anyone with a cough is banned from the White House

[IcyPeas]

Link to tweet

Pres Trump told aides he’s afraid journalists will try to purposefully contract coronavirus to give it to him on Air Force One and has asked the Secret Service to bar anyone who has a cough from the White House grounds, per Vanity Fair.

[dewsgirl]

1. I wonder if he know the definition of asymptomatic?

[leftieNanner]

60. Five Syllables??

Seriously?

I made the same remark to my husband when I read this report. That's why viruses like this are so dangerous. You have the illness and are contagious before you have any symptoms.

Good point, dewsgirl!

[Docreed2003]

2. He's a notorious germaphobe

Add in his increasing lunacy and this is what you get...a paranoid madman.

[lame54]

23. Why does anybody believe this?

[PatSeg]

43. Yet, he was in Florida

glad handing people in the rope line. Like everything else, he is a piss poor germaphone.

[Docreed2003]

52. Lol...I just saw that post here

That's truly insane...maybe he's not so much of a germaphobe, or maybe he's just an utter failure.

[PatSeg]

61. It seems he is a failure

at pretty much everything he does. Its in his DNA.

[Farmer-Rick]

59. Yeah Trump claims he's a germaphobe

But honestly, I've never seen any evidence of that. He shake hands and grabs women by their body parts. How is he phobic about germs?

[wnylib]

65. Good question. I've wondered

about that, too.

[redstatebluegirl]

3. This has to be making him more nuts, germaphobe that he is.

[Ohiogal]

4. I just shake my head.....

What a paranoid lunatic.

[Sanity Claws]

5. Is that why Mick Mulvaney was sent to Northern Ireland

Mulvaney had a productive cough at CPAC. He coughed into his hand and then immediately shook hands with someone there.

[stillcool]

6. twit...

if he had a job, he could go to work. I'm sure he's feeling fine.

[spooky3]

8. They say you can't catch coronavirus on the golf course. nt

[genxlib]

7. Frankly

I would expect the Secret Service to crack down on this to a certain degree.

It just makes sense to limit potential hazards in whatever form they may take.

[PatSeg]

45. Well, they didn't stop him in Florida

WATCH: Trump Works Rope Line, Shakes Supporters’ Hands Amid Coronavirus Fears

President Donald Trump spent much of his Monday morning downplaying concerns about the novel coronavirus outbreak, going so far as to approach a group of supporters and shake their hands. Ahead of an afternoon fundraiser in Florida, the president took a moment after his plane landed at an Orlando airport to greet the group of voters, prompting Fox News anchor Jon Scott to express a bit of shock.

“In an era when shaking hands is a no-no for many people, the president is not showing any concerns about that at all,” Scott noted as the network aired the footage. “He is glad-handing this entire rope line.” During a Fox News town hall last week, Trump said that if “there was ever a time that you could convince people not to shake hands this would be it,” but added that he wouldn’t shun his supporters’ greetings.

Several GOP lawmakers, pundits, and officials, meanwhile, have self-quarantined after it was revealed that an attendee at last month’s Conservative Political Action Conference had tested positive for coronavirus and physically interacted with many people. The conference’s organizer has stated that while Trump and Vice President Mike Pence also attended CPAC, the infected person had no direct contact with either of them.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/watch-trump-works-rope-line-shakes-supporters-hands-amid-coronavirus-fears

But now he thinks the press will infect him?

[yonder]

9. Another photo of him not touching his face again.

He "really misses his face".

[unitedwethrive]

10. So confused...isn't this just a hoax?

Can you say "mixed message"?

[dchill]

11. He means a hoax cough, right?

[wnylib]

12. LOLOLOLOLOLOL

I thought it was all just a hoax and the flu is worse.

The idea that somebody would intentionally make themselves ill with a serous virus just to infect Trump is beyond insane.

However, I suppose somebody could carry infected material of some kind on themselves and manage to slip it in Trump's path, e.g. a form to sign. Infected form inside a non-infected folder, then wipe their hands with sanitary wipes afterward just for caution.

I am NOT suggesting that anyone should do that, or even would do that. Only pointing out that if somebody was "out to get" him, they would look for another way.

But, hey, there's nothing to worry about. The flu is worse, right?

[Sneederbunk]

13. What about those in the WH that make me cough, gag, vomit?

[sop]

14. He'll continue staging his Nuremberg Rallies, though.

[keithbvadu2]

15. Somehow his rallies make folks immune when they worship the Donald.

Somehow his rallies make folks immune when they worship the Donald.

[58Sunliner]

40. Let's hope so.

[Marie Marie]

16. IF Trump would get the virus, do you think that info would be public knowledge?

I say he would hide away and not announce it.

[leftieNanner]

62. I was considering this myself

If he gets sick, they will hide it from us. Just like they pretended his emergency trip to Walter Reid was doing part of his annual physical a little early.

[elias7]

17. That's reasonable, except that they can't be tested

Unless they meet very strict criteria. It is INSANE!!!1!1!!

Until we develop a rapid universal in-house test, anyone with a cough might indeed have it.

