Say it loud, say it clear: Donald Trump needs to resign over his handling of the coronavirus - The Boston Globe
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
The United States has just over 4 percent of the world's population, but had about one-third of all global coronavirus cases and one-quarter of the fatalities, as of Friday.
This is a catastrophic failure that can be laid largely at the feet of President Trump. Editorial boards and politicians — both Democratic and Republican — should be calling on him to resign immediately.
It's not just the catalog of screw-ups that led us to this point — the playing down of the threat, the lack of testing, the spread of misinformation and lies, and the government-wide inattention to the issue. It's that Trump represents an ongoing danger to the health and well-being of the American people.
Consider, for example, the strange case of hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug that Trump began publicly touting several weeks ago as a potential treatment for the coronavirus. "What do you have to lose?" the president asked, about a drug that had not been approved by the FDA for that purpose. It turns out the answer is "your life."
We already know of at least one couple in Arizona who took a related drug in an effort to ward off the coronavirus after hearing the president speak positively about it. The husband died and his wife ended up in the hospital. A new study of Veterans Health Administration patients, not yet peer reviewed, has concluded that COVID-19 patients who take hydroxychloroquine are more likely to die than those who do not.
As remarkable as it is for the president to be suggesting the use of unproven drugs, Trump topped it on Thursday when he suggested that ultraviolet rays and cleaning disinfectants, injected into the body, should be examined as possible treatments for coronavirus. These comments led public health experts and companies like Lysol to remind Americans of something we regularly tell children: They shouldn't ingest cleaning products.
The Trump administration also allegedly forced out the official in charge of the federal agency responsible for developing a vaccine for the coronavirus after he says he raised concerns about money being directed toward hydroxychloroquine. Pushing aside qualified public officials and allowing politics to drive the development of a vaccine makes Trump not just an incompetent president, but a malevolent one.
There's more. Trump has egged on the smattering of protests around the country pressing for an end to social distancing orders, with calls on Twitter to "LIBERATE" states run by Democratic governors. These demands directly contradict the Trump White House's own guidance.
And his obsession with reopening the economy has likely been a catalyst for governors in red state America, such as Bill Lee in Tennessee, Henry McMaster in South Carolina, and Brian Kemp in Georgia, to weaken social distancing regulations. (Trump, who initially backed Kemp's bizarre and dangerous order allowing hair salons, tattoo parlors, gyms, and restaurants to open, has since backtracked and is now openly criticizing Kemp.)
Trump isn't even participating in the federal response to the coronavirus. He reportedly watches television most of the day, doesn't attend coronavirus task force meetings, and then uses his daily press briefing — for which he barely prepares — as a platform to self-aggrandize and lie.
All of this has crippled Trump's credibility: As one recent poll showed, less than a quarter of voters put a high level of trust in what Trump is saying about COVID-19.
When the president has lost the confidence of the American people and when his words and actions are doing far more harm than good, there can be little justification for him to stay in office.
Granted, we've never really encountered a situation like this before. In modern times, there were calls for Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton to resign. But those were for crimes in office, not incompetence. Mishandling a crisis has rarely been grounds for a president to resign. But we've never had a president like Trump, who is making the crisis worse simply by remaining in office.
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The moron-in-chief must go.
He is a bumbling incompetent moron who never should have disassembled the pandemic response team that President Obama put in place and then ignored every single warning.
A lot of people died that didn't have to
You keep saying this non truth but saying so many times does not make it true, no matter how many times the liberal repeats it.
Actually ALL of those videos exist of Trump making ALL of those idiotic false statements about not only corona (5 minutes) but ranting about his enemies list and fake news (100 minutes).
Trump is insane! It's obvious in his every word, gesture and facial expression.
Trump is not fit to lead this country (neither is Pence for that matter).
Even if all you say is true, until the Democrats can come up with somebody fit to challenge him, the status quo will remain the same. I do not think Joe Biden is that person.
