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British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I've Read
Nate White "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:
A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace - all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing - not once, ever. I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility - for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is - his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.
Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults - he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.
There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.
And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff - the Queensberry rules of basic decency - and he breaks them all. He punches downwards - which a gentleman should, would, could never do - and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless - and he kicks them when they are down.
So the fact that a significant minority - perhaps a third - of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.
• You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.
This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws - he would make a Trump.
And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: 'My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.
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BIDEN, HARRIS, DEMOCRATS AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ARE OFF TOPIC
Shouldn't that be in RED too?
lol
That's a whole lot of nothing.
stuck at entitled frat boy for 50+ years.
That describes the 'president' very well. A whole lot of nothing!
Excellent article, and of course all true.
I disagree though with the implication that it takes a Brit to see these things about Trump. Plenty of Americans have been saying the same things all along.
John,
It's an outsider perspective and Brits see things differently than Americans and articulate it differently. Americans wouldn't see his lack of humor... the Brits do, for example.
I think there are plenty of Americans that never saw his "humor" as funny. I generally don't laugh at idiocies like "lock her up".
I never thought he ever said one humorous thing, he's said some funny shit but I don't think he meant it to be funny. Like "Biden will tell you to listen to the scientists" kind of funny
He said crazy and insane things which later his sycophant followers proclaimed "He was just joking!" or "Can't you take a joke?".
Saying he wanted his people to stand and listen to him like Kim Jong Un's people do wasn't a joke.
When he floated the idea of injecting chemicals to kill Corona virus, that was not a joke.
When he told white supremacist militias to "Stand back, stand by" that was not a joke.
You have no sense of humor.
Again, you miss the point. Trump has never had a moment that he applied humor, not even in how he goes after his opponents. "Lock her up" is a tag line. It is not humor.
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That's crazy! Have you paid any attention to him? He's probably one of the funniest Presidents we've had since JFK, who was very witty.
I've never gotten Trump's brand of humor since he came down the escalator in Trump Tower that one fine day. I mean, I was standing back in the television audience with great expectation of something, but not knowing what/who would appear. After all, this was the man who had deviously harangued former President Barack Obama over his right to exercise the office during the 2012 election season with a red-hot blazing lie that, 'You won't believe what my investigators have found out about him!'
The "investigators," if they ever were, never came out from behind deep cover. It was all blanks shot out of Donald's mouth! Thankfully, the 2012 voters did not fall for the fakery of Donald!
Back to that 'fatal' escalator dump onto the landing and its stand of network microphones.
Donald: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. . . . . "
Full stop. My face cracked at, ". . . not sending their best" The spoken words after that was just lapping on more sauce and flavors.
Out in television land I was imagining how many people in that room "LIVE" were thinking - what is this about a whole class of people?
Mexico's sends us its "problems"? Er, what Donald?
Well that was my "hello, world" to the coming out Donald Trump. It was a deeply naughty first impression which didn't quite turn my smile upside down. After that opening, my smile appeared more Kevin in HOME ALONE (1990) —without the hands to his face!
I know what you mean by this, though it just puts on display Donald's 'leaky' mind, where truth squeaks out and upset the hinges! For about the space of a millisecond, it did not register on Donald that he was shouting out a compliment to Joe. Then, it hit him, and he toned it down to a mutter.
Sean,
Personally, I have never seen that, but I will read the Politico article that Jim linked to.
I'll check it out Jim. But remember, you can't claim that Politico is biased after that, LOL.
The ABSURD and conspicuously DISINGENUOUS while posited as serious, is not literally "humorous," it is simply absurd and thus subject to ridicule, often to the extent of being laughed at … a "joke" unto itself.
This Canadian as well.
An absolutely correct and accurate description of Trump.
This is brilliant.
It's brilliantly written...
I realize that the piece is meant as humo(u)r above all, but it seems to me that Mr White could have been even more wicked, if he had done the "sect leader" aspect, too.
Thanks K, fun stuff!
I've know and have worked with Brits for decades. This article is accurate in all respects.
...all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.
Not just Obama, but all of our most challenged presidents as well..... Lincoln, the Roosevelts, Truman, Eisenhower, and Regan al had humility and empathy by the boatload.
