Trump is speaking now

Everyone is doing a fantastic job, apparently. Vacuous superlatives

“Biggesh in the world, in the world of shtores”

He can barely speak.

Stores are stocking up.

He’s an awful speaker. Awful

It’s like a long ass commercial for Walmart and other big companies.

“Phenomenal people”

“Very contagious virus! We have good control of it!”

He doesn’t understand this at all

People are going to panic but even more stuff once he’s don’t talking.

2 min in and he's already off the rails. "Stop buying things. This will pass. Relax."

Everyone standing around him has a WTF look on their face.

This is beyond moronic.

Only talking about federal reserve interest rate cut

Botoxed VP speaking now

Asshole isn’t going to answer any questions.

Maybe Pence should just pray harder

So I guess it’s officially not a Democratic hoax

Pence looks like they dug up Johnny Carson.

Thankfully he skipped the endless praise of Trump

I hope they will nail Pence on the number of tests that are available. This is ridiculous.

Who's the old bag in the scarf?

Communities of faith, oh lordy

You’re not in Indiana anymore, Dorothy!

Do we have beautiful tests yet?

This is supposedly the greatest healthcare system in the world but we putter along in a public health emergency

Pence is practicing for his hope to be president one day

I would love to backdoor Pence.

These people are not standing 6 feet apart.

Testing? What about treatment?

Yeah Pence is auditioning.

R20 My mom. Thanks for noticing.

Is Pence going to get spanked by Mother later?

Does Pence not know Nikki Haley is going to be Trump's running mate this year?

Admiral? In OUR Navy?

“Everything is GREAT! The BEST!”

Who is this Admiral? I missed the introduction and the chyron is useless...

R30, You are so funny! When are you appearing at Caroline's? Such a wit.

The guys in blue are in the US Public Health Service— the black guy in the back is the US Surgeon General, who leads the Public Health Service

Giroir is the Asst Secretary of Health

Tweet from Daniel Day at CNN:

Trump: "Young people, people of good health, and groups of people, just are not strongly affected. Elderly people that are not well, not well in certain respects, are really a very dangerous group. We have to watch them." He doesn't explain young people can infect old people.

So old people are “very dangerous“? That’s it! It’s old people’s fault! Always a group to blame for this asshole’s failings.

So where do you go and what do you do if you’re sick? This guy keeps talking and not saying anything.

The lady in the red shawl is an HIV expert of some sort.

When Trump and Pence were on, she was blinking in Morse Code “Dont believe a word!”

Pence would look great in leather shorts.

R39, well, Trump is in the “old people” category and he is dangerous.

R37 /R38 Thank you for the information. I came in late to this conversation.

I wish he would just stroke out on tv. I don’t have time to wait for him to choke to death from Corona.

So...what exactly is the average person supposed to do??

THAT’ S what we need to know

Trump mostly seems pleased that he is not one of those sick and frail old people.

He really sounds like the captain of the Titanic telling everyone there are enough lifeboats.

They keep talking about “the elderly” when Europe is finding that it’s NOT “just the elderly” who are getting seriously ill.

[quote]Everyone standing around him has a WTF look on their face.

Why why why do people always say things like this? Absolutely nobody standing behind Trump ever had a WTF look on their face not even for one single moment. Not a single one.

What you mean to say is you *wish* that everybody standing behind him had a WTF look on their face, but unfortunately that didn't happen. Everyone had to stand there and pretend that he was talking like a normal person.

This Admiral person is a great public speaker. Very confident.

Ah, another promised test fantasy! How many times has this been promised?

R48, yes, quite a nasty little surprise coming our way.

Just tell people WHAT TO DO in clear simple language, please.

This chick is useless.

Admiral is very eloquent but haircut is all wrong

What I gathered about Rump`s speech he is more concerned with economy because he feels if it is bad he won't be elected.

Free testing for all is the only good thing I have heard but do you have to have a certain temperature and age?

What good is 0 interest rates? Just so the stock market won't crash for a day or two? Does it mean. I can go to the bank even with my bad credit and get a loan?

Missed it because I was watching Big Bird DeBlasio announce he is closing NYC public schools.

About fucking time.

She has some fucked up teeth. She couldn't have gotten them fixed?

Too many words. We don’t need to know every detail of how the testing process works. Just tell us WHAT TO DO and where to go.

She is quite teh bullshit artist.

Pence keeps looking at her scarf like he wants to wear it.

WHERE ARE THE FUCKING TESTS BITCH?

Summary so far: You’re all gonna die because of our incompetence, but on the bright side; interest rates are super low!

Too

Many

WORDS

Over the next few WEEKS??

So the tests are free but the treatment if you're infected will bankrupt you just like always.

This guy has been castrated by Trump and his freaks.

Well she put the C in cunt.

I miss President Obama even more now. Why can’t we at least have a competent President now?

I wonder what Dr. Fauci says about Rump behind closed doors...

So testing blah blah blah. What about mitigation measures? Mandatory quarantines? Morons are still thonging to the restaurants and bars and cruises that are still open. Employers are still making their employees come in.

What are you doing about meeting treatment demands (i.e. hospital beds)?

What about what’s happening in Europe that we can learn from?

What are any of you idiots actually DOING?

So WHAT DO WE DO??! Who is leading this thing???

Reporter asked the pertinent question: why aren’t we seeing more of the president

Pence starts licking Trump’s ass now

I’m more confused now than before

Basically, what I am taking from this..Do the exact opposite of what these clowns are saying!

So we’re definitely NOT going to see what’s happening in Europe here in the U.S.A. Cause MERICA!

Right. Thanks.

“We’re working HARD every day on best practices” but we’re not practicing them here on this stage.

Way too many speakers, way too many words

No one here has said one single concrete damn thing.

Hilarious that they guys think they have this under control. Just wait— what’s happening in Europe will happen here soon enough

The reason we don’t have tests now is Trump didn’t want more people to be tested because it would show thousand more people infected

I’m not comforted AT ALL

It obvious that Trump isn’t really a part of this discussion at all

No one at this briefing is sitting or standing 6 feet apart.

Ok, Facebook is somehow involved. I feel better already.

Well, he said it. Look for arenas for people to stay at with the virus, but not be hospitalized. Hey, the Super Dome will be another death zone because of another republic president.

Here we go gain. The million test promise.

Everyone close to Rump has their temperature checked.

This is a lot of talking not much action.

Did Trump leave the room? Is that fat fuck actually in the room?

R87 I think he was referring to hospital facilities exclusively for COVID-19 positive patients where they’re all already positive and thus won’t spread the virus any further.

