# 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:** 2
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/21 "2020-10-02T05:33:52Z")
Trump loves to brag about his health. (Remember that letter from his “doctor” in 2016, claiming he was the healthiest person in history to ever run for president?) I’m sure in his mind getting ill is tantamount to weakness. I’m sure he is really infected but will continue to tweet positive, blustery updates about how he’s kicking the virus’ ass as long as he’s physically capable of holding his phone. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/22 "2020-10-02T05:37:52Z")
Of course, it’s possible. At this point I’m not even going to say “I hope it causes him to lose the election.” I DO hope he loses the election, but this has nothing to do with it. Whatever the outcome of the election, assuming that Trump survives, we’re going to have several more months of him in office, and if he can do SOMETHING MORE than what his administration has been doing so far, to mitigate this virus, and if him getting it himself is what it takes for that to happen - well, I’m just saying, that’s my desired outcome, for him to spend the remainder of his time in office (whether it’s months or years) taking the damn virus seriously and bringing the full resources of the government and its attendant propaganda machine to bear effectively. It’s not going to make up for his massive shortcomings in addressing it up until now. But it would still be better than him taking nothing away from the experience. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/23 "2020-10-02T05:41:17Z")
What if this is kabuki and Trump’s WWF October surprise? Hope Hicks doesn’t really have covid and neither does trumpy. Just an act to come out in a week or two to say “I recovered, wasn’t as bad as the flu, nothing to see here folks, covid is all fake news”. I won’t believe it unless Dr. Fauci administers the tests, or trump gets really sick. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/24 "2020-10-02T05:43:28Z")
It’s possible. I don’t think it’s an outlandish conspiracy theory. It would be a legitimate, if dirty, political maneuver. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/25 "2020-10-02T05:44:24Z")
Trump’s White House leaks like a sieve. If this is a hoax, we’ll know in 48 hours, if not sooner. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/26 "2020-10-02T05:44:49Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > What if this is kabuki and Trump’s WWF October surprise? Hope Hicks doesn’t really have covid and neither does trumpy. Just an act to come out in a week or two to say “I recovered, wasn’t as bad as the flu, nothing to see here folks, covid is all fake news”. Considering how much Loser Donald considers illness a sign of weakness and his refusal to admit anything negative about himself, I can’t imagine his ego allowing him to lie about being sick even it would be advantageous to him. (Remember him describing his previous test results as “positively towards the negative”?) The only reason he’d be willing to admit it is because he must think it would be impossible to hide it and/or knows that others in his inner circle are going to test positive as well. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/27 "2020-10-02T05:45:08Z")
I really don’t care, do you? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/28 "2020-10-02T05:46:31Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > I really don’t care, do you? - (applause) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/29 "2020-10-02T05:52:05Z")
Life would have been better for many people if Hitler has succumbed to influenza. I don’t wish 45 ill, but neither do I wish him well. ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/30 "2020-10-02T05:53:28Z")
Please tell me that Biden doesn’t “take the air out of the ball” for the next 10 - 14 days while Trump is in quarantine. I hope once Biden’s given a clean bill of health from just sharing the debate stage - (3 days? 5? 7?) - I hope he puts his foot on the gas and goes for the kill. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/31 "2020-10-02T05:53:30Z")
She does wear her mask. Matching carefully to her ensembles. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/32 "2020-10-02T05:55:00Z")
Looks like he may have contracted it from Hoax Hicks! Perhaps visits to the presidential AFO bathroom aren’t just about grabbing things. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/33 "2020-10-02T05:55:22Z")
> [@Win\_Place\_Show](#): > > Please tell me that Biden doesn’t “take the air out of the ball” for the next 10 - 14 days while Trump is quarantine. > > I hope once he’s given a clean bill of health from just sharing the debate stage - (3 days? 5? 7?) - I hope he puts his foot on the gas and goes for the kill. It’s a very tough call. There’s really no playbook for this scenario, and I’m not sure what Biden could actually do to benefit from it. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/34 "2020-10-02T05:56:57Z")
> [@Zack\_Poppet](#): > > Thanks. I’ve been lurking here for years, but just thought of signing up recently Well, you certainly picked your moment! ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/35 "2020-10-02T05:57:52Z")
I worry that people will conspire that the Dems have him Covid. Maybe even Biden specifically. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/36 "2020-10-02T05:58:01Z")
Very true. But Biden could point out his previous statements, his unmasked behavior at events and his encouragement at taking this virus as a joke, like he does his financials, his investors… ---
**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 2, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/37 "2020-10-02T05:58:38Z")
I wish all the best for Melania. I don’t wish death upon trump. But I do hope he knows what suffering is. Like my friend I just buried on Tuesday after being on a ventilator for 2 months. I wish trump will recover so that he can rot in jail. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/38 "2020-10-02T05:59:19Z")
👍 The perfect sentiment for the occasion. I hope Hallmark puts it on a card. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/39 "2020-10-02T06:00:05Z")
You can’t worry about them. They’ll talk themselves into believing anything in the face of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. Right now, I just want to hear frequent updates about the state of Biden’s health that indicate COVID-negative, COVID-negative, COVID-negative. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/40 "2020-10-02T06:04:40Z")
I hope you guys realize that there is a realistic chance that Trump, Pence, Biden, Harris, Pelosi and Grassley are all on ventilators come Election day, they are ALL super high risk (including Harris who is diabetic).? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=3)