If he were a courtroom judge he would probably tell the counsel for the defence that his mind was made up and that he did not wish to be confused by the evidence.

May very well be true.

Why would he want to get out of debates? In his mind, he did a wonderful job. He doesn't think he has done or said anything wrong. Pretty sure he wants a second term.

@itsmedammit because there is talk of changing the rules, perhaps adding a cut off switch so he can’t interrupt. And the next debate is town-hall format, getting questions from individual voters. He doesn’t do well with that format.

@Tinocca He doesn't have to fake an illness to get out of a debate. Anyway we'll see what happens.

@itsmedammit he claimed he wanted even more debates. Then he didn’t do so well in the first one. He claimed he won it, but he knows it didn’t go as he hoped. His pride wouldn’t let him back out now. Lying is the way he would handle it. It’s his M.O.

How is this more believable than the tens of thousands of lies or misleading claims that we know he's told?

That was my thought too, but then again, Trump is about the biggest liar there ever was and he does do some outrageous things. He is in a desperate spot. He did want to delay the election. This could do it, hoax or not.

I don't think it is fake though. Wish it were. Can you imagine how many people he has infected? It was a matter of time.

@LovinLarge @itsmedammit Seriously? Can you not see there's a difference between stories by Trump and stories about Trump?

@Gareth No, because there is no way to know that the stories about Trump did not originate with Trump.

@LovinLarge It's frustrating to see so much voodoo in the world - where everything is a hoax, fraud or conspiracy and there is no place left for objective truth. You're talking fake moon landings here.

@Gareth I think you may have misread my post.

@Gareth It is normal, healthy and wise to consider all possibilities in the absence of evidence, which is all everyone except you is doing with respect to this issue.

@itsmedammit It's possible I didn't read to the end.
@LovinLarge salty

@Gareth brain dead

@itsmedammit Gareth is an idiot. Doesn't even live here yet qualified to tell those who do how to interpret our own public affairs.

@LovinLarge So, not here for community, then?

That's my guess.

Hope he does.

But he would have to cancel his rallies. He loves the spotlight too much.

@creative51 Where does it say that the Speaker becomes president if the election is still in quesiton?

If Trump dies before the election Pence is president.

If it's real, and I stress IF, I'm wondering what impact it might have on their schedule to get their new SCOTUS seated as well as the election itself.

@Sgt_Spanky He is going to have to give up his rallies. I don't see how it would impact the supreme court nomination.

I really do hope that Trump gets ill enough to take the infection seriously . Not hoping for his death, but it sure would uncomplicate a whole lot of things.

@itsmedammit We'll see but I have yet to be convinced he's not faking this to help with his re-election. Everything with this asshole is a con and a lie so why not this too?

@itsmedammit Well our own dear Citizen Boris ended up in intensive care when he caught it, and he's a lot younger than Trumpty.

@Gwendolyn2018 But but the whole coronavirus is a hoax! lol

I;ve also been speculating on possible hoax scenarios and I came up with his "miraculous" recovery after being given his rushed vaccine that is only "weeks away " now. Nothing this twisted asshole does can just be taken at face value. This could absolutely be a con designed to help him get a second term. I assume we'll know sooner or later.

I agree how you feel about conspiracy theories, but remaining skeptical and knowing he lies and makes things up alot is , as far as I can tell a reasonable explanation. With that being said we have to wait for for conclusive evidence to see if that hypothesis is accurate.
What would be strong evidence is that they get hit by it HARD and get hospitalized and recover like many have. This would eliminate the chance of it being fake and him saying the virus is not bad and /or used some bogus reason that he got better. (or it went away) Those are bad info and ammo for his base.
If it is false, they used Hope to throw the bus , that he wasn't his fault he contracted it.
But it is reasonable for him to get away from the town hall but if the networks are smart, he can just sit on a zoom chat for it. There is NO reason they can't set up cameras there and he can answer over this wonderful thing the internet.

Maybe the doctors just told him he has it in the hope that he will just STFU?

@LenHazell53 I think physical therapy would be more effective. As seen here:

With his age and lack of good physical condition, there is a very good chance he will kick the bucket.

@dahermit We can only hope.