One of Trump's personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus

[kpete]

(CNN)A member of the US Navy who serves as one of President Donald Trump's personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus, CNN has learned Thursday, raising concerns about the President's possible exposure to the virus.

The valets are members of an elite military unit dedicated to the White House and often work very close to the President and first family. Trump was upset when he was informed Wednesday that the valet had tested positive, a source told CNN, and he was subsequently tested again by the White House physician.

In a statement, the White House confirmed CNN's reporting that one of the President's valets had tested positive.

"We were recently notified by the White House Medical Unit that a member of the United States Military, who works on the White House campus, has tested positive for Coronavirus," deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley said in a statement. "The President and the Vice President have since tested negative for the virus and they remain in great health."

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/07/politics/trump-valet-tests-positive-covid-19/index.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Maybe I shouldn't say what I'm thinking.

And if His Lardship did test positive would they tell us?

[Jamastiene]

9. I think he is one of the ones with no symptoms.

He keeps coming into contact with people who later test positive. He is not catching it. The people around him are. He is probably spreading it. It is just a new theory of mine, after seeing the OP. "Fucker must be immune" was the first thought that popped into my head.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

28. Correlation is not causation. Please don't start & spread conspiracy theories with no evidence. nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

35. Simply given his obvious obesity,

he should be one who absolutely gets symptoms. Not sure if he has any other underlying health issues, but that alone puts someone at huge risk. The other biggie is being a smoker or having anything else, such as asthma, that would tend to compromise the lungs.

[tblue37]

48. He takes meds for high blood pressure. nt

[mchill]

65. And high cholesterol too

[DENVERPOPS]

54. He is

TYPHOID TRUMP.......LOL

[Mike 03]

21. Maybe the virus needs to replicate more before being picked

up on a test. Or the president could have gotten one of those tests that test negative no matter what, even if you're on death's door and coughing up red foam from COVID-19 like we seem to have here in Arizona.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

31. They would say so immediately. If he lives he is "superhuman". If he dies they would sanctify him.nt

[Texin]

58. Yeah, but he'd be dead. And good fucking riddance!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

79. Maybe he'd be "sanctified" but he'd still be dead.

And that would be fine with me.

[LeftInTX]

76. I'm thinking that Trump and Pence have been getting antibody plasma

The human rabies vaccine is also an antibody plasma, so plasma is also preventative and not just a treatment.

The use of convalescent plasma collected from previously infected individuals to passively-transfer antibodies in order to protect or treat humans dates back almost 100 years, with some evidence for benefit against rabies, hepatitis B, polio, measles, influenza, Ebola and other pathogens1,2. Results from small case series during the prior MERS and SARS coronavirus outbreaks documented safety and faster viral clearance following convalescent plasma administration, particularly when given early in the disease course.

https://www.hematology.org/covid-19/covid-19-and-convalescent-plasma

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

77. Doubtful. Trump was reported to have been "upset" when he learned

his valet had tested positive. We know Trump doesn't give a rat's ass about other people; he wouldn't have been upset because the valet was ill but because he was afraid he would catch it. If he'd been given some sort of antibody treatment (assuming it would work) that would immunize him, he wouldn't be upset.

[Wawannabe]

2. Kpete. My response reading your headline

YES! YES! YES! With fist pump!

Is the bad? Oh fuckit. Who cares?

I hope he goes DOWN!!!!!!!!

[LoveMyCali]

19. Thank you

I was feeling a little bad about the giddiness I felt when I read this. It's still probably bad but at least I'm not alone.

[wryter2000]

32. I'm with you

I'm not saying I want him to die. I don't, necessarily, but if he were to become seriously ill, his whole house of cards would collapse. End of swagger, end of Trump's mystique.

[SammyWinstonJack]

56. If he contracts the "Hoax", oh well.

[Cha]

91. YEs.. how bad can a "democrat hoax" be?

[DENVERPOPS]

60. It really won't have that big of an effect

It's the Republican Senate that gives him all his power.