At a Sunday press conference, Trump said his earlier comments about Google had been “substantiated” and thanked “the head of Google, a great gentleman.” It’s increasingly clear, however, that Google itself is not building the website that Trump described last week.

Here’s what’s really going on:

Fauci needs to be living like the boy in the bubble. If we lose him we are absolutely FUCKED.

I'm not watching the stream but thanks for all the snark. This sounds like a rinse repeat of the Rose Garden Shit Show.

Washington Post already investigated all the promises as pie in the sky.

So summary - the Federal Gubbamint can't do diddly and Dillinger capitalist CEOs are going to save the day, not. You're SCREWED USA. Pray that your state governments do better.

It’s always “next week” when “millions of tests will be shipped.”

[quote]Pray that your state governments do better.

They're the ones doing all of the work.

This is looking like it's going to be H1N1 all over again. I hope not though.

No mention of social distancing. Lots of accolades

CNN chyron: TRUMP CLAIMS “TREMENDOUS CONTROL” OVER VIRUS AS INFECTIONS SPREAD

Lots of testing doesn’t stop the spread

Trump's IQ is probably in the low 80s these days.

They really need to stop spending every speech praising everyone

Do I believe the president or the guy with the MD after his name

Yeah all they talked about was testing. Nothing about containment, mitigation, quarantines, readying hospitals for an influx of sick people, NOTHING. And nothing concrete telling sick people how to get a test or what to do.

R103 smoke and mirrors is ALL the grifters ever had. And it was enough.

The Republican Senate could have sent this retard packing after Christmas. But no.

No R91. China put all people testing positive but not needing hospital care in NON-HOSPITAL areas like China did. Hundreds and hundreds of people that have it but are not to a point requiring hospitalization. Hence, The Super Dome will become, again a place where people will go to wait out. In China, there were no doctors in there, nor drugs. Once you are in, you are in and cannot get out. Family is not allowed in. All cities will have arenas and stadiums to open for this purpose only.

Why is this a mystery to people? This is what China did, this is what the US will do.

You know it will be for the poors. And it might very well be enforced by police. The Superdome was a hellscape, you twat.

“America has the best supply chain in the world”

Pence

That’s just jingoism.

R108, that sounds scary as fuck!!!

This was a news conference that was not done as a means to comfort the people but to try and stop the economic/financial slide of the US economy. Do I really need to know the name of the CEO of CVS,etc?

[quote] R49: Why why why do people always say things like this? Absolutely nobody standing behind Trump ever had a WTF look on their face not even for one single moment. Not a single one.

Not true. I saw the female expert on communicable diseases shake her head left and right to signal “NO” during an earlier speech by Trump.

How the fuck is a zero interest rate supposed to help me??

I work part time in the office of a small business construction company.

WTF am I supposed to do with that?

Buy a house. Lolz

It's not really supposed to help you, R114, but that and quantitative easing, which also doesn't help you, are pretty much the only tools the Fed has right now. The Fed can't do much to help with this situation, other than making sure that financial institutions continue to have liquidity so that the entire economy doesn't grind to a complete halt.

It's going to take action by Congress, as well as action at the state and local levels, to help alleviate the pain. The recent bill the House passed is a decent first step. It would greatly help if we had a sane Republican Party, rather than a party whose only answer to everything is "more tax cuts!!!"

Look at this here (just tweeted 7 min ago) This guy is breaking his neck to try to get this mess off of him. Did anyone tell him that if it weren't for the Governors and localities that nothing would be getting done? Because he sure ain't doing shit.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump·1h

The individual Governors of States, and local officials, must step up their efforts on drive up testing and testing sights, working in conjunction with @CDCgov and the Federal Government!

[quote]The recent bill the House passed is a decent first step.

And, Miss Nancy is already working on a second package to put through.

Drumpf and his Slovenian whore have an escape plan to Russia if this all goes to shit.

I’m not sick, but I want a test to know where I stand. If I’m Poz, I could stop worrying about catching the virus. I could mix with other poz people. I could stop sanitizing things.

But I’m more worried about the lack of treatment equipment.

Pence promised a million tests by last Friday. Is he a liar like Trump? We can’t trust anything they say.

I don't want to be the first person in my office or in my city apartment building to be publicly labelled Typhoid Mary. I happen to know some colleagues feel the same. We got sent home finally on Friday for an indefinite period. No financial worries, thank god, our salaries are secure. Maybe one of us will finally get tested. As for my apartment building, I have cellar and attic storage and the public laundry room and the weekly housecleaner and its all going to be a pain in the ass if I am Typhoid Mary.

R121, They made the exact same promise 10 days ago, for last Monday. No tests.

[quote]I’m not comforted AT ALL

Welcome to what a lot of us have been saying from the moment this parasite was elected. We knew. I guess it takes certain people to have it affect their lives before they realize what an incompetent pile of shit we have as president. Anyone who votes for a Republican should be made to live together in part of the country and never allowed to enter a blue state or get a cent from us or ever benefit from Dem policies. Let them live entirely under GOP policies and let the rest of us live in our own part of the country having nothing to do with them. Let them laugh together about this "Dem hoax" "

I want the companies that make respirators to be working around the clock. Why no mention of them?

Admiral Akbar. That's who.

R55 His haircut is 'high and tight' -- very USMC. I love that cut. It tells me about the man who wears it. Big Dick Energy.

I'd fucking trust Admiral Akbar over any of the incompetent fools we have now.

R127 Let's talk about the boldness of the 'high and tight' -- not popular, so it takes a lot of balls to wear it.

The elegant lady with the scarf is Dr Deborah Birx. She's an AIDS specialist, and she was also a medical ambassador in the Obama administration. She's also really good friends with Elton John.

She also looks a lot like Jessica Lange too.

R102 You're being generous. Trump's vocabulary is pitifully limited and he embarrasses himself and the country everytime he opens his mouth. The frightened public, and his supporters in particular, don't give a shit about the stockmarket.

Pussy Purrell Sez:

Check on your neighbor, but not too closely.

[R61]: “Pence keeps looking at her scarf like he wants to wear it.”

Laughed My Fucking ASS Off!

Thanks! I needed that.

That lady looks like Jessica Lange to me.

Jessica Lange in a sassy role.

R135 Yes!

3/16/20

3:30PM/ET

Trump still rambles. He was VERY pissed over the Cuomo press conference held this morning.

Trumps says: Virus will last until July, August or longer...Economy headed to recession...No nationwide quarantine...

Not listening to the asshole - Reading red BN strip on the bottom of MSNBC screen on mute.

Now, Pence.

I think it can fall thru 20000 by the end of this! 🤞🏼

Someone should have asked him what he thinks about Republicans who are still calling this a hoax, encouraging being out among people, etc

r137, what happened at the Cuomo press conference?

