The Trump + Covid thread

[Gil Bang 26235]

do you believe him?  It's an easy yes or no.

I'm calling bullshit.

Edited October 3, 2020 by Gil Bang

[Fudge Nuggets 19454]

No.

[berlinerbaer 692]

[Ted Lange 16411]

He claims to be 239 lbs. 

[UTHornFan014 755]

Fuck no

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[High Plains Drifter 11187]

 

yes

[formermav43 4628]

Yes. No way does he lie about anything that makes him look weak, even there was some upside to it for him. And there’s no upside to this.

Edited October 2, 2020 by formermav43

[RexWilson 1502]

No.

The spin will be:

"It wasn't bad at all. I had a mild cough, took some hydroxychloroquine and a day later I was fine. The whole china virus has been overblown from the beginning."

[USMCHorn 1369]

No. Probably a ploy to shield the First Lady from the current news cycle. Will ”recover” in a couple weeks and declare victory over covid. Will also conveniently miss a debate as well.

[Pato del Muerto 53477]

Imagine a scenario where he has it, knows he has it, does the debate anyway, infects Biden, Trump is fine but Biden has serious issues or dies right before the election. 
 

they weren’t very close together but it was for 90 minutes and lots of talking. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19454]

Just now, USMCHorn said:

No. Probably a ploy to shield the First Lady from the current news cycle. Will ”recover” in a couple weeks and declare victory over covid. Will also conveniently miss a debate as well.

Hahahahaha ha... you think Melanie’s trouble means anything to him?

[USMCHorn 1369]

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Hahahahaha ha... you think Melanie’s trouble means anything to him?

Ah, but think of  the alternative. You think she would ever put herself close enough to Donald to catch a virus from him?

[Huckleberry 34635]

You can't actually get sick with a hoax so he's obviously not actually positive. 

[Superhero 9022]

Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.

As you guys have mentioned, I have my doubts he has it. He'll emerge from the tomb after 3 days and the Evangelicals will once and for all believe he is the Messiah.

But in case he truly has the 'rona, I hope he suffers bigly.  And of course

 

[Sbbruin 22142]

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[lemonlime 5503]

 

[High Plains Drifter 11187]

 

so the fact that he doesn't have any symptoms means he probably won't die, right?

 

Sorry to piss in punchbowl

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Trump would have been better off faking a heart attack or cancer. Faking covid brings the virus to everyone’s doorstep again.  Not good for Trump.  

[lemonlime 5503]

Just now, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Trump would have been better off faking a heart attack or cancer. Faking covid brings the virus to everyone’s doorstep again.  Not good for Trump.  

This.  Also it not only takes him off the campaign trail, but it forces many other GOPers into quarantine a month before the election.  Or are his kids who were on the plane with him going to still go out campaigning after news comes out that they should be quarantining?  

I wouldn't put anything past them and everything he says is a lie.  But this seems like a stupid one to put out there.

[TexLonghorn 5737]

Can you trust anything he says/tweets?  Cue Kayleigh McEnany tomorrow saying he was just being sarcastic...

[C-Man 27779]

This shit’s checkers, not chess!

[Longhorn_Fan68 34104]

I'm leaning toward yes, but wouldn't be surprised if it's a stunt. they're gonna try some crazy shit between now and Nov

[TexArcher 39069]

I honestly have no idea.

I can't see why he'd fake this unless he's looking for a way out, but he could've claimed some other health issue that makes him look less like an idiot for downplaying this.

But he's also a chronic liar.  So who knows?

[shnsajax 3607]

27 minutes ago, USMCHorn said:

Ah, but think of  the alternative. You think she would ever put herself close enough to Donald to catch a virus from him?

She would have caught it from Hope on the same plane. If he's faking it will be a play vs the debate and how the GOP plans to fix his Proud Boys fiasco. 

[justhookit 4206]

31 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

Yes. No way does he lie about anything that makes him look weak, even there was some upside to it for him. And there’s no upside to this.

He’s losing horribly in the polls. The upside for him is that he won’t get sick at all and he will make a tremendous recovery. I’m 99% sure he doesn’t have it.

7 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Trump would have been better off faking a heart attack or cancer. Faking covid brings the virus to everyone’s doorstep again.  Not good for Trump.  

You are looking at this wrong. The spin is that it’s no big deal. He doesn’t have it. Trump team is flailing away for anything positive after that debate. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8983]

Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s already had it.

[FondrenRoad 4378]

22 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

so the fact that he doesn't have any symptoms means he probably won't die, right?

 

Sorry to piss in punchbowl

Still early. Can take a while for the onset of symptoms. 

[formermav43 4628]

2 minutes ago, justhookit said:

He’s losing horribly in the polls. The upside for him is that he won’t get sick at all and he will make a tremendous recovery. I’m 99% sure he doesn’t have it.

He’s going to have to quarantine or everyone will know he’s lying. That means missing debates. And that won’t help him make up any ground. It’s precisely because he’s losing so badly that this has no upside. Just running out the clock favors Biden.

[Irwin F Fletcher 3555]

He's fucked either way. He's not going to get any sympathy out of this. At worst he has to stay off the golf course or campaign trail for two weeks.

If he recovers without issues he's done so two weeks before the election. If this was his plan to close out the run up to the election he's some kind of special.

[justhookit 4206]

2 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

He’s going to have to quarantine or everyone will know he’s lying. That means missing debates. And that won’t help him make up any ground. It’s precisely because he’s losing so badly that this has no upside. Just running out the clock favors Biden.

Did you watch the debate?  He was never going to make up ground that way. The only thing he could do is shut the fuck up and claim victory over the China virus. His base will eat this up and a bunch of other idiots will see this as it’s no big deal, it’s a flu. He doesn’t have COVID.

