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

[emailking]

So, um, let's just say that he does actually...succumb to this.

How long before we actually know?

If you mean if he dies we would know almost instantly. Secret Service would be on it immediately to give a full detail to Pence. He has to be sworn in to have the powers of the office. It won't be under wraps, and he wouldn't want it to be.

[Calthrina950]

https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1313508048707760133

As I've noted above, Trump supporters are already starting to justify this by saying that it's "only a few dozen" people in Trump's entourage who are falling ill with this. But given his attendance at that fundraiser last week, and given how contagious this virus is, that seems like a very poor justification to me. And I have to wonder what the Secret Service agents who had to flank Trump in his vehicle, and on his way back into the White House, must be thinking right now.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/1313488815089168397

[pppolitics]

https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/1313488815089168397

doublethink

[It’s so Joever]

Yeah...Covid-downplaying when he was transported to a hospital several days ago is not a good strategy. This will hurt him.

It's not the downplaying that'll help him it's suggesting we open up. A lot of people, especially undecided younger people really want that.

Younger voters do not trust a word Trump says. I really don't know where this idea that 18-35-year-old voters are magically going to break hard towards Trump because OH YEAH BEER PONG AND 69ING, BRO is coming from, but it's not going to happen. Trump has been pushing hard for reopening for six months now and it hasn't moved the needle with young voters, or anyone else for that matter; why in the world would that change now?

The fact that it's been seven months and a lot of people are getting stir crazy. Of course that idea wasn't as popular when this was all new.

Trump's also trying to ban TikTok. A court injunction is the only reason you can still download it.

Yeah...I’m guessing the tiktok ban is more likely to persuade young voters than this (but neither change the outcome by much)

[Torrain]

New posting from the medical team. Somehow even less transparent than yesterday.

https://twitter.com/josh_wingrove/status/1313520422936350723

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1313519118214144013
PROTECT OUR TROOPS!

[Indy Texas 🇺🇦🇵🇸]

If Trump is still taking dexamethasone, get ready for an...interesting debate next week.

https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1313519118214144013
PROTECT OUR TROOPS!

Maybe having all high levels of our executive, legislative and defense bodies either sick with or likely exposed to a deadly virus was a bad idea.

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

Did Trump really have COVID?

Come on, we’re all thinking it.

[brucejoel99]

Did Trump really have COVID?

Come on, we’re all thinking it.

No, nobody with a brain is thinking that (so it does make sense that you're thinking it). Given the fact that we're talking about a guy who's so insecure that he probably thinks being sick (let alone catching what he calls a 'plague') is a sign of weakness, he wouldn't have told the world he had this - to the significant detriment of his poll numbers, no less - unless he absolutely had to (i.e., we were gonna see him forced to go to the hospital sooner-or-later).

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

If Trump is still taking dexamethasone, get ready for an...interesting debate next week.

Given how... happy he seems to be while taking dexamethasone, combined with existing evidence of Adderall abuse and ready willingness to abuse his postion, I doubt he'll ever stop he'll taking dexamethasone willingly.

[We Live in Black and White]

Well, at least now there's absolutely no chance the military and Secret Service allow him to hang onto power if he refuses to accept the election results. He's directly endangered both of them through this.

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1313519118214144013
PROTECT OUR TROOPS!

https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1313526334577152000?s=20

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

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.

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1313519118214144013
PROTECT OUR TROOPS!

https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1313526334577152000?s=20

Oh cool, this definitely isn't a national security problem or anything (/s)

[ProudModerate2]

https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1313519118214144013

https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1313526334577152000?s=20

This has huge national security implications.
I wouldn't doubt if our enemies tried something, to test our reactions.
China may even make some "moves" in the South China Sea area, to secure/annex islands claimed by other Asian nations.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The President's illness has humbled him. He now truly understands the hardships that millions of people are going through:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313449844413992961

Twitter has flagged this tweet.

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

The President's illness has humbled him. He now truly understands the hardships that millions of people are going through:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313449844413992961

Twitter has flagged this tweet.

Good!

[compucomp]

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.

[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?!?

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

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.

Thank you for proving my point

[It’s so Joever]

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?

[ProgressiveModerate]

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?!?

I once ate a tide pod. It goes downhill fast after the first few seconds.

[ProgressiveModerate]

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.

[WD]

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?!?

I once ate a tide pod. It goes downhill fast after the first few seconds.

Why?!