Strongly tested, what the fuck does that even mean?

Fauci had to fact check him in real time on “July or August”. Had to reassure everyone that all these measures are taken in 15 day increments and they think the entire virus can last until then-if we successfully flatten the curve

[quote][R137], what happened at the Cuomo press conference?

He was sane.

He came across as a leader an in control of the situation. He gave important information but was able to convey an air of calmness. Bottom line--It was good television.

He wasn’t tested. He was asked what it was like and it was obvious he knew nothing about it.

Why are they all still standing so close to each other/shoulder to shoulder? Even The View got a new big ass table to put space between the hosts. S o c i a l D i s t a n c i n g.

Dow 30

20,186.52

-2,999.10(-12.94%)

It was down 3K and triggered a circuit breaker

These guys are completely incompetent. We are doomed.

Trump should just stop talking. Everything he says is bullshit. He is a waste of space.

HA! Somebody asked him about Devin Nunes. Trump; "I haven't heard that. I don't know about it."

That was loooooong...

good, I can unmute now

I heard a few seconds of it. The reporter asked if the admin was gearing up to construct emergency facilities to cope with all the infected and he said, well we are hoping it won't come to that. But we are looking at a lot of locations. But no building yet.

What a bunch of incompetent baboons.

Trump is uneducated white trash, just like his followers.

R153, I'm surprised Pence didn't say "When the time comes, God will provide"

Ahem....

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump·2h

The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. We will be stronger than ever before!

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Ezra Klein had some guest on the other day who called this xenophobic scapegoating to spike in 3, 2, 1 days.

My Muslim friend said "I guess coughing is the new Allah Akbar"

It's a wonder he didn't call it the "ching-chong disease"

I wonder how a lot of those Asian Trump supporters feel now...

They're about to get a reality check as to who they are if they live among other, white, Trump supporters.

[quote]They're about to get a reality check as to who they are if they live among other, white, Trump supporters.

Just like the Republican Muslims.

Why Trump Intentionally Misnames the Coronavirus--When conservative figures continually refer to the “Wuhan virus” or “Chinese coronavirus,” it’s clear they’re doing it to make a point.

In President Donald Trump’s Oval Office address yesterday about the threats of the novel coronavirus, he went out of his way to label it a “foreign virus.”

“This is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history,” Trump said, in words that betrayed the isolationist leanings of his chief speechwriter, Stephen Miller. The speech took a typically Miller-esque approach to the coronavirus pandemic: Blame foreigners, and close up U.S. borders.

The “foreign virus” line drew immediate criticism, including from CNN’s Jim Acosta, who told Chris Cuomo following the address, “I think it is going to come across to a lot of Americans as smacking of xenophobia to use that kind of term in this speech.” This comes on the heels of a number of Republican politicians, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, making a point of referring to the “Wuhan virus” or “Chinese coronavirus.” The World Health Organization, in officially giving the disease caused by the virus the name COVID-19, sought to avoid just this type of geographic stigmatization.

When it comes to the popular naming of infectious diseases, xenophobia has long played a prominent role. Susan Sontag, in her 1988 work, AIDS and Its Metaphors (a follow-up to her extended essay from a decade earlier, Illness as Metaphor), observed that “there is a link between imagining disease and imagining foreignness. It lies perhaps in the very concept of wrong, which is archaically identical with the non-us, the alien.”

Syphilis, which ravaged Europe beginning in the late 15th century, is a famous case of what Sontag calls “the need to make a dreaded disease foreign.” “It was the ‘French pox’ to the English, morbus Germanicus to the Parisians, the Naples sickness to the Florentines, the Chinese disease to the Japanese,” she wrote. (The name “syphilis” originated in an epic Latin poem written in 1530 by the Italian physician Girolamo Fracastoro, about a shepherd boy named Syphilis cursed with the disease by the god Apollo. The poem was called Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus, “Syphilis or the French Disease.”)

A similar pattern of blaming foreign powers emerged in naming influenza pandemics. Writing in 1922, the British epidemiologist Francis Graham Crookshank noted that “no epidemic disease has been ascribed so frequently, in respect of particular prevalences, to neighbouring, or antipathetic regions as influenza.” A pandemic that struck in 1889–90 earned the label “Russian flu” in English, German, Italian, and French. That geographic naming style set the template for the global outbreak of 1918, or the “Spanish flu” as it became commonly known.

As the science journalist Laura Spinney details in her 2017 book, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World, Spain ended up taking the blame not because the pandemic actually originated there, nor because its outbreak was any more severe. Rather, it happened because while Europe was at war, Spain remained neutral and did not censor its press. Spinney explains that the major combatants in World War I kept their outbreaks under wraps to avoid damaging morale, with French military doctors cryptically referring to maladie onze, or “disease eleven.” When influenza hit Spain hard in May 1918, it lit up the international news, and the French, British, and Americans began calling it “Spanish influenza.”

With Spain serving as a convenient scapegoat, reports of the disease’s spread followed the old xenophobic tropes. For instance, in July 1918, the Fort Worth Record picked up a wire report about a Spanish passenger liner arriving at an unnamed Atlantic port and being “thoroughly fumigated and those on board thoroughly examined by federal and state health officers.” The article carried the headline “Spanish Influenza Is an Undesirable,” conflating the disease with the foreign “undesirables” blamed for spreading it. The irony, in retrospect, is that the leading theory for the origin of the so-called Spanish flu places it right here in the United States. In early 1918, the first wave of the pandemic started at Camp Funston, an Army training camp in Fort Riley, Kansas, before it spread to other military camps and traveled overseas.

Even when a geographic label for a disease is more accurate in pinpointing its origin, such names can be quickly outgrown. The Ebola virus was named for the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa, where it was first identified, but the 2014 epidemic took place far away in western Africa. Similarly, the Zika virus was named for a forest in Uganda where it was first isolated in 1947, but the outbreak that began in 2015 started in Brazil and spread throughout the Americas.

More recently, world health officials have tried to be more sensitive in naming diseases by avoiding geographic references that may seem to assign blame to a particular region. Sometimes names can have unexpected connotations, however. As Spinney notes in her book, the acronym for “severe acute respiratory syndrome,” SARS, seems innocuous enough, but it created problems in Hong Kong when the disease reached epidemic levels in East Asia in 2003. Some in Hong Kong found the designation offensive because the official name of the country in English includes the phrase “special administrative region,” which is abbreviated as “SAR.”

Cognizant of how geographic labels have been unfairly used in the past, the WHO introduced a new set of best practices for naming infectious diseases, in 2015. Geographic names are to be avoided in order to “avoid causing offense,” though the WHO did not insist that already established names like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, should be retroactively changed.