Correct! These people do see it too! The shallowness. The "I'm with you as long as you are behind me." BS. Donald Trump is treating this nation without heart. I will not forget (ever) how he is performing such contempt for his "followers" and the rest of us, by making doctors sign NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) in furtherance of his personal secrecy, while now gallivanting throughout this nation as some pillar of health. Something is wrong with this picture. He appears to not have lost a step with this virus—for all the heavy dosing and experimental drugs traveling throughout his system. We needed a better understanding of what happened to our so-called, "leader" in his hospital care.
Donald shut it down. And the sick, and dying 'mericans continue on as before. . . .
Donald Trump is a shallow man.
They sure did. They handled things with grace and were totally presidential.
I think that's what pissed off so many white nationalists, white supremacists and your average bigoted religious conservative. They simply couldn't stand seeing a black man who had far more "class, charm, coolness, credibility, compassion, wit, warmth, wisdom, subtlety, sensitivity, self-awareness, humility, honor and grace" than they or any of their slimy white Christian patriarchy representatives.
There it is.......
They couldn't/can't stand the fact that they didn't/don't measure up to the class and ability that Obama has. Think about the Tuskeegee Airmen in WWII. They had to do it better in every respect to their white counterparts just to fly, and yet still were considered lower on the totem pole than white German POWs interned in many parts of the US. The same shallow thinking that crawled out from under the rocks in 2008 and is still walking in the light of day today.
Very true, sadly.
It's because of the massive cover Trump has provided them. Trump legitimized white supremacy again and proclaimed to America that there wasn't anything wrong with being a white nationalist, like George Wallace did back in his day.
"The Tuskegee Airmen" - the original one with Laurence Fishburne - a great movie.
I just saw that he's now smeariing Dr. Fauci - of COURSE Trump will blame whoever he can for his own negligent mismanagement of the virus.
Someone should send him a desk sign that says "THE BUCK STOPS ELSEWHERE".
True, every word.
You knocked it out of the park Kavika...HOME RUN!😻
Spot on!
And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: 'My God… what… have… I… created?'
Dr. Frankenshat!
As someone who was raised between here and England, this article articulated what I have been trying to formulate in my head for so long. It's summed up so well between these two lines:
And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing - not once, ever. I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility - for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is - his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.
In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws - he would make a Trump.
I mean what else is there to say?
There is not a family dog in the White House for the first time in 100 years. Trump doesn't like dogs and that alone is enough to disqualify him from a 2nd term.
he probably makes melania crawl around the condo with a fur coat on and sniff his crotch.
Psychological studies say that people who do not keep pets lack empathy and are detachment from others.
I heard that, too. Many people have said that to me when I am asleep. I am a "sleeping psychic/co!
"he probably makes melania crawl around the condo with a fur coat on and sniff his crotch."
and pee on him
One hundred years????
To be fair, the Clintons started out with a cat and the Obamas didn't get one for a few years into the first term, but there is definitely something wrong with a person who doesn't have a gold fish
Hey, cats count, too! Just ask Wally!
He would make a great First Cat. What would you call that CATOUS?
Well, that is not true. But I can see how it is difficult for animal-lovers to learn about! I mean most people who love (possess) animals have done so all their lives or for some goodly part of it. I had maybe two animals (possessions) in my entire life and neither cat was within the last many, many, years. Knock on wood! (You know why I say that last part- right!)
But, we can have empathy. I guess it is much like secularist can be good apart from spirituality. (Did I go there? Yes, but only briefly I hope.)
Hey I like that TG! Yup, let's go with CATOUS!
Good point.
He hits all the markers for socio/psychopaths also.
You mean "Little Marco", and "Low Energy Jeb", and "Lying Ted Cruz", and "Crooked Hillary" and "Sleepy Joe" didnt make you chuckle? You must not be a Trumpster !
Actually no.
Me too. I frown on namecalling.
Very well written, though it could have been written any time The Donald stepped into the American zeitgeist from the '80's onward. It's only more appropriate the more he opens his yuuuggee yapper.
Trump's most recent attacks on Dr. Fusci is exactly what this article was stating.
Trump Unloads on Anthony Fauci, Calling Him a ‘Disaster’ and an ‘Idiot’ Over Coronavirus
60 minutes did a story about Fauci and clears up not only his positions on COVID but also how his life has changed. That he and his entire family have had their lives threatened.