Imagine how many gaffes we’d have to dissect if Biden was out there every day giving press conferences. It would be endless.
Instead Biden is hiding in his basement, making carefully manicured comments once every week or so.
Telling, very telling.
BDS...?
Lol ... then grow a pair, put him out there every day without handlers or a prompter. Gonna have to happen sooner or later. He can’t hide in his basement forever.
I predict the next casualty will be the presidential debates. Old shotgun Joe is going to use Covid19 as an excuse to beg off of those. Take it to the bank.
Biden has PSPS ...... Public Speaking Pussy Syndrome.
I always look forward to your posts. They cut straight thru the "Bull Chips." If only Trump Supporters could read?
Do you honestly think Trump's suggestion to his medical team handling the COVID19 PANDEMIC that has killed nearly 51,000 America in less than three month, that they should "look into 'bleach" as a curative is helpful?
Was it smart for Trump to dismantle the Pandemic Alert Team, or, cut funding from the Center For Disease Control (CDC) that deals with epidemics?
Do you support Trump's pulling out of the World Health Organization during a World Health Crisis?
Do you consider it prudent, ethical that Trump has repeatedly touted the drug Hydroxychloroquine, a drug used to treat "Malaria" as a promising drug that may cure the pandemic, when his son, Donald, Jr, recently bought a lot of stock in the company that manufactures the drug? Is that what you expect from your president?
Do you agree with Trump's decision to send 17.8 TONS of much needed supplies for American Hospitals to send these, largely donated medical supplies to China because, Trump thought OVID19 was "FAKE," a fraud that Dems where trying to embarrass him via the MEDIA?
When there is a shortage of life-saving Ventilators is it OK with you that Trump sent 5000 to Russia, our ARCH ENEMY, while over 51250 Americans needing them DIED?
These are not "liberal talking points". These are facts.
Biden is not out there every day making matters worse. There is no way to know, unless, like me, you are a psychic, what Biden will do!
Speaking of "pussies," I have one that I am certain is a lot smarter than Donald J. Dumpster. She is a five year old cats.
You know, don't you, that Trump, by his own admission on ACCESS, bragged about "grabbing women by the pus*ey?
It started a hold new fade!
That’s because he’d be saying stupid shit all the time just like he’s been doing the last few months.
No crystal ball needed to predict that .....
No, I‘m sorry, you can not sniff my hair.
Better stick to sniffing your smart pussies hair .....
"There is no way to know, unless, like me, you are a psychic, what Biden will do!"
...and based on his misstatements, no reason to make him president.
He needs to be fitted with an electronic muzzle with a speech filter in it, that will give him a shock if he says something stupid....but otherwise, millions of Americans agree that he is doing a great job defending American and searching for a remedy to this pandemic
I would like to ask the Left would they run out to help a man who had fallen on a highway before he was run over or would they criticize him for falling, when his purpose for being there in the first place was to save a child?
I would venture to say they may attempt to help him if it furthered their agendas and if they had already finished eating the pint of ice cream from the freezer, but during the meantime, let him eat asphalt and find out if the child had been properly indoctrinated before lending a hand.
How different is that than a Republican wearing his MEGA hat getting out of their car, walking over to the fallen man and screaming at him to get up off his a$$ and get out of his way and stop blocking his way. Then getting back in his car and proceeding to blow his horn endlessly at the fallen man to hurry him up to move out of his way.
Oh good grief !
And people say the left are overly emotional.
Considering that I was 15 years a paramedic, never asked what party anybody was who risked their civilian lives to save others. It would be stupid.
Your insinuation that a democrat wouldn't help is ludicrous. Democrats are notorious for risking their lives helping those in need of help.
I thought that was why far right wingers hate them so much.
Other than making a lame attempt at negative innuendo on the "other" did you have a point?