When the WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced last month that the new coronavirus disease would be called COVID-19, he referred to the 2015 guidelines to explain why the name did not refer to Wuhan, the city in central China where the virus is thought to have originated. “Having a name matters to prevent the use of other names that can be inaccurate or stigmatizing,” he said, adding, “It also gives us a standard format to use for any future coronavirus outbreaks.”

When conservative figures such as Pompeo and McCarthy continually refer to the “Wuhan virus” or “Chinese coronavirus,” even after the WHO announcement, it’s clear they’re doing it to make a point. The purpose may be to combat what they see as political correctness in avoiding references to the geographic origin of the virus. Or, as a State Department official told The New York Times when asked about Pompeo’s use of “Wuhan virus,” the point may be to combat Chinese Communist Party propaganda that has suggested the virus did not originate in China after all. But when Trump, with the help of Miller, calls it a “foreign virus,” the calculus is much simpler: “foreign” = “bad.” The coronavirus, of course, doesn’t care what it’s called and, like all contagions, will continue to spread regardless of any jingoistic posturing.

MMPH.... No more hats. He must be taken this seriously now.

He was an idiot about this. Should have been the first country to lock down. But no it was a hoax and fake news, right?

Ass Kisser In Chief Pence up at the podium.

Very few words about the people. Many words about the economy.

Of course r168. THAT is the only reason they care.

"Walmart" sure is getting a lot of air time.

"We're going to win". STFU you useless POS. He keeps showing up at the daily COVID-19 press conferences because he's bored since he can't travel. It's not like he ever works.

[quote]"We're going to win".

Only if he and his supporters drop dead.

NOW! NOW! NOW!

It seems as if the Administration stole their urgency from Joe Biden. Trump compliments Cuomo? LOL! This is Administration still runs on perception. Cuomo has been giving EXCELLENT pressers and getting good reviews. Trump... not so much.

Unfuckingbelieveable

Payroll tax cut and bailing out airlines. AGAIN. Meanwhile, those assholes gave out 12B to shareholders.

Deplorables with no money/working class/middle class are fucking morons.

They just need to shut up, and send me my check!

So, is anyone else hear Trump struggling NOT to say Obama but TRYING to attack? "The banks are stronger than they have ever been. Better than they were... uh, uh, not too long ago."

He is going to say nice things about Gov Newsom because Newsom said nice things about him. How mature.

Trump's ego is going to be the death of us.

I wish someone would come out and say: There is nothing you could do that will ever make you as beloved as Obama. When you die, there will be more people celebrating than mourning. You were scum in life, you will be scum in death - but then at least -for once- you will have given back: As fertilizer.

Here's my question about the bailout package that Trump is already requesting... Isn't it a bit too soon to be asking for that? Also... wasn't the $850B number the Obama number?

WHY, YES!!!!

Obama Stimulus Plan Could Reach $850 Billion

Stimulus Package Heads Toward $850 Billion

Obama May Seek $850 Billion Stimulus Package

[quote]Payroll tax cut

It sounded to me like they were backing off that.

R181, i didn't watch the press conference, but I had read that and was livid. They better back off that.

Rump like Fox News calls it the Chinese Virus. Just like the morons we all know Our President repeats something he hears on Fox News.

Yes (176)...totally caught that from the babbling freak

[quote]Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump Cuomo wants “all states to be treated the same.” But all states aren’t the same. Some are being hit hard by the Chinese Virus, some are being hit practically not at all. New York is a very big “hotspot”, West Virginia has, thus far, zero cases. Andrew, keep politics out of it....

THEN LET US KEEP EVERY DIME SINCE WV IS SO SELF-RELIANT, YOU MOTHERFUCKER

Recall when George Costanza had no idea if he had a new job and just showed up, took the smaller office and started "working" on the Pensky file? And got praise for not actually doing anything because he really had no fucking idea what he was supposed to do, but just accepted the praise because it was given? That's who WV is at this point. They haven't actually done ANYTHING. They just have a population that goes no where and isn't an Int'l hub for tourists/business. So when this stupid fat fuck tries to diss a place like NY or CA, it doesn't work with anyone who isn't one of his ignorant, shithead sheep.

The longer he speaks the more stupid he sounds.

Pence is so creepy looking, he looks embalmed.

It keeps him home at night r188!

Mark my words, you'll hear about a case out of WV in the coming week.

Are you going to lead by example and not attack demorcats?

"ME? I'M THE ONE BEING ATTACKED!!!!!"

So are we getting 1k or 1500?

Asking for a friend.

Would the state have to declare complete isolation first?

I’m still here at work 🤔🤔

They had a week to prepare to handle those passengers from the cruise ship and blew it. Just one more example in a shameful display of incompetence and callousness.

Dr. Birx did give a good answer to the WHO offering test kits to the U.S. and us not accepting them.

She and Dr. Fauci still give me hope. Trump tries to piggyback off their answers fucks it up.

What did Birx say?

So gaslighting during a pandemic is a little disturbing. Trump just lies... it'd be great if he just shut up and let Fauci and others talk.

Why the fuck should we be helping BOEING??!! They failed to properly train their crews in the use of new technology/equipment and my tax dollars should bail them out now that they can piggyback onto the Trump Virus crisis?

Thank you, baby Jesus, for bringing this disease to our shores. Now, when the Dems point out that I haven't built the wall that was promised, I can blame it on Obama and Coronavirus. Big victory for me!

Some in GOP remain skeptical of coronavirus pandemic severity

Robert Costa, The Washington Post Published 11:39 am EDT, Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Over the weekend, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., a leading ally of President Donald Trump, dismissed concerns about the novel coronavirus pandemic and said on Fox News that "it's a great time to just go out, go to a local restaurant."

And former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik, a Trump supporter who was pardoned last month, tweeted that "this hysteria is being created to destabilize the country and destroy" Trump.

But from Italy, where there is a national quarantine to try to slow the devastating effects of the coronavirus, Newt Gingrich offered a different perspective. The former House speaker wrote an opinion piece seeking to convince his fellow Republicans that not only was the pandemic very real, it required urgent action.

Where is Rudy?

[quote] Why Trump Intentionally Misnames the Coronavirus--When conservative figures continually refer to the “Wuhan virus” or “Chinese coronavirus,” it’s clear they’re doing it to make a point.

Everyone, including Jim Acosta, referred to it as the Chinese Virus or Wuhan Virus as recently as 3 weeks ago. Closing the border does help contain the virus, which is why countries like Canada are doing the same thing.

Calling it the Chinese virus is not only accurate, but helps combat Chinese propaganda that the US gave them the virus.

