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MineralMan

(146,287 posts)
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:27 PM Mar 2020

I'm pretty much betting that Donald Trump turns up Positive soon.

He's not distancing, and he's around people all the time.

I'm thinking he's going to get caught in his folly before much more time passes.

We won't know, though, unless he falls seriously ill, which is certainly possible.

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I'm pretty much betting that Donald Trump turns up Positive soon. (Original Post) MineralMan Mar 2020 OP
Odds are... hlthe2b Mar 2020 #1
Yup. MineralMan Mar 2020 #5
He or his staff are worried... charliea Mar 2020 #94
Upper level personnel in governement and military 2naSalit Mar 2020 #105
Really, really soon... 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #2
He's positive. It's positive an asshole. TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #3
And infect everyone around him Joinfortmill Mar 2020 #4
No doubt. MineralMan Mar 2020 #7
Fauci doesn't deserve it. qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #55
Kind of says alot madeup64 Mar 2020 #98
His whole corrupt family would be fine., too. Lonestarblue Mar 2020 #84
Has anyone seen DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #95
Trump never associates with Pelosi anymore... charliea Mar 2020 #97
K&R, hoping for a certain posibility secondwind Mar 2020 #6
If he hasn't already. Trump lies about everything, why should this be any different? sop Mar 2020 #8
I wake up every morning hoping it happened ... CatMor Mar 2020 #9
Will be the first positive thing he's done. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #10
+1 NNadir Mar 2020 #20
... SunSeeker Mar 2020 #103
Possibly not - coronavirus doesn't live long on copper surfaces. jls4561 Mar 2020 #11
good one In_The_Wind Mar 2020 #15
Unless the virus has better taste in hosts than that. n/t Silent3 Mar 2020 #12
I'm surprised he isn't ! already SheltieLover Mar 2020 #13
I put it around 85% he's already got it and 100% he denies it unblock Mar 2020 #14
He'll lie about, unless God kills him in which case we'll be spared listening to his delusions... NNadir Mar 2020 #16
Well the good Lord giveth and the good Lord taketh away. GemDigger Mar 2020 #96
I certainly hope so. smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #17
+1 2naSalit Mar 2020 #106
listen to his breathing Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #18
Why is Hope Hicks an unfortunate victim? Eyeball_Kid Mar 2020 #53
If he has it, she will too. nt Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #77
I wonder what she's charging us/hr 2naSalit Mar 2020 #107
if there is a God he would demtenjeep Mar 2020 #19
Trump thinks he is god, all the fundies tell him so. So he can't get the virus, he's omnipotent. notdarkyet Mar 2020 #68
I'm waiting malaise Mar 2020 #21
See my post #41 below. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #44
Really, really soon, maybe? Like by the next press conference? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #22
His breathing is always bad. MineralMan Mar 2020 #23
Coughing *or* trouble breathing are possible symptoms. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #36
I consider his breathing problems to be a "pre-existing condition" MineralMan Mar 2020 #37
COPD, maybe, or congestive heart failure? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #40
More likely congestive heart failure, I think. MineralMan Mar 2020 #62
He could be taking opiates to suppress the cough. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #60
A fever too bdamomma Mar 2020 #72
He believes his own line of bullshit. lpbk2713 Mar 2020 #24
I suspect he already had it and recovered, thus explaining his callous attitude dalton99a Mar 2020 #25
No, I don't think so. MineralMan Mar 2020 #28
If that's the case dalton99a Mar 2020 #34
Yes, but maybe he took his miracle cure. GreenPartyVoter Mar 2020 #48
What, his recommendation of the fish tank cleaner? 🤔 sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #65
It explains why he's so hot on it. GreenPartyVoter Mar 2020 #67
I want him to have a raging case of it and still demand to be on TV demtenjeep Mar 2020 #73
