'The sheer panic can't be understated': Reporter describes mood in White House

[Dr. Jack]

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Source: Raw Story

Speaking on ABC News this morning regarding President Trump’s announcement that he and Melania tested positive for coronavirus, reporter John Santucci described the mood inside the White House in the wake of the news.

“I have heard from so many people prior to him testing, everyone thinking that he has to have it in his inner bubble,” Santucci said.



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[CaptYossarian]

1. Because of the great economy, I had to pawn my small violin.

Come back in four years.

[bullimiami]

3. your tiny tiny violin? thats sad.

[3Hotdogs]

5. Oh nooooos.

Not the teeeny, tiny one.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

7. i'll play mine extra loud for you.

i actually do have one. 4", w strings and everything.

[CaptYossarian]

19. Anything that small might be easier to play with Trump's hands.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

20. true, but

i do have small hands. i dont know any dirges, tho. and i'm irish, so i guess in my hands it is actually a fiddle. now what?

[Hekate]

22. There's many a sad song to be sung to a fiddle

So many

[CaptYossarian]

23. Skip the dirge.

Use it to celebrate next month.

[C_U_L8R]

2. WTF did they think would happen !!! ????

The sheer stupidity, arrogance, ignorance.
You should all resign in shame. The whole lot of you. Idiots.

[Illumination]

12. You are absolutely correct! These people should be our role models...Instead they're disgusting...

[ebbie15644]

4. all worried they might not get their pardons

[JohnnyRingo]

6. I'll bet

I can imagine Ivanka in tears and being consoled by an aide:

"Don't worry Ivanka, they'll do all they can to save your dad".
"I'm just afraid he infected me!"

Melania crying because she has to quarantine with him.

[brooklynite]

8. Vanity Fair: "No One Knows Where This Is Going to Go": Pandemonium Inside the White House

Trumpworld is gripped by fear and panic this morning as the country absorbs the news that Donald Trump, Melania, and Hope Hicks tested positive for COVID-19. “There are so many threads to pull. No one knows where this is going to go,” a stunned former West Wing official told me.

The biggest unknown is the state of the president’s health. This morning the New York Times reported that Trump is exhibiting “coldlike symptoms.” Two Republicans in close contact with the White House told me that Trump’s symptoms have included a cough and fever. Melania is said to be asymptomatic. “They are worried about the president because of his age,” one of the sources said. Sources said Trump will likely want to be seen in public as soon as possible to blunt the narrative that he is sidelined by the virus he’s spent the last six months downplaying. “He’s going to want to get out there a lot sooner than people think,” the former official said. “But it will be hard to hide if he’s sick. Also, who will want to be in a room with him?” The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

Campaign advisers are also gaming out how Trump’s COVID diagnosis will play out with only 32 days left until the election. Sources I spoke with are doubtful the next two debates will happen. “There really can be nothing for 14 days. It’s as if the campaign ended yesterday,” a second former West Wing official told me. Republicans close to Trump are discussing what kind of message Trump should put out that might limit the political damage. “He could come out and say, ‘Look, I had COVID and it wasn’t that bad. It just shows that I’m strong and we should open up the country,’” the former West Wing official said. “He could make a mockery of it.”

Meanwhile, Hicks has experienced more pronounced symptoms than the president. Two sources said she has had a high fever and a cough, with one source adding she lost her sense of smell. Hicks is said to be frustrated with Trump for taking such a cavalier approach to the virus. She was one of the few West Wing staffers to wear a mask in meetings, which her colleagues chided her for. “She was made fun of because she wore a mask,” a friend said. Sources told me Hicks is also upset that news coverage has made it appear that she gave Trump the virus, when in fact no one knows where he got it. “It’s so unfair she’s sort of being blamed,” the friend told me.

[DallasNE]

13. How Much Time Does It Take Between Infection And Testing Positive

I thought it was on the order of 3 days. That means Trump and Hicks could have been infected by the same person. Also, Mike Lee has also tested positive. Is he on the Judiciary Committee? That would impact confirmation hearings. I fully expect more positive test results in the coming days as this could turn out to be a super spreader. It didn't have to be this way.

[we can do it]

18. Longer.

Check this out.

Link to tweet

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[justgamma]

9. I'm a rotten person,but

I really hope that Barbie and Ken get it. And that Miller guy. Maybe little Barbie wanna' be, Tiffany since she's trying so hard to be one of them now. I had hopes for her.

[moose65]

14. Didn't Miller have it already?

And by the way, does anyone know where Barron is? I’m sure Melania has been around him.

[FakeNoose]

16. Stephen Miller's wife had it early

I think she was sick back in May or June(?) but I never heard whether he got it. He could be the source for everyone else getting it at the White House. However the White House staff get tested regularly, so I would guess that he must be okay, or he would have been sent home.

Somebody posted that Barron is staying with his grandparents - Melania's parents. Now that she's positive she needs to stay away from her parents and her son. Let's hope she does the right thing.

[Marthe48]

10. I can cynically imagine

that it is all fake, there will be reality-show type drama, and then, like a Phoenix, they will all rise cured, with no lifelong after effects. Their base will eat it up with a spoon and they will not wear masks or social distance at all.

Hopefully, impeached traitor's team isn't going to be voting people off as they stumble toward November 3.

[The Mouth]

11. Shouldn't that be "Overstated"?

It sounds like it *is* being "understated" if the press and other reports are minimizing what might be sheer panic.

[dhill926]

15. it is what it is....

[sarisataka]

17. So there is really no panic

if it can't be understated...

[Maraya1969]

21. If he recovers he cannot campaign the way he was. He will have to wear

a mask and have others wear masks too.

I think their campaign is over. Even if he can do the next debate what the hell is he going to say about his entire entourage getting sick?

[Hekate]

24. Sad. Bigly sad. Yuuugely sad.

[applegrove]

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