Trump Has COVID megathread (update 10/24: 2 Pence staffers test positive)

[Sir Mohamed]

Holy sht! There we have it, the October Surprise. Maybe the October Surprise of October Surprises.

Everyone knowing me knows how much I detest Mr. Trump for obvious and countless reasons, but I don't wish him bad. Hope he recovers and goes on to lose the election in a landslide.

I'm really not so sure he might get a sympathy bump. Either way, if he dies, Pence will get one and appear presidential. If Trump recovers quickly, he'll look strong. Maybe I'm too concerned, but I have my doubts this helps Biden. He's most likely still gets elected, but overall it's bad news either way.

[Sir Mohamed]

Wait a minute... some people think that Trump will win because of this? That has to be one of the worst takes I’ve seen on this site, and that’s saying something.

You would expect this with a normal prez. I'm sure if something like this heppened to Obama or W, they approvals would have skyrocketed for a period of time. If Trump survives, he'll point out how strong he is and the virus not that bad.

If he dies, Pence will definitely get sympathy votes. He'll appear presidential and stable compared to Trump.

[Sir Mohamed]

All I want his news that Biden is negative. I pray for that.

[Sir Mohamed]

Usually you don't experience symptoms until a week after exposure.

If Trump has only had it for 48 hours or so, and he's already experiencing symptoms, then it's probably gonna be bad.

We need some Biden test results ASAP.  I'm hopeful, because Pence doesn't have it.  But Biden was up there 6-12 feet away from Trump with Trump screaming and spitting in an enclosed space all night long.

That said, from a few of the camera angles of the set it looks like there was a pretty high ceiling above them -- they did in the atrium of a building that went up 4 or 5 stories.  Maybe there was sufficient ventilation to save Biden.

Yeah. If Trump already has a fever and cough, I think the chances of him being hospitalized have gone up exponentially. We'll see what happens.

Well, it's possible his infection happened on Monday or so. Then he was without symptoms for the usual 4-5 days.

[Sir Mohamed]

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1312049720081158149

[Sir Mohamed]

I can't tell you how reliefed I am. Hope Biden's team is checking the guidelines again to make sure he'll stay healthy. This is just too serious.

[Sir Mohamed]

LOL

Mr. Trump is not capable of doing so. Even if he regrets something in his mind now, he will never stand in public and admit a mistake or apologize. It will never cross is mouth. If he gets out of hospital, he will pretend everything is fine.

[Sir Mohamed]

“Trump is incapacitated and republicans lose their senate majority because they all went to a maskless high-five party to celebrate ramming an October SCOTUS nominee into RBG’s seat” sounds like Democratic fanfiction lmao

Indeed. While I hope this blocks SCOTUS vote before the election, I can't feel any sense of joy. Are Trump and these GOP senators guilty of the entire situation with the pandemic? Yes, and they deserve a lot of blame at the ballot box. Do they deserve getting ill by this virus? Nah, of course not. But maybe it helps raising awareness to a certain segment of society that this disease is serious.

[Sir Mohamed]

There's literally a Trump tweet for everything. Somehow during Obama's presidency he managed to predict the entire course of his own.

It's not actually that strange, because he's projecting. He imagined Obama to do the sort of sh***y things he'd do if he were president so of course then he does them all when given the chance!

The even bigger irony that I remember is him demanding Obama resign because of literally two ebola deaths.

Mr. Trump justed wanted Biden to be prez

[Sir Mohamed]

Trump in all likelyhood couldn't even fake this if he wanted to. Remember that a lot of medical personell and (military) docs are involved here. Imagine a prez going to them and his staff saying "hey, let's fake a Covid infection for political gain; and get me to the hospital". Do people like Moore really assume everyone from these countless officials just go along with that and nothing ever leaks? With all the leaks we have seen from this WH? That's beyond questionable.

Another reason Trump wouldn't fake this is because it prevents him from speeches and rallies. He's addicted to attention and admiration from his crowds, so why would we forgo weeks of campaigning? He hasn't even tweeted much since the announcement was made. Does anyone really believe he would have the discipline to refrain from tweeting if he was doing just fine?

[Sir Mohamed]

Conley says we are 72 hours into the diagnosis. We were told around 1 am on Friday morning that POTUS was positive, which is only 36 hours ago.

So they knew on Wednesday?

**** these people.

https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1312419958878502912

If this turns out correct and dominates headlines.... Jesus Christ. If there was ever a sympathy bump, he can kiss it goodbye. Especially if someone from Bedminister dies from the virus.

[Sir Mohamed]

Mr. Trump, the very stable genius, has learned.... NOTHING. Sad!

[Sir Mohamed]

So, Mr. Trump has learned.... NOTHING.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313654133153583104

[Sir Mohamed]

This man is unwell.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1314384992085123085

Wow. Just wow. On what drugs is this dude? This phrase more than crazy. Put in my signature.