You're right cjcold. I should not have generalized. I realized it earlier, but when I saw extreme right wingers in your comment, I realized I wasn't talking about the general public, but the leadership. Maybe we can say from both sides. Now I'm a Democrat, but I haven't voted Democrat for quite a while, nor will I ever vote for another Democrat until the leadership moves away from what I consider extreme left wing politics. I see it as actually being much worse than just politics. I think the base who have taken over the Democrats are a novel pandemic in themselves or at least a concerted effort to destroy this country.
I'm beginning t see some of the most dedicated Democrats come to the same conclusion. I can't put my finger on why they have become so obsessed with this movement. I think they think the rest of the country will support them in this endeavor and I'm hoping they are wrong, at least for the sake of our children.
If you want to see what Socialism is, not just high taxes and lots of benefits from them when countries are able to accomplish this for some time, especially if they have some natural resource that produces the capital , although, even the most well thought out plans with the best intentions always comes to an end, eventually, then you're experiencing it now.
These Democrat governors are emancipated in their newfound powers. They love the control they now seem to have over the people. They love the word govern versus represent. They are poor leaders with limited economic abilities. They think the government has all the answers and all the money. Power is their drug and they are relishing in it these days. It's like a dream come true. With a little more time they can train the people to be lazy, unmotivated to do their best to become all they can and cut the goose up into pieces until it is too late to change the course.
I don't think they want to destroy the country, only the pride and desire to work hard and expect to be rewarded for it. They want the people to experience what the government can do for them long enough for them to become accustomed to it and they know they will increase their numbers for bigger government by doing so. If the capital last long enough, they can gain complete control without much fear in losing it for awhile until the goose is dead and gone.
But of course they still have to contend with us, the Deplorables, the people who want to take a chance in life, who want to be able to succeed and face failure with determination to defeat it without the government nursery taking care of us.
Anyway, I apologize for such a general statement. I didn't mean the average Democrat, who goes to work every day doing all kinds of jobs, some saving people like you have done. I'm fully aware of paramedics as I have several in my family. I totally respect anyone who puts his or her life on the line to help save others. It's an honorable career, whether it's full time or not.
I BELIEVE THE LASTEST POLLS show Americans disapproving TURMP'S handling of OVID 19, stand at 72%.
Your first and biggest mistake is believing any political polls!
Makes one wonder why rump is so obsessed with them; and, has been since at least 2015.
I stopped believing in political polls many years ago. They are highly subjective to the whims of whoever commissions the pills, no matter whether right or left side of the spectrum. When you take into account the polls in 2016 that had HRC to win by a landslide, that was the real kicker.
Haven't you heard. His campaign manager is to blame for his low numbers.
Trump Pence 2020! KAG!
That anybody butt Trump could actually see him that way is a mystery to me.
I envision more of a Julius Caesar Act 3.
Donald Trump. A legend in his and his supporters minds. Hey look, he is slim and 'blind' and apparently delusional.
Just ain't gong to happen! Deal with it...
Another psychic speaks. Wow, as one, I never knew there were so many of us here on thenewstalkers.com.
Perhaps, we might form a GROUP and bet on our visions of the future. That would be fun as people die world wide by the millions.
You can bet all you want. Me, I don't bet on losing propositions...
Amen, Brother Larry Hampton. I was just on me knees praying for relief from TRUMP'S SINS. This post gave me the courage to stand up and shout, "Hell No, I will not put on clothes during my COVID "Shelter -n - Home" recluse.
Do you, agree? Trump did it, not me!
Say it loud, say it clear: Donald Trump needs to resign over his handling of the coronavirus
And what about ALL the other "Experts" that were leading ?
Should they resign too ?
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for President !
Trump shoulda just Blown up a Country ! Worked for Dumbo !
What about Pelosi who told San Francisco in late February to come out and enjoy the Chinese New Year....or DeBlasio who told New Yorkers March 3 to ride the subway, tour the city, enjoy everything the city has to offer.
Should they resign too?
Well ….. no ! They ALWAYS have the good of the country in their thoughts. Through SICKNESS and in …..
