# Trump has COVID! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 2, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022 "2020-10-02T10:56:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/282 "2020-10-03T21:15:09Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > BTW, where is Melania? Any reports on the state of her health? Still at the WH? Dunno, but 1. she’s a lot younger, slimmer, and female. Odds are she really does have a minor case. 2. who cares? I mean really, it matters a lot whether he’s sick or healthy, whether he lives or dies. But it doesn’t really matter much what happens to her. I don’t wish her any particular ill, but I don’t particularly wish her well, either. > [@asahi](#): > > I also hope Trump recovers. I hope he recovers and people see him looking like lethargic, lacking an ounce of the cocky energy he had before entering the hospital. I want his supporters to see that. This. And mostly because: > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > **I hope for whatever outcome is most advantageous to the Democratic candidates in the upcoming election. It doesn’t matter to me who in that group lives and who dies.** > > If the surest path to victory involves every single Republican that attended that Rose Garden fiasco dropping dead before midnight- that’s OK with me, as long as the Democrats win big on Nov 3rd. It’s also OK if they all survive, if that’s a better path to a Democratic win. Any other metric is irrelevant. > > If you think this sounds harsh—- well, go fuck yourself. I’m talking about the party who adopted Trump 2020 Fuck Your Feelings as a motto. A group that constantly talks about how much they enjoy liberal tears. > > Cry me a river, motherfucker…I need a shower. (bolding mine) I completely agree with that. And my guess is that the best option for the dems in the upcoming election is for Trump to be alive and weak and frail. The bully who can’t. I think a lot of his support comes from his appearance of strength, and I think a lot of his supporters won’t bother to vote (at all) if he looks weak and ineffectual. I hope he coughs and drools and needs oxygen to walk. And I hope he’s alive and not a martyr. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/283 "2020-10-03T21:30:39Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I hope he coughs and drools and needs oxygen to walk. And I hope he’s alive and not a martyr. You mean kind of like the way he chastised Hillary last time for her ill health. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/284 "2020-10-03T21:32:57Z")
[image|500x500](https://boards.straightdope.com/uploads/short-url/qeoLKaxGATP28gU12FvJnyYqfC1.jpeg) ---
**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, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/285 "2020-10-03T21:35:08Z")
I have read that the tests the white house use are intended to be used, if used properly, on people with symptoms. Further, that when used on people without symptoms there is something like a one in three or four chance of a garbage result. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/286 "2020-10-03T21:36:11Z")
> I don’t want to be alarmist, but a GOP source just told me this: “Trump’s condition is serious. He can go either way. Despite all the meds and the presidential care, they could lose him within 3 to 4 days. They’re trying to make his condition look good to reassure his base.” > ---
**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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/287 "2020-10-03T21:36:58Z")
Jon Cooper isn’t a very credible source, just saying. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/288 "2020-10-03T21:51:11Z")
If it’s a breathing issue, I would assume they’d hook him up to one of those blood oxygenating machines that most people wouldn’t have access too. I remember hearing that China had success with those since it gave the patient’s lungs time to heal while they were fighting off the virus. ---
**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, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/289 "2020-10-03T22:34:45Z")
From Twitter: “It’s like if Ronald Reagan got AIDS!” ---
**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 3, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/290 "2020-10-03T22:38:25Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > BTW, where is Melania? Any reports on the state of her health? Still at the WH? > > Dunno, but > > 2. who cares? ... I’m just a naturally inquisitive person? 🙂 BTW, why is the sky blue? ---
**Author:** ![MrMrmrmr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrmrmrmr/32/5828_2.png) [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/291 "2020-10-03T22:44:47Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I hope Trump recovers, with complications bad enough to require regular healthcare – for which he can’t get insurance coverage upon leaving office due to the complications being preexisting conditions. Insurance is for people who can’t absorb the loss associated with an event. President Trump would just sell a skyscraper. ---
**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 3, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/292 "2020-10-03T22:45:09Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Oh, is that what that SNL joke was about? I always thought it seemed like such a random non-sequitor. Yup. Franco was on his deathbed for weeks in late 1975 (when SNL first premiered), and it seemed like, every evening, the nightly network news had a brief item of “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still alive.” ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/293 "2020-10-03T23:00:22Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > image|500x500. “I grabbed him right by the progenitor cells in the bronchi.” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/294 "2020-10-03T23:02:21Z")
Hoisted on his own petard. Serves you right, Chump. I for one hope that rotten fuck dies of Covid, and I plan to dance and piss on his grave simultaneously at the earliest opportunity. And you can throw that stupid bitch Hope Hicks and that worthless cunt Kellyanne Conway into his grave with him. It is looking more and more likely that last Saturday’s Rose Garden event formally announcing the new Supreme Court pick was a super-spreader event. Three Republikan senators are now testing positive – three _so far_ – throwing the Senate confirmation vote in question. Maybe this is what happens when you don’t honor the dying wishes of a powerhouse like RBG. Maybe this is her curse, this is her reaching out from the grave. I don’t believe in stuff like that, but it is nice to ponder. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/295 "2020-10-03T23:02:23Z")
> [@MrMrmrmr](#): > > Insurance is for people who can’t absorb the loss associated with an event. President Trump would just sell a skyscraper… What, you mean he’d sell the big letter “T” on the skyscraper? Because that’s the only part if it he actually owns. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/296 "2020-10-03T23:03:45Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still alive.” Or later on in the year: “This just in: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still struggling in his fight to remain dead.” ---
**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, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/297 "2020-10-03T23:04:03Z")
I understand Pence is preparing to take over as President if needed. He’s taken 5 strokes off his score at Bedminster. ---
**Author:** ![MrMrmrmr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrmrmrmr/32/5828_2.png) [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/298 "2020-10-03T23:04:14Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > What, you mean he’d sell the big letter “T” on the skyscraper? Because that’s the only part if it he actually owns. [/quote] So you know more than Forbes? Do tell your source. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/299 "2020-10-03T23:05:20Z")
Forbes relies on self-reported finances. Self reported from a lying prick who owes tons of money to Russians. ---
**Author:** ![MrMrmrmr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrmrmrmr/32/5828_2.png) [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/300 "2020-10-03T23:06:41Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Hoisted on his own petard. Serves you right, Chump. I for one hope that rotten fuck dies of Covid, and I plan to dance and piss on his grave simultaneously at the earliest opportunity. And you can throw that stupid bitch Hope Hicks and that worthless cunt Kellyanne Conway into his grave with him. You seem nice. Your worldview holds the moral high ground, right? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/301 "2020-10-03T23:07:27Z")
Fuck off, and go sell some more shitty bonds to widows and orphans. Scum. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022.md?page=16)