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What idiots think Dump will do anything about the Coronavirus? (Original Post) thegoose Feb 2020 OP
he will quarantine himself at mara-loco. Captain Zero Feb 2020 #1
With any luck at all... Moostache Feb 2020 #2
I envision something like The Masque of the Red Death csziggy Feb 2020 #3
Corona virus spreading would be really bad for his reelection Raine Feb 2020 #4
I beg to differ cagefreesoylentgreen Feb 2020 #6
He got rid of everyone that knows what to do. leftyladyfrommo Feb 2020 #5

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
2. With any luck at all...
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:42 AM
Feb 2020

Melania will contract it from one of her backdoor lovers, she will then pass it on to Trump while smacking away his sausage-fingered tiny hands and then he will fucking die of it forthwith...c'mon universe, hook a brother up already...I've been a good sport about this horrible bad dream, amirite?

csziggy

(34,133 posts)
3. I envision something like The Masque of the Red Death
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 01:58 AM
Feb 2020

As suggested, Trump and his cronies sequester themselves in Mar-A-Lago, partying as people outside suffer and die, but then as in most Poe stories, their scheme backfires on them.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
4. Corona virus spreading would be really bad for his reelection
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 02:20 AM
Feb 2020

I think he will do what he can to try and stop the spread from happening for his sake.

6. I beg to differ
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 08:17 AM
Feb 2020

The virus gives his authoritarian streak an excuse to suspend elections and an excuse to impose “control” as a matter of “public safety.”

I’m not really worried about the virus since, statistically, the flu is worse. I’m worried about what people may do in response to it.

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