don’t get terribly sick. I know what I’m wishing, though. I’m not wishing death on him-- that might lead to President Pence. I’m wishing weeks on a ventilator, including the week of the election, and permanent health impairment. I’m not worried about karma. I’m already coming back as a butt plug. Or a junior high school math teacher. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/18 "2020-10-03T15:29:54Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > but he has the best doctors The one time when he actually says he has the best and its true. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/19 "2020-10-03T15:33:05Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Well my 401k has doubled over the last four years. Is that to President Trump’s credit? Maybe, maybe not. Some credit it to Obama . > > On the other hand, nobody blames Obama for the Pandemic. So I guess only GOOD things get credited to the previous POTUS, and all BAD things get credited to the current POTUS. Funny how that works. Trump is despicable because he is a loathsome person, incompetent and immoral. Personally, I made more money in the past three years than the previous 30 combined. Yea me. But even if I gave Trump all the credit, he wouldn’t get my vote. He has demonstrated time and time again he is unfit for office. The way he handled the pandemic may be what brings him down, medically and/or politically, but it isn’t the worst thing he has done in office. Anyway, back to the OP. I think he’ll fare like most people do. He’ll have a bad run and eventually recover. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085/20 "2020-10-03T15:39:02Z")
Just like with everything else in his life, he’s going to get away with it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-djt-fare-with-covid/922085.md?page=2)