Awww whom I kidding
...…. they have a "D" next to their name, so they're exempt.....from ANYTHING !
Trump shoulda just Blown up a Country ! Worked for Dumbo !
I know.…..right ?
Poor Little Libya.
But it was the GREATEST thing since sliced bread....wasn't it !
I don't know....but they just do !
Because they think they are more easily controlled?
Too bad for them, many are waking up to that.
Actually, far right wing fascists seem to be easier to control. Fox and the Heartland Institute have been manipulating sub 80 IQ fascists for decades.
So are you saying most libs watch Fox?
Understand that more people with high school or less education voted for Hillary in 2016.
That fun fact, unfortunately, is playing out right before our eyes today.
That has to be one of the stupidest comments so far. Buh bye.
And you base your opinion on …..what ?
i'm with you on this.
I've seen you write far stupider comments.
Feeeeeeelings
OR
Just
Right after Cuomo, DeBlasio etc....
The latest in a long string of nonsensical rationalizations to get rid of the person who beat their chosen one like a rented mule.
This tripe will inevitably fail miserably just like all those that came before.
He's a menace to America plain and simple
Hey Lady in Black
You were asked several times yesterday to show your proof that President Trump touted Hydroxycloriquine Phosphate.
Why didn't you ever answer?
Let us all know when you figure out what "may" means, mmmkay?
You didn't answer the question, John, but we know you know you couldn't. Lets try again...
You were asked several times yesterday to show your proof that President Trump touted Hydroxycloriquine Phosphate.
According to a report I heard on my local news, a test group of infected people were given the drug(s). 27% died where the ones who didn't get the drug(s) had an 11% mortality rate.
And I suppose you think Trump was conducting the tests?
How does a test case result mean somehow that Trump touted the drug?
Trump on April 4th.
No 'may' in there Tex.
The FDA knew that the 'side effects' of heart rhythm problems connected with hydroxychloroquine BEFORE COVID-19.
Trump throughout his many 'briefings' has touted hydroxychloroquine and continues to falsely claim that the FDA's EUA authorizes it broad use. In fact, in the linked briefing, Dr. Hahn from the FDA lies about the EUA too.
The briefings are a study in gaslighting.
!00%
This drug has been prescribed and well tolerated by most patients for decades.
Yes, it has. But there have been documented heart problems in patients being treated with HCQ for Covid-19. Perhaps its a combination of the drug's known tendency to cause EKG changes with the virus's known tendency to cause heart damage. Perhaps it's coincidence. Perhaps it's because older Covid-19 patients, who are more likely to have both severe effects from the virus, and pre-existing heart conditions, are also more likely to be treated with HCQ. We don't know. But it's severe enough a problem that the FDA is now recommending that Covid-19 patients who are being treated with HCQ receive that treatment in a hospital setting.
So now Trump didn't prescribe it for anyone, but you want to bitch about him because DOCTORS prescribed it for their patients????
BTW, many drugs have side effects.
And did Trump order a test case study of the drug?
Has anyone ever recovered from Covid-19 after taking the drug?
No evidence of clinical efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 infection and requiring oxygen: results of a study using routinely collected data to emulate a target trial
Meanwhile, in France...
You asked for proof that Trump "touted" it. You were provided with that proof. He need not have prescribed it to have "touted" it.
Sorry, I just can't get all worked up over it when clearly only doctors prescribe medicine.
But you continue with the Trump bashing; after all it IS another day ending in a "y".
You're moving the goalposts, Tex. You were provided with the evidence you requested. It didn't suit your narrative.
Tough.
Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Wrong!!
Please repost my post asking for that.
I'll sit and wait...……….and wait...…………………..and wait.
Ok, a gotcha question. Well played.
Look up what the "sulfate" and "phosphate" do.
drug products are considered pharmaceutical alternatives (not pharmaceutical equivalents) if they contain the same therapeutic moiety (active ingredient), but are different salts. An example of this would be tetracycline hydrochloride, 250 mg capsules vs. tetracycline phosphate complex, 250 mg capsules.