Most folks who dare to disagree with this 'president' get their lives and the lives of their families threatened
I hope more than a few of the Dr Fauci haters watch this video and see how their type of vitriol affects an innocent person
'No Blame?' ABC News finds 54 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults.
President Donald Trump insists he deserves no blame for divisions in America.
MAGA's call everything they do not wish to believe, "fake news" …
You read my mind AMac, that's exactly what I was going to post.
Violence in the name of Trump
Dozens of supporters of Donald Trump have carried out or threatened acts of violence. Here, the Guardian lists them all
I don't know if these are included in the 54 above.
Doesn't Bob have a seed up about the amount of violence and domestic terrorism that has occurred in the last 4 years?
I ask because it's a good article and it's chilling how these people are hanging on to his every word. They think he validates them
DEFINITION of a MAGA
"A resentful caucasian who has yet to be infected by, and/or, who has yet to have a family member, friend, neighbor, etc., infected or killed by COVID-19 … and become a Biden-voter as a result.
Dear MAGAs,
“A generation of the unteachable is hanging upon us like a necklace of corpses.” ― George Orwell
Have elderly parents, MAGA? Re-elect Trump, &, once he guts their Medicare & Social Security, they'll be movin' in with you.
Proverbs 11:29: He who troubles his own house will inherit wind, And the foolish will be servant to the wisehearted. … Dump your "white resentment"!
Governor Whitmer would count as some being a lot more than threatened. Of course, there is the Mayor of Witchita Kansas who was threatened by some nut to cut his throat over having to wear a mask. The guy was trying to get the Mayor's address to follow through on his threat.
Terroristic Threat
Michigan Law - (1) A person is guilty of making a terrorist threat or of making a false report of terrorism if the person does either of the following:
(a) Threatens to commit an act of terrorism and communicates the threat to any other person. (2) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant did not have the intent or capability of committing the act of terrorism. (3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 20 years or a fine of not more than $20,000.00, or both.But...but...but....people who aren't trmp supporters aren't being threatened!!!!!
But but but... the President...
"Doesn't Bob have a seed up about the amount of violence and domestic terrorism that has occurred in the last 4 years?
I ask because it's a good article and it's chilling how these people are hanging on to his every word. They think he validates them"
For some reason those seeds don't get much traction.
A Russian propaganda smear against Joe Biden, however.
"Governor Whitmer would count as some being a lot more than threatened. Of course, there is the Mayor of Witchita Kansas who was threatened by some nut to cut his throat over having to wear a mask. The guy was trying to get the Mayor's address to follow through on his threat."
I posted a seed about that but it didn't get much traction.
A Russian propaganda Joe Biden smear, however . . .
Hunter Biden! Oh, the scandal!
Inherit the Wind....... One of my top all time five movies. Right up there with To Kill a Mockingbird.
The author of the latest Biden smear is known liar, Peter Franz Schweizer, an American writer and political consultant. He is the president of the Government Accountability Institute, a conservative think-tank [3] [4] located in Tallahassee, Florida . [5] [6]
GAI was founded in 2012 [7] by Peter Schweizer and Steve Bannon with funding from Robert Mercer and family . [8]
You would think. But here in lies the issue. We didn't get here without Trump's help. People complain that people who disagree with Trump are "Haters" yet somehow missing that the biggest "Hate" is in the White House. His rallies are a hatefest. It's amazing how myopic people are.
Well, I saw your reply to the late, not-great, gun worshipper about it's not binary (not that I think he got it). I can't stand trmp, wish he wasn't the POTUS, wish he would go to jail, but I don't hate him. And I don't hate all trmp supporters. Mr Giggles happens to be a trumpy but I don't hate him...most days.
I verified the claim … here it is again. Claiming we " all have failed to support the dumbass theory I objected to," is essentially to call those verifications, "fake". The link is quite specific and complete. Dismissing it summarily as you have, is tantamount to declaring it fake.
Here's just one verification … each one at the link is just as specific.
