# 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:** 61
**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 7, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1207 "2020-10-07T02:17:12Z")
As far as is known, she was isolating at the White House, and still is. I’ve not seen any info on the testing status of any of the Trump kids. (And, of course, Barron is the only one of Donald’s children whose mother is Melania, and as a minor, I would suspect that the White House would be even more careful about releasing information about him.) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1208 "2020-10-07T02:19:03Z")
Yeah, Barron isn’t who I’m concerned about, just Yakko, Wakko, and Dot. ---
**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 7, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1209 "2020-10-07T02:27:51Z")
Totes stealing. ---
**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 7, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1210 "2020-10-07T02:34:58Z")
> [@Kimera757](#): > > Slate suggests Trump hasn’t actually been tested That is soo last week’s supposition. Try to keep up, Slate. ---
**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 7, 2020, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1212 "2020-10-07T06:17:48Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Someone should tell her she has an “alternative virus”. That’s beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1213 "2020-10-07T09:03:06Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Statistically speaking, with Trump and his Oberkommand infecting each other, this has to end very badly for some of them, right? Yes. To paraphrase Mark Twain: _The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the covid ain’t distributed right._ ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1214 "2020-10-07T09:04:20Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > There is a Guardian article, almost dripping with ill-placed anticipation, about Giuliani coughing uncontrollably during an interview while still awaiting test results. I’m not sure that it is dignified to presuppose such things. Wait for the results, no? Ordinarily, yes, but today’s word is schadenfreude. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1215 "2020-10-07T11:43:44Z")
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**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1216 "2020-10-07T12:12:35Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I don’t know, that girl’s smirk takes away from her credibility a touch. Agreed. And “that’s how I interpreted it” is absolutely an admission that she’s been lying about stuff. The girl has no more credibility than her mother. ---
**Author:** ![Mickyfinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1217 "2020-10-07T12:31:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > She needs cheering up. Someone should tell her she has an “alternative virus”. These posts are classic. You guys are great. But they are making it kind of easy, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Mickyfinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1218 "2020-10-07T12:33:14Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Yeah, Barron isn’t who I’m concerned about, just Yakko, Wakko, and Dot. Don’t do that to the Warner’s… ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1219 "2020-10-07T18:06:17Z")
Today they announced that Trump has detectable levels of anti-COVID antibodies in his blood. Which would be a meaningful result had they not injected anti-COVID antibodies into his blood. ---
**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 7, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1220 "2020-10-07T18:28:38Z")
I see a lot of doctors on twitter just ripping on Conley for that statement. Why would he ruin his reputation in this way? I don’t get it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1221 "2020-10-07T18:47:20Z")
A friend of mine thinks Trump can court martial Conley (as Trump is the commander in chief). I don’t know if that really is true. In any event, Trump has a powerful ability to convert people into subordinates. Conley wouldn’t be the first, or last, Trump supporter to humiliate themselves in public. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1222 "2020-10-07T19:04:16Z")
I don’t think we can rule out that Conley’s kids have been “Extraordinary Renditioned.” ---
**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 7, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1223 "2020-10-07T19:44:26Z")
I get the feeling that Conley is the spokesman because he looks the part. Central casting is very important to Trump. He’s probably really an orderly that takes acting lessons on the weekends who they threw a coat on and trotted on out there. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1224 "2020-10-07T19:52:23Z")
Check his handwriting! Is it legible? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1225 "2020-10-07T20:56:58Z")
These people, I tell you… > **[White House Reception for Bereaved Military Families May Also Have Been COVID...](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/white-house-covid-outbreak-may-have-spread-at-gold-star-family-event.html)** > > The hits keep coming. > The Joint Chiefs of Staff is the the latest critical government institution to be impaired by the coronavirus, the [Pentagon said Tuesday](https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-archive-coast-guard-ecfe37d2c67093e0d36ee38642aa3de8); at least nine top military officials are self-quarantining after the vice commandant of the Coast Guard, Adm. Charles W. Ray, tested positive. > > The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak among top Republicans, including the president, includes a number of individuals who attended a White House event for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Sept. 26. According to [Military.com](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/06/coast-guard-vice-commandant-tests-positive-covid-19.html), Ray and other senior military officials were present at an event for bereaved military “Gold Star” families that was held indoors at the White House the following day. > > Photos from the event show Donald and Melania Trump, who have both since tested positive for COVID-19, standing close to guests. No one in the photos is wearing masks. ---
**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 7, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1226 "2020-10-07T21:05:13Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Why would he ruin his reputation in this way? I don’t get it at all. The eternal question about Trump flunkies. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/1227 "2020-10-07T22:20:04Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I see a lot of doctors on twitter just ripping on Conley for that statement. Why would he ruin his reputation in this way? I don’t get it at all. Go along with Trump and there will be benefits—promotions, raises, whatever. You can do some very questionable things and he’s got that pardon power he may use for you if you get in trouble. But go against him? 415 and counting… > **[List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Trump_administration_dismissals_and_resignations)** > > Many political appointees of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, resigned or were dismissed. Multiple publications have called attention to the record-setting turnover rate in the first year of the Trump Administration. Several Trump appointees, including National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price have had the shortest se Tr... [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/400423-trump-i-destroy-careers-of-republicans-who-say-bad-things-about-me](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/400423-trump-i-destroy-careers-of-republicans-who-say-bad-things-about-me) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010.md?page=62)