Most drug salts do not lend a therapeutic action to a drug other than enhancing drug dissolution, absorption, or formulation characteristics. However, a few drug salts may have an added therapeutic effect. In fact, per the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Salt Policy, if the drug salt is considered an active ingredient, the drug will only be called by its active ingredient drug name, without the salt at the end of the name, to help prevent confusion
IOW, the "hydroxychloroquine" is the important part, not the "sulfate" or "phosphate". The salt portion serves mostly to make it soluble. The HCQ is the active ingredient.
Honestly, I don't think the phosphate or the sulfate part has anything to do with the true discussion at hand.
The true discussion at hand is some dumb asses ate fish tank cleaner because they said they trusted Trump (even though it is well known now they actually were Trump haters). After looking at the woman's background and past statements, she probably gave her husband the tank cleaner to off him, figuring it was probably poisonous, obviously a fatal dose for him and a more minor dose for her.........and the probable notice on the package that said " not for human consumption".
The easy way out would be to blame Trump because the package had hydrochloriquine in it, knowing the media would repeat this claim ad nauseum.......she was right. She probably did not even see the phosphate part of it.
Even if she did see it, and the phosphate was not the lethal ingredient, something else was.
In vitro results suggest HCQ can block the virus entering cells which sounds like early treatment more consistent with the Costa Rican model as opposed to the French observation of introduction with oxygen which sounds like a last gasp effort.
Perhaps you thought you were replying to someone else.
I have said absolutely nothing about sulfate or phosphate.
I'm the one waiting on my post that shows me asking what you claimed.
And the people in that test were too far gone for the drugs in question to matter. The treatment has to begin long before one needs to be on a ventilator.
Not arguing that. But in vitro doesn't always translate to in vivo, and lab studies need not worry about the health of the host's heart.
Patients with Lupus, Arthritis and Malaria, NOT patients presenting with life threatening respiratory issues. Seriously, just stop.
The FDA's EUA specifically states that it is only authorized to be used in official trials or hospital setting on confirmed COVID-19 patients.
But - the difference needs to be reconciled.
Where did I do that Tex?
It's obvious from the quote that I posted that Trump did indeed tout the use of hydroxychloroquine, no 'may' about it.
Not shit. Hardly revelatory.
Really? Got a link to prove that Tex?
Are you asking me if every COVID-19 patient died after taking 'the drug' Tex? The answer is obvious, NO. However, THAT answer is irrelevant.
Has anyone recovered BECAUSE they took 'the drug' Tex?
THAT'S a real question that needs to be answered and no one can answer that question because NO proper blind testing has been conducted to date.
Another is whether the use of hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 patients caused more harm than good.
Oh and BTFW, ONE MORE TIME, the FDA's EUA does NOT authorize a doctor to prescribe 'the drug' to you unless and until you have been hospitalized and tested positive for COVID-19.
Meaning?
The Advertiser in Chief said "But it’s their choice and it’s their doctor’s choice, or the doctors in the hospital. But hydroxychloroquine — try it, if you’d like." Yet the EUA doesn't authorize 'their doctors' to let them 'try it' whether they'd like it or not.
Just as long as you and your fellow travelers continue to normalize Trump's galactic stupidity on every day ending in y.
None of that was a 'test' Xx. That was and still is emergency treatment. There has been no 'test' for it's efficacy on COVID-19.
Oh and BTW, there are no controlled trials going on right now so a patient has to be hospitalized prior to a doctor prescribing HCQ. It's NOT Tamiflu.
Ha! I can't wait to use that in a comment!!! Do I need to pay a royalty?
I hope not because I would owe quite a bit to someone else.
Don't forget that Trump owns stock in the company that manufactures Hydroxychloroquine.
