The Trump Presidency: Part 20

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Trebuchet said:
Not me, my wife has lost all interest. Oh wait, you meant metaphorically!

It was a nasty question.

Not only are the military ill-suited to border security, they are legally prohibited from doing it.
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Not quite true;President could declare an emergency and order the troops to the border.
 
Trump Tweets

To unleash the full power of the Federal Government in this effort, today I am officially declaring a National Emergency.

We will remove or eliminate every obstacle necessary to deliver our people the care they need. No resource will be spared!
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

To unleash the full power of the Federal Government in this effort, today I am officially declaring a National Emergency.

We will remove or eliminate every obstacle necessary to deliver our people the care they need. No resource will be spared!
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If this were any other president, such a statement might be seen as a sign of hope, that perhaps the government will be forceful in finding and implementing solutions to outstanding problems.

With Trump get a sense of dread that the 'care they need' will be anything but that, and those 'obstacles' are things that are actually needed in a functioning society.

I can imagine him using the 'National emergency' to speed up his border wall (despite the fact that there are fewer Covid19 cases in Mexico than the U.S.), ban more muslims, block foreign trade, and harm the election integrity.
 
I have never seen a declaration of a state of emergency with product placements before.

Is this normal in the US? This pandemic brought to you by Walmart?
 
How will a fat old man like the president be able to cope with COVID-19 if he gets infected?

Ranb
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

To unleash the full power of the Federal Government in this effort, today I am officially declaring a National Emergency.

We will remove or eliminate every obstacle necessary to deliver our people the care they need. No resource will be spared!
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Wow free at the point of delivery healthcare comes to the USA!!!
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Sleepy Joe Biden was in charge of the H1N1 Swine Flu epidemic which killed thousands of people. The response was one of the worst on record. Our response is one of the best, with fast action of border closings & a 78% Approval Rating, the highest on record. His was lowest!
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And from the world of Least Shocking News:

Trump lied:
The first thing is that it’s false to claim “Joe Biden was in charge of the H1N1 Swine Flu epidemic.” Obama never put Biden in charge of the response, as Trump has done with Vice President Pence.
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And if Obama’s (or Biden’s) response was such a disaster, that certainly would have been news to the American people of 2009. At the start of the outbreak, when Obama declared the public health emergency, 66 percent approved of the federal government’s handling of the situation, according to Gallup, while just 16 percent disapproved. Public reaction to the response was very seldom polled in the months that followed (which perhaps reflects the fact that there was really no such outcry). But around the time Obama declared the later national health emergency in October (when more than 1,000 people had died), a Washington Post-ABC News poll showed 69 percent remained confident in the federal government’s response, and a CNN/Opinion Research poll showed fully 57 percent approved of Obama’s handling of the response.
In contrast, a Quinnipiac University poll this week showed just 43 percent approve of Trump’s early handling of the coronavirus response. Trump cites a 78 percent approval rating, but it’s not clear at all where he’s getting that number from. (A Gallup poll did show 77 percent were confident in the broader government’s ability to respond, but that wasn’t about Trump, and it was from a month ago, when the disease had barely spread.)
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...ama-biden-with-swine-flu-is-pure-revisionism/


I know, I know...you all are as shocked as I am that Trump was lying.
 
Ryokan said:
I have never seen a declaration of a state of emergency with product placements before.

Is this normal in the US? This pandemic brought to you by Walmart?
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Nothing is normal in the U.S. right now. But these are some of the largest retailers in the U.S. Almost anyone anywhere can get to a Walmart, CVS or Target. I think that was the point.
 
Darat said:
Look the testing news is fantastic news (obviously still needs to happen) but why did Pence have to lick Trump's arse so much, sadly I think it goes beyond being a toady to him it is knowing unless Trump is being praised and made to think it is all about him Trump wont do anything.
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I also noticed Pence's frequent praise of and thanks to Trump. It's as if he had quota to meet. He's so far up Trump's ass he ran out of bread crumbs long ago and can't find his way out.
 
I bailed on that ******** of a press conference after Pence's ass kissing. It seems like it just got worse?

Hard to imagine; totally believable.

My favorite part was how everyone else who spoke made Trump look like a fumbling idiot in comparison, even when they were kissing his ass.

Anyone who would still vote for this jackass after seeing that performance should have their head examined.
 
Bob001 said:
Nothing is normal in the U.S. right now. But these are some of the largest retailers in the U.S. Almost anyone anywhere can get to a Walmart, CVS or Target. I think that was the point.
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Our Prime Minister managed to declare a state of emergency without pulling a single business man in front of the camera. Didn't even mention a single brand.
 
Segnosaur said:
And someone noticed that during the whole "state of emergency" declaration, Trump (you know, the guy who has been exposed to at least 2 potential virus characters) shook hands with 7 different people.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/coronavirus-trump-handshake-touch
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That one reporter (the "nasty" one) or any other one should have taken him to task after he denied having been tested.

"You were in the proximity of someone who tested positive. You just shook hands with at least seven people up there. You are in breathing distance of that entire group. You fiddled with the microphone before each next person came up. And you say you don't need to be tested?"
 
Ryokan said:
Our Prime Minister managed to declare a state of emergency without pulling a single business man in front of the camera. Didn't even mention a single brand.
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Same here. He even did it from self-isolation!
 
Horatius said:
I bailed on that ******** of a press conference after Pence's ass kissing. It seems like it just got worse?

Hard to imagine; totally believable.

My favorite part was how everyone else who spoke made Trump look like a fumbling idiot in comparison, even when they were kissing his ass.
Anyone who would still vote for this jackass after seeing that performance should have their head examined.
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I pointed that out to a friend when we were watching. He is a horrible public speaker.
 
"National emergency, two very big words." Trump, 03/13/2020

He really had trouble reading his announcement today and yesterday.
 
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