Source: Broward County Sheriff's Office/AP
Feb. 23, 2017: Kevin Seymour and his partner Kevin price were riding their bicycles in Key West, Florida, when a man on a moped, 30-year-old Brandon Davis of North Carolina, hurled anti-gay slurs at them and "intentionally" ran into Seymour's bike, shouting, "You live in Trump country now," according to police reports and Davis' attorney. Davis ultimately pleaded guilty to a charge of battery evidencing prejudice, but in court, he expressed remorse and was sentenced to four years of probation.
May 3, 2017: In South Padre Island, Texas, 35-year-old Alexander Jennes Downing of Waterford, Connecticut, was captured on cellphone video taunting and aggressively approaching a Muslim family, repeatedly shouting, "Donald Trump will stop you!" and other Trump-related remarks. Police arrested downing, of Waterford, Connecticut, for public intoxication. It's unclear what came of the charge.
The 54 cases identified by ABC News are remarkable in that a link to the president is captured in court documents and police statements, under the penalty of perjury or contempt. These links are not speculative – they are documented in official records. And in the majority of cases identified by ABC News, it was perpetrators themselves who invoked the president in connection with their case, not anyone else.
That's your claim is it not?
But please, correct me if I am wrong.
Let me be more specific; you asked … " Maybe some of those who disagree with him daily here can relate how they have been threatened"?
The question is a parsed equivocation; the ACTUAL QUESTION IS:
"How has Trump made himself a threat, by way of his depraved followers , to those he has targeted"?
By failing to outright condemn, or, even to praise, hate groups like the Nazis in Charlottesville, the Proud Boys, rogue police officers, et al, that, while simultaneously denigrating peaceful protestors … and PLANTING AGENT PROVOCATEURS (white supremacists in blackface who loot and burn then blame it on blacks) … TRUMP is a constant threat to decency and safety. Even now, Dr. Anthony Fauci and his family must travel with security because Trump's badmouthing of him incites his sycophantic army of goons.
And, he invents targets that don't actually exist! Here's your "ATIFA"!
Instead of the usual MAGA dismissive, "get a clue, Dude," make an factual rebuttal.
And we, NT, look to you like we are "blowing up" cable news, print media, and Youtube—how? What happens to people who step out of line with this guy is important, but puts a political target on them and those they closely associate with. It is not a game. It should not be talked about lightly.
Donald Trump is fully aware of what he does in the Twitter universe when he politically puts the "evi-word" on their name. And as for Donald's branding? Well, he tarnishes it himself deliberately, because he wants to be brash and feared by his perceived enemies. When really the solution to having enemies is to act - friendly.
Hmmm. I had'nt seen this 'line of attack' before as agent provocateur. Glad we have his 'mug' to look upon. He looks good pressed up against the wall and exposed for all to see! Thank you, A. Mac!
I quoted you and provided specifics illustrating your flawed position; bailing out under the guise of righteous indignation is no rebuttal ... it’s the MAGA motif.
The question you asked was based on taking a hyperbolic assertion that was still valid in principal ... and taking it literally to evade the issue itself, namely, Trump’s incendiary, vindictive red meat message to incite the deranged among his base.
When Trump uses hyperbole such as prefacing a pronouncement with “everybody knows,” or, “lots of people are saying,”’ MAGAs simply nod their heads and go with it.
If you can’t see the forest for the trees, it may be because you don’t want to. That doesn’t alter the reality ... the issue of Trump vindictiveness.
Same dismissive, no specific rebuttal.
The Appeal to the Stone Fallacy: When People Are Dismissive During Discussions. The appeal to the stone is a logical fallacy that occurs when a person dismisses their opponent's argument as absurd, without actually addressing it, or without providing sufficient evidence in order to prove its absurdity.
You know very well that what Tessylo means is those whom Trump KNOWS have disagreed with him. Your comment is no different than if I should say that Trump gives a medal to everyone who supports him.
WOW!!! 29 comments between my comment and the one I replied to - this system just doesn't work right.
Emerging after days of darkness, President Donald Trump threatened Americans on Monday night with a military crackdown involving “thousands of heavily armed soldiers.” Shortly before Trump appeared on camera, federal police under his authority attacked a peaceful group of people near the White House with tear gas and rubber bullets, including members of a local Christian clergy . The group was violently cleared from the churchyard without warning so that Trump could walk over to create propaganda . Years in the making, Trump’s violent rhetoric, spread by the most powerful communications companies in history, is being realized in violent action against ordinary people by the hands of armed authorities .