Why wouldn't Trump make all the money he could on a fake cure? That has always been how he rolls.
Shouldn't a president be for, rather than against, We the People?
Go back to 5.1.19 and splain why Costa Rica good, France bad.
Yep, just one more inaccurate, hateful attack on Trump. But what ya gonna do?
Haters gonna hate .........
I don't know why. I don't even know Costa Rica's treatment protocol. All I read is an assertion - no links. We don't know the differences in protocol, patient population, etc.
Too little information to compare.
Just WOW !
W.H.O. should declare Trump Defenderism a damn PANDEMIC,
never thought Trumstupid would/could be so frckn contagious,
but here again, Trumstupid sufferers suddenly don't know what "may' means, or really tough words like
'tout' mean.
.
That 'R" really does apparently stand for Re,
Tart to the taste,
Sweet,
to the Base
tater chip
singin in the breeeeeze
barBQue
Heck yea!!!
It's a great line from, "A Few Good Men"..
do you wish to be made, if even possible at this point, to look sillier than you and your 'gang' have and do...
cause you probably don't wish my focus to be You.
just a thought, before Uwish to poke fun at that which is quite apparent, U, do not understand, or begin to comprehend.
As any Trumpp defender, after all this fck up has done, that continues to tow his line, is obviously not the brightest bulb in the flower garden salad du juor ,
that many seem to toss regularly,
like cookies, but higher in fiber, thus 'regularly',
cause the optics of anyone at this point defending, rationalizing, and making excuse after excuse for the LYING CON ARTIST IN CHIEF, someone so dumb and corrupt we are left in disbelief, just leaves
THINKING persons to be
CRITICAL, of those who apparently lack Critical Thinking
Skillsaws in half their reasoning disabiity, so its down to a quarter, yet no change when his fck ups are out of range for most to even comprehend at this juncture in a presidency that has been BEYOND FCKD UP, cause people unable to THINK,
just keep givin him the ole wink wink
.
Wake the FUCK UP TRUMspurz,
he's gashing out your gutz as he rides you all home hard
and putz you all away wet on rainy daze and
Mondays', and people who defend ridiculousness
always get me downtown shopping, as i'm living the CORONA DREAM, and today, it's REIGNING,
So
I'm Living the Damn CORONA WET DREAM !!!
with extra LIME, so my body decomposes more rapidlyb as i fire out people i hire for going lower than they should,
but, i'm game
over upending and have nuclear submarine depth capabilities,
so take where you won't like,
don't care
, as to me , all is fair
Were you referring to me?
could uv bin me
Ha ha!
Nope, it was to Sandy!
that many seem to toss regularly,
like cookies, but higher in fiber, thus 'regularly',
Damn dude, where do you come up with this!
In one clinical trial, half were given the drug....27% died. The other half were administered a placebo....11% died. Some game changer you are bragging about Donnie Boy.
Either that or he is an Avon salesman ringing your doorbell looking to sell you some products.
Donald Trump has never been fit for office. Never. For over three years many "non liberals" have refused or otherwise have been unwilling to take this obvious fact seriously. There has been a relatively small group of republicans, known as the "never Trumpers" who have worked rather tirelessly to warn the public about this man.
Back in 2011 Donald Trump proclaimed himself the leader of the birther movement and went on television shows and other media demanding that president Obama produce his birth certificate. The state of Hawaii had previously,twice, officially announced that Obama's birth certificate was in the state archives and had been personally inspected by the head of the Hawaii Dept of Health. Trump was too stupid or too dishonest to know the case was closed. Either one of those two character flaws was disqualifying for him to serve in public office.
Yet republicans, many of them previously or current birthers themselves, nominated him in 2016, despite a known history of him being incredibly dishonest, a raging narcissist, and someone with multiple accusations of sexual assault.
Trump has never been fit for office. Of course he should resign tomorrow. It is tragic that it has taken a national epidemic of a deadly disease to get more Americans to realize that.
