# 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:** 59
**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 6, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1167 "2020-10-06T15:22:54Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > It looks like he had some chances to show coronavirus is a serious crisis, has affected most people in some way, show empathy and stress wearing masks or other hygienic tactics are independent of politics and imply nothing about masculinity or bravery. How’d he do? 🤣 🤣 Oh, you are hilarious! _\_ That one will be hard to beat! 😁 > [@Jas09](#): > > Third-best is he takes a bad turn, is re-hospitalized, and has to make his concession speech from the hospital. This would be my first choice. ---
**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 6, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1168 "2020-10-06T16:28:49Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Third-best is he takes a bad turn, is re-hospitalized, and has to make his concession speech from the hospital. Concession speech? Trump ain’t makin’ no stinkin’ concession speech. His last words will be, “I win!” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1169 "2020-10-06T16:44:10Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Concession speech? Trump ain’t makin’ no stinkin’ concession speech. His last words will be, “I win!” Yup. He’ll say the election was rigged, and will fight tooth and nail for the next two months to stay in office. The irony is it is rigged, as was 2016. Rigged by him the GOP and his Russian ‘friends’ ---
**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 6, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1170 "2020-10-06T17:39:41Z")
More “evidence” for idiots who say it doesn’t matter if masks are worn because anyone can get it anwyay, I have to believe many more will take it as yet another reason to take COVID seriously. > **[Senior Pentagon leadership quarantining after exposure to coronavirus | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/pentagon-leadership-self-isolating-coronavirus/index.html)** > > The top US general, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley, and several members of the Pentagon's senior leadership are quarantining after a top Coast Guard official tested positive for coronavirus, several US defense officials tell CNN. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1171 "2020-10-06T17:46:06Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > I have to believe many more will take it as yet another reason to take COVID seriously. Sadly, I think that’s optimistic. Until and unless a truly high-profile individual dies, or at least is visibly and severely compromised after a bout of Covid, people who don’t want to take the virus seriously will say, “See - all those cases of Covid, and all that quarantining … and in the end everyone is just fine. It was stupid to disrupt operations, the virus doesn’t have any long-term impact. So what if people catch it, if they are asymptomatic or have only mild symptoms and get over it?” ---
**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 6, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1172 "2020-10-06T17:49:22Z")
Maybe true, but it only takes a few thousand people in a few states to make the difference. ---
**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 6, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1173 "2020-10-06T18:31:00Z")
Now that Trump is back in the White House, has anybody seen what the White House housekeeping staff are doing for protection? Are they volunteering to stay and help? Melania is there and also sick so they have at least two patients to tend. How are they handling everything? ---
**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 6, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1174 "2020-10-06T18:35:18Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Maybe true, but it only takes a few thousand people in a few states to make the difference. Maybe this will make you feel a little better: [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-early-vote/more-than-4-million-americans-have-already-voted-suggesting-record-turnout-idUSKBN26R1LR](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-early-vote/more-than-4-million-americans-have-already-voted-suggesting-record-turnout-idUSKBN26R1LR) ---
**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 6, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1175 "2020-10-06T18:36:32Z")
Trump sees them as just the help (even lower than his paid off porn stars) and has most likely had them sign non-disclosure agreements long ago to prevent them from talking about anything going on at the White House, including and especially horrible treatment that exposes them to disease. This has long been his MO, take a job with me and sign away your rights to complain. ---
**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 6, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1176 "2020-10-06T18:36:44Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Sadly, I think that’s optimistic. Until and unless a truly high-profile individual dies, or at least is visibly and severely compromised after a bout of Covid, people who don’t want to take the virus seriously will say, “See - all those cases of Covid, and all that quarantining … and in the end everyone is just fine. It was stupid to disrupt operations, the virus doesn’t have any long-term impact. So what if people catch it, if they are asymptomatic or have only mild symptoms and get over it?” No, I think they’ll say what they **are** saying, namely, _“If those Special, Anointed by the Hand of God, High-Up Muckety-Mucks can get it, what hope do the rest of us poor schmucks have? Forget masks, forget distancing, open the bars and let’s just take our chances, since we’re doomed anyway!”_ Or something along those lines. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1177 "2020-10-06T19:20:42Z")
I think we’re both right. Never mind that there is an inherent contradiction between your characterization and mine; inconsistency and illogical thinking are in good supply these days. Oh and also, it’s all a hoax. ---
**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 6, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1178 "2020-10-06T20:24:30Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Concession speech? Trump ain’t makin’ no stinkin’ concession speech. His last words will be, “I win!” **“Fake” President-elect Biden is trying to form a transition team. THERE WILL BE NO TRANSITION! The dems rigged election will be canceled! KEEP AMERICA GREAT!** Bookmark that one for November 4-20 range. ---
**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 6, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1179 "2020-10-06T21:39:57Z")
This is probably the very definition of hearsay, but the Drudge Report is linking to an article about Claudia Conway’s Tik Tok account: > **[WATCH: Kellyanne Conway Curses at Daughter Claudia in TikTok Video](https://heavy.com/news/kellyanne-conway-claudia-fight-tiktok-video/)** > > Claudia Conway posted then deleted a video on TikTok in which her mother Kellyanne Conway yells at her using obscenities. The headline on Drudge says that she claims Trump is much sicker than what the White House is letting on. However, the article he posted to really doesn’t say that. Claudia has been somewhat of a reliable source spouting her Mom’s secrets, including that she had Covid. Take it with a grain of salt, but it seems somewhat plausible. ---
**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 6, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1180 "2020-10-06T21:48:00Z")
It is beyond plausible that Trump is sicker than the WH claims – it is a virtual certainty. The only point for debate at this stage is whether his symptoms recur so severely (this tends to happen within 7-10 days of onset) that he has to return to the hospital. In which case, good luck spinning that story. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1181 "2020-10-06T21:49:03Z")
I dunno about that article but she’s been all over tiktok claiming he is a lot sicker than they are letting on. ---
**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 6, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1182 "2020-10-06T22:00:59Z")
Whew. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CGAAEDfDD0X/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CGAAEDfDD0X/) ---
**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 6, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1183 "2020-10-06T22:04:28Z")
I don’t know, that girl’s smirk takes away from her credibility a touch. ---
**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 6, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1184 "2020-10-06T22:24:37Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > I think we’re both right. Never mind that there is an inherent contradiction between your characterization and mine; inconsistency and illogical thinking are in good supply these days. Oh and also, it’s all a hoax. I endorse all of the above. ---
**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 6, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1185 "2020-10-06T22:29:02Z")
Perhaps (probably) because I have a _very similar_ daughter, Claudia Conway is easily my ‘most fascinating’ person in all this. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1186 "2020-10-06T22:42:40Z")
From back in July: > Conway is every other teenage girl on social media: pouting for the camera, messing with her hair, shaking her butt in tiny gym shorts, mouthing off to rude commenters, posting a line or two about the political topic du jour, calling Trump a “r@pi$t.” As one would expect from the social media postings of an average 15-year-old, they contain no sophisticated political commentary or ambitious acts of civil disobedience. > **[Claudia Conway Isn’t a Liberal Hero. She’s a Normal Teenager.](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/claudia-conway-normal-teenager.html)** > > We don't have to lionize her for this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=60)