I keep saying we need to take out the RepubliCON majority in the Senate......they are the ones doing the massive damage. Without them, he is wiped out immediately...........

[SouthernCal_Dem]

63. It's not bad at all

An appropriate response IMO.

[Ilsa]

70. You aren't alone in your thinking.

I admitted as much to my minister, adding that I realize I was being unkind, but that more people might survive if he was gone.

[Walleye]

3. Oh lord won't you give the virus to trump 🎶

Prove that you love me and infect the White House.

[Wawannabe]

22. Janis Joplin

Singing my new fav tune!

[Walleye]

24. Yep. We were innocent little babes. Hard to believe, it was a happier time.

A song of great social significance

[Bernardo de La Paz]

33. We do NOT need tRump to become a martyr. He needs to die in prison, not become sanctified. nt

[Walleye]

37. I'd settle for anything that makes him suffer any consequences

Like a couple of weeks in ICU on a ventilator. I don’t think he would get much sympathy. I don’t think we will ever see him in prison either.

[Ilsa]

73. I figured it was about time someone in physical proximity tested positive.

How could it be avoided after such sloppy emergency management?

Has Rocky Mountain Mike recorded a satirical variation yet?

[clutterbox1830]

4. Trump was upset when he was informed Wednesday

It is all about him. No indication that he provided sympathy for this valet.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

81. Of course, he's a malignant narcissist. The guy had to open McDonalds? And put on plate?

[Dennis Donovan]

5. K&R

[GemDigger]

6. Excellent! nt and very little sarcasm.

[nolabear]

7. Welp, I'm officially a terrible person.

[flibbitygiblets]

83. Join the club, nolabear. Every day I wake up and check DU to see if he died.

I've never wanted someone to actually die before, but god help me...

[Marrah_Goodman]

98. Yup, me too

[Yonnie3]

8. "Trump was upset"

I was wondering why there was a sudden lack of tweets from him. I had attributed it to his Twitter meltdown over the Mourning in America ad, but now I'm thinking this may be the reason.

[Dennis Donovan]

12. Good eye! I noticed the same thing today - no tweets or retweets

Hopefully, it's a cold... or something stronger.

[Yonnie3]

50. We shouldn't assume too much, he's probably just been busy ...

getting an ultraviolet light enema and then soaking in a Clorox bath.

[Dennis Donovan]

62. .

Well played.

[Doodley]

10. Is that the valet who pulls up Trump's diapers or the one who shovels fast food into his mouth?

[Jamastiene]

17. Or the one that cuts his lines.

I think Trump is Covid Trump, like Typhoid Mary. So many people around him keep testing positive and he isn't dead yet. Or, at the very least, he isn't sick yet. My new theory is that he must be an asymptomatic carrier and God does not exist or does not answer a lot of prayers. Or maybe he answers no, because we are all being punished for something. What? I don't know, but why else would we end up with both Shrubya AND Trump in one lifetime?

[smirkymonkey]

23. How does someone with such horrible health habits never get sick? I don't understand.

He should be sick most of the time. His diet is terrible, he doesn't sleep, he's addicted to drugs, his stress and anger levels are off the charts, he drinks huge amounts of Diet Coke and yet, he looks like hell and yet he never even seems to come down with a cold.

It's so unfair!

[blitzen]

25. We can't tell if he gets colds due to the chain-guzzling of Sudafed. n/t

[Kitchari]

30. I have often thought the same thing, smirkymonkey

This guy flouts every commonsense health rule and seems to get away with it, or perhaps the narcotics he snorts keep him functioning, in his twisted way

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

38. That tells you, among other things,

how resilient the human body is.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

53. Scientists need to analyze the preservatives in that witches' brew.

Maybe the Grotesque Orange Pustule is just secretly mainlining embalming fluid and he's really a zombie.

[Native]

80. It's well known that he's a germophobe. Has been for like an eternity.

Constant hand washing, and I'm sure he trained himself long ago to never touch his face.

