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Was Donald Trumps bug a stunt

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12Michael Wed 07-Oct-20 08:54:03

Recovering from the virus within a week unbelievable, was it a stunt to get votes with elections due next month .
If it was real he would be in bed with oxygen etc o assist breathing what do you think?
Mick

BlueBelle Wed 07-Oct-20 18:51:01

According to the news he now has antibodies to CV

maddyone Wed 07-Oct-20 18:25:48

Oh georgesgran, I do hope you’re wrong. I really hope he doesn’t romp home, or even crawl home.

I hope your daughter’s feeling much better now gaga.

MissAdventure Wed 07-Oct-20 18:20:14

What I was meaning to say is that he is apparently on steroids.
Wonder what will happen when they're stopped?

BlueBelle Wed 07-Oct-20 18:13:24

Ohhh very clever missA ???

MissAdventure Wed 07-Oct-20 18:09:51

grin
I think pants is the best name for people who stick by an arse.

annodomini Wed 07-Oct-20 18:03:02

sycopants grin sycophants

annodomini Wed 07-Oct-20 18:02:09

He certainly has sycopants who toady to him even when it's obvious that he is mentally and probably physically unstable. However, most of his inner circle in the White House have also caught the virus and surely they can't all by lying hmm. He hasn't recovered. He is still, if the dates are correct, carrying a virus load and presumably not keeping it to himself. If the virus works the way it mostly has, it will get a further hold next week. Wouldn't that be interesting.

BlueBelle Wed 07-Oct-20 17:46:59

I m not at all sure he did have it,breathless or not It’s the timing that really pushes me to being unsure it was such fantastic timing could nature really be that kind and double kind that a man of our age and an overweight one too should get off so scottfree however IF he did have it he has unmercifully infected all around him so he’s a thoughtless idiot which ever way it is
Yes I think he ll get in because I think he got in completely unfairly and unlawfully last time and I think he ll manage the same games again

The world is a very unsafe place because of him and his entourage

Georgesgran Wed 07-Oct-20 17:35:12

I’m sorry to say lemongrove and maddyone but I think Trump will romp home, judging by the reactions of his supporters. God help the USA and the rest of us with that madman in charge.

GagaJo Wed 07-Oct-20 17:21:38

I don't know. My daughter had what we think was a mild case and she felt REALLY sh**y for 2 days.

True about Charles maddyone.

Esspee Wed 07-Oct-20 15:01:13

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maddyone Wed 07-Oct-20 14:51:22

I agree with lemongrove, I’m sure he’s had it, but we have to remember that some people, in fact the vast majority, get Coronavirus quite mildly. If this is the case with Trump, it’s not surprising that he’s recovering quickly. Plus remember that he’s been pumped full of a cocktail of drugs normally used in the most serious cases.
I think the medics have more integrity than to claim he’s had the virus when he actually hasn’t had it.
He’s just been lucky, but not able to recognise that at his age, he’s actually been very lucky.
A number of well known people have had the virus and not had it too seriously. Prince Charles comes to mind, Barnier, and a few members of our Parliament.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 07-Oct-20 14:38:43

Update on Trump

He is apparently backtracking on the stimulus talks after the stock exchange took an almighty tumble when it heard of his withdrawal from the talks.

He is feeling sorry for himself largely because imo he doesn’t have any attention, and is insisting on leaving the East Wing and go into the West Wing and the Oval Office along with his bugs to begin to infect yet more poor souls who are unfortunate enough to have to work there like the butlers, cleaners, chefs, etc etc.

His calls to the big pharma CEO’s fell on deaf ears along with the FDA telling him to sod off ( those were my words?) . I spoke to DD who works for Glaxo, and she said there is no way that the company would trash its reputation just to get Trump into the WH.

Iam64 Wed 07-Oct-20 14:31:20

WW2, the information that Trump is the first president in over a century not to have a pet dog is far from 'useless'.
It says it all. Any doubts I had are now swept away. Mind you, most dogs are good judges of character.....

Calendargirl Wed 07-Oct-20 12:17:27

I’m sure he has had, and still has, Covid. He was definitely breathless when he finished his pep talk on the balcony.

Illness is looked on as a sign of weakness in the POTUS.

Surprising that with the USA’s obsession with youth, the two candidates are in their 70’s.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 07-Oct-20 12:09:34

Bit of useless information.

Trump is the first president in over a century to not have a dog as a pet.

Starblaze Wed 07-Oct-20 11:05:26

NotSpaghetti

Starblaze - the truth is, both you and I believed it was “real” because it seems so like the sort of stuff he’d push!
Had it been, say, Obama or Reagan, Merkle or May, it would have immediately seemed suspect.

Definitely!

We still have time though, maybe he will put it on a hat!

NotSpaghetti Wed 07-Oct-20 10:37:15

Starblaze - the truth is, both you and I believed it was “real” because it seems so like the sort of stuff he’d push!
Had it been, say, Obama or Reagan, Merkle or May, it would have immediately seemed suspect.

12Michael Wed 07-Oct-20 10:24:36

Maybe those aliens from Area 51 hold the key to DT

Starblaze Wed 07-Oct-20 10:02:52

Keeping an open mind on my part, it's just more interesting that way

JenniferEccles Wed 07-Oct-20 09:54:19

Yet another conspiracy theory.
Oh dear.

Whilst I agree that it’s not certain how well he is recovering, it’s ridiculous to claim that the whole thing was fabricated.

Those claiming that must also believe that the entire medical staff at the military hospital were in on it too.

Is that what you really believe?

Urmstongran Wed 07-Oct-20 09:53:14

He seemed breathless didn’t he so I think he’s got it. He feel great only because he’s on steroids right now. My friend who has a bad chest with MS often needs inhalers and when very bad, steroids. She always says she feels amazing when she’s had a course (for a short time anyway).

I still think Trump will win the election on 3 November.

dayvidg Wed 07-Oct-20 09:52:43

Does anyone listen to the science, rather than the fear? It is known that for over 70's the recovery rate is over 94%; for under 60's over 99%. Many people have to be tested to discover if they have the virus, as for most people they will have little or no symptoms.

Starblaze Wed 07-Oct-20 09:50:49

Notspaghetti thank you

"historical moment in history" just sounded so Trumpesque lol

EllanVannin Wed 07-Oct-20 09:47:15

Has he made any further speeches since being discharged ?