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President’s COVID Diagnosis – Disguised Blessing?

Posted on Monday, October 5, 2020
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covidSo, President Trump and First Lady have COVID.  What does that mean?  In human terms, mild discomfort, worry stress, likely not much more.  In political terms, possibly a lot.  Blessings sometimes come well disguised – this could be one.

In human terms, the President and First Lady should be fine.  At 74, the President has between a 95.1 and 97.3 chance of quick recovery; at 50, the First Lady’s recovery chances are 99.2 to 99.5 percent.  Moreover, since 94 percent of all COVID mortality is dual cause – that is, tied to an underlying condition – and neither have appear to have one, they should be fine.  See, e.g., https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105431/covid-case-fatality-rates-us-by-age-group/; https://fox8.com/news/coronavirus/new-cdc-report-shows-94-of-covid-19-deaths-in-us-had-underlying-medical-conditions/.

In political terms, waters are suddenly boiling. We went from shooting rapids to a rip tide.  The New York Times suggests Trump may come off the ballot, wishful thinking but clarifies their bias.  Democrats seem split between celebrating, agitating, and being artificially somber, suddenly in unison prayerful.

Speaker Pelosi just got tested for COVID to be “ready,” comically preparing for a “saner approach,” under headlines saying she is “third in line to the presidency.”  She managed to ding the White House for “inadequate testing,” call this news “tragic,” pin fault on the President, offer nonsensical advice like “none of us is safe until …everybody is safe,” perhaps channeling her inner Martin Luther King, who said “no one is free until we are all free,” and then – in an impressive pivot–  declared she is fervently “praying” for the President.  Well, let us hope so.

Of course, this is the same Speaker who said she was praying for the President – as she moved to impeach him.  Not to question, but she also pasted her “prayers” across the media. Saying she needed to “open this president’s heart to the goodness of the American people,” as if this unwavering advocate for unborn children, wounded veterans, safer cities, more coronavirus relief, individual liberty, equal opportunity, national security, and economic success across all demographics – was unaware of America’s goodness, or indifferent to promoting it.

Where does one begin?  Suddenly, in what seems an 11th hour epiphany, Democrats and media personalities are everywhere “praying” for the President, somehow forgetting they just attacked the President’s Supreme Court nominee – Amy Coney Barret – for her faith, telling her “the dogma lives loudly within you.”  See, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/amy-coney-barrett-dems-2017-catholic-faith.

So, let us unpack all this.  First, if from the heart and sincere, prayers for the President and First Lady are always a good thing.  If insincere, these references are – in their own way – a good thing.  They remind us to pray, and reveal Democrats and media know, after all, that three-quarters of Americans pray.  More than half pray daily, another 21 percent weekly or monthly. See, e.g. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/05/04/5-facts-about-prayer/.

But let us get to the politics.  Assuming a fast recovery, what could the President’s COVID diagnosis mean for this election?  A lot.  Consider the implications, not just for the next two weeks, but for the final two weeks of the campaign.

Over the next two weeks, President in quarantine, four things will happen.  First, his health – as with any threat to any president’s health – will dominate the news.  Succession talk will come and go, but mostly this story will lead – boxing out other stories, which might have led.

Second, any positive developments, including work done and media engagements, will attest to his vitality and can-do.  Ironically, his strength as a man, attitude toward adversity, and commitment to overcoming obstacles, will reaffirm larger themes and inspire many Americans.

Third, while some may wish him ill, most will not.  Trump’s human vulnerability – seldom on display – will produce empathy.  The media has given the virus monstrous dimensions. If only commiserating with his human worry, many of Americans will empathize.

Fourth, political attacks on the President – historically vicious, untruthful, and unremitting – will look worse now.  While not likely to slow, even for the ailing president, they will hit with a thud, no echo.  Bashing ads, canned weeks ago, will have less bite, may even engender resentment.

But the real impact will be in those final two weeks.  Recovered, Trump will hit the campaign trail with energy – rested, razor sharp, zero risk of COVID, antibodies high.  He will have gone through another testing and come out the other side.

Beyond experience, he will have an intangible advantage.  Trump will have a battle scar that Biden does not. When the former Vice President or his giggly, young running mate talk of the virus in dark, stark, fear-fanning terms, all the punch will be gone.  Trump will stand before them, alive and smiling, living proof that older Americans can take it, face it, and beat it.

The shift will be subtle, but to Trump the disease will no longer be a mystery, bogeyman, undefined variable.  Nor will it be possible for Biden to make it one.  To Trump, it will be real.  And the American voters will know it is real to him.  Trump’s survival – and his attitude in overcoming the disease – will be a powerful, unspoken fact.  Like it or not, Trump’s firsthand knowledge will rob Democrat sails of wind.  Not only did he survive, he got stronger.

