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Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 23

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Safe-Keeper said:
Doesn't he wish he actually controlled FOX News or OANN so he could tell them exactly what to do, and fire whoever he wanted, and even shut them down if they stepped too far out of line.

He'd love to have his own propaganda TV channel.
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Channel?

Trump would want a whole propaganda cable company.
Perhaps

one channel for his mad golf skills
one for his fashion
one for his domestic hotels
one for his international hotels.
one for selling crap: steaks, wine, bottled water. (also, am I the only one here who thinks he is going to try to launch Presidential Brand bottled water.
one showing how much better he is than anybody in history
one to praise his domestic policies
one to praise his international policies
one to ficus how unfair everyone is to him

etc, etc, etc
 
Stacyhs said:
As of today, Fivethirtyeight has Trump's overall disapproval at 55.2% and approval at 40.4%.

That 40.4% stays pretty steady which just goes to show that no matter what Trump does, 40.4% of the US population doesn't give a crap.
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Let's see what another week of overflowing hospitals and rising numbers of deaths results in. Already Trump is looking to blame Fauci. Trump is good at scapegoating because he himself starts a new fantasy why he's the stable genius and anything bad is someone else's fault.

The question to him needs to be, fine so what are you going to do now? The press needs to catch up here, stop exposing all the low-hanging fruit, we're all stuffed up the gourd with that.

Just ask Trump, now what? And don't settle for the same old crap about how much PPE and how many tests are going out.

That isn't the answer to the question, what are you (Trump) going to do to stop the spread of COVID 19?

Of course the reporters don't ask that question.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
BREAKING: President Trump says federal government may "take over cities" to combat rising crime: "Numbers are going to be coming down even if we have to go and take over cities."
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Looks like a peaceful protestor in Portland was already shot in the head by unasked for federal agents.

Slightly longer story there? A canister of something was thrown at the protestor. The protestor sent in back in the general direction of the thrower. Protestor gets shot in the head. Not dead, but in need of facial reconstruction surgery now.

AnonyMoose said:
Has anyone informed the selfish little prick in the oval office that this is a worldwide situation?
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He knows.

Let's stress this again.

He knows.

He's not the brightest bulb, true, but I strongly suggest that people stop invoking stupidity or ignorance as being in any way applicable to what Trump's doing when it comes to COVID. He knows, and just doesn't care - except as it relates to him.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
Let's see what another week of overflowing hospitals and rising numbers of deaths results in. Already Trump is looking to blame Fauci. Trump is good at scapegoating because he himself starts a new fantasy why he's the stable genius and anything bad is someone else's fault.

The question to him needs to be, fine so what are you going to do now? The press needs to catch up here, stop exposing all the low-hanging fruit, we're all stuffed up the gourd with that.

Just ask Trump, now what? And don't settle for the same old crap about how much PPE and how many tests are going out.

That isn't the answer to the question, what are you (Trump) going to do to stop the spread of COVID 19?

Of course the reporters don't ask that question.
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They don't because they are as stuck as the GOP. If they ask the pointy questions, Trump will simply hurl insults and storm off in a huff potentially barring them from future pressers and/or ever asking a question again.

That is counter productive for a journalist. It could only work if they all did it and that is not going to happen because OANN, Alex Jones and all of that crew would still rock up to toss softballs at him.
 
abaddon said:
They don't because they are as stuck as the GOP. If they ask the pointy questions, Trump will simply hurl insults and storm off in a huff potentially barring them from future pressers and/or ever asking a question again.

That is counter productive for a journalist. It could only work if they all did it and that is not going to happen because OANN, Alex Jones and all of that crew would still rock up to toss softballs at him.
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Well, yes and no.

President Trump loves to see himself all over the media. Although being on OANN and FoxNews is OK for a while, he wants to see himself on all networks. One way to hurt him is to simply ignore him and his antics. Keep coverage to a couple of minutes if he does something substantive but ignore his tantrums, tweets and outrageous pronouncements.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
Let's see what another week of overflowing hospitals and rising numbers of deaths results in. Already Trump is looking to blame Fauci. Trump is good at scapegoating because he himself starts a new fantasy why he's the stable genius and anything bad is someone else's fault.
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President Trump's approval rating is 40% because 40% of people really do approve of what he's doing and how he's doing it.