A summarization of the thousands of "I hate Trump" seeds over the past few years.
Nothing new from the left
Thanks for reposting my entire comment.
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Just more reason to re elect the President. To show our true disdain of and contempt for those that bash him non stop everyday.
And Trump still proves himself insane on a daily basis.
Back in the 40s and 50s "bugsy" meant insane.
Some expressions never change.
Didn't know...Don't care.
Today it means "making liberals look like fools".
Man, I just hate to be the one to burst your TDS-induced bubble, but you are going to wake up and be disappointed--yet again!
Well thought out rebuttal.
Yeah, I had to think for a few minutes to figure out a way to get it dumbed down enough to match the post I was responding to.
Thanks for recognizing all my hard work and effort!
Beats the shit out of writing the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...…...see where this is going yet?
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Thank god we finally got a non professional politician in office. Hopefully he gets another 4 years.
We need more of them on both sides.
So we need more far right wing fascists that aren't capable of compromise?
So we have right wing fascists in government?
Who?
They don't know. It must be in this week's talking points. No independent thought.
"There has been a relatively small group of republicans, known as the "never Trumpers"..."
RINO is the abbreviation you're looking for.
Indeed!
"We already know of at least one couple in Arizona who took a related drug in an effort to ward off the coronavirus after hearing the president speak positively about it. The husband died and his wife ended up in the hospital"
A many times debunked lie from the left. Are leftists saying there is no difference between hydroxychloroquine phosphate, which is a fish tank cleaner, and hydroxychloroquine sulfate, which is the medication for malaria and lupus? The sad thing for leftists is the president never spoke positively about fish tank cleaner. If any leftist can prove otherwise, please provide...
And yet, they persist in telling it.
You know, for all of the intelligence the left professes to possess, you'd think they could at least get the simplest things right, like this lie they keep spreading.
I have a hard time taking people seriously who think the President told someone to inject disinfectant or to take some chemical used in aquariums.
And I find it a little hard to have any empathy for idiots who would take chemicals meant for aquariums.
I remember during the 2016 election liberals here and elsewhere kept touting the degrees and how gender studies was such an important degree to hold, as many of them do, and how they were so much superior to the toothless southern rednecks with no degree.
However, when word came out that more high school or less educated people voted for Hillary, the touting came to a complete halt.
Just like the fine folks who love, love, love to trot out the Trump quote stating he loves the uneducated. Like the Democratic base is not made up of some of the worst-educated people in America--and real stats prove it.
Always makes me wonder why the liberal elite wing of the party looks down on the ones in the party who actually can win them elections?
To maintain complete control of the plantation.
Exactly!
Trump said all of that. It's on video for christs sake!
Sure.
Only in some TDS-addled brains.
I agree, Trump should resign. What the United States needs is a power vacuum. The only way to change America is to decapitate the Federal government.
Let's be honest for once. Everyone in politics has been hiding behind Donald Trump. Trump has proven to be the perfect scapegoat for every occasion. Any looney tune political idea can be made to appear mainstream by simply blaming Trump. Congress can remain blameless. The bureaucracy can remain blameless. The private sector can remain blameless. Trump is the root cause of every ill in the country.
What happens when Trump is gone? Will Congress, the bureaucracy, and the private sector step up and accept responsibility and accountability for the ills in the country? That doesn't seem likely since they are deliberately using Trump to avoid responsibility now. There would be a political scramble to find another scapegoat to hide behind.
So, I agree. Trump should either resign or be forced out of office in the midst of a crisis to create a power vacuum. Then the public would see who is really harming the country.
I am hoping that my governor runs for POTUS in the next election. He has been a total rock star in all of this.
The encourage whoever that governor is to run. If Trump is removed then Republicans will need a candidate. And Democrats don't have a candidate at the moment.
Thank god my fruit-loop of a governor isn’t running for POTUS. She makes Hillary look smart.