Finally, all this belies a simple fact.  Good people – and most Americans are good people – do not want to see others suffer sickness, wound, or worry.  Said Walt Whitman, “I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.”  Empathy is like way. Trump will know this virus, adding empathy.  Americans will know he knows, adding empathy. Blessings sometimes come well disguised – this could be one.

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Stephen Russell
Stephen Russell
4 years ago

Virus +:
Reveals how media & Left feel about President
I hope those in Left who abused during this experience have a Virus experience 2 IE SNL cast, others.
Let them sample virus X100
& other +:
Boost voting for President
Unite Party (should)

Doris Park
Doris Park
4 years ago

At least they were nice to him one time and that’s a plus.

John L.
John L.
4 years ago

He needs a Ronald Reagan 1981 moment. Tell everyone that CoVid was nothing and we should all move on – just get your cardio in.

PaulE
PaulE
4 years ago

RBC,

You’ve done a fine job of laying out the blatant hypocrisy of the Democrats and their allies and comrades in the MSM. Yes, while they all claim they are “praying for Trump”, they are at the same time sticking pins in their little voodoo doll effigies of both Trump and Melania and spewing more lies on the campaign trail.

All this mock sympathy for Trump is of course only for show to the few remaining idiots, with rose-colored fantasies of the old Democrat Party that is long since dead and buried within the Democrat voter base magically coming back with the election of Senile Joe. Those are the only ones that would honestly think the likes of Pelosi, Schumer and the rest of the cadre of lying, cheating, power mad hate mongers would feel actual compassion for anyone with an (R) after their name.

No doubt, the Democrats are betting and hoping that their little show of phony compassion and empathy will garner them some additional votes. That is the only reason they would be putting on the phony display of concern for the President and the First Lady.

Dave D
Dave D
4 years ago

I don’t believe a thing Pelosi says and this is not different! You can tell when she lies her lips are moving.

Fletcher
Fletcher
4 years ago

I read many comments since the president became ill. I read some of the nastiest, vile, disgusting and ignorant statements from the left. They function on ignorance and hate. This goes from the leftist on the street to the leftists in DC. They are dangerous people, none to be trusted. We must vote Trump in for a second term so he can safe our country. They will continue to riot and burn our cities and they will continue to obstruct Trump every step of the way. We must vote them OUT. Nancy Pelosi was quoted to have said, “He will not be our president again, even if reelected.” A statement that the FBI should be demanding an explanation for. Sounds threatening to me. What are the Democratic Deep State plans? MAGA.

David Spade
David Spade
4 years ago

Pelosi is very disingenuous in her remarks about praying for the President and his wife. Since he was hospitalized on Friday, she and others have been meeting with the dark side of the Democrat party to see how they can capitalize on the issues at hand. That goes for the election next month along with the nomination and approval of the Supreme Court Justice. Her behavior and disgusting actions for many years sets her up to be an enemy of the American people. Nothing she says can be believable.

Nancy Schneider
Nancy Schneider
4 years ago

I agree with the author. When I first heard of the President testing positive, my heart sank. But as this is playing out, the President’s attitude and resiliency are an inspiration to many Americans. This may just put him over the top.

Dee
Dee
4 years ago

I also wish him well but i wish he had learned the true experience of Covd. We are NOT over it, we are entering the second wave.
IT is serious. 11 people around him caught it after his rally and Bedminster. Others in WH caught it. Wearing a mask helps you not spread germs to others. He has NEVER been serious about the dangers of the covd. People have to here it. There are still idiots that say the news made it up. But 209,000 died, 7 million had it. He’s lucky he is so healthy. He put all those others in danger just so he could ride thru the crowd. He’s still in Quarantine. he will be even on the 15th. All he is interested in is his election. not the people. He thinks he is invincable. As OUR President, he should be so worried about HIS American People getting sick, dying, being w/o work, not being able to get food, loosing medical. Mom and Pops closing. layoffs. I know these are not Big Business who give millions to his campaign fund.

Joan
Joan
4 years ago

this is a great article by AMAC! It is amazing to me how two faced the Dems are. Example, Pelosi praying for the President.
She is praying all right to have him removed or not elected for a 2nd term. Schumer is right with her and the rest of the
leftist Dems. People hoping the President dies and that statement is fueled by what the Dems say and the most biased
media I have ever seen. I happened to watch Newsmax the other evening and there was Greg Kelly praying on air for the
President. Do you think CNN would do that or the rest of them. I could make a bet on CNN and get rich.

BajaRon
BajaRon
4 years ago

The President needs us, we need him, and we all need Jesus Christ. The more we realize this, the better off we will be.

LORI
LORI
4 years ago

I agree with this 100%.