[quote] Trump said, in words that betrayed the isolationist leanings of his chief speechwriter, Stephen Miller. The speech took a typically Miller-esque approach to the coronavirus pandemic: Blame foreigners, and close up U.S. borders.

Please, just stop.

This is why he hates Yamiche;

Yamiche Alcindor@Yamiche·1h

Pres Trump: "I've felt it was a pandemic before it was called a pandemic. All you had to do was look at other countries...I have always viewed it as very serious."

Note: Last month, Trump said reaction to coronavirus by some was "hoax" and the virus would be "disappear" soon.

He opens his mouth solely to lie.

Yamiche Alcindor, Jonathan Lemiere and, of course, Jim Acosta are the only tv journalists with the nerve to stand toe-to-toe with this president and call him out on his bullshit. Ms. Alcindor actually called him a liar in one of their earlier exchanges.

Has Maggie Haberman expressed her outrage over such behavior, R205?

Wow, wrong thread, ^^^, sorry.

R207, I'm not in the wrong thread and neither are you if you're R205. Trump is a shit and some journalists are calling out his lies. That should be in every thread.

Dr. Birx looks like a mix of Jessica Lange and Ellen Barkin. She's also elegant and well put together. She's also a hold over from the Obama administration, in which she joined in 2014.

I trust her and the other doctor handling this pandemic mess, Trump made unnecessarily worse.

R206 and R208: kindly note that I referenced "tv journalists" and "stand toe-to-toe" specifically in my remark, connotating in-person direct interaction with trump.

Newt, that fat disgusting hypocrite, needs to go straight to hell.

He and his endless lies over the last thirty years - perpetuated and spread by Reich wing talk radio and fux noise - are the cause of this entire clusterfuck.

He has done nothing but attack the government, government agencies sowing hate and distrust for thirty years. Now he and his enablers have exposed his precious trumptards to a deadly disease and none of them will listen to him

Prick. He's getting what he wanted. I just hope he gets to listen to them gasp "I believed you!" When they're dying in droves.

He's trying to make this his Reichstag fire and cancel the election. That's why he's pretending to care. Don't buy the bullshit.

[quote]Trump is dying now

I'm sorry, OP, but I changed your headline to make me smile if only for a moment.

Why isn't this asshole holding rallies? I want tons of Trump rallies full of old, fat, unhealthy deplorables.

[quote]Dr. Birx looks like a mix of Jessica Lange and Ellen Barkin. She's also elegant and well put together.

Yes. Her scarf was beautifully tied.

[quote]Over the weekend, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., a leading ally of President Donald Trump, dismissed concerns about the novel coronavirus pandemic and said on Fox News that "it's a great time to just go out, go to a local restaurant."

Nunes told Hannity yesterday that he was referring to drive-thru and delivery services. Which, of course, is a lie, as is every word coming out of his moo-hole.

Would SOMEONE get IT a bottle!

[quote]"I only do that when I have to respond," the president said in response to a question about his criticism of Whitmer and other high profile Democrats. "She said that will something that was false, and therefore I did do that, and I will continue to do that. If they're not going to play fair because, you know, they have the media on their side. I don't. I just have me. And if they are not going to play fair, I'm going to do that. If they are going to play fair, there's going to be nobody better than Donald Trump in terms of bipartisanship."

Trump lashes out at Dem governors amid coronavirus coordination--Minutes later, he heaped praise on his own administration for "working very well with the Governors and State officials."

By MYAH WARD

03/17/2020 11:23 AM EDT

Updated: 03/17/2020 01:47 PM EDT

President Donald Trump punched back on Tuesday against criticism from Democratic governors critical of his administration's coronavirus response, wading into his familiar political spats as the White House looks to combat a pandemic.

Who cares if that woman is a friend of Elton John? John was always be remembered as a Rush L ass kisser.

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump·

I always treated the Chinese Virus very seriously, and have done a very good job from the beginning, including my very early decision to close the “borders” from China - against the wishes of almost all. Many lives were saved. The Fake News new narrative is disgraceful & false!

I will be having a news conference today to discuss very important news from the FDA concerning the Chinese Virus!

I will totally protect your Medicare & Social Security!

For the people that are now out of work because of the important and necessary containment policies, for instance the shutting down of hotels, bars and restaurants, money will soon be coming to you. The onslaught of the Chinese Virus is not your fault! Will be stronger than ever!

How many times can he say The Chinese Virus every hour?

Lies after lie after lie after lie, R219.

Trump couldn't/wouldn't give a credible answer about why he calls the virus the Chinese Virus. Good for the reporter for asking it and using the word racist in her question.

R222 I've always liked ABC's Cecelia Vega.

Ben Tracy is so cute.

The ReFUGS axed special unemployment and sick leave for the currently uninsured. THEY DO NOT GIVE A SHIT and seem to want American "losers" to lose.

I can't not look at the white spot on Trump's bottom lip.

Trump looks terrible. And he "works" a couple hours a day at most, a couple days a week at most.

He mentions it's "obsolete" numerous times...so it's been four years since he's been in office. WHY DIDN'T THEY FIX IT? You can't blame your predecessor (shocking for him) for something you chose not to prioritize. You also chose to keep it "obsolete," so fuck you.

Somebody has clearly told Trump to lay off attacking the Obama Administration. The idiot has to bite his tongue so many times. Maybe the Biden African-American strong support is scaring him.

His earlier comments were just calling to be calm???

Geez, this guy tries to rewrite the script.

What the fuck was he babbling on about regarding WW2 and the amount of ships being built? JFC. Stick to the topic!

"We have ordered...." FROM WHERE?! FROM WHOM?! Exactly which companies are ramping up their production of "masks, ventilators, and so on"???!

DISGUSTING LIAR.

"FEMA activated in all regions" means WHAT??!

"We inherited an obsolete system."

EVIL LIAR.

Trump FIRED all of Obama's PANDEMIC CRISIS TEAM!!

R223 and R222: It was NBC's Kristen Welker who confronted donald on his insistence in referencing the "Chinese Virus;" Ms Welker's mother is Black and her father, White, giving her personal cause to call out this beast on his racism. Good on her!

Trump has turned "serious" these past few days because of a major campaign decision:

"Trump as WAR PRESIDENT."

Count how many times he says the word "war." It's a RE-ELECTION TACTIC, people, not a meaningful effort.

Is Dr. Faucci on the dais today? I haven't seen him

[quote]"Trump as WAR PRESIDENT."

Yep. Politics as usual. It's simply a re-election tactic

Who is the cutie with the lanyard who asked the last question?

Yamiche went for the racism again! GOOD!