tell us how you really feel WhiteTara Mar 2020 #108
Fingers crossed! Squinch Mar 2020 #26
Pretty sure he is positive now. He looks even worse than usual. And I hope he takes his entire team niyad Mar 2020 #27
Mnmuwhatever MissB Mar 2020 #46
Same as #46. Pretty damn funny. yonder Mar 2020 #57
I'm thinking that he looks so bad because he's actually had to WORK for a couple of days. BComplex Mar 2020 #86
if so we will never know rampartc Mar 2020 #29
No, he has no stunt doubles. MineralMan Mar 2020 #30
It would be hard to find anyone else that weird-looking. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #38
He probably thinks he can't get it or any Ilsa Mar 2020 #31
I doubt it jberryhill Mar 2020 #32
I think he is already. marble falls Mar 2020 #33
Please God let him not infect Dr. Fauci. Nonhlanhla Mar 2020 #35
Watch for I V patches on the back of his right hand. Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #39
Hard to see on such tiny hands. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #47
The other day it was Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #50
No. Main lining adderol. Squinch Mar 2020 #76
Well, tblue37 Mar 2020 #41
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! malaise Mar 2020 #49
! Kali Mar 2020 #58
If he gets it, they'll pump enough drugs in him to make a corpse walk. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2020 #42
There is a new blood transfer for cv. Don't know how it works. notdarkyet Mar 2020 #70
From what I remember, it was in France, using plasma from patients who'd recovered. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2020 #75
He might even be getting complete blood transfusions from healthy young people. LiberalArkie Mar 2020 #82
Like a fucking vampire. nt coti Mar 2020 #87
There was high praise for this from the Silicon Valley people. LiberalArkie Mar 2020 #93
He should volunteer for the sake of the economy. n/t ariadne0614 Mar 2020 #43
He is, after all, a grandfather. YIKES! It was bad enough thinking of him reproducing! niyad Mar 2020 #111
what are the odds we find out if he does? 0rganism Mar 2020 #45
Here is an interesting scenario. ooky Mar 2020 #59
No cellular service in the nether region. eom sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #64
He may have been dead for weeks Chainfire Mar 2020 #51
Oh please. qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #52
our desire handmade34 Mar 2020 #69
There ya go! Sacrificing one to save the many. BComplex Mar 2020 #90
Are we referring to Covid 19 or syphilis? still_one Mar 2020 #54
strikes as odd. GETTINGTIRED Mar 2020 #56
My mind drifts here often.. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #102
I'm really surprised he is not positive now. bluestarone Mar 2020 #61
I hadn't looked up the etymology, but mb FOOL is derived from folly or vice versa? sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #63
I won't cry if he dies. we can do it Mar 2020 #66
oh I believe he bdamomma Mar 2020 #71
You know, I hate to be this person,but...... he could use a good dose of reality! Cousin Dupree Mar 2020 #74
One can hope pandr32 Mar 2020 #78
It would be KARMA to the max. TruckFump Mar 2020 #79
If he doesn't, get everyone on Coke and McDonald's... OnDoutside Mar 2020 #80
One can hope ... GeorgeGist Mar 2020 #81
I bet he's being tested multiple times a day. Mariana Mar 2020 #83
Even viruses hate him, and don't want to get near him relayerbob Mar 2020 #85
Rather like they way they avoided Dick Cheney, or was that just professional courtesy? Ford_Prefect Mar 2020 #89
From your mouth to God's ear Submariner Mar 2020 #88
Even if he doesn't get it The Wizard Mar 2020 #91
I'm sure they already have a ventilator for him and other republican loyalists ffr Mar 2020 #92
No burrowowl Mar 2020 #99
I hope you're right. He needs to sample his wares. Kablooie Mar 2020 #100
He's never talked about his test. The WH doctor said he was tested and the results were negative. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2020 #101
The tests have been running up to 40% false negative. nt SunSeeker Mar 2020 #104
Odds are good, but the goods are odd Blue Owl Mar 2020 #109
Typhoid Donnie. yonder Mar 2020 #110

