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

[Brandern]

The drug treatments they are giving Trump are super random and possibly really risky.

https://twitter.com/lmorello_dc/status/1312240768376082438?s=20

https://twitter.com/lmorello_dc/status/1312240770867486725?s=20

Trump is like Elvis, taking handfuls of random, dangerous drugs as long as they are prescribed by a doctor.

But illegal drugs are bad!!! Stay in school, stay off drugs.

[Brandern]

https://twitter.com/jakesherman/status/1312376365019205634?s=21

I love how its the most insane, reich-wing GOP'ers who are coming down with this.

Karma is a b****.

[Brandern]

Bill Barr is disgusting in every possible way.

Trump actually has redeeming qualities compared to him, which is incredible to say, but true...

[Brandern]

https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1312418523998818306

By the way Conley politically answered the question, while not lying, it was clear that POTUS was on oxygen Friday morning at the residence before being taken to the hospital.

The media, at least CNN, was not listening closely enough to discern that.

[Brandern]

Barr, I think, can be accurately described as the Beria of the Trump Administration

So far in this thread we have Barr=Beria and Pence=Malenkov. Any others? I'd offer Graham=Molotov. The big question would be who is Khrushchev? Kushner?

That's an adroit comparison because while evil in his own way, and guilty of many things, Kushner can be likable and does care about some people.

Khrushchev was very bad because he had no choice under Stalin, but later tried to redeem himself.

Kushner and Ivanka are evil, but not Satan.

[Brandern]

Trump has placed himself in an iron coffin of his own making.

If he does need hospital-level care, he cannot go back to the hospital because he has already declared himself that he has "beat the virus".

So we might very well have a situation where Trump is dying in the White House and refuses to leave, and everyone will just go along with their "commander's" orders.

Wow.

[Brandern]

My brain has melted after reading these last 3 pages. I swear folks' only exposure to young people has been on the news. They think everyone under 35 is a dude-bro who just wants to party at spring break, play beer pong, eat Tide pods, watch UFC and who find mask-wearing 'hella uncool'.

No surprise that those the same people paintbrushing young people are those who said Trump will win if COVID disappeared from the news are now proclaiming not only Trump's impending reelection but a newfound domination with young voters (One of his solidly worst groups) after CATCHING COVID AND BEING AN ACTIVE SPREADER!

Hacks, plain and simple. Not even doomers, because that would imply they don't want Trump to win.

Eat Pide Tods?!?

[Brandern]

My brain has melted after reading these last 3 pages. I swear folks' only exposure to young people has been on the news. They think everyone under 35 is a dude-bro who just wants to party at spring break, play beer pong, eat Tide pods, watch UFC and who find mask-wearing 'hella uncool'.

No surprise that those the same people paintbrushing young people are those who said Trump will win if COVID disappeared from the news are now proclaiming not only Trump's impending reelection but a newfound domination with young voters (One of his solidly worst groups) after CATCHING COVID AND BEING AN ACTIVE SPREADER!

Hacks, plain and simple. Not even doomers, because that would imply they don't want Trump to win.

You're not going to convince me that there isn't a substantial fraction of the 18-22 year group like this. We've all been to college. It's obvious why colleges instantly became COVID hotspots when they allowed students back on campus, and we saw in Spring Break 2020 Florida's beaches were packed with this age group who thought "If I get corona, I get corona."

For the 23-35 age group, I'd say that you have a better point. Generally the college partiers will grow out of their ways especially if their workplace doesn't really tolerate that kind of culture.

You really don’t understand just how much Gen Z hates Trump, do you?

Issue is that a lot of us also hate Biden just as much. A lot of us just want to blow up the system if I'm being honest.

Partially true, but most have come to terms with Biden because they understand that being a purist cost us 2016. Hence why Settle for Biden is a popular slogan.
It will be interesting to see if Gen Z just become glorified millennials, or if they end up completely different.

For the better or for the worse, a lot of us are very pure in our political beliefs, and aren't willing to change once we're locked into a certain ideology. There also seem to be quite a bit of Gen-zers who are like Romney or Murkowski but slightly more liberal (think Kyrsten Sinema) in terms of their ideology.

I think that’s all younger people regardless of time period. As you grow older, you become more flexible imo.

You'd hope. I was never alive to really experience a different generation of young people, but I do feel like Millennials, and now us, are uniquely radical

When your government is stagnant for 30-40 years, wallowing in Hoover-era Republicanism, where government is paralyzed and not serving the needs of the people, it tends to make one radical.

[Brandern]

https://mobile.twitter.com/heathercampbell/status/1315052053127782403

What are the bandages for if he no longer needs treatment?

Check out the Mamas and the Papas song "For the Love of Ivy" for the inside scoop on what's going on with Trump's hand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8-EhRk_Y8U