The Trump Presidency: Part 20

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dudalb said:
Latest polls seem to show that the Corona Virus bump Trumpy got is rapidly receding.
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Along those lines:

From; https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...red-for-coronavirus-outbreak-poll/5101764002/
...a new Politico/Morning Consult poll shows voters may be becoming frustrated with the White House's handling of the crisis...Overall, 61% of registered voters in that poll said Trump was not prepared to handle the outbreak.
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The responses varied greatly by political party. Sixty-three percent of Republicans thought Trump had been prepared, while 85% of Democrats did not. Sixty-five percent of independents thought the president was unprepared, and 26% said he was prepared....

Not good news for him. Especially the independents, considering Trump will need at least some of them to win re-election.
 
Segnosaur said:
Along those lines:

From; https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...red-for-coronavirus-outbreak-poll/5101764002/
...a new Politico/Morning Consult poll shows voters may be becoming frustrated with the White House's handling of the crisis...Overall, 61% of registered voters in that poll said Trump was not prepared to handle the outbreak.
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The responses varied greatly by political party. Sixty-three percent of Republicans thought Trump had been prepared, while 85% of Democrats did not. Sixty-five percent of independents thought the president was unprepared, and 26% said he was prepared....

Not good news for him. Especially the independents, considering Trump will need at least some of them to win re-election.
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Even that Republican number is low for him.
 
Blue Mountain said:
While I appreciate the link to the story, please be aware the Washington Post's web site is incredibly hostile to anyone taking measures to protect his privacy on the web. They bitch about ad blockers and private mode, and refuse to serve content to people who take even mild measures to protect their privacy. :mad:
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They bullied me into subscribing. I paid $1 for six months. The site also looks great on my Kindle.
 
I'm watching todays press conference. The lead item is that Mexican drug cartels are planning on taking advantage of COVID-19 to smuggle drugs.

And of course, Maduro is a lot of the problem, according to the speakers. I wonder if he's setting up for a war, like was done with Noriega.


Anecdote time. In Spring of 2003, as war drums were mounting against Iraq, Saddam Hussein held a televised cabinet meeting. I remember at one point, some general (military uniform) said, "Mr. President, may I speak frankly?", and Saddam said, "Of course." The speaker then went on to say something like, "I want to thank you for your incredible leadership...."

I think every speaker at today's conference began with, "Thank you for your leadership" and they all mentioned the role of the President.
 
Blue Mountain said:
While I appreciate the link to the story, please be aware the Washington Post's web site is incredibly hostile to anyone taking measures to protect his privacy on the web. They bitch about ad blockers and private mode, and refuse to serve content to people who take even mild measures to protect their privacy. :mad:
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It's not as if their owner is wealthy or anything....
 
Meadmaker said:
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Anecdote time. In Spring of 2003, as war drums were mounting against Iraq, Saddam Hussein held a televised cabinet meeting. I remember at one point, some general (military uniform) said, "Mr. President, may I speak frankly?", and Saddam said, "Of course." The speaker then went on to say something like, "I want to thank you for your incredible leadership...."

I think every speaker at today's conference began with, "Thank you for your leadership" and they all mentioned the role of the President.
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I've noticed that, too. It's probably in their contracts.
 
I predict at least one more major change of direction coming from Trump. I think the economic catastrophe will be bigger than he realizes right now, and when it becomes more obvious, he'll change course and start telling people to get back to work.

I also see a couple of looming crises.

One is oxygen. We've talked a lot about ventilators, but oxygen hasn't gotten a public focus. There isn't enough bottled oxygen to meet demand. I don't know anything about how to make more, quickly, but I'm guessing it isn't trivial.

The other is a general crisis in food distribution. The American system of supermarkets is finely tuned to get food to table. Weeks into this crisis, there are shortages. I think that's a bad sign. I think the "tuning" is off, and I think it's going to break I just don't know how badly. Will we actually see food shortages, and the accompanyiing riots? It's hard to believe such a thing could happen, but these are very unusual times.

If Barack Obama were president, I would be confident that people on his team were aware of these looming problems, and had some sort of contingency plan in place, ready to launch. I don't know if anyone could actually solve the problems, but at least Obama wouldn't be blindsided. I suspect Trump will be.
 