[LAS14]

94. Yeah, but without a mask on everyone, he's gotta share air. nt

[Native]

96. Oh, definitely.

[enid602]

11. Hazard pay?

Well I hope it's not the valet that has the responsibility for putting on tRump's underpants and hair. That would be a hard person to replace.

[NCjack]

13. Best wishes for the valet.

[crickets]

29. +1

[Bernardo de La Paz]

34. +1.

[Turbineguy]

14. If I were in that job

I'd hope to be promoted to Captain of the Head.

[blitzen]

15. I'm making burnt offerings to the goddess of Incubation. n/t

[Rorey]

16. It would benefit the nation if he got it with the most tremendous symptoms

Maybe if he got it "badly", he'd take it as seriously as he should have been taking it all along.

Then we could say, "How's that hoax thing working out for you, OrangeAss?"

[tblue37]

49. No, because having had it he'd feel safe from it afterward and thus care even less about

the risk to others.

[Rorey]

90. Unless he didn't survive

[SoonerPride]

18. Hope springs eternal

[The Blue Flower]

20. And the hopes of millions soar

If not now, it's only a matter of time. The monster is on karma time.

[Corgigal]

26. ......

[Historic NY]

27. Will have to see if there are nay case in the mask factory.

[iluvtennis]

36. Article says trump was tested after learning of valet tested positive. It takes 14-21 days for the

virus to present itself after exposure, so trump's immediate test result is meaningless.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

39. Actually, the incubation period is from 2 to 14 days.

Which is why a 14 day quarantine for this disease is generally effective. If you don't show symptoms by the 14th day you're probably clear.

[spinbaby]

43. Is Trump going to quarantine for 14 days?

He’s been exposed, so he should wear a mask and not be around people for a couple of weeks.

[Andy823]

92. I wouldn't count on it

nobody can tell trump what he should do, he won't listen. Narcissists think they know everything, and since they don't give a damn about anyone else, he won't care if he "does" infect others.

Who knows, the WH might become the next "hot spot" for the virus. Who knows how many trump could infect if he doesn't quarantine himself!

[iluvtennis]

67. Thanks for clarifying - much appreciated. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

78. The most usual incubation period is about 5 days.

> 90% of cases show symptoms by 11 days.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

84. Right. Thank you for that clarification.

[Buns_of_Fire]

52. They know it takes 14-21 days. They're just testing him for the fun of it.

"Okay, Mr. President, we're going to have to start testing you three times a day."

(Expletives Deleted) (More Expletives Deleted) (Even More Expletives Deleted) "Are you still going to use that eighteen-inch swab?"

"Yes, sir. Your health is too important to leave to chance. Now, if you'll just open wide and sniff..."

[Laura PourMeADrink]

82. I thought it was 2-14 days for the virus to "plant" itself enough

To be picked up on test. I asked this question last week because they tested my dad at hospital one day after exposure and people said it wouldn't show until at least 2 days??? This topic is so important and I never see it written about.

[DIVINEprividence]

40. I'll say it. I hope Trump catches this and croaks

Just being honest. It would the best thing that could happen for the USA

[Jamastiene]

44. I prefer honesty.

It is unhealthy to bite your tongue. Sends blood pressure and stress levels up. Stress and high blood pressure are both killers.

You are not alone in that wish when it comes to Shithead.

[abakan]

69. I must be a bad person too

but I think death is too good for asswipe trump. I want to see him suffer, the means that takes is not important, dealers choice.
I would like to see him penny less before he dies, that will hurt him, bigly.

[Jamastiene]

72. Actually, that would be too good for him too.

But, it would be something to get to watch him as a pauper, unable to borrow more money to lose through crappy business practices. They say he stiffs people a lot. He's known in the business world as a con artist. Yet, people want his name on businesses. That is why so much is named after him.

I do want to see him suffer because of how he is making Americans suffer right now. He is bad for this country and bad for Americans.

