# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/423 "2020-10-03T00:17:35Z")
Thom Tillis tests positive. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/424 "2020-10-03T00:24:15Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > I am rather curious what they’ll say now, though I have zero doubt they’ll come up with some justification or distraction. I hear they are blaming Democrats for infecting Trump by putting COVID on his debate mic. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/425 "2020-10-03T00:25:06Z")
Time for a White House Bowling Team. They’re going down like tenpins. 🎳 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/426 "2020-10-03T00:27:25Z")
[The Horse is in the Hospital.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhkZMxgPxXU) ---
**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 3, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/427 "2020-10-03T00:31:41Z")
CNN is saying Trump is having difficulty breathing. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/428 "2020-10-03T00:34:57Z")
Something I haven’t run across yet: for all we know, Trump could be intubated _ **right now** _. If not now, at any moment. Surely he can’t do no Presidentin’ like that, yuh? So, why is Pence not in charge yet? When do they raise the 25th Amendment flag? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/429 "2020-10-03T00:36:21Z")
> [@Theodore-Striker](#): > > there are a very few select individuals that truly deserve suffering and death, and those are people I know personally, not public figures. You know a few select individuals who have killed more than 200,000 Americans? Who are you? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/430 "2020-10-03T00:41:37Z")
> [@tripthicket](#): > > Something I haven’t run across yet: for all we know, Trump could be intubated _ **right now** _ . If not now, at any moment. Surely he can’t do no Presidentin’ like that, yuh? So, why is Pence not in charge yet? When do they raise the 25th Amendment flag? They’re not intubating people aggressively like they did at the beginning when they didn’t know much about COVID. The better treatment that does less harm to the body is having people lie on their stomachs-- I’m guessing with the face in some kind of face cradle. That seems to make breathing easier without the horrific invasion of a ventilator. Rumors are going to be flying thick and fast tonight. I’m trying to figure out how I would feel if I woke up tomorrow morning and learned that trump had died during the night. I’m not sure. Probably just shell-shocked. With a soupcon of relief that the nightmare is over. Not that the Pubs are going to turn into good, compassionate citizens or anything. But the Crazy One wouldn’t be in charge any more. Anyhoo… it’s going to be a long night. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/431 "2020-10-03T00:46:04Z")
Wonder how the herd immunity crowd feels now that they’re part of the herd. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/432 "2020-10-03T00:48:39Z")
If I wake up with the news that Trump is dead, I’m gonna wonder what the writers of _2020_ are going to surprise is with for the season finale. I’m guessing a killer asteroid. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/433 "2020-10-03T00:57:49Z")
Time-traveling dinosaurs, riding flying sharks _with fricking lasers on their heads_. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/434 "2020-10-03T00:57:58Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > CNN is saying Trump is having difficulty breathing. Link, please? I just checked CNN and can find no such story. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/435 "2020-10-03T01:01:11Z")
From the latest CNN story half way down A Trump adviser said there is reason for concern about the President’s health. “This is serious,” the adviser said. The adviser went on to describe Trump as very tired, very fatigued and having some trouble breathing. A source familiar with the situation said White House officials have serious concerns about Trump’s health and a top administration official told CNN that Trump is “OK for now, but our fear is that things can change quick.” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/436 "2020-10-03T01:02:04Z")
As if anybody needed more evidence that the Obamas are a class act: > We also want to extend our best wishes to the President of the United States, the first lady … Michelle and I are hopeful that they and others who have been affected by Covid-19 around the country are getting the care that they need, that they are going to be on the path to a speedy recovery," Obama said That said, given how they’ve been treated by Trump, would anybody blame them if they said nothing? ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/437 "2020-10-03T01:03:25Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Thom Tillis tests positive. It makes me happy that there are so many Republicans right now quaking in their boots. I’m scared every day because of the total disregard they have had for this virus. Turn about is fair play. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/438 "2020-10-03T01:15:56Z")
My Twitter take: I went to sleep last night. When I woke up Trump had Covid. I went down for a power snooze this afternoon. When I woke up Trump was on his way to Walter Reid. People. I can only stay awake for so long, is all I’m saying. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/439 "2020-10-03T01:17:16Z")
Do the country a favor. Sleep in tomorrow. ---
**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 3, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/440 "2020-10-03T01:17:45Z")
Please take a quick series of five minute naps. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/441 "2020-10-03T01:30:34Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Link, please? I just checked CNN and can find no such story. > **[Donald Trump 'having trouble breathing' and 'very fatigued', senior advisor says](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/breaking-donald-trump-having-trouble-22785060)** > > The US president is struggling to breathe after being admitted to hospital just hours after testing positive for coronavirus ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/442 "2020-10-03T01:31:41Z")
> **[Three journalists working at White House test positive for COVID-19](https://www.axios.com/2020/10/03/three-white-house-journalists-coronavirus)** > > A number of White House journalists are self-isolating while awaiting COVID-19 tests results. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=23)