I thought Trump cared more about the economy than American lives. That was the whole point of this thread.
Here's why Trump wants us all to go back to work
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I thought Trump cared more about the economy than American lives. That was the whole point of this thread.
Concern about the economy is the very reason Trump gave for why he wanted Easter to be the point at which we all go back to normal mode. Trump even trotted out his economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, to defend his position on that.
I said on the first page of this thread that it wouldn't happen and that Trump would be forced to change his mind on that because we are still in the early to mid-stages of this pandemic, and that is what has happened.
ok doser
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we can shelter in place for the three, six, nine months it will take for a vaccine to be developed and watch the entire world slip into a Depression worse than that of the 30's in America
in which case the only segment of the population that will be affected will be the essential workers - some of them will die
what I'm coming to realize is that the vast majority of my fellow Americans are involved in non-essential work
perhaps they should be taxed more heavily to support the essential workers who are putting their lives at risk?
There's nothing wrong with being concerned about the economy. Trump simply expressed hope that we could get back to normal by Easter. No one "forced" Trump to change his mind. He changed it himself because he cares more about human lives than the stock market.
Is it even remotely possible that a pandemic in its early stages could just go away in the time span of 3 weeks?
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
Trump speaks in a rambling, stream of consciousness, ambiguous manner. It's not always easy to understand what he's saying, what he's trying to express.
Those who inherently dislike him, those that have an irrational, emotional, visceral hatred of him, tend to interpret his spoken thoughts very differently from those who don't.
I expect we're going to see a lot more of this during the next five years
The US Sent Tons of Medical Supplies to China Even as Senators Warned of Virus Threat Here
March 29. 2020
The United States government sent nearly 17.8 tons of donated medical supplies to China—including masks and respirators—almost three weeks after the first case of the coronavirus was reported in the state of Washington.
In a press release from the State Department dated Feb. 7, the agency announced it was prepared to spend up to $100 million to assist China as the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths continued to rise there. The day the press release went out, Trump tweeted that he spoke with China’s President Xi Jinping and that China would be “successful especially as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker and then gone.”
At the time, sending supplies overseas may have seemed like the right thing to do. But it’s worth noting that this release of vital medical supplies came two days after several senators, including Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy, offered to allocate congressional emergency funding for preventative health measures and research to ward off the virus in the United States—and President Donald Trump turned it down. “Local health systems need supplies, training, screening staff, etc…” tweeted Murphy, “and they need it now.”
https://www.motherjones.com/coronavi...s-threat-here/
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I'm sure that Trump supporters on this forum will be desperately searching for implausible excuses as to explain why their "Golden Boy" was so generous in allocating precious masks and ventilators tor COVIR-19 3 weeks after the first case was reported in the US - so much for his slogan "America First!"
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ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
yes, we've always been a generous country, willing to help out others in need
how much assistance did Justin Trudeau give Jinping when the China Virus was tearing through Wuhan Province?
IMPLAUSIBLE EXCUSE #1
Of course if Obama had done this you would accuse him of being a commie lover and of destroying our country by giving away to China the very medical equipment we are now lacking. From the article:
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At the time, sending supplies overseas may have seemed like the right thing to do. But it’s worth noting that this release of vital medical supplies came two days after several senators, including Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy, offered to allocate congressional emergency funding for preventative health measures and research to ward off the virus in the United States—and President Donald Trump turned it down. “Local health systems need supplies, training, screening staff, etc…” tweeted Murphy, “and they need it now.”
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
Donald Trump has been accused of a lot of things - "GENEROUS" is not one of them!
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
is MY President, not yours
eider
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Very useful graphs.
The higher % fatality rate in Europe is sad and surprising., We are hearing accounts from recovering younger fitter people who can barely speak.
We watched a press-release of President Trump speaking to the US this morning.
He is now calling it 'Coronavirus' so he has obviously listened to his advisers about that.
Its just a matter of time before this President starts referring to it as Washington Coronavirus, Michigan Coronavirus or the name of any other state with a Democratic governor with which Trump is conducting a personal vendetta!
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eider
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I have heard him speaking about those he dislikes.....
But I'm glad he has switched from China virus to Coronavirus because that might help to reduce attacks upon Asians in the States.
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
I have heard him speaking about those he dislikes.....
which endears him to his base - he's blunt and forceful, doesn't give a crap about hurt feelings - I believe you prissy little girlieman europeans (who would be speaking German if not for us) refer to it as "the ugly American"
eider
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I have heard him speaking about those he dislikes.....
But I'm glad he has switched from China virus to Coronavirus because that might help to reduce attacks upon Asians in the States.
Boris does seems to be invested in putting his country first.