Trump stopped being tested weeks ago

[BainsBane]

per Kurt Eichenwald: NYTimes confirming what I’ve been telling you for 2 days (them based on 2 sources, mine 1)Trump HASNT been tested daily. That’s why they won’t reveal last negative. He found them uncomfortable, so stopped tests weeks ago. He thought it was safe with everyone else tested instead.

Link to tweet

It must be developing at the Times since there is nothing on their front page.

[nolabear]

1. I will be so glad when that little asshole is gone.

[Cha]

10. You are not alone, Nola.. Neera Tanden tweets..

Link to tweet

[wnylib]

20. There's even a good song for

celebrating when he's gone - no matter which way he leaves. The lyrics are practically written just for such an event.

Anybody have a link to Martha and the Vandellas, Dancing in the Street?

Or, Celebrate Good Times.

[Cha]

25. Oh there will be Dancing in the Streets..

I posted one with Mick Jagger & David Bowie a couple of years ago for the same reason and here we are.. almost November 3rd!

[Dave Starsky]

57. Have you seen the version without music?

[Cha]

62. No.. I can see why have music.

[tblue37]

59. Fun!

[Ponietz]

29. Been humming in my head all day Elvis Costello's Tramp the Dirt Down

[lagomorph777]

53. Trump The Dirt Clown?

[lagomorph777]

41. Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead

[nolabear]

48. I plan on doing just that--dancing in the street!

I think I’ll make a playlist!

[wnylib]

49. With confetti and a release of

baloons.

I was at my city's Dem headquarters on election night, 2008, where we had been phone banking (to West coast voters) right up til the polls closed on the West coast. As soon as the polls closed and the Obama win was called seconds later, we rushed outdoors with thumbs up to greet passing cars that were honking.

Some teen callers among us rushed into the street singing "We Are the Champions."

I am looking forward to that kind of celebration, even though it might take weeks before we confirm Biden.

[wnylib]

21. There's even a good song for

celebrating when he's gone - no matter which way he leaves. The lyrics are practically written just for such an event.

Anybody have a link to Martha and the Vandellas, Dancing in the Street?

Or, Celebrate Good Times.

[Dave Starsky]

58. This will be mine. Can't wait to sing it with you all.

[malaise]

39. No rules apply to this arrogant piece os shit

[hibbing]

2. My doomscrolling continues n/t

[sweetloukillbot]

8. I see it as hopescrolling...

Getting to watch him implode in real time feels good. Especially with a splash of schadenfreude on top.

[NJCher]

28. I so agree

There are frequent payoffs, like watching him barely able to breathe.

[lagomorph777]

42. My top three supervillains: Trump, Miller, McConnell.

Two down, one to go.

Karma, if you're listening, ...

[hibbing]

3. My doomscrolling continues n/t

[BigmanPigman]

4. Tests are "uncomfortable"...what BS.

I had one in August and it wasn't like I saw on TV. I was surprised since I thought it was going to go all the way into my nose but it only went up about an inch. A person's finger goes up further when they pick their nose.

I bet he stopped a long time ago...poor, sensitive man-baby.

[BainsBane]

5. They changed the test

Last edited Wed Oct 7, 2020, 01:08 PM - Edit history (1)

I've had it taken twice. The first time they stuck the swab into the back of my head, or so it felt like. Then I had it about a month ago, and they took a basic swab from two nostrils, much as you describe.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Than he has no excuse except that he is an ass.

[sweetloukillbot]

9. My nephew was tested in the hospital and got the brain tickle

My sister and BiL were tested the next day in one of those drive-thru setups and got the less invasive swab.

[Maru Kitteh]

12. Both kinds are still routinely done. The brain tickle is still considered a bit more

reliable, but the more shallow nasal test is also pretty sensitive as well. It's worked well for us. I test hundreds of people twice a week.

[safeinOhio]

27. I've had it done 4 times.

Never a problem, however, I think some techs are better at it than others. Kind of like having blood drawn, some are better at it than others.

[underpants]

16. Two tests last week. It tickles, that's about it.

Jeesus he didn’t like it so everyone else has to do it.

[magicarpet]

14. trDumpie was likely worried they would poke around too much,...

... then the doctors would find syphilis and gonorrhea had ravaged his body,... internal organs,... and already eaten half his brain.

So trDumpie discontinued all lab tests to keep his STDs a secret from the general public and voters.

[BigmanPigman]

17. He was worried that they would stick it up into his brain

and find that it is an empty shell.

[magicarpet]

19. trDumpie's head,..

A vast,.. vacant,.. echo chamber,... shallow and hollow as they come.

[Cha]

6. Rt.. TY BB. "trump thought" is an

Oxymoron.

[procon]

11. Trump is an idiot, I can't believe he managed to

stay alive this long.

[Leghorn21]

13. Man oh man, if this turns out to be true, I wonder if his staff and enablers will feel ANGRY and

BETRAYED, since they really believed he was testing CLEAN all day, every day, thus lulling them into a false sense of security - !!

POOR LIL T’INGS!!! BOOM goes ya COVID, muthafukkahs!!

[patricia92243]

15. So, this means he had to have symptoms before he even got

tested. Don't know how many days that is, but I sure would not want to be around him.

[RockCreek]

32. And symptoms he acknowledged!

I suspect he was in denial for a few days about not feeling well. Not everyone coughs or sneezes.

[lagomorph777]

44. Yup. Almost certainly was contagious when debating Biden. Attempted assassination.

If Biden allows that murderer to be in the same room with him again, I'll be extremely pissed at Biden.

[sandensea]

18. Let me guess:

Nose spurs?

