Yes, and the timing would probably be about right to ride a brief popularity boost (like Johnson got) to the election. A week or so for "minor symptoms" to develop into a life threatening illness, a couple of weeks where things are touch and go, and the world hangs on his every move, leaving just enough time to bravely struggle back to work and a hero's welcome...
There will be a significant number of "hopes and prayers" people who will see it as an automatic duty to vote for a sick president, rather than "kicking him when he is down". Every day US politics becomes more outlandish. I think Trump would literally do anything to get re-elected now.
(, Fri 2 Oct 2020, 21:47, Reply)