Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 24

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varwoche said:
He seems sincere when he dismisses deaths per capita, adding weight to the notion that he's a complete imbecile.
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Every day he tweets how the US does so much more testing, which accounts for the high number of cases. The high number of cases compared to the rest of the world is not accurate, it's just because of the testing. Then he shows a chart saying look how good the US does when we chart deaths per number of cases!

That death numerator is so small compared to the large cases denominator. It's like he doesn't understand elementary school fractions.
 
Tero said:
I'm puzzled by the polls:
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/
Trump has gained half a percent. A bit more for likely voters.
Sympathy for president hounded by press?
And, I thought everybody knew who they are going to vote for. The question is approve or not approve. Why would you change your vote on that?
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People have short memories and have become used to President Trump. Unless there's a new outrage every single day, people will forget what he's like. That half a percent have forgotten that he was thinking about postponing the election and/or think he was "just joking".

Also brand recognition. Some people might approve of the President simply because they've heard of him. :boggled:
 
Monza said:
Every day he tweets how the US does so much more testing, which accounts for the high number of cases. The high number of cases compared to the rest of the world is not accurate, it's just because of the testing. Then he shows a chart saying look how good the US does when we chart deaths per number of cases!



That death numerator is so small compared to the large cases denominator. It's like he doesn't understand elementary school fractions.
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That and the underlying fact that it means we're seeing (more of, but probably still not all of) the extent that has been true all along.

The changing scale, scope, and targeting biases of testing actually make it a very unreliable figure for tracking over time and interpreting a narrative without heavy doses of context for figures covering different regions at different points (sometimes down to county level).
 
gregthehammer said:
I find "overthrow" to be an odd choice of words, more associated with the removal of monarchs and dictators...
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But that's exactly how he sees himself. He's Child-emperor King of America, the Smartest One, He Who Built the Wall, Triggerer of Libs, the Saviour of Portland, He Who Bravely Posed With a Bible Surrounded by Trumpen SS Guard, He Whose People Tell Him Sir, I can't Believe You Know More About Everything Than Everyone, etc. etc. etc.
 
The Don said:
People have short memories and have become used to President Trump. Unless there's a new outrage every single day, people will forget what he's like. That half a percent have forgotten that he was thinking about postponing the election and/or think he was "just joking".

Also brand recognition. Some people might approve of the President simply because they've heard of him. :boggled:
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Trump...Trump...oh yeah! Now I remember! That US president who goes on TV to talk about himself, no matter what the topic was supposed to be. It was a good show as far TV goes, but the season from 2019-2020 was really bad.

*deletes show from Netflix list*
 
Meanwhile, from the "You Knew This Was Coming Department":

US defense officials contradict Trump: No indication yet of attack in Beirut


(CNN)Three US Defense Department officials told CNN that as of Tuesday night there was no indication that the massive explosion that rocked Beirut on Tuesday were an "attack," contradicting an earlier claim from President Donald Trump.

While speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday, Trump offered sympathy and assistance to the people of Lebanon after the explosion, which left dozens dead and thousands injured and he referred to the incident as a "terrible attack." An estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse in the Port of Beirut exploded Tuesday, causing destruction throughout the Lebanese capital. As of Tuesday night, at least 78 people were reported killed and 4,000 injured.

"Let me begin by sending America's deepest sympathies to the people of Lebanon, where reports indicate that many, many people were killed, hundreds more were very badly wounded in a large explosion in Beirut," Trump said. "Our prayers go out to all the victims and their families. The United States ready to assist Lebanon."

But the defense officials, who declined to be identified so they could speak freely, said they didn't know what the President was talking about.
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Listen you're going to tell me that a giant tanker ship of unstable ammonium nitrate sitting for years unwatched, unmaintained in the heat of the Mediterranean summer just randomly decided to explode all on its own.

Please when do unstable explosives that could explode at any second for no reason ever just explode for no reason.
 
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This may have already been mentioned. I didn't watch the Trump interview, but this article shows that Jonathan Swan made the mistake of asking about someone who wasn't Trump, John Lewis.

Asked about the legacy of John Lewis, the civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressional representative, the President said, "I don't know." Given a chance to think about it and try again, he declined.

Instead he went back to his well-worn playbook: first he nursed personal grievance ("He didn't come to my inauguration"), then he bragged about an achievement he hasn't actually accomplished ("Nobody has done more for Black Americans than I have") and then returned to the grievance (Lewis "should have come. I think he made a big mistake by not showing up").
He finally allowed: "He was a person that devoted a lot of energy and a lot of heart to civil rights, but there were many others also."
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He wasn't nice enough to me. I've done more than him. What he did wasn't a big deal.
 
Transcript of yesterday's interview with the Catholic television network EWTN:

Transcript of EWTN News Nightly interview with President Donald Trump


Tracy Sabol: And if there was one message you wanted to say to our viewers, what would it be right now?

President Trump: Well, I think anybody having to do with, frankly, religion, but certainly the Catholic Church, you have to be with President Trump when it comes to pro-life, when it comes to all of the things, these people are going to take all of your rights away, including Second Amendment, because, you know, Catholics like their Second Amendment. So I saved the Second Amendment. If I wasn't here, you wouldn't have a Second Amendment. And pro-life is your big thing and you won't be on that side of the issue, I guarantee, if the radical left, because they're going to take over, they're going to push him around like he was nothing.
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:jaw-dropp

If that's not post-stroke senility I don't know what is.
 
chrispy said:
I was shocked when he said that.
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Were you? It's Trump. What rock have you been living under for the last three and a half years?

It is, frankly, quite dangerous for the President of the US to openly speculate that it was an attack on Lebanon. It doesn't take much to inflame passions in that area.
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You're talking as if Trump is sane and capable of considering consequences, not to mention that he actually cares about the world and other people than himself.
 
shemp said:
:jaw-dropp

If that's not post-stroke senility I don't know what is.
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If someone I cared about said something like that, I would be terrified for them and deeply saddened for them.

The Don said:
I'm sure there were a lot of good people on both sides of the civil rights struggle :rolleyes:
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Lots of violent protests, too, for sure. Good thing police was there with fire hoses and batons to keep the cities safe!
 
Safe-Keeper said:
Were you? It's Trump. What rock have you been living under for the last three and a half years?


You're talking as if Trump is sane and capable of considering consequences, not to mention that he actually cares about the world and other people than himself.
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All very true, minus the under-a-rock part. :D
 
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