Trump contracted COVID-19

The virus cannot be conned.

Are we too jaded to be shocked by the news anymore? These last 2 weeks have been testing the idea. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's died and the ugly fight to fill her vacancy has just started. Then came the not-so-surprising revelations of Trump's tax record - it still would have sunk any other president. Then the horrific debate. Then the $4m sexual-harassment settlement of the barking-mad Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump's campaign finance chair and Donald Jr.'s girlfriend - this one is barely even worth mentioning, but it's too funny to leave out. Then Melania's f-word laden callous remarks about family separation - although Melania is too dull to even care about. And then, Trump contracted COVID-19.

To dispense with false pieties first, no one has had it coming more than Donald Trump. After ushering thousands into their deaths by willful negligence and total disregard for other humans' well-being (after Hope Hicks, with whom Trump was in close personal contact, was diagnosed with COVID, Trump held an indoor fundraiser), should he succumb to the virus, good riddance. It would be not merely Darwin Award-worthy, but a proof of cosmic justice.

Having said that, I hope he and the other morons recover quickly. He deserves to be defeated and humiliated in the election, then I wish all the best for the American justice system to determine his future afterwards. If he dies, it will be both a bang and a whimper at the end of these four years. Not only would Americans be robbed of the chance to pass judgment on his presidency, but I wouldn't be surprised if a sick martyr-cult emerged from this, with Donald Jr riding on its waves into 2024 (which in some other way could still happen at some point).

The only unambiguous blessing of this is that there will be no more debates.