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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,957 posts)
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 02:37 PM Mar 2020

Republicans fear Trump being quarantined with 'nothing to watch but the news'

Coronavirus has left us without any sports to stave off a quarantine, and everyone is suffering. Even President Trump.

Trump, once reportedly convinced that the COVID-19 outbreak wasn't a big deal, has since undoubtedly been exposed to people who've tested positive for the virus. But he still hasn't officially quarantined himself, and some Republicans are worried about what'll happen to Trump's Twitter timeline if he does, they tell Vanity Fair.

From the beginning, Trump has been pretty unconcerned about the new coronavirus, largely because his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner advised him to "treat the emergency as a P.R. problem" rather than "take aggressive action" like the White House's top coronavirus adviser recommended, Vanity Fair writes. Trump has since reportedly realized his mistake, with one former White House official saying "I have never heard so many people inside the White House openly discuss how pissed Trump is at Jared."

Kushner may be helping Trump handle the COVID-19 crisis in the best way he knows how: by finding someone to blame, Vanity Fair reports. Without a "boogeyman he can attack," as one former White House official characterized it, several ex-West Wingers believe a rumored national lockdown may become a reality. And the thing Republicans reportedly fear most if that happens? Trump's Twitter. "What's he going to do, watch reruns of the Masters from 2017? He's just going to watch TV and tweet and it's going to get worse,” the former official said.

https://news.yahoo.com/republicans-fear-trump-being-quarantined-141017853.html

I thought that's all Trump did in the morning. Executive time was spent watching Fux Noise and Tweeting.

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Republicans fear Trump being quarantined with 'nothing to watch but the news' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP
Trump is not quarantined since he is out in the open with his dubious Press Conferences! riversedge Mar 2020 #1
Him being quarantined and watching news all day long Ohiogal Mar 2020 #2
Exactly. Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2020 #5
Doesn't he do this already (watch the news 24x7)? SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #3
He's almost 74 with poor health. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #4
Many people are saying the new digitized covid19 is spread only by Fox & Friends. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #8
That's good. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #9
Trump pissed at Kushner for giving him bad advice? That's a good one... TreasonousBastard Mar 2020 #6
Maybe Ivanka can come over and build a tent out of 2 brooms taped together, with a nice Frustratedlady Mar 2020 #7

Ohiogal

(31,992 posts)
2. Him being quarantined and watching news all day long
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 02:39 PM
Mar 2020

How is that any different than how he spends his day now ...

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
4. He's almost 74 with poor health.
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 02:47 PM
Mar 2020

High-risk activity for CV includes: Golfing, Tweeting, eating hamberders, and exposure to people who own Tiki torches.

Reducing your chances include: Reading, learning a foreign language (English also applies here), and not signing pardons for Russian agents.

He should get his affairs in order.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,342 posts)
8. Many people are saying the new digitized covid19 is spread only by Fox & Friends.
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 03:12 PM
Mar 2020

I'm not an expert. It's just a rumor going around.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
9. That's good.
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 07:41 AM
Mar 2020

On Big Bang Theory, Mrs. Wolowitz wouldn't touch the computer because she didn't want to catch a virus from it.

Too bad the WH staff doesn't believe in science, otherwise they would have heard her say that and told Der Fuehrer.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
6. Trump pissed at Kushner for giving him bad advice? That's a good one...
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 02:51 PM
Mar 2020

Run with it fool, blame the whole thing on Jared.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
7. Maybe Ivanka can come over and build a tent out of 2 brooms taped together, with a nice
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 02:56 PM
Mar 2020

tablecloth spread out to make a tent, like she loves to do with her children. She can pack sandwiches and a salad...maybe even toast marshmallows for S'Mores. That would be SO fun. She has lots of practice, according to her fake story of this morning.

They can tell ghost stories, make up lies, giggle about Democrats and have a jolly ol' time.

You need to be creative! You can never be bored if you are creative. Just sayin'.

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