If they didn't, his approval numbers would be down (even if those people still end up voting GOP). After all anonymously disapproving in a poll is a different thing than casting your ballot for another party.

Again, this goes back to President Trump being a symptom rather than a cause. Fooling ourselves into thinking that people will "come to their senses" is, IMO, very dangerous. I think that the 40% know exactly what they want, and President Trump is delivering it. :(
 
Roger Ramjets said:
I don't think that's true. I think many of those 40.4% are caught between a rock and a hard place. Their star pitcher is fumbling the ball and throwing wide, the bases are filling up and it looks like they will lose the game. But they still have to support the team.

Most republicans didn't like Trump, but anything was better than that bitch Hillary. The president doesn't have that much power anyway, so how bad could it be? Now they know.

Trump has them by the balls now. If they don't approve then they aren't real republicans. If they do then they will be accused of being racist, sexist, and Nazi sympathizers. They know they aren't, but what can they do? The alternative is unthinkable - so they grit their teeth, put on a happy face and tick 'approve'.
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I disagree. In the past presidential approval ratings have sunk as low as the 20's because approval isn't the same as expressing a voting preference. A significant proportion of those people who disapproved of Dubya's performance in 2008 so that his approval rating sank into the mid-20's fully intended to vote GOP at the next election.

The 40% approval rating for President Trump really means that 40% of the US electorate actively approval of what he's doing otherwise they'd disapprove or be a "don't know". It's difficult to believe but 40% of Americans look at the way President Trump is executing the role of President and think "he's doing a good job", not that he's better than some putative alternative.
 
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Ronna McDaniel
@GOPChairwoman
Top pediatricians tell NBC they support reopening schools:

“Yes.”
“Absolutely.”
“Without a hesitation.”
“I have no concerns…”

@realDonaldTrump is right: We can safely send kids back to school!
 
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Geraldo Rivera
@GeraldoRivera
Interesting watching #NYT trying to worm its way out of #RussianBounty ******** expose. No proof of any such specific program to target our GI’s. No wonder intell officials did not brief @realDonaldTrump Because they didn’t trust the uncorroborated, unproven report. Apologize.

Mike Pence
@Mike_Pence
It is unconscionable that Democrats actually want to defund the police. President @realDonaldTrump and this Administration will ALWAYS stand with the brave men and women on the thin blue line.
 
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Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022)
@TeamTrump
President @realDonaldTrump: “These radical politicians want to defund and abolish the police"

President @realDonaldTrump on recent New York City violence: Shootings up 358%, over 300 people shot last month and NYPD retirements have quadrupled.
@NYCMayor's city is out of control!

President @realDonaldTrump is pro-safety, pro-police and anti-crime!

Vice President @Mike_Pence: Under President @realDonaldTrump and his administration, we’re going to DEFEND the police!

Elected Georgia Democrat @RepVernonJones to President @realDonaldTrump on protecting ALL lives: “I stand in solidarity with you.”

"Reckless politicians have defamed our law enforcement heroes as the enemy."
They aren't the enemy. Today, President @realDonaldTrump gathered a group of Americans to tell the stories we don't hear often enough from our media.

White House Press Secretary @KayleighMcEnany: President @realDonaldTrump has a great record when it comes to the LGBT community
 
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The Economy is coming back fast!
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Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022)
@TeamTrump
Joe Biden can't fix the economy.
He didn't fix anything for 50 years in Washington.
Only President @realDonaldTrump can bring the economy back!
 
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This is why we have so many “cases” for the media to constantly refer to!
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Ronna McDaniel
@GOPChairwoman
Under @realDonaldTrump’s leadership, over 40 MILLION coronavirus tests have been conducted with nearly 730,000 tests yesterday alone.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Retweeted

Ronna McDaniel
@GOPChairwoman
Top pediatricians tell NBC they support reopening schools:

“Yes.”
“Absolutely.”
“Without a hesitation.”
“I have no concerns…”
@realDonaldTrump is right: We can safely send kids back to school!
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If someone has no concerns then I don't think they have thought about things enough. I can understand it people have thought through the benefits and risks and think that the benefits far outweigh the risks but IMO there must be some residual concern that schools can act as a means of spreading Covid-19 between students and from there into their respective families.
 
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John Solomon
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Trump legal adviser: Ballot harvesting unconstitutional if it creates ‘wide opportunity for fraud’
 
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