Trump has corona

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Didn’t take long for the conspiracy theorists to crawl out of the woodwork. Of course he’s ill- when he walked to the helicopter for his trip to hospital he looked unwell.

It’s his own fault, ignoring distancing and mask wearing, but it has rather spoilt his plans, and his world view. Even his self esteem. It will be interesting to see his take on all this.
 
Northerner said:
Looks like the Supreme Court Judge nomination event might have been responsible - hardly surprising when you look at the crowd 😱

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Scrutiny on Rose Garden event after Kellyanne Conway and other guests test positive for Covid

At least seven people who attended event for Trump’s supreme court nominee have confirmed they have coronavirus
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That's one of the reasons why I think this is likely to be a complete trainwreck for DT. Nominating this judge and locking in a conservative supreme court likely for decades is a big part of why the majority of republicans support him - it's absolutely core agenda for them, worth even losing control of the senate.

If this bungled event means that the nomination misses its window Trump won't be forgiven. Even if the nomination scrapes through the optics are just terrible & it will be what she will always be associated with - the nomination event so moronic it gave people the plague. I think there's a tiny chance she'll withdraw rather than have that.
 
mikeyB said:
Didn’t take long for the conspiracy theorists to crawl out of the woodwork. Of course he’s ill- when he walked to the helicopter for his trip to hospital he looked unwell.
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Yes, and the in couple of quotes from him that have been put out he sounds a chastened and somewhat apprehensive man. Not the one dimensional personality he normally shows.
 
The polls coming in post his COVID diagnosis are pretty clear on the trainwreck-vs-sympathy thing ... a string of good quality polls showing Biden's lead jumping to well over 10 points nationally, a very big gap.

Could well tighten of course, but Trump at the moment seems to be doing his best to achieve a Jimmy Carter-scale defeat. He's an idiot.
 
Eddy Edson said:
Could well tighten of course, but Trump at the moment seems to be doing his best to achieve a Jimmy Carter-scale defeat.
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Apparently he's withdrawing from discussions about any stimulus package before the election, which to the naive observer doesn't seem likely to be popular.
 
Eddy Edson said:
Given that 70%+ of people polled are in favour of it.
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Presumably it's a hostage play: he's anticipating the Republicans keep the Senate, so he's going to suggest (presumably without actually saying it) that unless he gets reelected the stimulus package won't get passed. Seems very weak, though: surely better just to pass the very popular thing now and take credit.

Eddy Edson said:
He's an idiot.
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Bruce Stephens said:
Presumably it's a hostage play: he's anticipating the Republicans keep the Senate, so he's going to suggest (presumably without actually saying it) that unless he gets reelected the stimulus package won't get passed. Seems very weak, though: surely better just to pass the very popular thing now and take credit.
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Nancy Pelosi was blaming the steroids earlier today, which seems more likely.
 
Bruce Stephens said:
Apparently he's withdrawing from discussions about any stimulus package before the election, which to the naive observer doesn't seem likely to be popular.
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That was what I thought too, as a few hours earlier I read they were close to an agreement!
 
see Trump was only bragging about a cure for covid and wants all Americans to have it, an unlicensed drug. might work as a treatment but won't stave off him getting another bout of covid until a vaccine is found and which is safe.

guess idiots out there will now try and buy the drug online and no doubt kill a few along the way.
 
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