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brooklynite

(93,834 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 11:34 PM Jun 2020

Measures to protect Trump from coronavirus scale up even as he seeks to move on

Source: CNN

(CNN)President Donald Trump appears ready to move on from a still-raging coronavirus pandemic -- skipping the first White House task force briefing in months and moving the event out of the White House itself. But the measures meant to protect him from catching the virus have scaled up dramatically.

As he seeks to insert rival Joe Biden's health into the presidential campaign, Trump has voiced escalating concern about how it would appear if he contracted coronavirus and has insisted on steps to protect himself, even as he refuses to wear a mask in public and agitates for large campaign rallies where the virus could spread.

When he travels to locations where the virus is surging, every venue the President enters is inspected for potential areas of contagion by advance security and medical teams, according to people familiar with the arrangements. Bathrooms designated for the President's use are scrubbed and sanitized before he arrives. Staff maintain a close accounting of who will come into contact with the President to ensure they receive tests.

While the White House phases out steps such as temperature checks and required mask-wearing in the West Wing -- changes meant to signal the country is moving on -- those around the President still undergo regular testing. And even as Trump attempts to put the pandemic behind him by encouraging reopening and downplaying the new surge, there are signs of the still-raging pandemic even within his orbit.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-protocols/index.html

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Measures to protect Trump from coronavirus scale up even as he seeks to move on (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2020 OP
We can still hope. nt Ilsa Jun 2020 #1
I Approve Of This Message nt sfstaxprep Jun 2020 #3
If he didn't have the apparatus of the presidency protecting him, he'd be at great risk. tanyev Jun 2020 #2
+1. Apparatus is the exact word I was looking for. yonder Jun 2020 #6
He's a germophobe DeminPennswoods Jun 2020 #15
He likes to say he's a germaphobe when it suits his narrative. tanyev Jun 2020 #18
Every rally is Russian roulette soothsayer Jun 2020 #4
I hope he doesn't get sick. He must be repudiated at the polls, humiliated if possible . . . Journeyman Jun 2020 #5
Of course. It's all a show LeftInTX Jun 2020 #7
I hope he gets sick. Real sick. Not die though captain queeg Jun 2020 #8
I don't want him to die cannabis_flower Jun 2020 #9
I only want him to get sick enough to wake up his idiot followers. oldsoftie Jun 2020 #14
I swear his crime family missed a trick not marketing red MAGA facemasks. forgotmylogin Jun 2020 #21
Thats an excellent point. They could make millions! oldsoftie Jun 2020 #23
He could have benefitted in many ways captain queeg Jun 2020 #25
He could have shown up ONCE in public with a red MAGA mask forgotmylogin Jun 2020 #26
Nah, bullshit...I PRAY he fucking dies... AZ8theist Jun 2020 #24
If he doesn't get the virus before January 20, he will soon after. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jun 2020 #10
It's impossible Corgigal Jun 2020 #11
I'm hoping for an ironic end to the Trump "presidency". Sorry, not sorry. nt Progressive Jones Jun 2020 #12
I hope the bathrooms are scrubbed and sanitized after he leaves. n/t marie999 Jun 2020 #13
If he's used them, they ought to be torched. (nt) Paladin Jun 2020 #16
Do the precautions include food tasters ? rickford66 Jun 2020 #17
That's allegedly why he prefers McDonalds. forgotmylogin Jun 2020 #22
The asymptomatic super-spreaders BumRushDaShow Jun 2020 #19
What is wrong with these peoipple? Why are they doing this? I understand they are doing KPN Jun 2020 #20
Yet he had two rallies where people attending obviously were not all screened for the virus. LisaL Jun 2020 #27

tanyev

(42,354 posts)
2. If he didn't have the apparatus of the presidency protecting him, he'd be at great risk.
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 11:38 PM
Jun 2020

He's certainly not personally doing anything to protect himself.

tanyev

(42,354 posts)
18. He likes to say he's a germaphobe when it suits his narrative.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 09:08 AM
Jun 2020

I don't think he is a true germaphobe. He doesn't like someone else having the nerve to cough in his presence, but he has no problem grabbing any woman who meets his hotness requirement and sticking his tongue in her mouth and his hand in her p***y.

