# PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CORONAVIRUS GUIDELINES FOR AMERICA postcard. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 25, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251 "2020-03-25T14:39:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/1 "2020-03-25T14:39:13Z")
The mail was just delivered. It included two copies of a postcard that in big bold letters on the front says **PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CORONAVIRUS GUIDELINES FOR AMERICA** It has a G-10 permit, meaning it was paid for by the federal government. I thought Vice President Pence was in charge of the coronavirus response, so I am glad to learn that **PRESIDENT TRUMP** is personally asserting his role as leader and has personally formulated guidelines for us. We need strong leadership in times like these. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/2 "2020-03-25T17:13:41Z")
“Honey, we’re out of toilet paper.” “Don’t worry. PRESIDENT TRUMP just sent us this postcard.” “God bless that man.” ---
**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 25, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/3 "2020-03-25T19:19:40Z")
I read the one we received yesterday. My response? Thank you, Captain Obvious! ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/4 "2020-03-25T19:30:45Z")
I thought about reading it, so I could be sure to do the exact opposite. But not worth the 10 seconds, so straight to the recycle bin. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/5 "2020-03-25T19:39:39Z")
Hey! I haven’t gotten mine yet! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/6 "2020-03-25T19:59:22Z")
> [@Twoflower](#): > > I thought about reading it, so I could be sure to do the exact opposite. No, the advice on the postcard actually is basic good sense. Trump should read it. ---
**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 25, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/7 "2020-03-25T20:16:12Z")
> [@Twoflower](#): > > I thought about reading it, so I could be sure to do the exact opposite. But not worth the 10 seconds, so straight to the recycle bin. Dear, Mr. President. I have received your postcard and read it in the smallest room in the house. Thankfully, it was soon behind me. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/8 "2020-03-25T20:25:52Z")
[Column: Has Trump even read his own ‘Coronavirus Guidelines for America’?](https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-03-24/trump-guidelines-for-america) Apparently, the answer is “no”. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/9 "2020-03-25T20:41:10Z")
Does the postcard say that the pandemic will blow over when the weather breaks? Otherwise, someone else wrote it. (Speaking of Capt. Obvious.) ---
**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:** [March 25, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/10 "2020-03-25T20:56:31Z")
I just checked, and mine was in the mailbox. It was in there with a bunch of junk mail. I didn’t read it, because I’ve already heard what Trump had to say about the weather, and the demise of the virus. In total I got about 5 pieces of junk mail, and one piece-of-shit mail. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/11 "2020-03-25T21:20:50Z")
USPS usually emails me pictures of that day’s deliveries to our post office box but there’s nothing today. Much of what arrives goes S2S, Straight to Shredder. It’s a shame to cut down forests for this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/12 "2020-03-25T21:25:41Z")
When mine comes, I’m going to write “Return to sender” on it and put it back in the box. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/13 "2020-03-25T22:46:10Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > When mine comes, I’m going to write “Return to sender” on it and put it back in the box. I’m not, I’m putting it with all my other documents that I’ve kept through the years, will make an interesting piece of ephemera. Now if any of my descendants will want it is another question. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/14 "2020-03-25T22:50:19Z")
I’m not sure what part of the **NO POLITICS** in the Quarantine Zone forum description people are not getting. In any case, since this is evidently intended to ridicule Trump, let’s move it to the Pit. Colibri Quarantine Zone Moderator ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/15 "2020-03-25T23:06:07Z")
Mine came today and went straight into the recycle bin. It wasn’t anything I hadn’t heard at least TWO WEEKS AGO. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/16 "2020-03-25T23:08:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I read the one we received yesterday. My response? > > Thank you, Captain Obvious! When referring to Trump, I prefer “MOTO” (Moron Of The Obvious). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/17 "2020-03-25T23:39:03Z")
I noted getting this on the “Trump pissed you off” thread, and while I would say the advice offered is just as obvious as you state, there is good advice on it and since Trump’s name is so obviously displayed therein, it may encourage some of his supporters to actually take it seriously, thus helping out in ‘leveling the curve’, as most doctors are wanting. So some good may come of this. That said, putting his name so prominently regarding a disease he did (and appears to still be doing) his best to play down and make light of, I do admit it ‘irks’ me some. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/18 "2020-03-26T00:38:02Z")
My main quibble with it is why it was labelled “President Trump’s”. It should come from the CDC, possibly from the surgeon general, and there was no reason to put his name on it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/19 "2020-03-26T00:43:31Z")
File 13. the burn barrel ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251/20 "2020-03-26T00:53:57Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > My main quibble with it is why it was labelled “President Trump’s”. It should come from the CDC, possibly from the surgeon general, and there was no reason to put his name on it at all. Yeah. It’s almost as if he was seeking to take credit for someone else’s good work. But that’s just crazy talk on my part. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-coronavirus-guidelines-for-america-postcard/850251.md?page=2)