# 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:** 47
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/925 "2020-10-04T23:14:05Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Las Vegas Sun is reporting Barr is self quarantining. Take with as many shakers of salt as you like. This is the one of the few actual guys for whom board rules prohibit me from enumerating the exact reasons why I have several bottles of champagne on speed-chill right now. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/926 "2020-10-04T23:24:39Z")
Um, the E-6Bs are to communicate with USN submarine forces. So it makes sense to me to have one on the East Coast to communicate with sub forces in the Atlantic Area and one on the West Coast for Pacific Area forces. Back in my youth USAF bombers were always flying shotgun in the sky. ---
**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 4, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/927 "2020-10-04T23:24:48Z")
Perhaps he has infected enough Secret Service Agents to have a standby team of previously infected agents to escort him for stupid shit. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/928 "2020-10-04T23:26:56Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Um, the E-6Bs are to communicate with USN submarine forces. So it makes sense to me to have one on the East Coast to communicate with sub forces in the Atlantic Area and one on the West Coast for Pacific Area forces. Back in my youth USAF bombers were always flying shotgun in the sky. It’s not a real crisis until some panicked Twitter user posts that he saw a solo C-17 flying out of Pope AFB late at night. Them’s the rules. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/929 "2020-10-04T23:28:01Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > They should have taken a leaf from [Mitt Romney’s book](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/web03/2012/1/14/12/enhanced-buzz-31827-1326562677-4.jpg?output-quality=auto&output-format=auto&downsize=640:*) and put Donald in a crate strapped to the top of the car Can’t wait to see what NYT op-edder Gail Collins would do with this! ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/930 "2020-10-04T23:33:39Z")
Also, no fucking way Typhoid Mary is leaving the hospital tomorrow. If he was, there would be no need for this circus right now. I totally agree. They are trying way too hard. If Trump was secure himself and his health, he would send out another strange-looking video and simply let the doubters doubt. But he has to constantly put on a show to hide the (obvious) reality he’s always afraid someone will see (hence the bronzer, the horrible combover, the ill-fitting suits, and the lifts). ---
**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 4, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/931 "2020-10-04T23:35:33Z")
[That picture of Trump waving from the backseat of his SUV](https://images.app.goo.gl/axiFnFLWakMZnHgJ6) reminds me of Dukakis’ helmet photo-op. Something that was meant to convey strength but makes the man look ridiculous. I mean Trump’s little hands waving from the backseat while he peers out is just so…childish looking. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/932 "2020-10-04T23:39:30Z")
And I just found an answer to my Biden question: yes, reported negative again: [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/519564-biden-again-tests-negative-for-covid-19](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/519564-biden-again-tests-negative-for-covid-19) ---
**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 4, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/933 "2020-10-04T23:44:32Z")
Nothing will make him look more ridiculous than when he was pretending to drive the big rig. [![](https://i.insider.com/5e2f21cb5bc79c017870b097) ](https://i.insider.com/5e2f21cb5bc79c017870b097) I mean, cmon. ---
**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 4, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/934 "2020-10-04T23:49:43Z")
That’s him being sorta silly. It’s not nearly as pathetic-looking as the tiny-hands waving from the backseat. Imo, of course. ---
**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 4, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/935 "2020-10-04T23:54:08Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > It’s not nearly as pathetic-looking as the tiny-hands waving from the backseat. Imo, of course. Not just the waving. The putting everyone in the car at risk so he can receive some adulation. ---
**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 4, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/936 "2020-10-04T23:56:50Z")
I think he wants to be back in the White House for the VP debates. Its a part of his shit show. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/937 "2020-10-04T23:58:12Z")
My god there must 50 people out there. Trump - There is enthusiasm like no one has ever seen! ---
**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 5, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/938 "2020-10-05T00:10:49Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > It’s not a real crisis until some panicked Twitter user posts that he saw a solo C-17 flying out of Pope AFB late at night. Them’s the rules. Time for me to hang it up for the evening. I first read that as “a solo C-17 flying out of the Pope’s ass.” **ThelmaLou** is leaving the building. ---
**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 5, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/939 "2020-10-05T00:16:23Z")
Hold the phone. Am I to understand the video I’ve been seeing of Trump waving from the back of an SUV is just him circling the hospital so he can wave like the County Potato Queen and then go back in for more treatment? I thought I was seeing him going back to the White House and I’ve been wondering if that was wise. Someone set me straight. He’s still in the hospital, right? That was just a joyride around the neighborhood? ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/940 "2020-10-05T00:16:38Z")
Get em while they’re hot: > **[\#24 COIN IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HISTORIC MOMENTS SERIES, ''PRESIDENT TRUMP...](https://www.whitehousegiftshop.com/product-p/trump-defeats-covid.htm)** > > Welcome to the Official U.S. Trademark Protected White House Gift Shop, Est. 1946 by permanent order of President Harry S. Truman & U.S. Secret Service Officers. For 70 years the White House Gift Shop is the authentic place for Presidential,... ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/941 "2020-10-05T00:17:37Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Someone set me straight. He’s still in the hospital, right? That was just a joyride around the neighborhood? This is correct. ---
**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 5, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/942 "2020-10-05T00:18:15Z")
Un-effing-believable. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/943 "2020-10-05T00:22:28Z")
shorter than that, a one block up and back. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/944 "2020-10-05T00:22:33Z")
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