Here's what puzzles me...

[smirkymonkey]

Trump has long been known as a famous germaphobe, so you would think he would be terrified of contracting this virus, right? I have even heard that he doesn't really even like to shake hands if he can avoid it.

So why is he so bold about going out in public without a mask, without social distancing, without protective gloves and without taking any other kinds of precautions to shield himself from Covid-19. Especially as an elderly, obese, unhealthy person who clearly has respiratory problems.

Maybe my tinfoil hat is on a little to tight these days, but is it possible that certain people at the highest levels of government already have a vaccine and he believes he is protected from the virus? Or is he just really that frighteningly stupid?

[Greywing]

1. He's that frighteningly stupid (n/t)

[mcar]

2. He's a manly man

I wonder if he is so delusional that he has bought into this whole "nothing to see here, move along" spin.

[yonder]

18. He's a tanly lad with a couple of retinal burns on the back of his peepers.

[tanyev]

3. I think germaphobe is just a word he likes to throw out when it suits his narrative.

[hlthe2b]

7. Yes. Me too.

[Ms. Toad]

10. Yup. I've seen no evidence that he is actually a germaphobe. n/t

[Lord Ludd]

22. Does hating Angela Merkel count as evidence? nt

[Ms. Toad]

23. Not when he sleeps with random women without a condom. n/t

[Lord Ludd]

35. Sorry, bad pun

Hating Angela Merkel = GERMAphobe

[2naSalit]

32. And not when he

is reported to have fondled women's genitalia for shits n goggles.

[Lord Ludd]

36. Sorry, bad pun

Hating Angela Merkel = GERMAphobe

[CatMor]

13. I do too ...

I'm a germaphobe and he's no germaphobe.

[uponit7771]

19. +1, when he doesn't want to touch non-white people

[SammyWinstonJack]

25. I think so too. He doesn't look very sanitary.

[MurrayDelph]

4. Two things

1. He's been pretending there's no big deal, so he can go back to charging the government millions for his ability to play golf.

2. He's more afraid of what wearing a mask will do to his "hair."

[tblue37]

17. He would get orange makeup smeared on it. nt

[UncleNoel]

5. He doesn't want to cover the face of god...

[jberryhill]

6. He's dumb.

I used to work with someone who had OCD around germ issues, and I don’t believe the “germaphobe” thing about Trump. He regularly cheated on all his wives and regularly had unprotected sex.

His ideas about hygiene are, in all probability, so misinformed that expecting his behavior to be consistent with actual relevant precautions is asking too much of his pea brain.

[Wounded Bear]

8. The mask would smear his makeup...

Oh, and I'd go with the "frighteningly stupid" myself.

[GopherGal]

21. Frighteningly Stupid

...and unjustifiably vain.

Yes, the mask would smear his orange tint and disrupt whatever that thing is on his head.

[NanceGreggs]

9. A woman asked that question ...

... on another site I frequent. Someone responded: "Well, I guess he does germaphobia as well as he does everything else."

[lunatica]

26. LOL!

That’s a great answer!

[Newest Reality]

11. It is a speculation...

If we file it under speculative, it is interesting to note that possibility, but we only have an observation, not evidence. i am fully aware that it is easy to make certain associations that illicit our paranoia, especially with a deceptive/criminal Administration with a dictator and his sycophants at the helm.

It is also interesting that I have not seen any members of the Administration contract the disease. That is most curious.

[smirkymonkey]

16. You would think given their ages, general lack of health and refusal to adhere to the

recommended Covid-19 protocol, at least a few of them would have been hospitalized or worse by now. I guess Rand Paul had it, but he seems to have bounced back remarkably well.

[Yeehah]

12. When has he been out in public?

Did he really mingle with the masses recently?

[Patterson]

14. He probably threw out the germaphobe idea to get an extra 20 seconds of attention

[tblue37]

15. He's tested daily, and so is everyone who comes into his vicinity. nt

[pandr32]

20. Is he really a germaphobe

...or is that just bullshit like everything else he claims? He probably uses that excuse to avoid real people. We know he loves hookers and porn stars and seems to be just fine with being around people as he's the one talking. His gilt-covered towers and clubhouses are full of health violations and gross people.

[global1]

24. One Question I'd Like To Hear Asked To Trump Is.....

"Mr. President you and your family seem to have weathered the coronavirus well and you all remain as healthy as ever. What can you tell the American People that you personally do in order not to contract the coronavirus yourself? What tips can you give them that you do that can help more American's remain healthy and virus free?"

I'd really be interested in HIS answer and not what people here at DU think he does or has done for him.

[JI7]

27. He is NOT a germaphobe. He got that idea from Howard stern

and used it as an excuse for why he could not have done the things he is accused of like paying women for sex.

But he has never been one and his actions are the total opposite of a germaphobe. The recent thing with the mask is biggest example.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

28. He is that stupid.

There is simply no chance that there's a secret vaccine out there. Really.

[LakeArenal]

29. He did look right into an eclipse.

He did tell folks to drink bleach. The fact that people did makes Dump’s not the only stoopid moran.

[Baked Potato]

30. He's finally and fully absorbed his shtick about being "Chosen"... he's invulnerable.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

31. His Vanity is overwhelming his germaphobia

currently now and forever.

I never really thought he was a germaphobe, I thought he was just the super silly king who didn't want the poor people touching him unless he wants to be touched.

That is the irony of his whole fake presidency, is the people he in person, hates the most are the ones who prop his fake show and the rallys he loves so much.

[lame54]

33. Because he's LYING...

He's not a germaphobe
He hates people
That's why he doesn't shake hands

[smirkymonkey]

34. You might have a point there.

Because I think his behavior with porn stars would indicate that he is not all that worried about catching diseases, as long as he is satisfying himself. He is such a revolting POS.