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

[Dr. Frankenstein]

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1312421270869295104?s=21

Now, now, there’s no need for outrage folks. Trump simply did not want people to panic, that’s all. /s

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1312422083264049154

Yeah Trump probably gave it to Hicks on AF1, not the other way around.

[pppolitics]

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

He’s totally finished if this is true, absolutely no coming back

Benefitting himself at the expense of everyone else is classic Trump.

[brucejoel99]

Yeah, bye-bye any chance whatsoever at a sympathy bump. He thought he could just hide this & pretend he was healthy. What an evil person.

Moreover, I don't trust at all - at this point - that he didn't know before the debate. I can see him thinking that if he has it, then he could at least give it to Biden too (which would explain why he was yelling so much - to increase the spread).

[It’s so Joever]

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

He’s totally finished if this is true, absolutely no coming back

Agreed.
If this story becomes the darling of the media, Trump is absolutely DOA and the sympathy effect will be cancelled out completely.
Let’s hope they pick up on this and send it through the airwaves.

[Buzz]

It was obviously a misspeak.  The doctor couldn’t even remember what day of the week it was.

[Silent Hunter]

It was obviously a misspeak.  The doctor couldn’t even remember what day of the week it was.

Or loose lips sink ships.

[Holmes]

It was obviously a misspeak.  The doctor couldn’t even remember what day of the week it was.

But they also said he started the experimental drug cocktail 48 hours ago, again before we knew his diagnosis.

[new_patomic]

That press conference was a disaster

[GeorgiaModerate]

Does Chris Christie survive COVID?

How can we predict the future?

By, y'know, looking at the man.

He’s not a crystal ball, he’s a person lol.

He's literally shaped like a crystal ball.

He's also rather transparent.

[Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it.]

I wouldn’t even shed a tear or feel bad if the unthinkable happens at this point.

[Devout Centrist]

It was obviously a misspeak.  The doctor couldn’t even remember what day of the week it was.

How encouraging!

[7,052,770]

It was obviously a misspeak.  The doctor couldn’t even remember what day of the week it was.

[Thomas D]

It was obviously a misspeak.  The doctor couldn’t even remember what day of the week it was.

I want a doctor who thinks today is Monday.

[fluffypanther19]

That press conference was a disaster

this entire week presidency has been a disaster

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/ap/status/1312426201466712064

[Horus]

Yeah this was probably a gaffe from the doctor but gaffes are the lastlast thing the Trump campaign needs rn

[Crumpets]

Presumably from the same sources as the above Tweet. Even if it's more salacious to talk about this as a life-death situation, I think the more pertinent conversation to have right now is how long Trump will be out of commission as President and as a candidate.

https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1312426033451278336

[brucejoel99]

It was obviously a misspeak.  The doctor couldn’t even remember what day of the week it was.

Probably.

They got the positive test on Thursday night. Today is Saturday. So in his mind, he probably went about thinking “Thursday to Saturday is 3 days, therefore 72 hours.” I don’t think he meant for people to bust out the calculators and start figuring out when was 72 hours ago exactly from his moment in time.

The mind-boggling lengths you people will go to defend your God Emperor would be hilarious if they just weren't so sad.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Again, it doesn't make sense for Trump to not have had this longer considering the times and places he could have been exposed to other covid-positive individuals.

[Devout Centrist]

It was obviously a misspeak.  The doctor couldn’t even remember what day of the week it was.

Probably.

They got the positive test on Thursday night. Today is Saturday. So in his mind, he probably went about thinking “Thursday to Saturday is 3 days (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday), therefore 72 hours.” I don’t think he meant for people to bust out the calculators and start figuring out when was 72 hours ago exactly from his moment in time.

"Actually, the Doctors misspoke and we really can't trust what they're saying"

[DrScholl]

It was obviously a misspeak.  The doctor couldn’t even remember what day of the week it was.

Probably.

They got the positive test on Thursday night. Today is Saturday. So in his mind, he probably went about thinking “Thursday to Saturday is 3 days (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday), therefore 72 hours.” I don’t think he meant for people to bust out the calculators and start figuring out when was 72 hours ago exactly from his moment in time.

You must think everyone here is Boo Boo The Fool, because this is utter BS. Doctors don't round up numbers or count days like that because in medicine time is critical and you need exact timelines. The news about Hope Hicks being diagnosis isn't even 48 hours old, so even the most sketchy math won't get you out of this one.

[xavier110]

It was obviously a misspeak.  The doctor couldn’t even remember what day of the week it was.

Is he a Simpsons character? Like, WTF?

We truly live in a Veep episode.

[roxas11]

It was obviously a misspeak.  The doctor couldn’t even remember what day of the week it was.

Im not buying it

Chris Wallace said on Friday that, according to what he's been told by his doctor about the coronavirus, he believes Trump may have had the virus while debating Joe Biden on Tuesday.

[JRP1994]

https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/1312429131079057409