(Soon to be) Former President Donald Trump

[GlesgaeHibby]

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/...581279232?s=19

Sounds like it's fairly serious.

[G B Young]

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Hospitalised.

There is essentially a hospital on site at the White House. If he is being moved then it's serious.

Familiar sequence of events to Boris Johnson. If he ends up even half as seriously affected as the PM it could easily be the end of him, bearing in mind he's a lot older.

At the veery least I can foresee the election being put on hold.

[Rocky]

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It did Boris Johnson no harm.

Johnson was never a full on denier. He was an idiot with the hospital handshakes etc but he never claimed it was a hoax. And he's not directly encouraging the anti mask brigade.

[Hibernia&Alba]

The conspiracy theories will go nuclear now, and it will addle the brains of his supporters who say COVID is a hoax. They will need new directions from Fox News.

[Rocky]

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The conspiracy theories will go nuclear now, and it will addle the brains of his supporters who say COVID is a hoax. They will need new directions from Fox News.

I think Fox has created a little bit of distance from him, and I can't see Pence having the personality to whip up the crazies. They'll be like lab rats when the food buzzer runs out of batteries. Could be dangerous or could fizzle out.

[Pretty Boy]

You can just imagine his 1st public appearance after he gets out of hospital:

'I had serious covid. Very serious. I don't know but the doctors told me it was the worst case they had seen. All the other stuff is fake news. But they said listen this guy is a great fighter, really great. My uncle was a scientist so I understand this. Good brains, really great. The doctors, good people, said we'll try the things this guy suggested months ago and they worked. I'm not saying that's all there was to it but that's what I hear, people tell me that.'

[Glory Lurker]

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Familiar sequence of events to Boris Johnson. If he ends up even half as seriously affected as the PM it could easily be the end of him, bearing in mind he's a lot older.

At the veery least I can foresee the election being put on hold.

I know nothing about the US constitution, but would be surprised if the founding fathers legislated for delays if one of the candidates was unwell.

[Hibernia&Alba]

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You can just imagine his 1st public appearance after he gets out of hospital:

'I had serious covid. Very serious. I don't know but the doctors told me it was the worst case they had seen. All the other stuff is fake news. But they said listen this guy is a great fighter, really great. My uncle was a scientist so I understand this. Good brains, really great. The doctors, good people, said we'll try the things this guy suggested months ago and they worked. I'm not saying that's all there was to it but that's what I hear, people tell me that.'

Let's hope they don't inject him with disinfectant.

[Future17]

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Let's hope they don't inject him with disinfectant.

Why not?

[Hibernia&Alba]

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Why not?

Naughty

[Ozyhibby]

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Familiar sequence of events to Boris Johnson. If he ends up even half as seriously affected as the PM it could easily be the end of him, bearing in mind he's a lot older.

At the veery least I can foresee the election being put on hold.

Election can’t be put on hold.


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[Hibernia&Alba]

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Election can’t be put on hold.


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What if he (or any president) dies so close to an election?

[Tobias Funke]

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The conspiracy theories will go nuclear now, and it will addle the brains of his supporters who say COVID is a hoax. They will need new directions from Fox News.

There’s one from democrat leaning/Trump hating commentators that Trump is faking having Covid, based on the fact he lies all the time.

There isn’t a hope in hell Trump would fake an illness that would quarantine him for possibly weeks thus removing him from his rallies/fundraisers where he gets his ego massaged talking to his base. I don’t understand why everything has to be a conspiracy.

[Hibernia&Alba]

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There’s one from democrat leaning/Trump hating commentators that Trump is faking having Covid, based on the fact he lies all the time.

There isn’t a hope in hell Trump would fake an illness that would quarantine him for possibly weeks thus removing him from his rallies/fundraisers where he gets his ego massaged talking to his base. I don’t understand why everything has to be a conspiracy.

I don't think he's faking it. He has been downplaying/ignoring COVID from the start, so he isn't going to hospitalise himself with COVID now. His getting the virus only underlines what his irresponsible approach can lead to. The sad fact is there has been so much misinformation from Trump (over 16,000 verifiable lies since he became president) that nobody believes anything any longer. It is a sad state of affairs that it's come to this. His constant gaslighting has destroyed trust in the presidency and the media. It's a unique time, in which everything is dismissed as 'fake news'.

[Ozyhibby]

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What if he (or any president) dies so close to an election?