Ah! Dr. Faucci was not present today, according to Andrea Mitchell

R225, It's very simple: Republicans want your money. They do not want you to receive money. Capisce?

Thus, Republicans vote to deny unemployment benefits, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obama care (ACA), paid sick or maternity leave, a decent Guaranteed Minimum Wage, an equitable taxation system, and any and every other beneficial program literary funded by......our money.

Avarice. Wrath. Envy. Pride. The top 4 traits of a Republican.

Where's Trumpcare? He's had 3+ years to appoint a Healthcare Czar to create an incredibly wonderful replacement for the Affordable Care Act you're going to be very-very excited about. You'll see.

No, r235, not "politics as usual." It is a uniquely cynical characteristic of Trump, to self-aggrandize, similar to his complaint about not receiving a Nobel Peace Prize.

We are not at war, and Trump is not a "War President." We are facing a crisis, and yes, the government and industry need to re-think and re-tool, but it is not a time of mobilization to defeat Fascism.

THAT mobilization will occur on November 3, 2020.

R238 here. Not "literary"; "literally."

When Trump called it the Chinese virus just now, again, i reflexively screamed. He needs to create an enemy to keep the anger off him. He really is a jackass.

BOOM!

The entire Trump stock rally is gone: Dow erases all its gains since Donald Trump took office

New York (CNN Business)The Trump stock rally, which at its peak a month ago was robust and seemingly unending, has completely evaporated.

The Dow (INDU) fell more than 1,800 points on Tuesday, bringing the index below 19,732 points. That was the Dow's closing level on January 19, 2017, the day before Trump took office.

The S&P 500 (SPX) plunged 7% at midday, triggering a circuit breaker which halted trading for 15 minutes. That index is still above its Trump inauguration level, but it is moving closer to wiping out all of Trump's stock market gains as well. The index, which is the broadest measure of Wall Street, was down 6.3% in the early afternoon on Tuesday.

Global equities have been hit hard by the worries about the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, which has by now infected more than 7,000 people in the United States.

Economists predict recessions for both individual countries and the world economy this year as the pandemic dealt both a supply and demand shock to commerce. That said, expectations for a sharp rebound for the economy and the stock market towards in the second half of the year are high.

People are starting to hoard food now too. It's getting surreal.

What's wrong with Trump's fucking nose? I couldn't stop staring at it. It looks like gin blossoms, reportedly he doesn't drink but his nose looks like all the capillaries are broken, why didn't they pancake it?

The stock market suspended trade towards the end of today's press conference. I know he's an idiot suck up but Pence can at least sound better on the cuff that the orange shitstain so they should let him take over these conferences since he's heading up the corona defense. Shitstain is the WORST public speaker I've ever heard.

The Trump clan are surely on Kaletra. It's probably mixing badly with his diet and amphetamine use.

The Trump Depression is starting

I have a relative in their early 20s who might have it. He has all the symptoms and called his health provider and was told to stay home and self-isolate as his symptoms are relatively mild. Sore throat and coughing mainly. There aren't enough test kits and if he has it, he could spread it by going to the doctor. His parents are dropping food and supplies and his job evaporated due to suspension of the business.

There must be thousands across the country like him, taking care of themselves with the help of family and friends, not getting tested, and going uncounted.

When the shit officially hits the fan. It should be called the Trump Recession or Depression. Because Trump and his incompetent administration created this mess by not being prepared when we first found out about this virus months ago.

This is squarely on Trump and his joke of an administration. They have failed miserably.

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump·

I want all Americans to understand: we are at war with an invisible enemy, but that enemy is no match for the spirit and resolve of the American people...

Today I spoke with American physicians and nurses to thank them for their tireless work. Doctors and nurses are at the front lines of this war and are true American HEROES! With their help, America will WIN.

I only signed the Defense Production Act to combat the Chinese Virus should we need to invoke it in a worst case scenario in the future. Hopefully there will be no need, but we are all in this TOGETHER!

STRONG & UNITED, WE WILL PREVAIL!

Barf

Is The Chinese Virus his own genius way with words or approved by Kushner and Miller?

History is going to be very ugly to Trump. His administration, his staff, his family, and all of the assholes who enable him.

And their going to deserve everything ugly that comes their way.

Oh, no, Mr Trump.

You can’t just blame the “Chinese” virus when you knew about it months ago and do absolutely nothing. You kept saying it was a Democratic hoax.

There are so few tests because you downplayed the whole thing. This depression will be your fault completely

Everything that comes out of Dump's mouth is one long, protracted queef.

Coronavirus task force briefing now.

And, Fauci isn't on the stage again!

R257, reportedly the briefings are going to have fewer people on stage due to social distancing. I bet though Hair Furor didn't like Fauci low-key correcting him every day.

China, China, China. Trump needs a tangible enemy to get his base worked up over. He is such an asshole.

Someone needs to brief us on Dr. Fauci!

Also, I'd love to see Dr. Birx's scarf collection.

[quote]Also, I'd love to see Dr. Birx's scarf collection.

They are beautiful, aren't they?

His idiots supporters think "liberals" photoshop the clown makeup onto his ugly face. Look at him! Ridiculous. He's literally ORANGE.

What a pathetic lowlife...babbling idiot

He's rambling.... I find it interesting that Trump always has his presser after Andrew Cuomo has his.

If they don't want many people on the podium, can't they leave Trump at home, and ask more doctors and experts to speak instead? Hell, even Pence isn't as terrible a public speaker as Donald.

Is it possible for Dumpie to give one speech where he doesn't congratulate himself?

R264: True and it just highlights the stark contrast! Trump thinks he is making himself look good, but he having the opposite effect! Let him keep babbling...

To start, he expressed delight at the sparse number of journalists, who were seated several feet apart from each other; he implied that a lower number of journalists would equal less hostility towards him during the conference. He blamed China again. He mentioned that people have told him he's done more than any president ever to eliminate red tape in a crisis. He implied that he and Mike Pence are working harder than anyone else on this crisis. And he reminded us that the economy was the best ever before this crisis emerged.

I have never laughed so many times during an emergency special news report.

R268: I am watching my Morning Joe recording while that fool is on.

Not that COV-19 coverage isn't important, but how many press conferences are there going to be each and every day? Not only seeing Trump's fugly face but he starts off today's appearance mocking the news media (again) and referring to COV-19 as "the Chinese virus", only because he know it rankles some people.

Is Michael wearing mascara??

I read that Dana Bash apparently praised this idiot for how he has handled this and the right-wing are crowing about it. Yet another reason I haven't watched CNN in almost 20 years.

