Meh, superstitious nonsense. Humans love to look for patterns and apply meaning when there is none.
Really stretching with the first two as well: "died in ruins" vs when in office. I'm sure "died in ruins" could be applied to more than quite a few people.
It's superstitious nonsense, but at least the curse makes sense when you consider McKinley and Kennedy were murdered and Buchanan died in disgrace with a tarnished legacy.
Monroe died poor but then again that's not quite the same as getting shot in the stomach by a mad anarchist at a carnival and dying painfully of sepsis a few days later or being murdered (possibly by the very same government you're commander-in-chief of) in front of a large crowd and on national television and essentially trauamtizing the entire nation
That would make 9 years divisible by 20 since 1840 right? I don’t think 6/7 have died in office have they? Also how many presidents not ending in 5 have died in bad circumstances? Humans like finding patterns. Doesn’t mean they are correct.
At least with the curses in question, there's enough patterns for there to be an urban legend.
Both Kennedy and McKinley were murdered in office, Buchanan died in disgrace and hated by the nation on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line.
Seriously, Buchanan is often considered to be tied with Andrew Johnson for the worst president in American history by most historians and he's definitely the worst president of the antebellum era in my book.
This probably cost Trump the election. The optics of being infected during a global pandemic is not gonna be good for his poll numbers.
Possibly, unless he's got a reason to believe he could make a full recovery or is asymptomatic. If he keeps his cool despite this and recovers, it could help bolster him and make him look strong while essentially leaving the Democrat narrative on COVID-19 defanged.
I think there's a reason why Trump publicly disclosed the diagnosis when he could've just gone into quarantine for medical treatment and gave a cover story citing national security concerns.
If Trump's infected with Corona, then chances are Biden is too given the debate. One of Trump's biggest attacks on Biden is that he spends most of his time hiding out in a bunker instead of on the campaign trail. The frequent lids that happened in the days just before the debate don't help matters.
Trump disclosing his diagnosis before Biden does and keeping a cool head on Twitter and in his video conferences during the quarantine can help him, provided he recovers. Biden is older than Trump and has additional complicating factors that could put him more at risk.
With Trump, the biggest concerns are he's old and he's fat. Stress from his job could also affect his blood pressure too, but aside from that he's not diabetic to anyone's knowledge, he doesn't drink or smoke, and he's got the best medical treatment in the country. He's definitely at risk but not to the same degree Biden is.
Biden is older than Trump, has dementia along with a brain aneurysm and is a stroke survivor as well. I wouldn't be surprised if his immune system is weaker too depending on the medications he is on. He's sickly and if he gets COVID-19, he's more likely to be on a ventilator than Trump is even with the age risk factor and the mutations of the virus taken into account.
I think Trump tested positive and decided to be frank and open about it and do the "keep calm and pull through" strategy so if he does survive the next two weeks or turns out to be a mild case or asymptomatic, it'll boost his optics.
Plus being open about the issue while Biden is in a bunker somewhere can help him if he can pull off the win.
Lemme put it this way, I wouldn't be surprised if Biden ends up dying just before or on the day of the election. If Trump wins the vote normally and Biden is already dead from COVID-19 or dementia that same day or the day before, there's a chance the DNC will abandon the rigging strategy (especially if the Senate can confirm Barrett before Halloween) since IIRC, Biden would have to make it to become president-elect at the very least before Kamala can be sworn in as his replacement.
If he's dead before the election is officially declared, it puts the entire Democratic campaign into a strange and uncharted legal limbo.
Trump knows the optics game, and if he thought public knowledge of him being infected with the virus would truly sink him right then and there, he'd try to keep it a secret as long as possible instead of announcing it on Twitter an hour after he tests positive.
This may sound like some "21-Dimensional Vampire: The Masquerade" Q-Tard antics but Trump knows the playbook the MSM's been using against him for the past four years.
I think Trump's under the impression that if he has it, Biden probably has it too and if there's some evidence that makes Trump think it could be a milder case, he's willing to take that gambit, especially if it can cause premature grave dancing followed by full a recovery announcement two weeks later and Trump can keep tweeting and doing video conferences.
Plus, the uproar's more likely to drown out any other news issues too and I'm fairly sure the DNC will move the heavens and the earth to keep Biden's covid status a secret for as long as possible