Richard Arveaux
Richard Arveaux
4 years ago

I find it amazing the the Left is so rude, crude and socially unacceptable. They hate President Trump, they hate America, and the hate Americans. Why do they have any rights at all. They are in fact seditious, and therefor criminals in the eyes of the United States Constitution.

Susan R
Susan R
4 years ago

The President seemed reflective in his comments on battling COVID. Praying for a speeding and complete recovery for him and the FLOTUS. But he will now be able to say he “walked the walk” vs. his challenger who talks the talk, and often nonsensically.

Cheri Jett
Cheri Jett
4 years ago

Awesome article with a lot of insight. I absolutely love AMAC and I’m so glad you replaced AARP for me!!!

Donna Anderson
Donna Anderson
4 years ago

A good and promising take on this, and one i had thought of myself. Important to look for the positive in every situation. i pray that you are correct. Romans 8:28.

Mark Jebe
Mark Jebe
4 years ago

Yes, Trump’s already getting sympathy he didn’t have before, but…more good news…

Even though mainstream media polls show Biden winning, in a poll done between Sept. 14 and Sept. 28, when asked whom they expected to win the Presidential election, 56% of Americans told Gallup they believed Donald Trump would win, a 13% difference from national polls asking people who they would vote for.

The Trump effect, voters refusing to say they’re voting for Trump even though they plan to, looks even bigger now than it was in 2016.

Register and go to the poll and vote, and make Gallup’s poll come true!

BobAnn
BobAnn
4 years ago

Thank you! And may God be glorified through this…!

Burton Pauly
Burton Pauly
4 years ago

We’re all in for our Potus come election day. He has been one of the best holding office as Potus. We wish him and that beautiful wife quick recovery and long life. And Joe couldn’t hold his jock strap.

Myrna
Myrna
4 years ago

This encouraging article is a blessing. There are supporters of the president’s re-election far and wide. Seeing the rallies in Hawaii presents more encouragement. President Trump has done the country many favors. .He will never be forgotten. We need him 4 more years.

JohnH
JohnH
4 years ago

The biggest blessing out of this is that now: Trump knows that Covid-19 is real & not a hoax. I think that defeating this virus is the biggest thing that needs to be done before our economy, jobs, & normal life come back. A lot of the big names in Washington,DC have tested positive which shows this virus does not care what economic class you are in.

JohnH
JohnH
4 years ago

What are your thoughts on Trump leaving hospital for a short time, so that he could be driven outside the hospital to wave at the supporters present. Sounds like something Trump would do, but now does it mean that everyone of Secret Service people involved have to be quarantined for 14-days?

Brenda Blunt
Brenda Blunt
4 years ago

The President and First Lady will recover without any issues. Pelosi should get ready for being voted out of office.

Lyn
Lyn
4 years ago

Unfortunate based on Pelosis actions and previous comments her prayers for Trump don’t even reach the ceiling, let alone heaven

HelenC
HelenC
4 years ago

I’d rather have a president who is on the mend health wise than a president whose family is enriching themselves by colluding with China and Russia.

Mickie Enders
Mickie Enders
4 years ago

In all my many years I have NEVER witnessed such hatefulness & disrespect evidenced by the Left! The Trump Derangement Syndrome is truly a cancer of the brain! It first destroys the Lobe of Common Sense and rapidly spreads to the Lobes of Decency and Civility!
If you feel glad that Donald and Melania Trump are ill, then you have a sickness, too. And while most recover from Covid, the disease of enjoying the suffering of others is rarely defeated.
That disease is called EVIL!

BAE
BAE
4 years ago

We have a great and caring President in Donald Trump. He loves the American people and our great country. He will do more great things and help the middle class grow. And he will help the working poor have a bigger piece of the pie and move up the the ladder. Nancy Pelosi is so vile it is almost unbelievable!!!

Barbara Haring
Barbara Haring
4 years ago

My husband and I are almost 74. We have both had the Coronavirus and done fine. My husband had pneumonia, but by the time he felt the need to seek medical help for a fever that would not go away, he was nearly over the virus himself. They admitted him to the hospital for testing and to make sure he was over it. He went in on Tuesday and was released Friday morning. His oxygen levels had come up as soon as they gave him oxygen and he was only on that overnight. Neither of us have underlying conditions. The President has proved that older people in good health and, most important, good attitudes, do fine with the disease. It took a few weeks for us both to get our taste and smell back, but that is back in full force. We have experienced no other problems. We saw nothing like this during H1N1 and it was actually worse. And they didn’t close down the schools and our children were getting that. A bad flu season can be worse with even vaccinated people falling prey to the virus. Way too much political hype connected with this virus.