So basically, he can set fire to houses every day, but if for a minute while doing it, he straightened the welcome mat in front of one, then that's all it takes to grovel before him. My God, how low the bar has been set...but then, people like her aren't directly affected by this gross man, so she doesn't care.

[quote][R268]: I am watching my Morning Joe recording while that fool is on.

WHEW! Did Joe go off on Trump this morning!!!! I was about to create a thread; "WHOSE IN CHARGE!?!" I can't recall ever seeing Scarborough so riled up!

Yes!! Morning Joe is must see TV for me these days!

WHO'S

WTF is up with Dr. Birx's teeth? Is she a Visitor?

I'd never heard Jerome Adams speak before...

Trump's mouth: LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE

So, a plug for Carnival Cruise Lines....

Trump needs to go NOW.

Wow, after claiming yesterday that he knew it was going to be a pandemic before anyone, today he claimed again that no one knew how bad it could be because we weren't told.

What are you thaying, R277?

Trump saying the governors should be ordering the ventilators. Cuomo said in his presser that was held just before Trump's that Federal gov't has the power to order more ventilators than states do...

[quote]Wow, after claiming yesterday that he knew it was going to be a pandemic before anyone, today he claimed again that no one knew how bad it could be because we weren't told.

You'd think it wasn't possible one could loathe him anymore than we already do, but that's the miracle he performs every time he speaks.

Could he be anymore detestable? Watching him belligerently fumble and bumble on is excruciating.

Who was the cutie journalist wearing the lanyard asking questions?

As he's been talking all the gains the Dow made this morning have just evaporated. Go figure.

He's so stupid it's painful.

He shouldn't be in office any longer than today. But when he's voted out we should all carry signs that read YOU'RE FIRED!

These press conferences confirm what a spot on impersonation Alec Baldwin has been doing on SNL.

He just doesn't get it.

WTF is "strong arthritis"?

Oh this fucking bitch!

Who was that bitch!?

She is pretty though.

He needs to STFU and go send the stuff the doctors need.

So any one can get into a WH briefing. What a fucking bitch, I hope she gets every strain of Trump Virus.

The press weren't his enemy when they gave him a platform to spread his birther bullshit...and I don't recall Obama ever whining like a 13yo on the rag when they did.

I think he meant strong arthritis drug. Hydroxychloroquine is marketed under the name Plaquenil.

R297 I love it! Let’s start calling it Trump Flu!

He just answered the question from The conservative OAN network journalist. She asked why the left wing media was teaming up with communists and Islamic radicals by calling Trump’s use of the term Asian media racist.

Yes, that was literally the question.

trump of course called the media dishonest and his administration is doing wonderful work

Whoever said President Pussygrabber turned a corner the other day, was chastened and ready to face this crisis probably needs a bit of help reconciling that load of bullshit with the load of bullshit this Briefing just ended on.

Every time Trump speaks, the market tanks.

The market was up and then he held this press conference

He's going to FEMA after the press conference. I imagine complete shutdown almost very soon...

WOW! Joe was SO hot this morning that they brought him back for an afternoon rant.

Doctors and nurses at hospitals are doing more for people in five minutes than Trump will do in his entire life. He's treating them like shit by depriving them of supplies they need to save lives.

So our tax dollars will be used to bail out an industry not based in the US, who don't pay US taxes, and whose workforce are citizens of the Philippines, Ukranians and other foreign countries?

[quote] When Trump called it the Chinese virus just now, again, i reflexively screamed.

That's why he does it.

[quote]He just answered the question from The conservative OAN network journalist. She asked why the left wing media was teaming up with communists and Islamic radicals by calling Trump’s use of the term Asian media racist.

Are you shitting me? Wow. I knew OAN was essentially Neo-Nazi TV, but even for this, they couldn't take a break from their racism and bigotry?

At this rate sorry to say, NYC will rival Italy for deaths and illness.

I see she's Asian, too. Another Tila Tequila who Sieg Heils to please white dick.

R301, and what a surprise. Look at the conspiracy she herself pushed:

[quote]OAN’s chief White House correspondent endorsed a conspiracy theorist who has said Anthony Fauci funded creation of the coronavirus to destroy the Trump economy

How do you become this fucking damaged as a person?

Pro-Trump OAN pushes wild conspiracy theory that novel coronavirus was created in a North Carolina lab

OAN’s chief White House correspondent endorsed a conspiracy theorist who has said Anthony Fauci funded creation of the coronavirus to destroy the Trump economy

So now, Trump is trying to take down Fauci?

I think that there is nothing Trump can do to please everybody. The dust-up over Calling it a “Chinese virus” is a waste of time distraction. Is Trump perfect? No not at all. Could he speak better? Hell yes. Are they getting a handle on things? Yes. There is more red tape in this country than others. We are not a dictatorship. Things take longer. We also have 10x as many people as S Korea. Our media should not be parroting Chinese propaganda. Clearly they have nothing to report so they are making it up. Wish they would stick to facts. Don’t want to hear their opinions.

Um, ok.

Voting Trump into office because you want to trigger the libs is really starting to backfire in unimaginable ways.

ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!!!!

R313 I thought Trump said Fauci was a television star?

[quote] Our media should not be parroting Chinese propaganda.

I agree. I can understand why the media would do this because of their financial stake in China but why would people who have been horribly affected by this parrot media talking points? Just shows that people will just sputter whatever the media tells them to.

Is R314 for real? Or, is she just playing the devil's advocate in order to keep this thread alive?

The Trump trolls have been ordered to swarm the internet. Some of their postings are hysterically funny;

IamBV@BVSaysSo·3h Replying to @GeraldoRivera: Hey Geraldo, If @JoeBiden cares so much shouldn't he reach out to @VP to help? Where's @BarackObama @BillClinton and George W? Once a President always a President or only when it suits them? Have any of them reached out to @realDonaldTrump? We are at war aren't we?

Does anyone think @BarackObama @BillClinton or George W Bush has called the @WhiteHouse to lend any ideas or support to @realDonaldTrump? Funny how George and Bill tried to help Haiti, but when it comes to the US? @FoxNews @CNN @TheFive @MSNBC @CNBC @seanhannity @maddow

Charlie Kirk@charliekirk11·22h: Trump rebuilt the economy once after Obama wrecked it, and he will DO IT AGAIN now that China is damaging it - WE WILL WIN

HANNITY, March 9: "This scaring the living hell out of people -- I see it, again, as like, let's bludgeon Trump with this new hoax."

HANNITY, March 18: "By the way, this program has always taken the coronavirus seriously. We've never called the virus a hoax."

I bet as he walked off he said to Pence “I’d eat a wonton out of that Asian bitch’s pussy any day.”

Americans abroad are being told to come home now. This tells me that incoming flights outside the USA are going to be banned.