President Trump celebrates violence. He is responsible for the grotesque abuse of children and families on our borders. He pardoned a Navy SEAL convicted of war crimes . He celebrates violence at his rallies , and he has complained that his supporters are not violent enough . He celebrates violence against journalists . Years before George Floyd was killed by police, Trump told police that they should harm prisoners in their custody . Because he desires violence wherever he looks, the president even wishes football was more violent . His followers listen.
NEED MORE?
I Never Bluff … be it an arbitration where a worker's job is on the line, or, in a debate regarding a serious issue. And I will provoke a plaintiff to repeatedly paint himself in the proverbial corner, not capriciously, instead, by using his own weak/dismissive/ad hominem argument as a warranted taunt.
Help! Where is the 60 minute video coverage to watch?
We are definitely spoiled that way, aren't we?
So much projection from the 'president'
One of the worlds' biggest disasters and idiots.
Trump is The Great White Hope … his tactics are congruent with Hitler's Joseph Gobbels!
And, like Hitler, Trump did not convert anyone to his agenda, rather, he galvanized those who hated the same people he hated.
Trump is GUILTY OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY at the Southern Border and in conjunction with his intentional sabotage re: COVID TESTING, TRACKING, FUNDING -- CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY - certain acts that are purposely committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack, directed against any civilians, in time of war or peace. He intentionally mislead America about the virulent properties of COVID-19, and did so in order "not to spook the stock markets and hurt his re-election chances" (he directed his staff to keep the information secret for that very reason)!
Trump and Republicans used the COVID information as it was coming to them (but not the rest of us), TO DUMP CERTAIN STOCKS IN AN INSIDER TRADING DEAL which AG Barr failed to investigate with the exception of one REPUBLICAN, SENATOR RICHARD BURR - who WOULD NOT GO ALONG WITH REPUBLICAN BULLSHIT INTELLIGENCE!
The personal danger to me that Trump represents if he's re-elected;
$130,123.84! That’s the total drug costs for calendar year 2019 for my wife and myself, most of which is comprised by medication for my wife’s cancer.
Got lots more if anyone's interested.
There's this also AMac
Trump Administration Privately Warned Wealthy Donors While Publicly Downplaying The Coronavirus
Category: News & Politics
Via: tessylo • 3 days ago • 5 commentsBy: Igor Derysh, Salon
The Information Reportedly Helped Elite Traders "Gain Financial Advantage" When "Global Markets Were Teetering"
IGOR DERYSH
OCTOBER 15, 2020 4:43PM (UTC)
The Trump administration publicly downplayed the coronavirus in the early days of the pandemic while giving major Republican donors private warnings. The information helped elite traders "gain financial advantage during a chaotic three days when global markets were teetering," according to The New York Times . President Donald Trump repeatedly downplayed the threat posed by the virus in February. He claimed on Feb. 24 that it was "very much under control" in the U.S., and the stock market was "starting to look very good to me." That same day, Trump's economic team privately gave a less optimistic briefing to board members of the Hoover Institution , a conservative think tank whose members often donate to Republican candidates. Top economic adviser Larry Kudlow also sought to publicly insist that the virus was "contained," and the economy was "holding up nicely" on Feb. 25. But privately, Kudlow was not as certain in his Hoover presentation later that day, where he was quoted as saying the virus was "contained in the U.S., to date, but now we just don't know." The private comments were included in a lengthy email by hedge fund consultant William Callanan, who detailed the three-day Hoover event to hedge fund manager and top Republican donor David Tepper before it was distributed it to others. "What struck me," Callanan wrote, was that nearly all officials brought up the virus "as a point of concern, totally unprovoked." Kudlow "revised his statement about the virus being contained," he added. Tomas Philipson, the chairman of Trump's Council of Economic advisers, acknowledged to The Times that he had expressed uncertainty during the private briefing. Kudlow also did not dispute that he had made the comments. The former CNBC anchor told the outlet that he believed his comments were not materially different from his public ones. "There was never any intent on my part to misinform," he said. The Hoover Institution, which is led by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, includes board members like Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch, who did not attend the meeting. There has also been a revolving door between the think tank and the Trump administration. Joshua