She’s running for VP nominee. She thinks that the key to be noticed by democrat power brokers is to trample all over the constitutional rights of people who didn’t vote for her, a free preview of what they intend for us nationwide if they win in November.
Probably taking about the complainer and whiner in Chief, “God didn’t do that” Cuomo.
Who makes Trump look smart ?
Wow so that means Hillary is even dumber since Trump was smart enough to beat her.
Beat her like a red headed stepchild.
It is too late in the game for this election plus he would rather stay governor and serve us though this mess. I am hoping that he does consider running in the next one.
Thanks for the honesty.
An anarchist's wet-dream.
”An anarchist's wet-dream.“
Welcome aboard Trump Train.
What do you think Democrat's efforts to remove Trump from office are about? What was Adam Schiff hoping to accomplish?
W.H.O. and our mainstream media seem to be snuggling up with China against President Trump. Political cartoon by A.F. Branco ©2020.
So squiggy is that your idea of progress? To see everything torn down?
I will have no problem with seeing Trump charged, convicted and imprisoned after this term.
I won't either. But that will shine a bright light on how government functions and how politics impedes government, so don't expect it to happen.
For what? And when you attempt to answer, please don't let your feelings get the best of you.
Yeah, that looks bad. And I think we should look at all aspects of this to see what we could have done better, and could do to improve things going forward. But if we're head-hunting . . .
USA population (328M) is 4.5% of the world's population (7.2B).
USA cases (946K) is 33% of the world's cases (2.87M).
USA deaths (53K) is 26% of the world's cases (202K).
Pause for a moment, and realize that our mortality rate is better than our infection rate. That's something positive, at least.
Now examine New York. Population of almost 20M (6.1% of US population). 282K cases (30% of US total). Almost 17K deaths (32% of US total).
As long as we're firing politicians for the virus, it seems like maybe the governor of New York should resign.
So based on your scenario, all this BS about blaming China or it's government is misguided. We should just be calling for Wang Xiaodong's to resign.
Well you can do whatever you like with my “scenario.” I’m of the opinion that we don’t know enough to say whether or not any elected American should be resigning over the virus. I don’t know enough to say about China, either, but I do think they should be open to being investigated.
Why? What would happen next? If China as a nation can or should be held responsible for incompetent governance shouldn't the US be too?
When did I say the US should or should not be held responsible for something? Why are you even talking about this?
Because he made it up in his ind that you said it, now wants to argue with you over it.
Yeah, and then when I can't support a claim I never made, he'll have "won the argument."
Just another strawman argument.
Sigh.
Doesn't it get old that the same people do the same thing day after day after day?
Don't let that stop you - hardly anyone on this site knows enough about China, but it sure doesn't stop them from saying.
all i know, is i get my finest
Paper Plates,
from China, which is More than many on the right seem to have sight
of
From the comments of the far right that I've been reading here they probably think you can catch the virus from your paper plates, because they have been DELIBERATELY soaked in bat juice.
I trust you in the matters of anything China as you are there.
"I can get a hell of a good look at a T-Bone steak by sticking my head up a bull's ass, but I'd rather take the butcher's word for it." (Tommy Boy)
Let me enter this discussion with a question (I have not read the comment yet):
Who among us is prepared for Donald Trump to manage a forecast of coronavirus (COVID-20) outbreak this fall and into 2021?
This present poor foolish president can not even "dress out" our teams of healthcare professionals. It is as if these poor warriors are sent 'to a chemical war' without proper helmets, shields, or sufficient gas masks!
He clearly doesn't want the job and I keep going back to the interview a few years ago where he stated that he didn't really want the job and that his life was much better before. He is just got such an ego he won't leave, he is leaving everything out there on his VP, his daughter, his son-in-law and totally unqualified appointees. A very callous and calculated move to blame someone else. If his family had even one ounce of dignity or care for him they would get him an easy way out and cite health issues from his visit to Walter Reed that remain undisclosed and walk away with a little hope of laying low and moving on.