Remember, fever and cough but no nasal congestion.
No body aches like influenza

If you feel short of breath with fever and cough and no congestion, you may be getting a bad case

[patphil]

25. The whole point is to keep the number of cases low.

But there are now 26 confirmed deaths, and less than 600 confirmed cases.
That's a death rate of 4.3%, much higher than the world average.
Since there is almost no testing, the real number of cases could easily be several times higher.

Trump has politicized the CDC and it's sure to cost people their lives.

[Sugar Smack]

18. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! *COUGH*

*COUGH**COUGH* HAHAHA!

[Evolve Dammit]

19. Well, that certainly sounds rational and based in science (cough). It's like a Pre-K in there.

[LiberalFighter]

20. White House staff need to start coughing.

[LiberalFighter]

21. Secret Service detail need to start coughing. His driver too.

[Warpy]

22. Really dumb, as usual

From what I've been reading, this thing is at its most contagious just before any symptoms appear.

It's just a guess, of course, no one knows for sure and won't for at least the next year.

[0rganism]

24. next best thing to actually having an effective COVID-19 screening test?

i guess he's happy there's such a simple workaround
of course, no one at his fundraiser meet&greets could possibly be infected, oh goodness no...

[Joinfortmill]

26. It's too late.

He's already been exposed.

[bdamomma]

27. scared much

you fucking coward.

[Grokenstein]

28. "he's afraid journalists will try to purposefully contract coronavirus to give it to him"

Oh, you pathetic lunatic. Polonium is far more convenient and certain!

[raging moderate]

29. More projection. And it should serve as a warning.

Trump is judging what others would do, based on what he would do.

[Botany]

30. Now who spends a lot time in NYC where covid 19 is thick and hates Donald?

[saidsimplesimon]

63. take the photo down, ugly runs deep in greed imo

I am offended.

[Traildogbob]

31. Whistling and coughing

I have a powerful loud dog training whistle I carry around my neck and would blow it in the face of tRumpers during the impeachment hearings, for obvious reasons, rather than argue. Now all we gotta do is cough on em. Or do both. They love stirring up libruls, well, I really love the whistle and now a second arrow in my quiver, coughing. Throw in some wet splatter sneezing. Owning the MAGAts. What a joyful time.

[BHDem53]

32. Truck fump.

[azureblue]

33. Please cough

Trump. Or Pense. Or McConnell. I'm not picky

[procon]

34. He should be more leery of his sycophants and

the hordes of ass kissing yes-men who believe every word he says. They're the ones who treat the epidemic like the hoax he says it is and believe it's no different than getting a bad cold. They see no reason to take any sort of precautions, undoubtedly continuously re-exposing themselves and presumably carrying the virus far and wide. Trump faces more of a risk than he can imagine.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

35. There's delusional and then there's crazy as fuck delusional...

Somebody give this man a pacifier and send him to the corner.

[Mr. Ected]

36. I hope he choax on this "hoax"

If only the MAGAT minions knew what a chickenshit their fearless leader really was, they'd despise him.

[ancianita]

37. LUV IT!

[amb123]

38. Trump's gone into full Howard Hughes mode

Get the rubber room, the straight-jacket and the sedatives ready.

[Miigwech]

39. Melania, start COUGHING!

Free yourself.

[underpants]

53. LMAO

Maybe that's why she wasn't seen at the Mar a lago Birthday Party for Jr.'s girlfriend

[Miigwech]

58. Right! Although they all hate eachother because "trump the splitter"

... clearly he has a "personality disorder" ... most likely "borderline personality disorder" among all his other baggage ... he is a "splitter"

[ananda]

41. Having a madman at the helm ..

.. is just so reassuring.

[richdj25]

42. Of course - Trump doesn't

realize that the height of allergy season is almost here.

[TrogL]

44. Wait a minute

Wasn’t he saying a couple of days ago that the virus was just a cold?

[PatSeg]

46. I really thought that must be satire at first

but that is so rarely the case with Trump.

[Dem2theMax]

47. Chicken shit!

Force him to go out into the world like the rest of us. Make him deal with it.



Could we do a 'million cough' march? Just go stand outside the White House, and start coughing?
A million people standing outside the White House, coughing?

[IcyPeas]

49. would that be a "cough-in"

cough-in

coffin


LOL


never mind

[Dem2theMax]

50. .

I bow down to you.

Wish I had thought of that!

[Richard D]

48. anyone with a cough is banned from the White House

Is it wrong to hope trump starts coughing?

[Dem2theMax]

51. Nope. Not wrong

I do believe it's called wishful thinking.

[AllyCat]

54. pretty drastic reaction all for a hoax!

But he's never really had reactions that seem to make sense anyway.

[Afromania]

55. I thought it was a hoax?????

Fuck this mother fucker. I wish somebody would bring this up live and cuss his ass out.


again

FUCK THIS MOMO

[doc03]

56. Oh great orange one it is a hoax remember? Maybe

Trump will come down with a cough and save the country.

[bucolic_frolic]

57. Glad they haven't banned sneezing

Ah-CHOOOOOO!

[TygrBright]

64. Wait, I thought it was a hoax? n/t