Meadmaker said:
I predict at least one more major change of direction coming from Trump. I think the economic catastrophe will be bigger than he realizes right now, and when it becomes more obvious, he'll change course and start telling people to get back to work.

I also see a couple of looming crises.

One is oxygen. We've talked a lot about ventilators, but oxygen hasn't gotten a public focus. There isn't enough bottled oxygen to meet demand. I don't know anything about how to make more, quickly, but I'm guessing it isn't trivial.

The other is a general crisis in food distribution. The American system of supermarkets is finely tuned to get food to table. Weeks into this crisis, there are shortages. I think that's a bad sign. I think the "tuning" is off, and I think it's going to break I just don't know how badly. Will we actually see food shortages, and the accompanyiing riots? It's hard to believe such a thing could happen, but these are very unusual times.

If Barack Obama were president, I would be confident that people on his team were aware of these looming problems, and had some sort of contingency plan in place, ready to launch. I don't know if anyone could actually solve the problems, but at least Obama wouldn't be blindsided. I suspect Trump will be.
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Let's not forget that :


The Global Health Security and Biodefense unit — responsible for pandemic preparedness — was established in 2015 by Barack Obama’s National Security Advisor, Susan Rice ( here ). The unit resided under the National Security Council (NSC) — a forum of White House personnel that advises the president on national security and foreign policy matters.

In May 2018, the team was disbanded and its head Timothy Ziemer, top White House official in the NSC for leading U.S. response against a pandemic, left the Trump administration, the Washington Post reported ( here ). Some members of the global health and security team were merged into other units within the NSC, the article said.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-...-pandemic-response-team-in-2018-idUSKBN21C32M
 
Florida, Georgia and Mississippi have issued lockdown orders and Trump says the next two weeks will be "horrific" but he won't announce a national lockdown or limit flights out of the 'hotspots' like NY because some states "don’t have much of a problem"
 
Stacyhs said:
I've noticed that, too. It's probably in their contracts.
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It's been obvious for years now that the best (only?) way to get Trump to do anything is to kiss his ass.

It disgusts me that they still have to do that in the face of the most obvious crisis we've had in years, even decades, but I understand why they do it. Given the choice of kissing ass, and then being allowed to do your job properly, vs. telling him the truth, getting fired, and then seeing him appoint some jackass like one of his sons to "do" your job in your place? A hard choice but not a difficult one, as they say.

But seriously, the next President needs to pass a law that allows everyone who ever had to put up with Trump's BS to kick him in the balls, once each.

Just one good, swift kick in the balls. They deserve it.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Florida, Georgia and Mississippi have issued lockdown orders and Trump says the next two weeks will be "horrific" but he won't announce a national lockdown or limit flights out of the 'hotspots' like NY because some states "don’t have much of a problem"
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Our governor - Nevada's Steve Sisolak - also issued a stay at home order. He had already declared a State of Emergency on March 12.

Quote: “This directive builds on previous directives around school closures, social distancing, closure of non-essential businesses, and bans on public gatherings of 10 or more people by requiring you stay at home unless leaving is absolutely necessary.”
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Florida, Georgia and Mississippi have issued lockdown orders and Trump says the next two weeks will be "horrific" but he won't announce a national lockdown or limit flights out of the 'hotspots' like NY because some states "don’t have much of a problem"
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A little aside to our few Republican friends here.


This is the man you voted for. Some states "don't have much of a problem". We've watched the virus spread. We know how it happens. We know that first there are a few, then a lot more, then a really big number. He said the 15 would go to zero. Even today, he is ignoring that the places that don't have much of a problem today will be places that have a really big problem by next week.

And still he says there are places that "don't have much of a problem."

Stunning. I had to look it up just to be sure that it wasn't an old, out of context, quote, but no. It was from today. Stunning.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

Upon information and belief, Iran or its proxies are planning a sneak attack on U.S. troops and/or assets in Iraq. If this happens, Iran will pay a very heavy price, indeed!
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Boilerplate legal jargon. Trump didn't write that.

I wonder what percent of his tweets he actually put his tiny fingers to work typing them.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

Congress must pass the old, and very strongly proven, deductibility by businesses on restaurants and entertainment. This will bring restaurants, and everything related, back - and stronger than ever. Move quickly, they will all be saved!
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YES! Those Ruskie hookers giving golden showers don't come cheap.
 
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