From his hunch that the death rate is a lot lower than the experts say to his lie that everyone who wants a test gets one. He’s botched this crisis badly. His lies really mattered this time.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/13/21176535/trumps-worst-statements-coronavirus
Sally Vix wrote:
Former White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson praised President Trump Monday night after he announced a list of guidelines that he and the White House coronavirus task force hoped will slow the spread of the pandemic within 15 days.
"The president has done everything he needed to do in this case," Jackson told "Hannity". "He’s acted quickly and decisively. He did what he always has done ... he went with his instincts."
"He put together a top-notch team and he was criticized.... despite that, he carried on and did what he needed to do for our country. He put the [China] travel ban
Oh. The idiot speaks. Physicians around the US all know that Ronny Jackson is a fool. He's the one who said Trump could live to 200. He's a suckup and a screwup. You have made fun of Hunter Biden in the past due to his drug use even though he has no say in anything, but you praise the words of Jackson who drank on the job and dished out opioids like they were candy to White House staff and to himself. No medical person, including me, in the US respects the opinion of Ronny Jackson. You know nothing.
https://media0.giphy.com/media/6oURVuxqTjlfO/giphy.gifSDSU Aztec wrote:
L L wrote:
I'll tell you what.
Trump can get re-elected if he steps up and leads us out of a potential health and economic disaster.
If he gets Nancy Mitch in a room and the 3 of them hammer out a deal to close down the right amount of public gatherings and get money right into the hands of the people that will lose work from this so they don't miss a meal or a bill, he can get credit and be re-elected if the economy is growing in October.
He also has to step up and admit to his missteps and bring people together.
He'll become a vegetarian, lose 40 pounds, run on a treadmill, learn to spell and stop lying about everything, before he meets with Pelosi or admits a mistake.
"From the beginning, Trump minimized the scale of the crisis, portraying it as a purely foreign threat that could be addressed by closing borders. At a Feb. 26 news conference, he claimed there were 15 cases in America, omitting those diagnosed overseas. “The 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero,” he said. "
He might want a mulligan on that one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/opinion/trump-coronavirus-us.html
Don Kettl, a professor of public policy at the University of Texas at Austin who has written extensively on government management, said the testing delay will rank among the most sweeping and consequential federal failures ever.
"In terms of failure, it's hard to remember something on this scale," he said. "People go back to Katrina as one example. And that was a monumental failure, but in one community. The problem is this has been multiplied across the country at a scale that puts everyone at jeopardy. Government simply has dropped the ball."
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/17/politics/trump-2020-coronavirus/index.html
I think it's time to start looking at the important data... that is instead of arguing...
Here are the questions I have to ask...
1) How many in the US will get Covid-19?
2) Of those how many will require hospitalization?
3) Of those what percentage will recover?
If we can get a handle on those answers it will provide far more clarity and may allow us to get back to some sense of normal life.
Best of luck to all and stay healthy!
(Also, as a side note, I'm certainly no fan of Trump but to continue the blame game doesn't help cure anything.)
Bvllshit! Trump can resign & we’d all be better off.
He just looks scared, it’s a crisis he clearly isn’t cut out to cope with.
agip wrote:
Fat hurts wrote:
A competent president would have seen that the CDC was failing and rushed to find an alternative test.
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that's a key question - would a competent president have stepped in that fast? How is a president supposed to understand a critical 3 day period was being missed on testing? Serious question. Given the CDC's solid record in the past, a president nosing into its business after just 3 days might be an unreasonable ask. You could argue a competent president would step back and not interfere with experts/qualified scientists.
I'm not sure Obama or Carter or anyone would have been quick on the switch either.
Correct!
Keep playing the enable game
Can't disagree...
See the articles I posted above he botched it badly and he blatantly lied to the nation.
He’s been very weak in handling it.
jesseriley wrote:
Keep playing the enable game
huh?
jesseriley wrote:
Bvllshit! Trump can resign & we’d all be better off.
+1
Trump is the CEO, CFO and the entire board of directors of Coronavirus USA. He owns it.
He needs to impeach himself, and lock himself up in coronavirus central, otherwise known as Mar-a Lago.
jesseriley wrote:
Trigged’s head is exploding...
Incorrect!
The futures stayed green & the stock market opened green and has been strong today.
Have to ask.... wrote:
jesseriley wrote:
Keep playing the enable game
huh?
You were too obvious, Trumper.
Don't blame Trump = Keep him in charge and improve his reelection chances.
Just how clean does 'the donald duck's ' arse have to be?
Every time Pence steps up after Trump, first thing he says is "And our President, who is doing a great job, said..blah blah'. I swear if I could review it that even Trump was squirming, "hey Mike, you're overcooking it"
Then Mike proceeds to mention 'and as the President says' in virtually every sentence after that'.
Are you all just a bunch of sycophants? Really?
"I made you Mike, I made you..10 out of 10...I made the best Mike ever"
Ciro wrote:
He just looks scared, it’s a crisis he clearly isn’t cut out to cope with.
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/president-donald-trump-arrives-to-a-news-conference-in-the-news-photo/1207394350?adppopup=true
Also, for context, that is Trump walking into yesterday’s press conference.
The job and certainly this crisis is way too much for him. Would be best for all if he’s out sooner than later.
Only reason trump can’t resign is it would land him in prison quicker. He’s painted himself into a corner.