Rauh, one of the economists who spoke at the meeting, has since rejoined the institution. Kevin Hassett , who moderated the panel and served as the top White House economist, is now a Hoover Institution fellow. Dr. Scott Atlas, a Hoover fellow who has pushed the discredited "herd immunity" strategy , joined Trump's coronavirus task force in August. The stock market was already struggling as public health officials publicly contradicted the administration's rosy outlook, but investors "spotted the immediate significance" of the private messaging, according to The Times. The president's aides appeared to be giving wealthy party donors an early warning of a potentially impactful contagion at a time when Mr. Trump was publicly insisting that the threat was nonexistent. Some investors stocked up on toilet paper and other essential items before a mad rush caused nationwide shortages, according to The Times. Others decided to "short everything," or bet that certain stocks would fail, to profit from the collapse. Callanan reportedly sent the email to Tepper, the owner of the Carolina Panthers and the prominent hedge fund Appaloosa Management, detailing the "level of concern" among officials and how "ill-prepared health agencies appeared to combat a pandemic." The email was circulated throughout the company, and its warnings were shared with other investors, according to the report. Those investors shared it with their own associates. The email was shared between at least four financial firms over 24 hours, on the same day the Dow Jones fell 300 points. Callanan told The Times that the email was shared "without his knowledge or consent." He claimed that the copy obtained by the outlet was "materially different" than the original one he created, though he would not say how. Tepper disputed that the email was significant. "We were in the information flow on COVID at that point," he told The Times. "Because we were so public about this warning, people were calling us at this time. The report highlights the disconnect between the rosy picture the Trump administration tried to paint to an unprepared public — before panic and supply shortages began — and growing concerns within the administration. Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro distributed an internal memo on Feb. 23 predicting the coronavirus could kill as many as 2 million Americans. Trump told Bob Woodward even earlier on Feb. 7 that the virus was airborne and "more deadly than even your strenuous flus," according to the journalist's new book . Democrats said The Times report showed where the administration's priorities were before the pandemic killed more than 217,000 Americans. "If this doesn't tell you who they prioritize then I don't know what will," Michigan Democratic Senate leader Jim Ananich said . "People died and he lied."
Trump's gift to his donors and other wealthy ones, using common taxpayers' money, were used by at least two of them to buy Lamborghinis, and who knows how many others bought MORE luxuiries they already had with them. An article was posted about that a while back.
It is extremely important to elect a Democratic House and Senate. I believe if the SC knocks down the ACA, a Democratic Senate will rewrite it immediately without people suffering too much. If the Senate stays Republican we are all screwed.
FLIP THE SENATE! GET OUT THE VOTE! FLIP THE WHITE HOUSE!
Trump disgraces everything America stands for...
He sure as hell disgraces the peoples White House.....
Nate White is a hero!
Me too!
Isnt this rich? Shouldn't someone defend Trump? Shouldn't there be clowns? Send in the clowns...
How about Don't Cry For Me Covita ?
He has Dershowitz...
There is one, whose only defence is to say that everything we say about Trump is a deflection, which is quite amusing since his hero is the King of Deflection.
Sometimes the Brit's have what I would call a dry humour, which some people don't get.
A Shakespeare of shit. Hahaha
I grew up with it and still watch Britcoms. Nothing is as funny on American TV.
I loved the older ones they use to show on PBS.
My favorites were Absolutely Fabulous, Are You Being Served and Keeping Up With Appearances.
Those are great programs, but I think my favorite was Last of the Summer Wine. What a riot.
Ab Fab is just that. Ab Fab.
I haven't watched The Last Shout in a while. I think I'll watch it in a bit. I need some laughs. Of course I'll need to put some bubbly on ice. Lots of bubbly.
Something about British Comedy that can't be beat.
Have you seen After Life with Ricky Gervais? It's excellent. On Netflix.
Ab Fab was fantastic! Keeping up Appearances, also. Loved the Buckets, or should I say the Bouquets?
Almost the same faves, Ab Fab, Keeping up Appearances, The Vicar of Dibley and Chef! Also As time goes by.
Here is an interesting little story. When I was 7 years old, I was shipped off to England for the year to stay with my grandma, since Dad was off to sea and mom had the shop to run. Grandma had a men's haberdashery in Ealing, where the studios are for all of these shows.
