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17. "No one knew!"

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 11:29 AM

Oct 2020

“There are so many threads to pull. No one knows where this is going to go,” a stunned former West Wing official told me.

Stunned? WTF did they think was going to happen? They'd already had several close staffers and Secret Service agents sick. Trump and everyone on his staff and in his family were defiantly going around without masks or social distancing, taunting people who took precautions, demanding reporters take off their masks--

Did they actually all think this wasn't real? That they were immune?

I hope the household staff especially and those who had no choice but to be around these careless cruel Trumps are given paid time off and bonuses and very good care.

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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Trump has a cough and a fever [View all] Johnny2X2X Oct 2020 OP

Wow... this is for real. honest.abe Oct 2020 #1

pelosi already been contated by the whitehouse concerning the continuity of power a couple hours ago beachbumbob Oct 2020 #14

How do you know this? Buckeyeblue Oct 2020 #31

This is when I'll start believing this 100%. R B Garr Oct 2020 #49

CNN has just reported... luvtheGWN Oct 2020 #54

Thank you, great news! R B Garr Oct 2020 #56

It takes 2 weeks to incubate Omaha Steve Oct 2020 #64

That's the outer window, DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #74

Exactly. It hasn't even been three days since they were onstage together. Midnight Writer Oct 2020 #83

Oh thank you! They should get tested one more time. AllyCat Oct 2020 #86

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Oct 2020 #124

This is exactly what I think abakan Oct 2020 #81

If I were a novelist, last week's revelation that the Antagonist hadn't paid taxes in a decade NoRoadUntravelled Oct 2020 #118

Ha, you do have a vivid imagination! Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2020 #121

Let's get that sick old dried up piece of shoe leather out of the White House & NANCY IN!... Illumination Oct 2020 #65

that makes zero sense - i just don't believe it.... getagrip_already Oct 2020 #100

Pence is first in line, though. Then Pelosi. PatrickforO Oct 2020 #103

He's never had a sense of taste RainCaster Oct 2020 #2

He never had any taste of any kind. Aristus Oct 2020 #5

What's wrong with a gold turlet? 3Hotdogs Oct 2020 #51

It flushes upward. SergeStorms Oct 2020 #94

Excellent. I didn't know that. 3Hotdogs Oct 2020 #133

Or any sense. nt tosh Oct 2020 #57

+1 MLAA Oct 2020 #91

+infinity Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2020 #122

*snort* TwilightZone Oct 2020 #10

Ha! soothsayer Oct 2020 #20

Look at what he eats. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #24

But he does smell lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #27

.. orangecrush Oct 2020 #113

Well, as a young guy in the 90's, I did like Marla Maples Polybius Oct 2020 #52

Because she was attractive. On the outside. Grins Oct 2020 #85

I don't know anything about Marla the person Polybius Oct 2020 #89

Sorry Charlie...... nt List left Oct 2020 #67

Ironic that the mask wearer is the sickest. GreenPartyVoter Oct 2020 #3

There's plenty of footage showing her not wearing a mask or social distancing Zambero Oct 2020 #25

And To Think That Hope Hicks Was Out Of The White House And Potentially Sheltered From This Menace.. global1 Oct 2020 #4

She's an idiot. Marius25 Oct 2020 #7

She made a Choice.... LovingA2andMI Oct 2020 #43

Just the lack of him tweeting indicates this is not normal still_one Oct 2020 #6

No tweets Larissa Oct 2020 #106

So, Hicks didn't get upset about it until she was personally affected? TwilightZone Oct 2020 #8

This StarryNite Oct 2020 #11

She probably thought she was too pretty to get the virus. Kingofalldems Oct 2020 #28

Apparently sociopaths are drawn to one another Zambero Oct 2020 #32

+1 the rule of right wingers treestar Oct 2020 #87

+1000 smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #114

First commandment of true deceivers Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2020 #127

Or your kid comes out as gay. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #128

That's the Dickhead Cheney Rule. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2020 #129

And Rob Portman TwilightZone Oct 2020 #130

I Would Never Say This, But I'm Hearing A Lot of People Saying Skraxx Oct 2020 #9

I want him to survive to election day-- dawg day Oct 2020 #18

YES! THIS! AwakeAtLast Oct 2020 #60

And then many years in prison central scrutinizer Oct 2020 #69

Big, tough guy, straight out of central casting came to me soothsayer Oct 2020 #19

Yeah, me too. Nothing bad for him. But, I do miss him X-ing out a couple of lines a day NCjack Oct 2020 #47

A lot of people are wondering if he will be on a ventilator soon. Not me of course. Happyhippychick Oct 2020 #53

Not me. I want to see his perp walk. GoCubsGo Oct 2020 #101

Not an emergency yet, according to CDC soothsayer Oct 2020 #12

And of course, Clinical Death... Woodycall Oct 2020 #44

How are we supposed to tell the difference between new confusion and old confusion? ET Awful Oct 2020 #66

Exactly! soothsayer Oct 2020 #70

Well this is interesting FakeNoose Oct 2020 #13

Hicks needs to have the courage to speak out against her bully-boy boss and save lives. Doodley Oct 2020 #26

She was photo'ed Wed getting off the helicopter with Miller and Kushner- dawg day Oct 2020 #29

