TRUMP GOT COVID

when he gets off the helicopter that preposterous little boy across the playground wave

His wave has been getting progressively lower - he seems no longer capable of the typical strong right arm above the head wave that presidents do.
I think that's been the case since his late night "routine medical checks" last year.
If you were leaving hospital and wanted to project strength and vigour you wouldn't do a sneaky low thumbs up or wave at waist level.

"there is no way the ceremonial trappings of the presidency will ever regain any kind of seriousness again after this"

Don't worry. Uncle Joe will restore presidential ceremony and pomp by bombing a wedding in Pakistan.

Barron Trump still sad he hasn't got the rona, as he'd hope it would prove he has any sort of relationship with his dad ;_;

This is an intense watch.

Donald Trump doing the League Cup draw is still one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. pic.twitter.com/14M4wBbnLs

— Callum Hands 🐝 (@Handsey) June 12, 2017

I just can't bring myself to watch that

(it's the same anxiety I get if I try to watch NFL with uk pundits)

He hasn't tweeted in 11 hours. Maybe he's dead.

honk if trumps dead

imagining that helicopter video as him grandly going home to die is attaining hitherto unknown levels of pathos

I have a bottle of wine I was saving to share with a friend, but in the unlikely event he has the decency to do the right thing for once (die) I am absolutely uncorking it the moment that news breaks

I like my masculinity TOXIC

https://i.imgur.com/6aOa9ur.jpg

urgh what a garbage human being

oh good he's tweeting again

Flu season is coming up! Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu. Are we going to close down our Country? No, we have learned to live with it, just like we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal!!!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 6, 2020

Hysterical coming from a guy who was airlifted to hospital while millions rode this out at home.

Learn to Live With It is like his ultimate campaign motto.

Learn to live with it by having a massive team of physicians who will give you every treatment possible, for free.

He's not really wrong on that though, is he? We are going to have to learn to live with strains of covid being endemic in the population, vaccine or no vaccine?

...therefore nothing must be done to prevent its spread?

No he's totally right about that. And there are only a small handful of proven tactics for doing that i.e........ WEARING MASKS

Yes, he's setting up a straw man because I don't think anyone is calling for shutdown now. My idea of learning to live with it is very different to his.

He's not really wrong on that though, is he? We are going to have to learn to live with strains of covid being endemic in the population, vaccine or no vaccine?

Sadly so. Pretty much every plague in history ended that way. Eventually, pretty much everybody either died from it, had it and got better, or was immune. (I know, thanks Dr. Obvious.)

As every sane person has already said, though, that doesn't mean "don't take precautions."

But, of course, that's not what he means, and that's not what his followers (i.e. not sane people) will hear.

Somehow I felt this needed doing - The Emperor Returns #emperorreturns #darthdonald #acontagioushope #TrumpCovid19 pic.twitter.com/qpwnNhiZg1

— Bern (@usBern) October 6, 2020

Anytime you're thinking "What this historical event needs is to be placed in the context of fucking Star Wars," think again. Or slam your head in a car door until you're no longer capable of thought at all.

Every time someone mentions Star Wars, I think about Leia making out with Luke to make Han jealous and start giggling

"Learning to live with the virus" is little more than a platitude right now without a credible action plan.

I can't stand star wars, just enjoyed someone making fun of his wheezing, but if unperson thinks that's enough to tell me to "slam your head in a car door until you're no longer capable of thought at all." then guess I will say bye.

I think that was directed towards the person who made that and not you

NEWS: A military aide who comes in contact with President Trump tested positive over the weekend, a person familiar with the matter tells NBC News, confirming CNN’s reporting.

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) October 6, 2020

fits in with his "fuck the military" stance

How dare he be surrounded by losers who die.

You can't blame that person though, really. They see Trump and wants to hug him for all the wonderful things Trump has done for the military - who can resist the allure of getting COVID-close to the most amazing President ever

What exactly does 'coming into contact' with Trump mean here, and am I going to regret asking this question

He touches you with his mayo.

https://external-preview.redd.it/hc4dtmPFXEUzNoBfTwVnfgEyKopCXCB9ScN3yiFC_LE.gif?format=mp4&s=3398cc22c56cdff30ce798b895be1bb283f7710a

"learn to live with it" and "it is what it is" would be great epitaphs, if his shortness of breath grows into extreme painful dying

twitter limited replies to that trump tweet on flu numbers because it's so misleading. has that happened before?

(with trump, I mean)

xpost Twitter has finally done a little half-assed maintenance wrt dumbfuck's tweets. Although I don't know what removing or hiding some really matters if others conveying the same dangerous message are left untouched.

NEW in @axios AM: Reflecting widespread dismay, a WH source told me of Trump: "It's insane that he would return to the White House and jeopardize his staff's health when we are still learning of new cases among senior staff. This place is a cesspool." https://t.co/S4REqiHHeg

— Alexi McCammond (@alexi) October 6, 2020

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/gop-county-chair-in-arkansas-dies-from-19-his-committee-hosted-a-maskless-gathering-last-month/

potential small but persistent effect:

what if covid-19 ends up taking out a significant chunk of elderly GOP leadership, across the nation, while not affecting elderly Democratic leaders as much (state, local, national)?

feels like post-covid politics might be the corpse of steny hoyer vs turning point USA prick with a college republican sidekick holding an AK-47

I think that was directed towards the person who made that and not you

Exactly. (I made the same observation on Twitter, and the dude replied to me, btw.)

GOP county chair in Arkansas Steven Farmer dies from COVID-19.

His committee hosted a maskless gathering last month.https://t.co/lniGlLsSVc

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) October 6, 2020

i see tom fucking cotton in that pic, directly next to him, without a mask

I can tell you where my thoughts and prayers are right now.

Too early for November thread titles, but "This place is a cesspool" would be hard to beat.

yes plz

REPEAL SECTION 230!!!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 6, 2020

Section 230 is apparently the thing that lets Twitter and Facebook fact check him

lmao