My opinion: he never had Covid

[superpatriotman]

The same week his KGB handler was caught on tape disrespecting Christmas, etc. - among many other slimy, shitty things typical of his criminal administration - he has a sad, and slithers off to Walter Reed.

Then, like a super hero, he rises and beats back the ‘China’ flu!

BULLSHIT

He never had it.

[Tripper11]

1. I agree

I think it's just another con from this slimy piece of shit.
Anyone at that age having had covid at his age, weight and probably other pre-existing conditions wouldn't come bouncing back that fast.

[blueinredohio]

18. That makes three of us.

[MizLibby]

21. Before I believed he did

But now I think he faked it to prove “covid is no big deal — look at me, I’m old and fat and I recovered!

[Polly Hennessey]

35. That makes four of us.

[BlueNProud]

23. They faked it to duck the Town Hall debate

would have been a bigger disaster than the first debate. That debate format would have crushed him.

[Doreen]

2. That has been a suspicion of mine.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. He definitely had it. That week sunk his campaign.

If he loses, which I think he will, that week is going to be the tipping point. He saw his biggest polling drop after all that and if he faked it, it was the dumbest political move in history.

[Merlot]

33. His poling dropped due to his disastrous debate performance

If he faked it, he did it to change the topic from the debate and to duck out on the next one. He probably thought people would rally around him in sympathy.

I thought he had it until I heard about the Superman reveal he was planning on doing. After that I honestly don't know but lean towards " he faked it. "

Don't put anything past him...including making the dumbest political move in history.

[Drunken Irishman]

38. He had it.

There was some fucked up shit going on with him in the days after his release from the hospital. But I disagree it was just the debate that tanked his polls - that moment hurt as well.

Trump entered the hospital on Oct. 2nd, four days after the debate. At that point, he trailed Biden by 7.8 points. A week later, he trailed by 10. It was clear his ratings were dinged badly by it.

I do not believe he faked it. And if he was going to fake it, he would not have gone to the hospital.

[PatSeg]

48. I agree

Some people give Trump much too much credit, plus Trump never, ever does anything that would make him look weak. Also, there is no way, he could have gotten that many doctors and nurses at Walter Reed to go along with such a farce.

Trump's deceptions are never that complex or creative. They are more on a grade school level, which is evident in his childish insults and name calling.

I'm surprised that so many Democrats keep reinforcing this conspiracy theory.

[MaryMagdaline]

4. No, he was scared of dying

It was real

[superpatriotman]

12. I used to pretend sick to stay home from school

Didn’t everyone?

[brooklynite]

5. Explain how they got all the doctors to go along with the conspiracy...

[superpatriotman]

10. His doctors?

C’mon.

[brooklynite]

14. Government Doctors...who will have a job after he's gone...

...unless they've lost their medical license by intentionally misdiagnosing and treating a non-existent medical conditions.

[pimpbot]

34. you mean like Ronny Jackson?

The govt doctor who said Trump was in great shape and now is running for office as a republican in Texas? Did we ever hear a doctor say "Trump tested positive"? All I heard was about his chest scans and temperature and breathing. They didn't have to be "in" on it.

[wackadoo wabbit]

36. He made them all sign NDAs

One doctor, who wouldn't, wasn't allowed to treat him.

[dalton99a]

46. And the lab personnel at Walter Reed

Multiple people were involved in the testing

[bdamomma]

6. Maybe

but all the states he is going to for rallies is seeing increased COVID numbers.

700 people have died of COVID in those states he has visited.

[2naSalit]

19. He has a pretty large detail...

A lot of potentially infected workers. I haven't made up my mind about it myself.

[idziak4ever1234]

7. If so, that Operation Dumbo Drop helicopter scene was pretty elaborate.

[Mariana]

8. I think he's still on a steroid.

The "moon face" is a common side effect, and his face is very puffy and swollen looking.

[a kennedy]

15. He has got to be on some gawd damn powerful drugs.......

he’s been babbling for days at how many damn rallies??? I think he’s either stoned on virus drugs, or he’s just a babbling fawker.

[bdamomma]

20. it's called

roid (steroid) rage. He's juiced up.

[CentralMass]

9. I think you are right.

[BlueIdaho]

11. I agree.

I also believe he is on a serious Dr. Feelgood injectable cocktail regime.

[LuvNewcastle]

13. That's what I always felt in my gut.

He probably thought he would get some sympathy from the public. Then he could beat it and say, 'Look, everybody, there's nothing to be afraid of.' He's been looking for a way to end the pandemic, and the easiest way to do that is to make people believe it isn't anything serious. He took a big gamble, as he is wont to do, and he fell on his ass.

