Trump Says He’s Been Tested For COVID-19 | Talking Points Memo

After punting for several days on whether he would be tested for COVID-19, President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was tested Friday night for the disease.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1297168

I would love to see an IQ test and the one for dementia. I’m past caring about his STDs.

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And of course he is telling the truth, as always.
Vanity and Marketing Bullshit, with tweeted bumper sticker slogans. I assume his entire family may be infected given Mar-a-Lago, CPAC etc. Aussie minister meets Ivanka and then tests positive. Call me in “a day or two”.

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This was a stunningly vapid, rambling performance.

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I believe him.

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0 voters

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Was Q-Tip the swab?

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So presumably someone actually tested him and someone will tell him the results. Will he then lie if it’s positive? Of course he will. And what will those people say?

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Wow, just posted on another thread by @teenlaqueefa

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Hey, didn’t know if I clicked it would actually work. Good job, now we can do our own polling.

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Who cares? He’s useless anyway.

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  1. One thing for sure in this Covid-19 pandemic…

Trump is VERY BIGLY IRRESPONSIBLE (Notwithstanding “I don’t take responsibility…”) for not availing to test himself even when he was exposed to people who were confirmed to have tested positive just because he called it a “new hoax” and "but my numbers…I like my numbers!

  1. Another thing for sure in this Covid-19 pandemic…

Trump is a SUPER DUPER Super Spreader of Lies, Misinformation and Denial!

#TrumpIsTheWORSTPresidentEVER

Update:
Joseph Fair, a virologist and epidemiologist said “typically test like this takes around two hours completely,” “And I would think if the president was tested, it would be a two-hour turn around on the assay.”

It’s more than two hours since he tested Friday night…
So what is the result?

Update2:
Hand hygiene from WHO:

  1. Wet hands with water
  2. Apply enough soap to cover all hand surfaces
  3. Rub hands palm to palm
  4. Right palm over left hand, interlaced fingers, vice versa.
  5. Palm to palm, fingers interlaced.
  6. Back of fingers to opposing palms, fingers interlocked.
  7. Rotational rubbing of left and right thumb.

ICYMI: OT = The Lincoln Project (Anti-TrumpGOP) has a new ad campaign called “Grifters” series targeting Trump’s children. Take a listen at the link from the article.

Update3:
Trump = Negative Result

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And the likelihood of Trump admitting he has the virus is 0.0%. He could be sweating bullets and wheezing like a sick mule during his rally and he’ll insist it’s Trump Fever and tell all his supporters to catch it.

And of course he and all his people should be tested. By the time people show symptoms, it’s already too late and they’ve been infecting others. And if someone’s sick, it doesn’t really matter what virus it is. If people self quarantine every time they were sick, we could wipe out most communicable diseases completely. Colds and flus aren’t normal. People are just gross.

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He’s like a little kid who finally ate his broccoli.

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Wonder if Donnie used the same person that took his GED for him?

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Unfortunately for the country, this may be the only test Trump could pass.

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how long will it take for the coverup of his test to begin?:skull:

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temperature taken … and that it was “totally normal.”

When has Trump ever said anything about himself was “normal”? That in itself is very abnormal.

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He likely pushed several small children out of the way to get to it. He has no regard for others, he has no dignity, no couthe, knows no truth. You could run a freight train through the hole where his soul should be.

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Did they check his bone spurs at the same time?

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Trump had a perfect temperature. No doubt he’s being tested morning and evening, but making this announcement gets him ahead of the curve.

Now, what about all the other people who need testing?

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