[thepop 4418]

2 minutes ago, justhookit said:

Did you watch the debate?  He was never going to make up ground that way. The only thing he could do is shut the fuck up and claim victory over the China virus. His base will eat this up and a bunch of other idiots will see this as it’s no big deal, it’s a flu. He doesn’t have COVID.

That won't make up ground either. Either way same result.

[Irwin F Fletcher 3555]

Did you watch the debate?  He was never going to make up ground that way. The only thing he could do is shut the fuck up and claim victory over the China virus. His base will eat this up and a bunch of other idiots will see this as it’s no big deal, it’s a flu. He doesn’t have COVID.

His base is not winning him the election. If Trump's "Ace in the hole" is defeating a last minute bout against the "China Virus" he has a really shitty hand.

 

 

 

[Chuckie Finster 23059]

I understand the skepticism, but I don’t think you announce this at 1AM EST on a weeknight if it’s all a big ruse.
I think his team will try to capitalize on this and try to earn sympathy, but I just cannot sign off on the idea that Trump would willingly pretend to catch something that he has said was a hoax for months.

[RexWilson 1502]

12 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

He’s going to have to quarantine or everyone will know he’s lying. That means missing debates. And that won’t help him make up any ground. It’s precisely because he’s losing so badly that this has no upside. Just running out the clock favors Biden.

Zoom debates. Nice thing is the host will have a mute button this time.

[A-Tex Devil 2499]

I am in the yes camp.  He wins no voters by “beating” the virus. It’s not like his ability to get over it outweighs the 200k here that died.  The folks that think that are voting for him anyway.  

[Fastbreak 4045]

It’s pretty sad when we have to debate if the President of the United States is lying about having Covid. 
 

with that said, I think it’s 50/50. I could see how lying could possibly benefit him and has he ever told the truth about anything?

[Irwin F Fletcher 3555]

I really feel bad. If we could have just slowed the damn testing down we would never have found ourselves in the dire predicament.

Fuck! I'm so upset with our extraordinary pandemic response.

[Fastbreak 4045]

Zoom debates would be the worst possible thing for Trump. There is no possibility of him winning on that format. It is a 77-0 game. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

The election is damn near baked in and Trump has the D team running his campaign.  These are not smart guys.  This isn’t a Paul Manafort production.  This is a Jacob Wohl project Veritas disaster.  It doesn’t matter politically if he’s full of shit or not. 

[justhookit 4206]

For posters on the CR board, y’all don’t understand politics very well.

I will be shocked if this is real. And on the off chance he does actually have it he’s back in the news 24/7 again but now he gets treated with kids gloves and sympathy. What does this asshole like? Constant media attention. 
 

All he does is lie but now he’s being truthful? It’s the only play he had left.

[ultimaton 2985]

I've landed on "yes" but ask me again in five minutes.

[NameAlreadyInUse 5169]

If he’s not in the hospital a week from now he never had it. 

[lemonlime 5503]

Just now, justhookit said:

For posters on the CR board, y’all don’t understand politics very well.

I will be shocked if this is real. And on the off chance he does actually have it he’s back in the news 24/7 again but now he gets treated with kids gloves and sympathy. What does this asshole like? Constant media attention. 
 

All he does is lie but now he’s being truthful? It’s the only play he had left.

It's not that I think he's ever truthful.  He lies every time he opens his mouth.  And, honestly, who the fuck knows.  But lying about having a highly contagious virus a month before the election feels like too stupid a lie to put forward.  He can't have rallies.  Can't campaign.  Hell, unless everyone the entire administration on it, he's got a bunch of staff that will quarantine.  Maybe some congresspeople who should be campaigning need to quarantine.  Hell, his staff met with Amy Barrett this week.  Would she potentially quarantine after this news?  Senators who want to push her through?  His children who were also on that plane?

[NWBuck 8629]

 

 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

This

 

[Voldemort86 2259]

Honestly I think he has it. 
 

I recall seeing earlier today that hope hicks tested positive and people were worried about the president because he was seen lately traveling around with her. 

I have mixed feelings about this. Nobody truly wants to see the living president die in office. It’s a bad look for us and makes us look weak to the rest of the world. At the same time, this man has made a mockery of the virus and has bungled its response so badly despite being the most informed guy on the planet. I know he always ignores and pisses off the intelligence briefings, but still. 
 

I hope it’s a minor case / nothing burger and he’s back on the trail in a few weeks. The other reason I don’t want him to die is because I want him to be on the top of the ballot when the Republican Party loses.

 

[Rimbo 27011]

fuck 'im if he is

fuck 'im if he isn't

 

[UTHornFan014 755]

He did say the other night in the debate that they could have a vaccine available in weeks and they could deploy the military to vaccinate everyone. Maybe his play is to fake COVID, recover, and then release a vaccine that they will say was made with his blood/antibodies?

 

I'm only half-kidding

 

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[mchookem 16765]

51 minutes ago, justhookit said:

He’s losing horribly in the polls. The upside for him is that he won’t get sick at all and he will make a tremendous recovery. I’m 99% sure he doesn’t have it.

You are looking at this wrong. The spin is that it’s no big deal. He doesn’t have it. Trump team is flailing away for anything positive after that debate. 

yeah...this is where i'm at. this is his October surprise, a last ditch effort... able to skip remaining debates and make a beautiful recovery, like nobody has ever seen. it's no worse than the flu. 

[ultimaton 2985]

15 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

This

 

This is where I'm at. He's been playing with fire since this started with dumb shit like being defiantly anti-mask and it was only a matter of time before he got burned.