# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/523 "2020-10-03T13:05:35Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Brilliant strategy! He’s showing that he is a man of the people. It worked for Bill “I feel your pain!” Clinton. Why not here and now? I wouldn’t be surprised if he is faking this news. You think that a president lying about contracting a potentially serious illness is good strategy? Good for America? Good for national security? It’s the kind of lie that gets you to the polls to vote for him? ---
**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, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/524 "2020-10-03T13:05:50Z")
Senator Ron Johnson tests positive. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/525 "2020-10-03T13:12:36Z")
Man, I want to feel bad for these idiots. But I just feel frustrated and irritated instead. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/526 "2020-10-03T13:16:42Z")
The Repub – no, wait, the Corona Party. ---
**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 3, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/527 "2020-10-03T13:25:44Z")
God’s punishment for the GOP’s evil policies. It is about time. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/528 "2020-10-03T13:26:03Z")
I’m guessing, but I imagine the President’s hospital room is some sort of very nicely appointed apartment with adjacent staff quarters and offices - not the kind of hospital room you and I are used to. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/529 "2020-10-03T13:37:14Z")
> [@Junior\_Spaceman](#): > > True, but it’s a very shallow understanding of that behaviour. He’s never taken a short term loss for a long term gain - that would suggest a level of sophistication and maturity that is miles beyond him. What he does repeatedly is try to take the short term gain, and when that fails, or gets exposed in the long term, he just lies about ever having said what he said, or doing what he did. The lies are **always** in the service of making him look better at that very moment Perfectly said. ---
**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, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/530 "2020-10-03T13:38:07Z")
My religious mother said something similar and I told her to be careful. She barely survived COVID herself, and as a minister she knows many families who are grieving lost loved ones. More good people have suffered from COVID than bad people. ---
**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, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/531 "2020-10-03T13:38:13Z")
Remember when Lyndsey Graham said that if we elect Trump he will destroy the Republican party and they’ll deserve it? I think it’s actually happening, literally. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/532 "2020-10-03T13:40:21Z")
It would be extremely ironic if the Rose Garden super-spreader celebration for Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination took down enough Republican senators that they don’t have the votes and can’t get them before January 21st. One of my favorite lines from Twitter: “It looks like RBG just successfully argued her first case before God.“ This incident is driving home a couple of things I’ve been trying to point out for awhile. 1. Not EVERY group event is going to result in widespread infections. But if you attend an event without incident, that doesn’t mean you were right and the people who are against large events wrong. It just means you got lucky. Once. 2. The controlled shutdowns of the about 20% of non-essential businesses with high level of person to person contact could ultimately be less economically damaging than the shutdowns that occur as the virus ravages random businesses that then have to shut down without warning. ---
**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, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/533 "2020-10-03T13:41:51Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Remember when Lyndsey Graham said that if we elect Trump he will destroy the Republican party and they’ll deserve it? I think it’s actually happening, literally. - I’ll bet he’d deny ever saying it. ---
**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, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/534 "2020-10-03T13:48:00Z")
> **[Sen. Ron Johnson tests positive for COVID-19](https://www.nbc15.com/2020/10/03/sen-ron-johnson-tests-positive-for-covid-19/)** > > Senator Ron Johnson has tested positive for COVID-19, the Wisconsin Republican’s Office announced Saturday morning. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/535 "2020-10-03T13:48:46Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Remember when Lyndsey Graham said that if we elect Trump he will destroy the Republican party and they’ll deserve it? I think it’s actually happening, literally. There are two generations of voters just entering the pipeline who are horrified by what they’re seeing out of the GOP (by about a 2-1 margin). The science denial alone is enough to kill all credibility for the party in their eyes. ---
**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 3, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/536 "2020-10-03T13:49:03Z")
ABC is reporting a worsening of his condition, including chills, fever, coughing and congestive problems. ---
**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, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/537 "2020-10-03T13:52:45Z")
OK, I’m going to ask the question and I don’t care if it sounds crass, is it better for the Democrats in the election if Trump survives or doesn’t survive over the next few weeks? ---
**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 3, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/538 "2020-10-03T13:53:30Z")
What a shock that Ron Johnson, AKA the stupidest person in the Senate, has COVID! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/539 "2020-10-03T13:56:01Z")
Tell me about it. Is there a wider-gap smart/dumb Senate pair than in Wisconsin these days? I think not. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/540 "2020-10-03T14:04:28Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > One of my favorite lines from Twitter: > “It looks like RBG just successfully argued her first case before God.“ Why? My wife and I saw this one, and are perplexed by it. Is it suggesting that RBG would want Trump to get COVID? What was the argument/case she would be presenting? RBG was a lot of wonderful things - petty and vindictive wasn’t one of them (that I was aware of). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/541 "2020-10-03T14:07:29Z")
I think it’s funny. Pretend RGB “gave” these people COVID — enough to prevent the Republicans from shoving through her replacement, but not enough so that any of them dies. It’s mildly amusing, no? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/542 "2020-10-03T14:10:32Z")
The reason people cannot help but think this may be political theatre is mostly his own behaviour. The real core is he has so discredited the integrity of his entire administration and all of the White House staff, that there is no where to turn for reliable truth. He has repeatedly revealed his fellow republicans as willing sycophants, liars and deniers, and supreme hypocrites. The back channels, where info would normally be available to reliably confirm such stories, don’t exist because he himself has discredited both himself, and everyone else, so thoroughly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=28)