[ancianita]

41. Wonder if that means COVID-19 is lurking around the object environs of the White House.

[dreamland]

42. May he cough on his makeup

If only there were more positive cases. Then maybe they would.take this virus seriously.

[PA Democrat]

45. If the valet was exhibiting symptoms yesterday morning

isn't it unlikely that Trump would be testing positive immediately after exposure?

Will Trump be self-isolating in the meantime? He was supposed to be meeting with Texas Governor Abbott today.

[Zoonart]

51. Canary in the West Wing coal mine just fell off the perch.

They should be contact tracing through the entire whitehouse and everyone that 45 has come in contact with -unmasked- for the last week at least, that his valet has been shedding Covid onto his Big Macs.

[PA Democrat]

57. Iowa Governor Reynolds was in the White House to meet with Trump yesterday.

[Zoonart]

59. Yep.

[Mr. Ected]

46. Some kids need to touch the heating element on the stove to learn their lesson

Trump might need a dose of COVID-19 to re-educate himself on the scourge of this virus.

And Trumpers need to see their Fearless Leader brought to his knees, and perhaps to the grave, to understand the seriousness of the problem.

God works in mysterious ways.

[cp]

47. Karma

[mnhtnbb]

55. Maybe this explains why 45's skin color was red instead of orange while in Arizona.

The valet had the color mixture down pat. New valet screws up the mixture?

I feel so sorry for anyone who has to work next to the orange/red sack of $hit.

[Ford_Prefect]

61. Missed it by THAT much...

[shockey80]

64. If Trump died from the virus, that would be Justice.

[Thekaspervote]

66. Not even blinking when I say I hope dotard contracts covid19 and dies a miserable death

[mchill]

68. And if Trump is now incubating the virus

Think of all the people he spread it to while not wearing a mask in AZ yesterday. A factory making masks. The poetic justice, the irony runneth over.

[tavernier]

71. "Remain in great health"

If that’s what great health looks like, I never want to be that healthy. Rump looks like a druggie street hobo, dirty face and hollow eyes, bloated from eating garbage scraps like a fat rat. No idea what Pence looks like, since he’s made out of plastic, apparently from one of those 3-D machines.

[MyOwnPeace]

74. Show some respect..........

this is the "*president" you know............

Let's quote a great American (since IQ45 is such a master of American history) - Mark Twain:

“I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.”

[DesertRat]

75. Trump was upset when he was informed Wednesday...

[MadMike47]

85. I wonder if one of Trump's valets had to pick up his soiled drawers after he found out.

[NotHardly]

86. By the end of this month, trust me, there will be nearly 140,000 dead at this rate

[C Moon]

87. Even if Trump doesn't get infected, it's a warning to those jackasses that COVID-19 is real...

and it's close by.

[DesertRat]

88. Reminder, he visited Phoenix on Tues and didn't wear a mask

He was in close contact with Gov. Ducey during his visit, and the Republican Arizona delegation rode on Air Force One with him.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[lillypaddle]

89. Is it wrong

that I'm kind of excited about this new development?

[IcyPeas]

93. trump just said he was tested today

On the WH valet who tested positive for Coronavirus, Pres Trump says he had "very little contact" with the person. And he said WH testing for Coronavirus will change from once a week to once a day. He said he was tested yesterday and today and results were both negative.

Link to tweet

[LAS14]

95. Do you think that maybe the valet is a Nathan Hale type hero who got infected on purpose? nt

[rocktivity]

97. The "DEPUTY White House press secretary" said "IN A STATEMENT"?

Where was Kayleigh "Miss Tough Stuff" McEnany, the lead White House press secretary -- too busy running victory laps over her accusing Vox.com and the Washington Post of underplaying the virus as much as President The Don has?

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=705996536837262


rocktivity

[jimlup]

99. Please God tell me that he kissed tRump repeatedly

....

[drmeow]

100. raising concerns?

More like raising hopes!