Trump's pre-spin seems to blame military, police interactions for coronavirus diagnosis
Trumps pre-spin seems to blame military, police interactions for coronavirus diagnosis
By Aaron Blake
Oct. 2, 2020 at 9:37 a.m. EDT
A couple of weeks ago, President Trump was fending off a brutal, anonymously sourced story in the Atlantic about comments he had allegedly made disparaging military veterans and the nations war dead. The comments sounded like things Trump had said publicly before, particularly about the late senator John McCain, yet he denied he would ever be so insensitive.
But in the hours after we learned that counselor to the president Hope Hicks had tested positive for the novel coronavirus and before we learned Trump himself had it, he offered some strange comments that seemed to lay the groundwork for how he could explain his impending diagnosis: It might have come from the military or law enforcement.
You know, its very hard, when youre with soldiers, when youre with airmen, when youre with Marines, and Im with and the police officers, Trump said. Im with them so much. And when they come over here, its very hard to say, stay back, stay back. Its a tough kind of a situation. ... Trump then turned to his own test and to Hicks. So, I just went for a test, and well see what happens. I mean, who knows? But you know her very well. Shes fantastic. And shes done a great job.
And then he again returned to the alleged potential spreaders. ... But its very, very hard when you are with people from the military or law enforcement, and they come over to you, and they want to hug you, and they want to kiss you, because we really have done a good job for them, Trump said. And you get close, and things happen.
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Aaron Blake
Aaron Blake is senior political reporter, writing for The Fix. A Minnesota native, he has also written about politics for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The Hill newspaper. Follow https://twitter.com/aaronblake
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)you're gonna need those guys on your side. You are so fucked.
Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)No one was to hug and kiss Trump.
louis-t
(23,292 posts)If you tell them to back off, they will. You lying half-wit.
skypilot
(8,853 posts)It's really NOT that hard.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)And GOP... never ever call yourself the party of personal responsibility again. Geez.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)it might have possibly lessened the probability that they would spread it to those close to you, who then spread it to you?
Oh, well, I guess that (in your own words) 'it is what it is', and besides, it affects virtually nobody anyway, right? (Until it hits close to home, you ignorant ghoul!)
I sincerely hope that he does have a full recovery, after being *just* sick enough to see that it is really not 'just like the flu', or the 'sniffles.' That way he can spend the rest of his useless life reflecting on what he's done, from inside his cell at Leavenworth after seeing his loss of a second term in a massive landslide.
bedazzled
(1,761 posts)Before he grabs them. Poor dear, what an awful.experience to be handled so...
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)... when you are with people from the military or
law enforcement, and they come over to you, and they want to hug you, and they want to kiss you, because we really have done a good job for them, Trump said. And you get close, and things happen.
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)How often since COVID-19 stuck have you seen Trump let anyone he doesn't know hug or kiss him? This is nonsense.
Rjymeena
(17 posts)He is a germophobe. Didnt he say in one of the interviews that he is glad he doesnt have to shake hands now.
JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)Unlike Air force One, the 747, the seating on the marine helicopter is just what is expected. Crowded seats arranged in two rows. Trump probably wants to blame the pilots for his and Hicks' infection. Semper Fi!!
AZ8theist
(5,459 posts)Initech
(100,068 posts)Yeah let's hold giant rallies in the middle of a raging pandemic, what could go wrong?
nilram
(2,888 posts)Or is it a demagogue who cant give good ones.
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)He should have handled the Covid Crisis like a real leader instead of of playing it down.
If tRump contracted Covid19 from Hicks, that's on tRump. He should have worn a mask and practiced social distancing.