# Trump and Melania test positive for COVID-19 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 2, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010 "2020-10-02T05:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/323 "2020-10-02T19:36:54Z")
I truly hope he is fine. I want him to be around in November for his political execution. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/324 "2020-10-02T19:37:46Z")
That and he needs to be in good health for his extended prison stay. ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/325 "2020-10-02T19:38:11Z")
Trump has not tweeted in 15 hours. That is the most significant factor, as to how he is doing. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/326 "2020-10-02T19:40:30Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > That and he needs to be in good health for his extended prison stay. He needs to be physically stable. It’s okay if he’s in constant agony. ---
**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 2, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/327 "2020-10-02T19:41:23Z")
Can’t spend the rest of your life in prison if you die right away! No, no good. Let me work on that one… ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/328 "2020-10-02T19:42:07Z")
Not having his sense of taste for months on end will be hell for him. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/329 "2020-10-02T19:43:31Z")
If his symptoms were very mild, wouldn’t he make an appearance on a balcony or something by now? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/330 "2020-10-02T19:43:49Z")
Yeah, but the lack of sense of smell will probably make Melania’s life a lot better. ---
**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 2, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/331 "2020-10-02T19:43:55Z")
It could be that he is just depressed and not that sick from Covid19 yet. Not really a good way for him to blame someone else for this. Not a good way to put a spin on it that may backfire on him. And the fact that he most likely exposed his wife to it has to carry a load of guilt. Hell he risked giving it to his kid. All thru purposely ignoring safety precautions. Perhaps he is feeling God Smacked. Knowing he rolled the dice and lost. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/332 "2020-10-02T19:44:27Z")
Are we still talking about Trump? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/333 "2020-10-02T19:45:05Z")
_And as for fortune and as for fame I never invited them in Though it seemed at the time they were all I desired_ ---
**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 2, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/334 "2020-10-02T19:46:26Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > It could be that he is just depressed and not that sick from Covid19 yet. … He could at least tweet out a sad emoji and the word “China!” > [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > … And the fact that he most likely exposed his wife to it has to carry a load of guilt. … Um, I don’t think that’s a thing with him. ---
**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 2, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/335 "2020-10-02T19:49:28Z")
But a gambler that doubles down all of the time and wins and then loses it all can crash pretty hard. This may be a bankruptcy his ass can’t pay off. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/336 "2020-10-02T19:50:22Z")
Based on his demographic, I suspect he’ll be one of those people who gets COVID, gets sick, recovers, and then has a lingering sense of malaise for the rest of his life. I don’t know if it will cause him to take the virus more seriously or not. But I hope it does. He may be already be responsible for thousands of deaths but there’s still an opportunity to intervene and prevent more casualties. ---
**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 2, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/337 "2020-10-02T19:54:20Z")
I guess my point is the only people he has ever shown any resemblance of human emotional attachment is his immediate family (not nieces of course). And now he has directly damaged them by his own foolhardiness. Has Ivanka and Jared been tested yet? ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/338 "2020-10-02T19:55:30Z")
If they have to invoke the 25th Amendment I wonder if it will be because Trump does it proactively, or, whether due to his ego or rapid progression it will be up to Pence and the Cabinet. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/339 "2020-10-02T20:02:00Z")
😬 > ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/340 "2020-10-02T20:04:03Z")
My father is not a Trump supporter, but he’s fairly typical for his demographic–70-something American male who thinks he’s invisible. He was never that worried about COVID before this summer. He only wore masks out in public if my mother nagged at him. He spent nine days in the hospital with COVID. Ever since, he’s been telling everyone he knows that COVID is no joke. He just got the flu shot for the first time in his life because he doesn’t want to tangle with Mother Nature again. Even though he should have some degree of immunity, he is religious about wearing a mask now because he knows that some people won’t wear masks unless everyone wears them. And he wants to be the “everyone”. I doubt Trump will have a turn-around like this. But it is possible that the people in his circle who get seriously ill _will_. If they manage to get on the other side healthy enough to speak about their experience, they may make Trump’s “happy” talk all the more jarring. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/341 "2020-10-02T20:04:57Z")
Shit is getting real now. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/342 "2020-10-02T20:08:03Z")
> **[11 attendees at SCOTUS nomination Rose Garden event test positive for COVID-19](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/attendees-scotus-nomination-rose-garden-test-positive-covid/story?id=73391378)** > > On Saturday, some of the White House’s top officials mingled with other guests at the Rose Garden as Trump officially nominated Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=18)