One day they were shooting a show that I used to watch called "Not in front of the Children". I was there talking it up with the lead kids when the show's director came over to me and said, "Hey 'itle girl.. we need a Yank kid for this episode and none of our actors can put on your accent... do you want to be in the show?"
Well, heck yes! And I ran off to ask my grandmother's permission which she gave.
Well, I found out why they needed a Yank kid. The storyline was that the starring kids pets were all dying suddenly and everyone thought that it was the Yank kid's fault because we were thought of as unlucky (turns out that it wasn't)... but still.. I was kind of pissed. Who knew the English thought we Yanks were unlucky. I knew they thought we were crude, rude, loud, impatient, uncouth, elbow on the table, fork and knife switching barbarians, but not unlucky, also. And despite all that, they liked us, so go figure.
Anyway, there are only a few eps I found on the internet and not the ep that I was on, but still a good story.
I have never seen that one. I will have to look.
As Time Goes By...Was that the one with Judi Dench? I watched it for a while. Didn't think that one was really funny.
When I was a kid we watched Benny Hill.
So...Perrie the tv star! The childhood actor! Haha
That was pretty cool though, got to be a part of it.
Do you think Trump was a good example of a New York American when attending his first (I think) meeting with innternational leaders and he shoved other leaders aside and pushed himself through to be up front and centre for a photo op?
I just found an ep on the google:
It said all eight surviving episodes. I would guess they lost most of them?
LOL!! That's a hoot!!
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And that is proveable even before he opens his mouth.
while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing - not once, ever.
Actually, that’s not true, although it was obviously not authored by him. Remember in 2016 when Melania plagiarized Michelle Obama? Trump’s handlers found an opportunity to make him look human by roasting his wife in their prepared remarks at a charity dinner. “ The media is biased and I have the proof. Michelle Obama gives a speech and everyone loves it. My wife gives the same exact speech and people get on her case.”
It was actually a funny line, but I feel like Donald didn’t really get the joke in the first place. He literally has no sense of humor. Theft of anything is not a mock-able moment for the Trumps. It is cause for celebration.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/people/donald-trump-melania-trump-plagiarism-joke-a7372981.html%3famp
Trump, being the vindictive bastard he is, understands PAY BACKS well enough to make himself as inconspicuous as possible should Democrats keep the House and gain control of the Senate. Prospects of prison based on his many non-pardonable crimes … a legal principle called “dual sovereignty” allows a state (or multiple states) to prosecute people for the same crimes as the federal government, if the conduct constitutes a crime and was committed in that state.
He can talk all the shit he does now, but if he becomes convinced that a blue wave is imminent, he'll like fade into the background rather than incite more venom from the multitudes of survivors of those he's killed, displaced, insulted, put out-of-work, evicted …
And watch for the rats leaving the proverbial ship as they sense the need to cleanse their images of complicity or unconscionable silence in the face of near Naziism! Many will be seeking deals with the heretofore perceived enemy democrats.
Take it from a retired Philly politician.
Spot on Mac! He knows that if he loses he is fair game for both Federal and Civil prosecution for his many crimes. He has already said that he may have to leave the country if he loses to Biden, and likely already has money stashed away in a foreign bank and plans made for a quick exit out of the country.
However, I wonder which one of our devoted allies will happily grant him asylum? Then again, maybe China, Russia and Syria will gladly rescue him and his family. /s
“Could you imagine if I lose? I’m not going to feel so good. Maybe I’ll have to leave the country ... ”
(Donald J. Trump 10/16/20)
Whatever else you do, Justin, PLEASE, PLEASE keep the border closed.
HA! I am picturing a Brit saying all of that in their English accent and with 'a stiff upper lip'! Resolved to call out our dastardly tyrant of a leader for nearly all his shortcomings!
Getting "read" like this should cut Donald to the 'quick'! While always in need of an embrace: that is a verbal slap careening world-wide! Donald, the ball is in your court now!
Fucking perfect. An absolute perfect description f Trump, the obvious physical similarities aside.
LOL!! There ya go! Perfect fit for both of them.
From the article:
And MY personal opinion:
Locked for the night, will reopen tomorrow.