Come on dude, everything is political and they can fake a test if needed. I don't think they faked it, but everything is POLITICIZED in an election year/month. ------------------------------------- "Rudy Giuliani is also self-quarantining as he has recently tested positive for being Rudy Giuliani." Isn't it symbolic that the person possibly giving Trump the virus is called HOPE?
Actually... The actual quote is below in which I replied to. For me an "elite trader" who would prefer Biden to Trump is the height of absurdity. I guess their bitterness comes from their personal bitter experience to find this elusive success at trading. The above quote was a reply to someone else. The person that wrote the above assumed in error that this discussion has something to do with someone success at trading. That statement is what is absurd. It only becomes Political when one joker shows up intentionally make a reply that ones ability to trade has a relationship to their political views / opinions. Simply, when I stated Coronavirus is not Political...I didn't mention the above to the poster that ones ability to trade has nothing to do with Politics. Therefore, why make such a reply in trying to use Coronavirus as something about Politics when in reality it was an idiotic statement to try to correlate Politics with Trading Success. That's the full context of that statement that you jumped on without knowing the entire reference. It's the first time here at ET that I saw someone attacked about their ability to trade because of their political views. wrbtrader
Another scenario to the Trojan Horse theory (conspiracy theory)... Trying to get sympathy votes from the undecided voters as in Trump / Wife really are not Covid-19 positive and they jumped on the story that Hope Hicks had tested positive. Why not if you feel like you can't win but desperate to hold on to power because once you're out of office...tax fraud and other illegal activities may come to light. IRS comes after you. As someone stated, the timing of this within about 30 days of an Election Vote is highly suspicious. It's also a good way to avoid another debate and / or just needing to get some mental rest when you know there's really nothing you can do with more info not yet released by NYT about the tax story. Personally, the sympathy vote angle only gains weight if nobody else test positive because they were all together in those meetings. Thus, Hope Hicks may have decided to intentionally take one for the boss to give the Trumps a sympathy vote with the undecided voters. This sympathy vote conspiracy theory would be wrong if people on Biden side start testing positive from the debate fiasco North Korea and Europe must be loving what's happening to America after all the statements how the United States coronvirus performance stats has been much better than everybody. wrbtrader
Maybe on the flight home to the White House, after the debate debacle, President Trump admitted to 31 year old "Senior Advisor" Hope Hicks that he could not play the polished statesman and couldn't help himself because Biden is just such a wanker. Hope then came up with a strategy that would get her boss out of further debates that made him look bullyish and not worthy of sympathy. The fake Corona virus play!! "Thats it, I'll announce that I have it, then we'll say you and Melania have it and you won't have to do anymore debates and we will pick up some sympathy votes that may have been lost during the debates. And just think Mr. President, when you recover from having(not-having it) you will look like a winner/hero/virus slayer/bare chested Putin. It's a win-win!" Either way it should make for good trading.
So far with the Emini Futures... Nice rally back upwards that I've now coined "sympathy rally". Regardless, Coronavirus has now become a National Security issue just as if there was an assassination attempt just like when President Reagan was shot. We're going to hear Mike Pence name (plan B) spoken a lot over the next 14 days. He's the plan B when the President goes down. Seriously, its that serious of a news event because Trump is in the high risk group. wrbtrader