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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 331 - Does Trump really have the coronavirus?

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Trump is so consistently dishonest - a pathological liar - that it's genuinely difficult to believe anything he says. Today I'll tell you why I think he actually has it and what I think the impact will be on the election which is just a few weeks away. ---- If you listen to The Breakdown and want to help support the work we do, consider becoming a member of our Patreon at www.patreon.com/thebreakdown for exclusive members perks and early access to content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

By now we all know that Donald Trump has the coronavirus or we at least know he says he has the coronavirus.

0:10.0

I'm going to unpack and explain how I think it's going to impact the election, which is now less than five weeks away.

0:17.0

Let's talk about it. I'm going to share my real, raw thoughts and emotions and see if they connect with yours.

0:24.3

This is Sean King, and you are listening to

0:26.7

The Breakdown.

0:28.0

Breakdown.

0:31.6

Breakdown. The Breakdown. The breakdown.

0:33.0

the breakdown.

0:34.0

The breakdown.

0:35.0

As the breakdown.

0:36.0

As the whole world knows now, at 1254 AM in the morning, late last night,

0:51.0

Donald Trump tweeted that he and Malania each tested positive for the coronavirus.

0:58.3

Now, we know that Trump's closest assistant and staffer, Hope Hicks. We know that the head of the

1:07.6

R&C, Rona McDaniel and others have just tested positive as well.

1:14.0

There is a long shot chance that it could be a false positive.

1:20.0

There's also a real chance that Trump is just lying, that he has fabricated this entire thing.

1:29.0

If you've seen my timeline, I think it's disgusting that the man lies so much and is so consistently

1:41.0

fundamentally dishonest and disingenuous, and conniving,

1:47.0

and is always scheming for some type of fraud or hustle

1:57.4

that he's in essence if you are old enough to even know what it means to cry wolf in essence the man has cried Wolf so many times, over so many lies, that when he finally

2:06.8

says something like, my wife and I have tested positive for the coronavirus, it's hard to believe him.

2:13.8

I mean, he could say anything.

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