# Trump nearly needed a ventilator? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [February 12, 2021, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nearly-needed-a-ventilator/932724 "2021-02-12T05:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nearly-needed-a-ventilator/932724/1 "2021-02-12T05:57:16Z")
Although this story has multiple sources, I’m still skeptical that the Manchurian Cantaloupe really did have COVID in the first place. Moderators: feel free to relocate this thread if you deem it appropriate. > **[Report: Trump’s Covid Infection Was So Severe Officials Thought He Might Need...](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/02/11/report-trumps-covid-infection-was-so-severe-officials-thought-he-might-need-a-ventilator/?sh=2f9433c07981)** > > Few details have been officially released on the extent of Trump's infection. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nearly-needed-a-ventilator/932724/2 "2021-02-12T07:06:28Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’m still skeptical that the Manchurian Cantaloupe really did have COVID in the first place. Loser Donald’s ego would never have allowed him to lie about being sick - he’d have been standing at a podium proclaiming himself the healthiest man to ever live. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nearly-needed-a-ventilator/932724/3 "2021-02-12T15:06:23Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’m still skeptical that the Manchurian Cantaloupe really did have COVID in the first place. He had it. Not because I trust anything that came out of his mouth or his hand-picked doctor, but because it caused him a lot of political damage (a president who doesn’t take COVID seriously and made it very political gets COVID during an election). Trump saying he was healthy when he had COVID makes “sense”. Trump saying he had COVID when he didn’t would make no sense at all; all downsides and no upside. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nearly-needed-a-ventilator/932724/4 "2021-02-12T18:09:48Z")
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nearly-needed-a-ventilator/932724/5 "2021-02-12T18:14:07Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Moderators: feel free to relocate this thread if you deem it appropriate. Since this is already being discussed in [the Pit thread about the case,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/828) and this seems mostly to be political commentary, I’m going to refer you to that thread and close this one.