USA Politics

[Yax]

Call me inhuman, threaten me with bitching karma and paybacks when I least expect them; I hope he dies. I hope he succumbs to the disease in a matter of days and that his old feeble body gets overran by the virus.

I'd wish for nothing else either, if it wasn't for the possible ramifications Perun touched upon.

 

[Perun]

Conspiracy theories are already bouncing around that Biden infected him on stage at the debate.

Despite the fact that they never touched or got near each other.

That was fast.

 

[srfc]

I've seen another one from the opposite political position, it's fake news so Trump can avoid having to campaign

 

[LooseCannon]

Honestly, I'm just impressed that he found another way to get people's minds off what he said at the debate.

 

[Mosh]

Well, now everyone is talking about him mocking Joe for wearing a mask rather than the white supremacy comments. Neither are a good look.

I expect the most boring outcome: Trump shows mild to no symptoms and recovers in a couple weeks. He hits the campaign trail with the message that COVID “isn’t that bad.”

 

[Deleted member 7164]

I agree that him dying would be the worst scenario for the big picture, but it would be poetic.

 

[GhostofCain]

I agree that him dying would be the worst scenario for the big picture, but it would be poetic.

A certain type of person seems to have some sort of strong resistance against the coronavirus: Jair Bolsonaro, Silvio Berlusconi, Boris Johnson...

 

[LooseCannon]

Boris almost died.

The worst thing for Trump would be almost dying.

 

[Yax]

Only losers almost die. Winners go the full mile.

 

[Mosh]

Boris almost died.

The worst thing for Trump would be almost dying.

I agree with this, especially considering if he has a bad strain of the virus he will be incapacitated likely through the election.

 

[Yax]

I'd argue Trump dying would be the worst outcome for Trump.

 

[GhostofCain]

Boris almost died.

He did not even have to be connected to a ventilator mate!

Michael Rosen almost died; Boris didn't.

 

[Jer]

What happens if he croaks this close to the election?

Is it postponed? Pence becomes the nominee, someone else?

If it’s before the election, the party can put up a new nominee, but I don’t know what happens with ballots that have already been submitted with Trump selected. I guess they still count toward electing Republican electors who can decide how to cast their vote in the electoral college. It wouldn’t work the same way for senators or reps, though.

After the election but before the electoral college vote, the party can submit a new nominee and the electors can vote as they choose, though some are bound by state laws. I believe both parties have said in writing that in these cases they will always make the vice presidential nominee the new presidential nominee.

After the electoral college vote, the constitution speaks to this directly, and the Vice President-Elect would become President on January 20th.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

The hoax has now caused Trump to be taken to hospital.

 

[Yax]

The hoax has now caused Trump to be taken to hospital.

Doesn't have to mean his condition has significantly worsened. This isn't going to be something he can afford to take any chances with.

 

[Brigantium]

'For observation'. Apparently he's received an experimental treatment too.

 

[Yax]

They are pulling everything from their arsenal, and rightly so.

 

[Travis The Dragon]

Damn! One really has to have some insane super huge amount of hatred from someone to actually wish death upon them.

 

[Brigantium]

I don't think anyone's wishing death on him here. They're pointing out that irony of his Covid-sceptic stance.

 

[Yax]

Trump is actively working very hard to ruin America's democracy, and by extention, the western way of life, to satisfy his insanely large ego. This affects the rest of the western world. Yes, I hate him and I don't wish him well. There is no other political figure alive in this world I feel this level of disgust for.