Trump's coronavirus infection is the result of his deadly, foolish recklessness

[Zorro]

By THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD

Americans awaken this morning to the grave news that President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the dreadful coronavirus that has killed more than 207,000 people in the U.S. and brought the U.S. economy to its knees.

The news came the way that so much of the news from the White House does: in a tweet early Friday from the president himself. Trump wrote that he and the first lady had tested positive for the coronavirus (he noticeably did not call it the “China virus”) and declared: “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!”

No matter how you feel about Trump’s performance as president — and we feel pretty strongly that it has been a disaster — this is another crisis for a nation reeling from a year that almost seems apocalyptic: Trump’s impeachment, COVID-19, a popular outcry over racial injustice, the deaths of John Lewis and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, catastrophic wildfires. And now this: A reckless president whose irresponsibility has endangered not only himself and his family but the stability of the country by throwing the executive branch into chaos. Another crisis, this one fully of Trump’s own making.

The president may not be showing COVID-19 symptoms yet. His physician later said Trump was feeling well and would continue his presidential duties. But the fact is that Trump is at particular risk of severe illness and death by virtue of his age: He is 74, and also obese. We hope he doesn’t find out how much worse COVID-19 is than flu, but it’s a real possibility for which we must be prepared.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-10-02/editorial-trump-coronavirus-infection

[mdbl]

1. his lard ass will pull through

only the good die young

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Ignoring science in the face of pandemic is like telling everyone to drive on the wrong

side of the road. Sooner or later risky behavior will catch up to you.

[pandr32]

3. I agree with the article except "we hope he doesn't find out..."

I, and others I have spoken with do hope he finds out "how much worse COVID-19 is than flu" and that it will kick his diapered ass indefinitely.
May he learn what it means to be a long-hauler.
May this be the end of Trump hate rallies and golf trips on our dime.
May he be too unwell to continue to take a couple hours each morning to stain his face with goo and craft his elaborate weave-filled comb-over.
May he lose what is left of his gait and balance so wearing shoe lifts is out of the question and he will have even more trouble navigating stairs and "steep" ramps.
May the wind be knocked right out of the old windbag.
Also, since many of his aides are from his actual crime family, may they all contract the virus as well. May the nannies quarantine with the children in posh circumstances to keep them safe, but the rest of them are entitled to reap what they have sown.
By keeping a close bubble of crime family and favored sycophants around King Sh*t they will have a giant hole left pretending to run the government. May this be evident to all of his deplorable base as they get left high and dry as the election nears.
May they find out that the virus is not fake news after all.
May they finally realize what a poser their president is and it was all about him and never them.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. They should nickname the coronavirus (CV) the moron's disease. It seems like only

morons that are not washing their hands, not socially distancing themselves, not wearing a mask, etc. are catching the CV. Moron's disease, a catching and apt name I think.

[louis-t]

5. I just have this feeling that a lot more magats will be

wearing masks.

[dalton99a]

6. Kick