charliea

(260 posts)
94. He or his staff are worried...
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 06:14 PM
Mar 2020

I read that Mulvaney has been tested twice! Interesting since symptomatic people in hospitals seem to have had trouble getting tested...

2naSalit

(86,569 posts)
105. Upper level personnel in governement and military
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 07:15 PM
Mar 2020

have priority when treatment or the like is needed for survival. In this case it's the tests. Don't forget, he attempted a leveraged buyout of that vaccine lab in Germany, probably so he could have further control over who dies and doesn't. The wretched fuck.

madeup64

(257 posts)
98. Kind of says alot
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 06:16 PM
Mar 2020

That Fauci is probably the only one that most of us on here would say we wouldn't want that to happen to.

I don't think there's anyone that is in or has been associated with the Trump Administration besides him that I can say I respect.

Lonestarblue

(9,978 posts)
84. His whole corrupt family would be fine., too.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 05:56 PM
Mar 2020

Though maybe his grandchildren do not deserve to be sick. I suspect Melania is keeping her distance and keeping Barron out of sight.

charliea

(260 posts)
97. Trump never associates with Pelosi anymore...
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 06:16 PM
Mar 2020

So after he and Pence are incapacitated by illness... President Pelosi!

jls4561

(1,257 posts)
11. Possibly not - coronavirus doesn't live long on copper surfaces.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:33 PM
Mar 2020

The virus probably sees his face and runs like hell. Now all those pasty white guys around him like Pence and Mnuchin...

Edit: for poor typing skills.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
13. I'm surprised he isn't ! already
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:38 PM
Mar 2020

People say he eats fast food exclusively for one thing...made by anyone who could be infected breathing, coughing, sneezing on his food.

And the fact that they are not even modeling social distancing for photo ops...

🤔

unblock

(52,203 posts)
14. I put it around 85% he's already got it and 100% he denies it
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:38 PM
Mar 2020

He could be on a ventilator and they'd say he's just checking out the tremendous equipment.

NNadir

(33,513 posts)
16. He'll lie about, unless God kills him in which case we'll be spared listening to his delusions...
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:42 PM
Mar 2020

...of grandeur.

The fact his that his standing in history will be smaller than his tiny hands, with the same amount of affection as is enjoyed by Mussolini by modern day Italian fascists - I've heard that such people exist.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,431 posts)
53. Why is Hope Hicks an unfortunate victim?
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 04:14 PM
Mar 2020

Trumpy-boy needs someone to iron his pants while he's in them. Hope has a special talent for just that task. And I'm sure that Trumpy boy chooses the pants that have a stuck zipper, just to give Hope a little extra something to do.

2naSalit

(86,569 posts)
107. I wonder what she's charging us/hr
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 07:21 PM
Mar 2020

for that. Somehow I suspect more than ironing his pants while he's in them is part of her job description... but I won't speculate further, too gross to think about.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,681 posts)
36. Coughing *or* trouble breathing are possible symptoms.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:52 PM
Mar 2020

Coughing is most common but he definitely seems to have trouble breathing. There could be a variety of causes of that symptom, of course - none of them good. If he does get the bug, whatever else is wrong with him (and something else is wrong with him notwithstanding his doctors' hostage-video descriptions of his "perfect" health) is likely to, shall we say, change the dynamics of this election year.

MineralMan

(146,287 posts)
37. I consider his breathing problems to be a "pre-existing condition"
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:54 PM
Mar 2020

that will not help him if he gets this virus. Not at all. He's been breathing like that for a long time now.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,681 posts)
40. COPD, maybe, or congestive heart failure?
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:58 PM
Mar 2020

Combine either of those with covid-19 and he'll be pinin' for the fjords like Monty Python's parrot.

dalton99a

(81,455 posts)
25. I suspect he already had it and recovered, thus explaining his callous attitude
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:47 PM
Mar 2020

Or rather, more callous than normal

MineralMan

(146,287 posts)
28. No, I don't think so.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:49 PM
Mar 2020

He's a prime candidate for a very serious case of it. I doubt he would have a mild case.

 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
73. I want him to have a raging case of it and still demand to be on TV
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 04:59 PM
Mar 2020

so the rest of us can watch him die in real time

niyad

(113,275 posts)
27. Pretty sure he is positive now. He looks even worse than usual. And I hope he takes his entire team
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:48 PM
Mar 2020

.with him (except for Fauci).white satan, roseanne, mnmuwhatver, the whole lot of them.

BComplex

(8,046 posts)
86. I'm thinking that he looks so bad because he's actually had to WORK for a couple of days.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 06:01 PM
Mar 2020

And he's only working then because he's getting so much attention. But it's time he's usually spending sitting around in his underwear tweeting bullshit for the rest of the world to read.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,681 posts)
38. It would be hard to find anyone else that weird-looking.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:54 PM
Mar 2020

Alec Baldwin did a pretty good job for the purpose of comedy, but now that so many people have HDTV it would be difficult to credibly duplicate the bizarre hair and the general look of evil.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
31. He probably thinks he can't get it or any
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:50 PM
Mar 2020

Other deadly disease. His lifestyle has always reflected that.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
32. I doubt it
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:50 PM
Mar 2020

No respectable virus would want to infect him.

Aside from which, it's professional courtesy.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
39. Watch for I V patches on the back of his right hand.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:56 PM
Mar 2020

Notice one last week under his protective Glove.

Immune therapy?