Article on it here. It will be messy I think but I can’t see the Democrats allowing a delay to the election.


https://news.sky.com/story/us-electi...-dies-12087574


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[Sylar]

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Article on it here. It will be messy I think but I can’t see the Democrats allowing a delay to the election.


https://news.sky.com/story/us-electi...-dies-12087574


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Nor should they - Clinton was given no delay or mercy when she had pneumonia right before the 2016 election. In fact, Trump used it as a stick to beat her with.

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Naughty

Surely he would just get a (very) clean bill of health.

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You can just imagine his 1st public appearance after he gets out of hospital:

'I had serious covid. Very serious. I don't know but the doctors told me it was the worst case they had seen. All the other stuff is fake news. But they said listen this guy is a great fighter, really great. My uncle was a scientist so I understand this. Good brains, really great. The doctors, good people, said we'll try the things this guy suggested months ago and they worked. I'm not saying that's all there was to it but that's what I hear, people tell me that.'

The most annoying thing about this is that he'll just use it as an excuse if he loses.

[Colr]

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Familiar sequence of events to Boris Johnson. If he ends up even half as seriously affected as the PM it could easily be the end of him, bearing in mind he's a lot older.

At the veery least I can foresee the election being put on hold.

Trump is more at risk than Johnson. He’s older, fatter and according to his tax returns, he’s also in a low income bracket.

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Trump is more at risk than Johnson. He’s older, fatter and according to his tax returns, he’s also in a low income bracket.

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Election can’t be put on hold.


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The BBC report I watched said it's possible to delay it by an Act of Congress, but that would require Democrat support so probably unlikely.

However, if Trump's condition were to deteriorate to the extent that he's incapacitated for the length of time the PM was (or worse) I wonder if there would be a more sympathetic response from the Democrats.

Edit: Sorry, just seen you've since posted a link about this.

[G B Young]

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What if he (or any president) dies so close to an election?

Pretty sure Pence would step into the role. I think there's a constitutional amendment which sets out the precise procedure.

[Moulin Yarns]

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You can just imagine his 1st public appearance after he gets out of hospital:

'I had serious covid. Very serious. I don't know but the doctors told me it was the worst case they had seen. All the other stuff is fake news. But they said listen this guy is a great fighter, really great. My uncle was a scientist so I understand this. Good brains, really great. The doctors, good people, said we'll try the things this guy suggested months ago and they worked. I'm not saying that's all there was to it but that's what I hear, people tell me that.'

I was treated with this great medicine, really good, they call it NaOCl. Don't know what that means or even how to pronounce it but it works, it really works, it really cleaned up the virus, if there is a virus, but it cleaned it up real good. They told me it it kills 99% of all known germs.

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Pretty sure Pence would step into the role. I think there's a constitutional amendment which sets out the precise procedure.

I think he steps in to the role of president but not the role of candidate. The republicans would need to nominate a new candidate.


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[matty_f]

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You can just imagine his 1st public appearance after he gets out of hospital:

'I had serious covid. Very serious. I don't know but the doctors told me it was the worst case they had seen. All the other stuff is fake news. But they said listen this guy is a great fighter, really great. My uncle was a scientist so I understand this. Good brains, really great. The doctors, good people, said we'll try the things this guy suggested months ago and they worked. I'm not saying that's all there was to it but that's what I hear, people tell me that.'

i think that’ll be very close to it, really.

Trump always sounds like he’s reading a script from BrassEye.

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I think he steps in to the role of president but not the role of candidate. The republicans would need to nominate a new candidate.


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That sounds right according to this:

https://news.sky.com/story/us-electi...-dies-12087574

Hard to see how they could organise a new candidate/ballot in time, especially as there have been many postal votes already cast.

Hopefully it won't come to that. Trump's a bampot but I wouldn't wish the worst on anyone.

[Moulin Yarns]

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That sounds right according to this:

https://news.sky.com/story/us-electi...-dies-12087574

Hard to see how they could organise a new candidate/ballot in time, especially as there have been many postal votes already cast.

Hopefully it won't come to that. Trump's a bampot but I wouldn't wish the worst on anyone.

Yeah, but remember the postal votes are to be discounted in the event of a Democrat win.

[WhileTheChief..]

Definitely more serious than what the White House is reporting.

Doubt he’ll be back there as President again.

[lapsedhibee]

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Doubt he’ll be back there as President again.

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Trump is more at risk than Johnson. He’s older, fatter and according to his tax returns, he’s also in a low income bracket.

Boris is podgy but he cycles . plays alot of tennis and probably eats well. Donald sounds like a slob that lives on big macs , pizza and the odd round of golf