# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/463 "2020-10-03T02:18:55Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I just mean that this is very surreal It’s funny, but for me this has been one of the least surreal moments of the past 4 years. Surreal is being led by complete psychopaths who have somehow paid zero price for their despicable actions. I don’t understand how it’s gone on so long with so few consequences. The last day has been the first time in a long while that there has been any kind of cause and effect relationship in this shitshow. It makes perfect sense that if you think a highly communicable virus is a hoax and take virtually no precautions against it, then you will eventually get it. That fits with my understanding of the world perfectly. Surreal is _not_ getting ill. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/464 "2020-10-03T02:21:55Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’m not saying that proves much, but if they secreted him into it, the news would lose it. Whenever I see this word I’m grossed out because I always first read it as the past tense of “secrete”, but this time the imagery of the SS pressing on Trump causing him to ooze into the helicopter is rather amusing. ---
**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, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/465 "2020-10-03T02:23:32Z")
There have been so many times when I thought karma was going to get Trump, only for me to be proven wrong. So yes, it feels surreal to me that it looks like this time it might actually be happening. Not just to him, but to all those around him. It’s like watching a real-life Game of Thrones episode. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/466 "2020-10-03T02:24:03Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Still, I plan on employing some snark with them for my own benefit. And you seemed like such a nice man… ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/467 "2020-10-03T02:24:29Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > It’s like watching a real-life Game of Thrones episode. LOL, I was just going to post this. It’s like watching the Red Wedding episode. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/468 "2020-10-03T02:26:44Z")
CNN Now reporting that Kellyanne Conway is positive for Covid - and that she was seen talking to Bill Barr for several minutes unmasked Edited to add (sorry, see this was mentioned above… News flies fast!) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/469 "2020-10-03T02:30:00Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Whenever I see this word I’m grossed out because I always first read it as the past tense of “secrete”, but this time the imagery of the SS pressing on Trump causing him to ooze into the helicopter is rather amusing. Ha, now I will never see it the other way! > [@Frazzled](#): > > CNN Now reporting that Kellyanne Conway is positive for Covid - and that she was seen talking to Bill Barr for several minutes unmasked. Her daughter posted it on Twitter, saying her mom did not want anyone to know and said she won’t wear a mask outside because it is stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/470 "2020-10-03T02:32:08Z")
Her daughter posted it on Twitter, saying her mom did not want anyone to know and said she won’t wear a mask outside because it is stupid. Seriously??? If Kellyanne goes outside without a mask fully knowing she has the virus and is contagious, she needs to be arrested for reckless endangerment… Period, others are arrested for the same thing already ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/471 "2020-10-03T02:35:19Z")
Today, for the first time in 4 years, the chickens have come home to roost. Yes, we are experiencing some refreshing reality now. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/472 "2020-10-03T02:36:24Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > CNN Now reporting that Kellyanne Conway is positive for Covid - and that she was seen talking to Bill Barr for several minutes unmasked All these dingdongs are really all in for the whole _“Hell, everyone dies some day, what counts is if you were WINNING! when you did”_ thing, aren’t they? > [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Surreal is being led by complete psychopaths who have somehow paid zero price for their despicable actions. I dunno, that sounds like how a lot of people were living in some given parts of Planet Earth at any point in its history. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/473 "2020-10-03T02:44:55Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I bet a lot of people in Bedminster, NJ are pissed right now. They knew Trump’s atrociously irresponsible record on the virus, and they were donating to his campaign to promote a continuation of his policies. They should not be pissed, they should be pleased - they got _exactly_ what they were paying for. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/474 "2020-10-03T02:45:02Z")
Claudia Conway’s message about this (transcribed as closely as I could from her tiktok) > update my mom has covid > im furious. wear your masks. dont listen to our idiot fucking president piece of shit. protect yourselves and those around you. > my mom two weeks ago: itll be fine masks are stupid its outdoors. > infects the whole family > [https://twitter.com/SpencerAlthouse/status/1312211105813458944](https://twitter.com/SpencerAlthouse/status/1312211105813458944) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/475 "2020-10-03T02:48:08Z")
[Good lord](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/02/maga-world-blame-adulation-trump-covid-425624): > [@](#): > > “Does anyone else find it odd that no prominent Democrats have had the virus but the list of Republicans goes on and on?” tweeted DeAnna Lorraine Nope, don’t find it odd at all. Elected Republicans never took it seriously, never took precautions. Of _course_ the list goes on and on. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/476 "2020-10-03T02:58:11Z")
Just when you think the day can’t get any better. ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/477 "2020-10-03T02:59:52Z")
I admit it, I laughed ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/478 "2020-10-03T03:06:18Z")
I came here to post the same quote. Gee, I wonder why fewer Democrats are infected? Must be some secret Deep State plot to follow the recommendations of the scientists. Those Democrats are so evil! ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/479 "2020-10-03T03:09:38Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > trump’s progression is a bit alarming. it appears he has a heavy load. No, that’s just how his pants hang off his ass. ---
**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, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/480 "2020-10-03T03:11:34Z")
Republican: How is it that those who turned the ridiculing of safety precautions into a rigid political badge are getting sick with the virus, and those that followed the safey measures tend not to get sick? Rigged! Unfair! ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/481 "2020-10-03T03:18:35Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Gee, I wonder why fewer Democrats are infected? Must be some secret Deep State plot to follow the recommendations of the scientists. Those Democrats are so evil! Reality has a well known liberal bias. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/482 "2020-10-03T03:39:48Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Who else has Hicks had close contact with other than on Air Force One? Well, at least we know the truth is safe - she never goes near it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=25)