[LeftInTX]

22. That whole thing with Hope Hicks and Trump saying he was going to quarantine

before there was test results was just weird.

He had been around positive people before and was very cavalier...
And then there was this, "Hope Hicks is very very sick"...It was just really weird..

[SunSeeker]

24. He's probably been sick for at least a week, and infected for even longer.

We know he was symptomatic last Wednesday. He probably got infected before the ACB Saturday Superspreader, maybe earlier. I bet he is the patient zero of the White House covid explosion. He sure seems like the common contact for all these cases.

[lagomorph777]

45. Yup. And attempted to assassinate Joe Biden.

Biden had better not allow that monster to be in the same room with him again.

[SunSeeker]

23. I imagine that's the same reason he won't wear a mask, or a condom.

It's all about his selfish comfort.

Testing himself only protected other people. He doesn't care about other people, just himself.

[orleans]

26. they didn't test him at the debate

they took his word that he tested negative

he's a fucking liar

he shouldn't be anywhere near joe biden!

[NJCher]

30. It would be great if the second Biden trump debate

Was cancelled, citing this as the reason.

[lagomorph777]

46. Do it virtual. There is zero excuse for holding it in person.

Biden needs to show that he is smarter than Trump.

[NJCher]

51. that's even better

because then his mic can be shut off.

[lagomorph777]

52. Shut the mic off, but keep the camera on.

The effect would be quite humorous.

[Wounded Bear]

31. So testing bothered him?

Figures, the mango man-child strikes again.

[moondust]

33. When you're a God it lets you do it!

Sometimes I think some of these ignorant fools who inherited fortunes and have gotten away with so much for so long because of it have developed dangerous superiority complexes. "Gods like us don't have to wear those silly little human masks or submit to those silly little human tests!" Hubris unbound.

[Hugin]

34. Probably Months ago... If ever. n/t

[ecstatic]

35. Or they could be lying to cover up his assassination attempt

Which headline is worse: tRump stopped testing weeks ago or tRump went to the debate knowing he was infected with covid?

[lagomorph777]

47. The debate was an assassination attempt.

Period.

[cwydro]

36. He wasn't seen at all yesterday, was he?

Wonder if we’ll see him today.

[obamanut2012]

50. Nope

Maybe in the step-down unit at the WH.

They will be tapering him off the dex soon, I am betting.

[BainsBane]

55. Only through his insane tweets nt

[apnu]

37. "He thought it was safe with everyone else tested instead."

Trump has blathered for weeks about this.

Let's all replay Sarah Cooper miming Trump's "I look like the Lone Ranger" mask moment.

[BumRushDaShow]

38. I know I have been saying that for who knows how long

I can't imagine him being able to sit still enough for something as "uncouth" as these "tests" are.

[tanyev]

40. "He thought it was safe with everyone else tested instead."

Bigly genius thinks he knows more than any doctor, any scientist and is surrounded by spineless sycophants who can't or won't stand up to him. How'd that work out for ya, Donald?

[Horse with no Name]

43. My thoughts exactly

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214198374

[BainsBane]

54. It's good to have a journalist confirm it though

Don't you think?

[Horse with no Name]

60. Absolutely

That way I know I’m not crazy for thinking it lol

[BainsBane]

61. It's not really possible to be crazy

when dealing with Trump. He always has us beat.

[Hortensis]

68. But who checked the journalist? nt

[Dave Starsky]

56. Those nasal swabs are uncomfortable.

Trump is literally the biggest cream puff on the face of the Earth. He makes Lindsey Graham look like Clint Walker, for crying out loud.

Of course, there was NO WAY he was going to sit there and be tested even ONCE without screaming like a toddler. I doubt he ever really was tested prior to his getting COVID.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

63. He's a murderer.

And he doesn't have to be on 5th Ave to get away with it.

[BainsBane]

64. exactly

Only he's killed 210,000 people, not 1.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

65. Yeah.

And counting.

[Baclava]

66. This pretty much confirms it, HE was the superspreader, lock him up for reckless endangerment

[struggle4progress]

67. Sought to keep COVID-19 diagnosis secret Thursday as he awaited second test result

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519560-trump-sought-to-keep-covid-diagnosis-secret-thursday-as-he-awaited

[Hortensis]

69. NY TIMES: "relied on a rapid test, but used it in a way it was not intended."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/elections/the-white-house-relied-on-a-rapid-test-but-used-it-in-a-way-it-was-not-intended.html

This is what I found in the NYT. If they reported Trump stopped testing weeks ago, I didn't find it and will post if I do.

For months, the White House’s strategy for keeping President Trump and his inner circle safe has been to screen all White House visitors with a rapid test.

But one product they use, Abbott’s ID Now, was never intended for that purpose and is known to deliver incorrect results. In issuing an emergency use authorization, the Food and Drug Administration said the test was only to be used by a health care provider “within the first seven days of symptoms.”

But in people who are infected but not yet showing symptoms, the test is much less accurate, missing as many as one in three cases.

Used in someone with symptoms, the test can quickly and easily diagnose Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and has a sensitivity of 95 percent, according to John Koval, a spokesman for Abbott.

In May, after many reports of problems with the test, the F.D.A. warned that those who test negative using the test should confirm that result with a lab-based test.

Still, the Trump administration has routinely used the test to screen people without symptoms, allowing anyone who tested negative to go without a mask during meetings and official proceedings.

[BainsBane]

70. CNN said he hadn't been tested

in ages as well.

[Hortensis]

71. Entirely believable about this depraved whackjob.

What would be unbelievable would be responsible adherence.