Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

Smorbun wrote:

agip wrote:

44,329 new cases and 337 new deaths in the US today.

No deaths in NYC. Only 12 in all of NY State.

That's remarkable.

At what point do we say 'this disease is not as deadly as it used to be?' Is this the moment?

Probably we have to wait another few weeks to see if this spike in cases winds up killing many people.

And remember that half of those killed were in nursing homes. Maybe we've figured out how to protect nursing homes, simple as that, plus some number of people wearing masks.

The virus already killed many of the most vulnerable among us. Even if it isn't all that deadly for the rest of us, it can cause some really bad permanent conditions including heart and lung damage and damage to the nervous system. It is no joke. You want to run until you are 80? Want to walk much or exercise at all after getting this virus? Might not be able to if you get this virus, even if you live. Many get it and fully recover, and many get it and exhibit minimal or no symptoms, but it's still a serious health risk even to healthy young people, and it should not be taken lightly.

agip wrote:

Smorbun wrote:

The virus already killed many of the most vulnerable among us. Even if it isn't all that deadly for the rest of us, it can cause some really bad permanent conditions including heart and lung damage and damage to the nervous system. It is no joke. You want to run until you are 80? Want to walk much or exercise at all after getting this virus? Might not be able to if you get this virus, even if you live. Many get it and fully recover, and many get it and exhibit minimal or no symptoms, but it's still a serious health risk even to healthy young people, and it should not be taken lightly.

your view is that the virus has already ravaged nursing homes across the nation?

No, it hasn't

Almost half the deaths come from nursing homes. Never forget that.

I'm just looking at these numbers and saying that something is new here...the sky-high number of infections but the quite low number of deaths. That is a change. I'd like to know why. It's not because nursing homes have already been ravaged across the nation.

agip wrote:

Monkeys typing wrote:

Field officers can not issue sanctions, particularly against a country which is ostensibly not a party in the conflict. They can't call up Putin and tell him to knock it off. They can't apply diplomatic pressure. Only a functional executive branch can do that.

The big deal is not that some piece of intelligence came down that affects the field command. They've already got a pretty good idea that more than a few militant Afghans are trying to kill their troops.

This isn't a tactical problem, it's a strategic problem calling for a strategic response and thus falls to the commander in chief.

From a purely political perspective, supporting the military is a cornerstone of the GOP and so it's a big deal to get caught out apparently not giving a crap. While that probably doesn't surprise you, it's not going to play well with the base.

I guess this is the best answer - if you think that the bounty issue was serious enough to put sanctions on Putin or somehow otherwise disrupt the US-Russia diplomatic relationship, then you have a legit beef with Trump.

I am not able to say if the matter is big enough to purposefully damage relations between the two countries. I think a lot of dirty stuff goes in in war...not sure where the line is.

1100 wrote:

agip wrote:

44,329 new cases and 337 new deaths in the US today.

No deaths in NYC. Only 12 in all of NY State.

That's remarkable.

At what point do we say 'this disease is not as deadly as it used to be?' Is this the moment?

Probably we have to wait another few weeks to see if this spike in cases winds up killing many people.

And remember that half of those killed were in nursing homes. Maybe we've figured out how to protect nursing homes, simple as that, plus some number of people wearing masks.

As usual, you don't have any clue about COVID. Remarkable that you provide daily updates that are so devoid of insight.

But just for kicks - "At what point do we say 'this disease is not as deadly as it used to be?' Is this the moment? " - This is so idiotic and clueless it is hard to believe that it was typed by someone who ostensibly watches this stuff daily.

Please check on the average age of COVID cases now versus in April and then get back to us. Even better, just stop with your embarrassingly insight-free daily updates.

No offense.

Armstronglivs wrote:

agip wrote:

I guess this is the best answer - if you think that the bounty issue was serious enough to put sanctions on Putin or somehow otherwise disrupt the US-Russia diplomatic relationship, then you have a legit beef with Trump.

I am not able to say if the matter is big enough to purposefully damage relations between the two countries. I think a lot of dirty stuff goes in in war...not sure where the line is.

I am astonished at Americans who don't get this.

The American service men and women in Afghanistan are putting their lives on the line for their country at the behest of their government, of which Trump is the head. He is also the commander-in-chief of the armed services. He has intelligence that a country that is a threat to US interests has been actively incentivising a terrorist organisation - it could just as easily been ISIS - to take the lives of US service people. The commander-in-chief shows no interest in this intelligence, says nothing and does nothing. Putin has a green light to keep doing what he is doing. Trump's failure to support his own people, whose lives are at stake here, is obscene. And utterly in character.

Smorbun wrote:

Rigged for Hillary wrote:

You're gonna lose king of all Iibtards. You are far from being correct at all. Your past posts will bite you in the ass on election night.

Based on what? You never answer when I ask you what happened to your betting site confidence. What happened to big crowds and enthusiasm? What happened to The House would never impeach him? What are you right about?

You are wrong at every turn. You post false nonsense. Trump's approval rating is slipping. Almost every swing state is polling for Biden. The margin is much bigger than Hillary every had. Conservatives are ripping Trump left and right. We're in a recession. There are changes afoot that are liberal-led. He has been impeached.

So, based on what? How in the world is Trump going to win this election? You never tell us. You only falsely say that Biden has dementia and that he won't win, I guess because of that. Info that we have tells us otherwise.

Voters don't give a sh!t about Biden's mental state, only that he's not Trump. You are a moron fool who was conned by an idiot. You can't do anything but post stupid memes.

State you case. Why in the world do you believe Trump is going to win?

1100 wrote:

1100 wrote:

As usual, you don't have any clue about COVID. Remarkable that you provide daily updates that are so devoid of insight.

But just for kicks - "At what point do we say 'this disease is not as deadly as it used to be?' Is this the moment? " - This is so idiotic and clueless it is hard to believe that it was typed by someone who ostensibly watches this stuff daily.

Please check on the average age of COVID cases now versus in April and then get back to us. Even better, just stop with your embarrassingly insight-free daily updates.

No offense.

OK, that was officially WAY too hard on agip.

Full Retraction.

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Now to answer; "At what point do we say 'this disease is not as deadly as it used to be?' Is this the moment? "

1) I have not seen any evidence that this disease is not as deadly as it used to be.

2) There is some evidence that treatment protocols have improved survival rates.

3) There is a ton of evidence that the demographics of who is getting COVID have shifted dramatically toward the younger (MUCH less vulnerable) crowd and away from the elderly (MUCH more vulnerable) population.

2) and 3) combined are likely responsible for 100% of the drop in fatality rates.

So, to answer your question - I do not see any evidence that the disease itself has morphed into a less deadly form.