And What Will Be the Response if Trump Contracts COVID-19?

[MineralMan]

He very well could have already been exposed. He has had contact with more than one person who might have passed the virus to him. So, what if the President gets the coronavirus?

Will we even know? Given his penchant for keeping everyone in the dark, it's likely that we won't be told, until he becomes gravely ill. And that would be a pretty likely thing if he gets the infection. He is a walking, talking example of a person at high risk of complications from it.

There is no treatment that has been proven effective for it, although there are some possibilities that have been mentioned like Chloroquine Phosphate, an anti-malarial drug that might be beneficial.

In any case, we still might not know about such a presidential illness.

[lame54]

1. Lie lie lie

[MineralMan]

5. Interestingly enough, I just saw that Justin Trudeau and his wife

are self-quarantining, even now.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142446111

[Mossfern]

37. Smart move!

I plan on doing that as soon as I figure out food.
Supermarket shelves are empty.

[hlthe2b]

2. His supporters would make a martyr of him.

[FarPoint]

33. He repeated the claim last night...

" We are being invaded by a foreign virus". I think he also said, "We are under attack from this foreign virus".

[jpak]

3. Hoax!

Put-ON!!!!!1111

[leftieNanner]

4. They will hide it.

Because they already used the "doing part of my physical early" excuse.

I actually watched his address last night ( ) and he looked horrible! Apparently he doesn't sleep much and the rest of his lifestyle is terrible (food and no exercise). Plus he apparently abuses drugs. What could possibly go wrong??

We have joked here often about President Pelosi. Now it's not so far fetched.

[lame54]

6. Stephen Miller will make a Trump suit out of him

[leftieNanner]

11. Like the bug in Men in Black!!

Except after a while it starts to rot and get stinky. So how will we know if it's the real Trump or the Stephen Miller in a Trump suit?

Inquiring minds.....

[MineralMan]

7. Well, it's hard to hide a President who is on a respirator,

as many elderly COVID-19 patients often end up being.

[leftieNanner]

24. True

They will sneak the equipment in through JFK's "girlfriend" tunnel and hide him in the residence.

He can have Princess Ivanka tweet for him from there.

Good God but this is awful!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. I know what my response will be.

[MineralMan]

9. Now, now...

[essme]

20. I'll have to use

Uber for the first time in my life to get home-

[HarlanPepper]

10. My assumption is if he gets it

They will try to conceal it. And when/if he recovers fully, they will announce it far and wide that Dear Leader survived the plague and owned the libs, and it was all just a lot of hullabaloo. And his cult will rapture themselves with joy.

[JCMach1]

12. Thoughts and Prayers

[Arkansas Granny]

18. You beat me to it.

[Midnightwalk]

25. I think op meant AFTER nt

[GusBob]

13. Reminds me of a Mark Twain quote

I think it goes

I never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure

[northoftheborder]

14. If he is incapacitated by being in a respirator, isn't that considered "unable to perform his duties

" and temporarily need for VP Pence to assume the office of President?

[Cyrano]

15. They will blame the Democrats, or

the deep state, or the Muslims, or the Jews, or African Americans, or Latin Americans, or ... oh, hell. Take your pick. Someone will need to be blamed for "Dear Leader" getting infected. Either way, Martyrdom will follow and Pence and the Republicans will go full speed ahead with "Trumpism."

[jberryhill]

16. The Munchkins will start dusting off their dancing shoes

[Tech]

17. He is a full on bully.

He will try to pass it to as many people as he can.

[cwydro]

19. Well, he's certainly been exposed.

Whether he’s been infected or not is another question.

And yes, certainly they will cover it up.

[Native]

21. What if he only gets a mild form of it? Can you imagine what he'll be like after he recovers????

[tavernier]

22. A parade??

Oh sorry, that was not nice.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

23. Dancing in the streets will result in more people being infected.

[Piratedog]

26. I know what my response will be...

I’m keeping it to myself

[Jarqui]

30. Over the next 8 weeks or more, it is likely to be increasingly excruciating to

watch what the country and the world is going through because of his ignorance and inaction.

If he becomes a victim, the word Karma comes to mind.

[Jirel]

27. It'll look a lot like the dying Soviet Premiers of yesteryear.

"He's fine, fine! He's on a working trip away from possible sources of infection, taking care of business. Really."

The Chloroquine Phosphate is likely a red herring. A number of health experts around the world have cast doubt that it's a real possibility, because there is no basis for it to have any serious benefit.

[MineralMan]

28. Yeah, I sort of figured that. I can't see how it would do any good.

[flibbitygiblets]

29. He's already been exposed, and stiill not taking precautions to protect others

besides setting a terrible example (I know, what else is new?); it's possible he has it already, but is one of the "asympomatic" patients. I have no doubt that if he did have it and didn't show symptoms, he'd go about his business while infecting others in order not to "look bad". Because he is a psychopath.

Also, knowing what a germophobe he is, he's lying that he hasn't been tested. Fuck, I'd wager that part of the reason we don't have enough tests is that he's hoarding them for his oligarch friends.

[marlakay]

31. He was with Pence twice near a person

Every thing I have always heard is in a real epidemic they would be in separate places all the time.

Of course the devil on my shoulder says Nancy Nancy.

[Arthur_Frain]

42. Nice to know I'm not the only one listening to that devil

nt

[Brainfodder]

32. He should be suffering soon from the strain(s) he has?

I'd focus too on his body man, his SS detail, his drivers, his.... his... his.... his....

Even at 10 years old, there IS a death rate above 0%.

Definitely am at a Susan Collins level above doormat.

[magicarpet]

34. .

[Greybnk48]

35. The parades will be back on? n/t

[uponit7771]

36. Trump will say Obama did it !!!!

[Crunchy Frog]

38. We'll be breaking out a wine bottle.

[Paladin]

39. Joy, Joy, Joy. (nt)

[First Speaker]

40. The skies will open, the heavens will sing out hosannahs...

...the angels will shout with glee, and Jesus will appear on a fiery chariot to proclaim peace and justice to all the nations. Then Pence will get it.

[Niagara]

41. I really don't care, do u? n/t

[Orrex]

43. Tell me where his grave will be...

so that I can start dancing on it the moment he's confirmed to have the virus.

[GulfCoast66]

44. I'll let you finish dancing...

Before I eliminate a growler of Porter I’ll have drank a few hours earlier.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

45. We won't know

and he won't tell us. It sounds like he has had some definite opportunities to have been exposed, recently