If those two got it Mz Pip Oct 2020 #90

Miller's own wife got it, and he didn't dawg day Oct 2020 #112

Yeah, I don't know why this hasn't been reported on more. demmiblue Oct 2020 #39

A) they've all been advised (ordered?) not to wear masks around dump robbob Oct 2020 #45

Hope was wearing a mask in the White House FakeNoose Oct 2020 #68

It's important to remember Mr.Bill Oct 2020 #77

He probably got it first and gave it to everyone in his orbit n/t Blaukraut Oct 2020 #48

I think that too Ananda62 Oct 2020 #105

I guess... Newest Reality Oct 2020 #15

Too true- dawg day Oct 2020 #34

Are these people robots that they can't think for themselves? Baitball Blogger Oct 2020 #16

"No one knew!" dawg day Oct 2020 #17

That is certainly Trump and Trumpers... Demsrule86 Oct 2020 #37

Pretty amazing isn't it..... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2020 #78

My favorite quote from The Great Gatsby DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #84

Great post, especially the Fitzgerald quote -- thank you! ancianita Oct 2020 #88

Hope Hicks is a grown woman. AngryOldDem Oct 2020 #21

Exactly!!! Bev54 Oct 2020 #33

Don't believe it till he's in a hospital. Sources phhhh Ronjon55 Oct 2020 #22

Welcome to DU, Ronjon55! calimary Oct 2020 #63

That's the biggest shame in all of this. Ronjon55 Oct 2020 #79

Can you imagine all the cards, letters, flowers, candy & words of love he'd receive? There would Illumination Oct 2020 #76

Cards contaminated with COVID-19 from his contaminated cult. nt Ilsa Oct 2020 #108

Nothing better than spreading the LOVE!... Illumination Oct 2020 #111

Multiple, divergent strains of mutated virus. nt Ilsa Oct 2020 #115

Yes. Like tender words in this sicko's ears...That would be so very thoughtful to send him Illumination Oct 2020 #125

Yeah, baby! And dear Hopeless Hick: maybe you shouldn't have tickled his tonsils. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #23

he never did have any taste! NRaleighLiberal Oct 2020 #30

"Pandemoneum inside the White House.." Budi Oct 2020 #35

It's just amazing all the chaos he's brought on himself & others... Illumination Oct 2020 #82

I believe it's been like that in the White House since he stole the election. llmart Oct 2020 #95

Only cough and fever? Horse with no Name Oct 2020 #36

It was reported that aids said he was exhausted and lethargic Wednesday. bearsfootball516 Oct 2020 #40

That's more severe! soothsayer Oct 2020 #46

I'm sorry but Hicks is a grown a*s woman Sunsky Oct 2020 #38

"Who will want to be in a room with him?" BeyondGeography Oct 2020 #41

"There really can be nothing for 14 days. It's as if the campaign ended yesterday" tinrobot Oct 2020 #42

TrumpCo members are either in bed due to something like a lite flu or are in NCjack Oct 2020 #50

Hick's lament Loge23 Oct 2020 #55

This is telling (emphasis added): tblue37 Oct 2020 #58

Trump to reporter 'I'm on stage so I'm very far away' Denvermosaic Oct 2020 #59

Hope has lost her sense of smell--that is not good as that more often signals risk for more severe hlthe2b Oct 2020 #61

Not necessarily (according to one study) soothsayer Oct 2020 #73

That's a sig of a severe case for sure Johnny2X2X Oct 2020 #75

Mr. Creosote doesn't feel well? But it's wafer thin!! LuckyCharms Oct 2020 #62

It appears that Hope has trod in Monsieur's bucket . . . hatrack Oct 2020 #72

LMAO LuckyCharms Oct 2020 #97

The President of Notre Dame Aerator Oct 2020 #71

I just don't get it Larissa Oct 2020 #117

NY Times: Liberal media my ass. "coldlike symptoms" Botany Oct 2020 #80

Trump could be lying extvbroadcaster Oct 2020 #92

Sounds like Hicks, Melania and Trump pwb Oct 2020 #93

I believe NOTHING out of the ORAL OFFICE. Nothing. SayItLoud Oct 2020 #96

Sacrificial lamb Nasruddin Oct 2020 #98

Media death watch D-1 JohnnyRingo Oct 2020 #99

He will be in Walter Reed by Monday ashredux Oct 2020 #102

Sooner Johnny2X2X Oct 2020 #104

I tip my hat 🎩....you were dead on ashredux Oct 2020 #134

WTF? Can't she read? Doesn't she understand English?!? catbyte Oct 2020 #107

That's perfect. n/t LuckyCharms Oct 2020 #120

No two experiences are alike Larissa Oct 2020 #109

What did she expect? A magical shield? 58Sunliner Oct 2020 #110

For whom the bell tolls.. ...0 Pepsidog Oct 2020 #116

No! say it ain't so! Not Hoax Hicks! NRaleighLiberal Oct 2020 #119

Let that mercury climb til the glass shatters! SlogginThroughIt Oct 2020 #123

Well, it's a start anyway. warmfeet Oct 2020 #126

Hey Donny is that fever getting worse? I'd be worried if I were you... Blue Owl Oct 2020 #131

Seems like he got infected 5+ days ago to have these symptoms. BlueWavePsych Oct 2020 #132

Can they treat Hoaxes at Walter Reed? Cha Oct 2020 #135