Michael Venaccio
Michael Venaccio
4 years ago

Very well written. The issue with me is that many of those who support Mr. Biden and the Democrats have not taken the time to read the Democratic Party Platform or the “Unity” Document, Senator Sanders’ manifesto, and have no idea of the platform and plans.

This seems to be a major concern so we should encourage our Democratic friends to become informed and then ask respectfully if they really want to vote for those plans?

Bill Brown
Bill Brown
4 years ago

Excellent Article!  We are truly blessed in having President Donald Trump leading this Movement!  We need to develop true followers ready to continue this Movement in the event of tragedy.  Join the Trump Movement – The American Revolution 2.0!!!  Become a Counter-Revolutionary!!!  Stand-up for Our Republic!!!!  Remove Every DemocRat!!!!!

Angelo Bonito
Angelo Bonito
4 years ago

Great article. It always amazes me when I see the polls for this election since my wife and I have never been called for our opinions. I believe this is just like 2016 when our president won the election. The leftist media is doing everything in their power to make us think we will not have a chance of winning. Trump 2020!

Bill Brown
Bill Brown
4 years ago

Pelosi is a true traitor who is lying every time she mentions our Constitution! Immediate action is needing to ensure NO DemocRat/Communist ever be President again!! Join the Trump Movement – The American Revolution 2.0!!!  Become a Counter-Revolutionary!!!  Stand-up for Our Republic!!!!  Remove Every DemocRat!!!!!

Garye
Garye
4 years ago

Let’s go President Trump – America stands WITH You!

Thanks to God for all Our blessings and lets keep America Great!

John Wesley
John Wesley
4 years ago

I keep thinking of Herman Cain. He should have been given the best of care and most remedies available today were there when he died. So many in the White House ae being hit with this thing, and I pray it has lost some of it’s sting. I don’t want to see anymore deaths. I hope this article proves true. I hope the President gains strength from this ordeal.

Mytake
Mytake
4 years ago

God bless our President Trump and his wife Melania. He is a real and courageous leader. God knows we need his expertise for another four. Praise God. Thank you Jesus!

Mytake
Mytake
4 years ago

I like this one I saw on here the other day. “Better to be thought a fool than put a Biden sign in your yard and remove all doubt.”

Janice Whitenack
Janice Whitenack
4 years ago

I believe God has seen how Donald Trump has been running so hard and is tired! So, the good Lord has had him take a much needed rest. Also, he has had an experimental drug and it has proven helpful in getting through this disease. So, its all GOOD. When he is on his feet again – he will be ready for the next debate – he will be ready to accept being voted again as our great President.

Dino Deplorable
Dino Deplorable
4 years ago

Why would anyone test madame pigloosli,we,with any common sense know that this”entity”has a real problem with our President and his conservative followers,but have at it”fancy nancy”,we are many and quiet,you are few loud and vindictive and looters,but,deal with it,that what you and your hoard are about.

Mary
Mary
4 years ago

God Bless President Trump and First Lady Melania! May we once again thrive for four more years.
MAGA2020

Alan Block
Alan Block
4 years ago

Blass Pres Trump and the First Lady, may they recover quickly and save America

Xtech
Xtech
4 years ago

Unfortunately, this may not be enough to overcome the (perceived) angry debate performance that further convinced low-information voters, who vote only on personality, that Trump is no good. They don’t know, or believe, the good he has done for the country and the hope for peace around the world he has crafted, because they only listen to the CORRUPT MEDIA, owned by leftist billionaires beholden to China.

John C
John C
4 years ago

“declared she is fervently “praying” for the President”. Wonder what result she praying For to happen. Thinking ill of Nancy, she is so ambitious, I’m sure Democratic politics would figure in her prayers!

Steven Meisels
Steven Meisels
4 years ago

And just like that, all of these Republicans contract Covid 19. Amazing, is it not?

Phyllis Howell
Phyllis Howell
4 years ago

anybody ever hear of the Trilateral Commission? Look it up and read about it.

Wayne Sluiter
Wayne Sluiter
4 years ago

Go Trump Go 2020

Phyllis Howell
Phyllis Howell
4 years ago

The president NEVER said Covid was a hoax. The media said he said it and they repeatedly said it over and over; per their M.O.

Phyllis Howell
Phyllis Howell
4 years ago

Trilateral Commission; look it up read about it.

Gerald Todd
Gerald Todd
4 years ago

I always post these newsletters on my FB page and copy them to other sites. Very well written. My late wife started praying for and writing Donald Trump before he ever announced. I figured I’d better get on the train.

carol best
carol best
4 years ago

I think Pelosi is praying but to whom is she praying to and for what ? I believe her and others are followers of the dark side and do not realize that our God rules and he will win this battle

Elizabeth Misa
Elizabeth Misa
4 years ago

I am very concerned that the President is not getting the best doctor. Why are they giving him experimental drugs?

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