Journeyman

(15,001 posts)
5. I hope he doesn't get sick. He must be repudiated at the polls, humiliated if possible . . .
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 11:52 PM
Jun 2020

anything less risks a recurrence of this malignancy.

captain queeg

(10,035 posts)
8. I hope he gets sick. Real sick. Not die though
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 12:12 AM
Jun 2020

I do want to see him pay for his crimes. But if he died it would be good for the country...as long as he is real sick first.

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
9. I don't want him to die
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 12:27 AM
Jun 2020

I don't want him to get sick enough that he wouldn't be fit to serve as president. But I do want him to feel miserable for 2 or 3 weeks and wish he would die.

If he were to die they would replace him for the election and I don't want Pence either. And someone like Pence might just win and where would we be then.

oldsoftie

(12,409 posts)
14. I only want him to get sick enough to wake up his idiot followers.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 07:58 AM
Jun 2020

So they sart wearing masks. Even though they'll say they were ALWAYS in favor of it.

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
21. I swear his crime family missed a trick not marketing red MAGA facemasks.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 01:40 PM
Jun 2020

I mean...I despise them, but they could have taken ownership of the pandemic using their brand and protected a lot of their followers and others.

captain queeg

(10,035 posts)
25. He could have benefitted in many ways
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:36 PM
Jun 2020

If he’d just let the experts set protocols and not denied and fought it every step of the way he could have capitalized in tragedy like Bush did. And as you say he could have made a fortune off the rubes selling them 10 cent masks for $15 with his logo on them. Such a brilliant businessman.

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
26. He could have shown up ONCE in public with a red MAGA mask
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 01:46 PM
Jun 2020

and they all would change their minds.

He could have strode up to that podium in OK with a red mask on, take it off and say "I don't like masks and I'm gonna take this off to talk to you, but we've made these masks. Some people say they're the most beautiful masks in history! I know we don't like wearing masks, but we also like you staying safe. We want you all healthy and voting and making America great again, so you too can have one of these most beautiful masks for a $15 donation...you too can own the libs!"

They would have eaten that shit up and rightwingers would be yelling at us to wear masks and "make America whatever" again.

AZ8theist

(5,335 posts)
24. Nah, bullshit...I PRAY he fucking dies...
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:21 PM
Jun 2020

But then again, as an atheist, I'm well aware that prayer does nothing.....

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
22. That's allegedly why he prefers McDonalds.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 01:42 PM
Jun 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/05/donald-trump-mcdonalds-poisoned

He has a long-term fear of being poisoned. We’ll come back to that; suffice it to say that the way it is described suggests that this predates his ascension to high office. So it can only have worsened: if you’re worried about a toxic attack when you’re fronting The Apprentice, imagine how much more likely that must seem once you’re president. It’s such a peculiar fear, dated to the point of myth – the kind of threat someone might dream if they had half-listened through one Roman fable and then refracted everything they ever knew through their own ego. But let’s not start intuiting: the picture’s bad enough just with its raw facts.

Trump’s answer to the poisoning threat is to eat McDonald’s, by preference, all the time; the burger chain never knows he’s coming, and it’s all pre-made. This has the distinct ring of post-hoc justification – it would be much more reliable to get a nine-year-old to sit next to him and pre-taste his food. Besides which, even if the staff of McDonald’s don’t in general know who’s coming, it would be unusual for them to feed the president without a heads-up. Much more likely, Trump fears poison and he really likes McDonald’s.

KPN

(15,585 posts)
20. What is wrong with these peoipple? Why are they doing this? I understand they are doing
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 11:14 AM
Jun 2020

their jobs. But as federal employees, they swear to an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God" prior to being officially employed.

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