President Trump puts on a brave face when talking about the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, but things are reportedly pretty different behind closed doors.
Vanity Fair reports that Trump — a self-professed germaphobe — is "melting down over this." Perhaps not shockingly, he's focused on the media, in particular, one person close to the White House said. That reportedly includes him telling aides last week that he was concerned journalists would purposefully contract COVID-19 in an attempt to infect him on Air Force One.
Another source painted an image more in line with Trump's public reaction to the virus, as well, telling Vanity Fair he reportedly wants the Justice Department to "open an investigation of the media for market manipulation" as he tries to stave off, or at least provide a more optimistic outlook for, the plummeting stock market.
The White House did not respond to Vanity Fair's request for comment. Read more at Vanity Fair. Tim O'Donnell
NlightenedSelfIntrst on March 9th, 2020 at 19:43 UTC »
Wait. I'm confused. I thought Trump could only die once his life force battery was entirely depleted. What am I missing?
For the uninitiated: Trump ascribes to what has been described as the "battery" theory of, um, life force. Evan Osnos, in a profile of Trump in the New Yorker a few years back, described it thusly: "Other than golf, he considers exercise misguided, arguing that a person, like a battery, is born with a finite amount of energy."
rbobby on March 9th, 2020 at 19:31 UTC »
A foreign power could arrange to infect staff at Mar-a-Lago, or Bedminster, heck all of his golf courses. None of the workers there have paid sick leave so all it will take is one busboy coughing at the wrong moment and Trump will catch it.
I wonder if Iran or Syria will try this approach. Or maybe Cuba. Or even Venezuela. Gosh there sure are lots of countries that might like to see Trump infected.
rootberryfloat on March 9th, 2020 at 19:28 UTC »
He’s planting the narrative for when he gets it.