I am running out of ways to explain to myself — let alone to others — how Donald J. Trump continues to bob and weave his way out of political trouble.
On this man’s presidential watch we are witnessing a pandemic that I will acknowledge immediately he did not create. However, his nonresponse early on has led to the deaths that have caused unspeakable tragedy for tens of thousands of American families.
He is focusing mainly on the economic devastation. He says he wants to restart the economy. He is placing his emphasis on that desire. Meanwhile, the jobless rate today was reported to have surpassed 14 percent and non-farm private-sector jobs declined by — gulp! — more than 20 million in just the past month.
He blows it off! It was expected, he said. No worries, Trump said. The economy will bounce back bigger and better than ever. When? He doesn’t know. He cannot possibly know. Yet he pretends to know it’ll happen “soon.”
The Trump cultists buy into this clap trap.
The video and audio record is full of example after example of Trump declaring the pandemic was “under control.” That it would vanish like a “miracle.” My goodness! It has gone in precisely the opposite direction.
Americans are suffering. Business is shattered. In my entire life I’ve never witnessed anything like this. I tend to look toward Washington for some inkling that the president actually cares about me, my family, my friends, all Americans. This guy? He doesn’t give a sh**!
And yet …
He keeps showing signs that he just might wiggle his way back to a second term as president.
How does this clown do this?
The Democratic Party has a presumptive nominee, Joe Biden, who is laying low at the moment. He faces an allegation from a woman who accuses him of a sexual assault. Donald Trump has several such female accusers out there, so it behooves Trump to keep his mouth shut on this particular issue.
My hope is that Biden is able to make the coronavirus pandemic a campaign issue that he can hang around Trump’s neck. My loathing of Trump is well known to readers of this blog. He needs to go. He has disgraced the high office he occupies and continues to bring shame to the nation.
First things first. Joe Biden has to step off the sidelines and get back onto the field of play.
He responded faster than anyone on the left wanted him to and you know it. You just wonāt acknowledge it. When he stopped travel, he was a racist and Pelosi went to Chinatown encouraging people to come on down. Heās helped every state that has asked and some that didnāt. Heās helped increase test production as well as PPE production by pressuring companies at the same time keeping them from inflating their prices.
You need to look heavily at the timeline of events and youāll see he acted much earlier than he should have, according to the left and media. When he first started implementation of strategies, the media said he was overreacting, Pelosi and Schumer egged them on.
Get a grip!
No, John, he decidedly did not. Trump ignored intelligence warnings on numerous fronts apart from travel bans. His response was an abject failure.
A timely response would have included scaling up production of PPEs and testing capabilities months ago, which he did not and at which he continues to fail.
Part of the the clap trap includes your disengenuous travel ban talking points. Of course Trump was a known racist well before he was elected and was elected, in part, for his racism, but he ignored medical experts who warned that travel from Europe, not China, was the bigger threat, and still he allowed more than 40,000 from China to enter the country, so there really wasn’t a ban.
No, Trump didn’t help every state equitably. He played favorites and at times punished blue states who rightly criticized Trump for forcing states to compete against each AND the federal government in the bidding process for PPEs. It didn’t have to be this way.
Hereās a partial timeline of warnings Trump ignored, which doesn’t include November warnings:
“Starting āat the beginning of January,ā and continuing through February, the PDB repeatedly mentioned the outbreak, according to the Post. By mid- or late January, the coronavirus was a frequent and central topic.
On January 18, per The New York Times, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar first briefed Trump about the virus, via phone.
On January 22, speaking to CNBC in Davos, Switzerland, Trump dismissed the virus: āWe have it totally under control. Itās one person coming in from China, and we have it under control.ā (He also expressed confidence that China was forthcoming about the outbreak.)
On January 27, the Post has reported, top White House aides met about the virus, with one warning that an outbreak could cost Trump his reelection.
On January 29, the trade adviser Peter Navarro wrote in a memo that the virus could cause mass loss of life and economic destruction.
On January 31, Trump banned entry into the U.S. for most foreigners who had been in China, though by then there were already cases in the United States, and the ban excepted Americans who had been in China.
After a February 5 briefing, senators asked the White House to act more aggressively. āJust left the Administration briefing on Coronavirus,ā tweeted Senator Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat. āBottom line: they arenāt taking this seriously enough. Notably, no request for ANY emergency funding, which is a big mistake. Local health systems need supplies, training, screening staff etc. And they need it now.ā
On February 25, Nancy Messonnier of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases warned that ādisruption to everyday life may be severeā as a result of the virus. Trump was reportedly furious that Messonnier had needlessly scared the public. He did not recommend social distancing until March 16.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/how-many-warnings-did-trump-ignore/610846/
Sadly, your biggest fear is that he will get the economy to bounce back faster than anyone predicts. You guys would absolutely lose it!