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
50. The other day it was
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 04:11 PM
Mar 2020

pretty obvious when the Ornage Anus walked to the Podium carrying his briefing Book. The 2 x 3 gauze bandage with the white surgical tape kind of stood out under his protective glove.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,175 posts)
42. If he gets it, they'll pump enough drugs in him to make a corpse walk.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:58 PM
Mar 2020

The show must go on. Can't disappoint the fans.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,175 posts)
75. From what I remember, it was in France, using plasma from patients who'd recovered.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 05:10 PM
Mar 2020

Very limited (5 patients). It might be promising, but no magic bullet yet.

LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
93. There was high praise for this from the Silicon Valley people.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 06:09 PM
Mar 2020

google "young blood transfusion"

Maybe that is why someone might need a lot of kids in cages?

niyad

(113,275 posts)
111. He is, after all, a grandfather. YIKES! It was bad enough thinking of him reproducing!
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:29 PM
Mar 2020

Bet the gas never sat on his knee!

0rganism

(23,944 posts)
45. what are the odds we find out if he does?
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 04:03 PM
Mar 2020

seems to me, the GOP's owners will have him tweeting from the grave if it suits their strategy

ooky

(8,922 posts)
59. Here is an interesting scenario.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 04:18 PM
Mar 2020

Pence gets sick first and dies, leaving no VP. The House has to approve a new VP, and won't approve a Republican, leaving it vacant.

Then Trump get's sick and has to go on a ventilator, incapacitated, leaving Pelosi next in line.

Do Republicans try to hide that Trump has gone on the ventilator?

Chainfire

(17,532 posts)
51. He may have been dead for weeks
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 04:12 PM
Mar 2020

Doesn't anyone remember a Weekend at Bernie's??????

Look at his delivery! It is all done with strings, and mirrors and old voice recordings.

Come on folks, God can't get Covid-19.

qwlauren35

(6,147 posts)
52. Oh please.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 04:14 PM
Mar 2020

If I was a praying person....

No, karma would get me.

No, karma can't be any worse than this.

Choke on your own blood you lying piece of scum.

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
69. our desire
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 04:50 PM
Mar 2020

to see him fatally choke on his own blood is the hope for a better future for all the rest of the people in the United States... we are safe from Karma

BComplex

(8,046 posts)
90. There ya go! Sacrificing one to save the many.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 06:06 PM
Mar 2020

Works for me as long as it's him .... or Moscow Mitch!

GETTINGTIRED

(330 posts)
56. strikes as odd.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 04:16 PM
Mar 2020

trump is elderly.

trump by most accounts has drug issues.

trump is unhealthy to what extent we aren't privy.

trump has been in close quarters with some that test positive.

strikes as odd his lack of concern

almost as if he sure he can't or won't get it.

i can't shake the feel

there is more to it

than meets

the

eye.

bluestarone

(16,914 posts)
61. I'm really surprised he is not positive now.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 04:22 PM
Mar 2020

I was thinking it's really strange since he's been in Florida. Even all the people around him? Why i don't know, just seems strange!

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
83. I bet he's being tested multiple times a day.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 05:54 PM
Mar 2020

The same is probably true of everyone who comes in contact with him, and their contacts, too. We have no idea what's going on behind the scenes, but I suspect extensive measures are being taken to protect him.

The Wizard

(12,542 posts)
91. Even if he doesn't get it
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 06:07 PM
Mar 2020

They'll report that he is positive for#covid45 and his health is so good that he self cured.

ffr

(22,669 posts)
92. I'm sure they already have a ventilator for him and other republican loyalists
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 06:08 PM
Mar 2020

They're prepared to save themselves. Americans though, all Americans no matter their political affiliation are on their own.

Kablooie

(18,628 posts)
100. I hope you're right. He needs to sample his wares.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 06:24 PM
Mar 2020

But God protects babies and fools so he's got God's protection.

101. He's never talked about his test. The WH doctor said he was tested and the results were negative.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 06:27 PM
Mar 2020

Trump one time stumbled and mumbled about taking the test. Knowing him, however, and knowing how painful the test is (I've had a flu test done before and it felt like the swab was being shoved into my brain), I can't believe he hasn't gone on and on about having done it and how painful it was.

I doubt Fat Donnie has been given the test; he's just assuming that if he ignores the coronavirus (a word he won't use -- he calls it "the virus" ) it won't affect him.

I'm rooting for the coronavirus.

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