As for how he got all those people to go along with it, those RW evangelicals in government have ways of surrounding themselves with loyal fellows. In the past 4 years, they've been placed at every level, certainly. In fact, it's scary to think about all those fuckers remaining behind, doing the bidding of another master after Trump is gone. Surrounded by people like that, he could do just about anything.

[PCIntern]

16. Yep

Something ain’t right about this

[demosincebirth]

17. I said that when they said he had it. He never had it!

[USALiberal]

22. Really silly logic, why go to hospital? Better to stay in whitehouse and say it was easy. nt

[akbacchus_BC]

26. He likes to be in the media, hence going to Walter Reed. nt

[R B Garr]

43. Maybe because he had something...it just wasn't

Covid.

[Alex4Martinez]

24. I agree, a distraction from IRS news and a "Look at me, it's like Jesus being resurrected" stunt.

He becomes a hero, a savior, and "proves" that Covid is now curable.

Never had it.

Also, shit sell out doctor asshat, whatever his name was.

[akbacchus_BC]

25. I agree, the liar-in-chief did not have Covid.

It didn't matter that he had to forego his hate fest rallies. He needed a reason to tell his supporters that Covid is not a big deal in order to continue his racist hate fests. He could not give a shit about the 200,000+ Americans who died. He is no effing spring rooster (made that up) and no way he could have recovered so quickly. The doctors at Walter Reed would never go against the LIC. The draft dodger is a narcissist and downright wicked. Cannot wait for him to be gone.

[MOMFUDSKI]

27. Right from the get-go

I felt he never had it. Just another stunt to work his peeps. What an awful person he is and the sooner he is gone the better. This has been a 4-yr nightmare that is about to end. Sleep well everyone.

[akbacchus_BC]

28. Welcome to DU and I totally agree with you. nt

[former9thward]

29. So there was a conspiracy among all the career White House doctors.

And then there was another conspiracy among all of the career military doctors at Walter Reed. Ok, got it... You do know, don't you most people recover from Covid. And most people who get Covid have no symptoms at all.

[mtnsnake]

31. Do you know for a fact that anyone other than his own doctors tested him?

[former9thward]

45. His "own doctors" are WH career doctors.

Who were there before Trump and will be there after him. And the personnel at the lab would also have to be involved. Now we are approaching at least 100 people involved in the conspiracy.

[R B Garr]

41. I used to think this about the doctors, but they

really didn’t say much about his Covid. They would not confirm testing and that timeframe, which would have told his Covid story. They were cagey about how they framed every statement. So if they had the motivation to be wordsmiths about what information was made public, then there was already a decision amongst them to handle it a certain way.

[mtnsnake]

30. I felt in my heart right from the start he never had it. It was a last ditch desperation move

which actually paid off for him by changing the media's focus from the blockbuster Times article about his taxes to the media instead focusing on his sickness, which was absolutely faked, I have no doubt about it.

[LisaL]

32. He had covid.

But I am really not sure WTF does it matter right now?

[HipChick]

37. Covid was used as a cover, but he had some other health crisis

going on...

[R B Garr]

39. It actually makes more sense that he didn't have Covid

considering what we saw and heard from his doctors.

I used to think that the doctors gave the situation legitimacy, but when you listened to them, they were very cagey about the testing, etc. They never really talked about his Covid, just how well he was doing...

[Ritabert]

40. I agree

After his disastrous performance at the debate I suspect he checked in for a rest cure.

[UTUSN]

42. We'll have to wait for WOODWARD's next book. We're under contract.

[Turin_C3PO]

44. He had it.

Surely you’re not accusing all the good people at Walter Reed of engaging in a coverup? That would be a ridiculous conspiracy theory. Plus, it’s not in his nature to admit illness or weakness. Trump doesn’t plan and plot. He’s completely reactionary.

[cbdo2007]

47. That was the nail in his campaign coffin. He definitely had it.

Why else would he highlight his worse issue with the voters by admitting he has been wrong about it this whole time and there is no vaccine.

Not that crazy Trump needs to make rational sense when he does anything....but there is absolutely no benefit from him lying about that and it completely stopped his campaign in its tracks.

I think him getting COVID will go down in history as the October surprise this year because nothing came out and hurt a candidate worse this year than him getting COVID hurt his own campaign.

[ancianita]

49. I believe you. That thought has occurred to me.