C’mon girls. I think we started a thing. Let’s call it the Trump Virus or Flu just for spite. Should I start a thread on the subject?

R323 Hell yes and spread it on Twitter, too. #TrumpFlu

[quote] The dust-up over Calling it a “Chinese virus” is a waste of time distraction. Is Trump perfect? No not at all. Could he speak better? Hell yes.

Bitch, please. He's doing it on purpose to show it's a foreign invader that's causing all the problems with our economy, not his own incompetence.

In presidential politics, EVERY WORD is planned.

Fuck Joe skankborough with a dull chainsaw!

That useless cunt had the orange traitor on every GODDAMNED day blathering like a fool. Joe gave this menace free airtime to push his bullshit and lie because he thought it was funny.

Now he and that stupid twat Mika want to pretend they didn't do everything they could to get this prick elected?

FUCK THOSE RANCID CUNTS!!

He needs to own it and fucking apologize to the country for what they did.

Each of these press conferences gets worse, but more entertaining. He's back to feeling victimized by the Press for vilifying him; what happened to our "wartime President"? He looks awful because he never emerges from his rooms before 11am.

You can read between the lines and see the shitshow behind all of his "incredible" "amazing" "wonderful" and "very-very's". And he's doing his usual pitting people against each other for his own personal entertainment.

Trump wants an excuse to declare Martial Law and postpone elections due his Chinese Virus War

Trump Brushes Off Expedited Testing For Athletes: ‘The Story Of Life’ | Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC

Alyssa Milano provides more red meat for conservatives by calling the president a racist piece of shit for calling it a Chinese virus. Apparently, calling it the Chinese Corona Virus, is offensive to every Asian on the globe regardless of nationality.

Yamiche Alcindor@Yamiche; Trump: The press is more than dishonest. They are siding with China. If we had an honest media in this country, our country would be an even greater place. Note: Trump over and over again downplayed the virus and said a miracle would wash it away. Now, he is attacking the media.

It is beyond disturbing that One America News Network is asking lay up questions to Pres Trump packed w/ false information. Moving on, when will everyone who needs a coronavirus test be able to get a test in the U.S.? Trump and VP Pence never answered that key question.

Reporters can walk & chew gum. In these times, they must. We can ask about Pres Trump disbanding WH pandemic office in 2018, coronavirus testing being too slow & when outbreak might end. We can also ask about Asian Americans being attacked & offended by terms used by the WH.

(Here’s who asked the question—with Trump, at Mar-a-Lago, a few weeks ago.)

[quote] We can also ask about Asian Americans being attacked & offended by terms used by the WH.

Did he just admit that people can't tell Asians apart?

He is a racist pig...that is why Deplorable love him.

The press is now reporting that a reporter saw Trump’s notes and Covid was crossed out and “Asian” was written in.

This was all on purpose. Trump signaling his racist base.

A generation ago, they called AIDS the gay disease for the same reason

R334 Sounds fake, he never referred to it as Asian.

Sorry, he wrote “Chinky”

Here’s the story and the photo

Ho Lee Fuk

What a fucking racist this prick of a racist is

R337 It says Chinese, not Asian.

His first oval office was a disaster, but he obviously has been practicing and as long as he has his team behind him and Pence lathering up his ass, he has become embolden and is using these press conferences as a rally for his base. It was disgusting to hear him congratulate himself and lie about , well, everything. It was disgusting to hear him blame China for this, when he knew as far back as January, that this was coming and sat on it because he was afraid it would hurt his re-election. Trump needs a tangible enemy to fire up his base and distract from his failures. He's using China to do just that at a time when we need to work together to get this thing under control and not call for people to be angry and out for blood. He is a complete failure as a President and as a human being.

The CDC has been sidelined more more than a week as narcissist scum trump takes center state because he likes nothing more than to look important even though he's a steaming pile of shit.

Pence was supposed to handle it and be represent as spokesperson but trumped shoved him out of the way, too, as he likes to be the center of attention and take credit for all things, lying cesspool for brains.

I agree with others, the briefings are his rallies now. It's just another pander to the base platform. Time for the media to skip them because they are mainlining the drug to his addicted base.

Just cover Governor Cuomo's daily briefings. It's New York but the rest of the country can apply what's happening there to their own states.

Look at Times Square at 6:45...

Gov. Cuomo: We Need The Federal Government To Step Up | Morning Joe | MSNBC

r295 I think you mean Chanel Rion........no she isn't a porn star

Oy yes, the federal government is stepping up, their attacks on decency that is.

Title of the link from New York Times: Coronavirus Live Updates: Senate G.O.P. Plan Includes Large Corporate Tax Cuts

Assholes!

[quote] I think you mean Chanel Rion........no she isn't a porn star

Because "porn star" would make her look respectable. Instead, she's a propagandist whore who chose her time to throw in a bunch of bigotry and racism because apparently, it's been a while since Trump could scream about like :Islamic radicalism," so she did that for him.

R270, Some bold reporter should ask Trump what he is referring to with "Chinese virus." "I've not heard of that, Mr. President. Is that a new virus?"

R344: "We're not shipping clerks."

Said the President of the United States in reply to a question about the Federal Government's using its legal power to get industries to re-tool and produce medical equipment.

All Trump can wrap his low intellect around is tax cuts, bribery checks to quell the restless peasants, and giving more tax money to industries he likes and/or has investments in: airlines; hotels and resorts; non-US-registered cruise lines; etc.

He's seething, and looking for a dog to kick.

Trump has hell in him, and he is dangerously divisive. Why is he like this? What happened to him? How does a human being who had every advantage in the world turn out like Trump? And why is he punishing our country like this? This is beyond fucked up that we have to deal with this shit.

This really isn't right. Trump is unfit for the office he holds. Republicans are pure evil. These people are not Christians at all. I really can't believe the mess we're in dealing with Trump. This has to end, and soon.

R350, Tiffany is more likely to be hiding

Rump reminds me of that bitch from The View. All his life hiding his massive shortcomings. Now as President under scrutiny it impossible to do so. In his mind he is a genius and can not tolerate anyone who busts that bubble.

Daigle briefing on now.

"Very good conversation with Senator Schumer"

Daigle lol, is that even a word?

Obviously I meant Daily.

"Chinese virus" again.

I hate this man so very much. Loathe. Despise.

I normally have low blood pressure, watching him speak daily has fixed that problem for the time being...

I just can't watch this orange buffoon. And to think he may get re-elected... makes me sick to my stomach.

I loathe Trump. He is a narcissistic incompetent showman, not a leader.

But I wish him and his team success in this. I hope millions don't die. Picking apart why he dismantled the Pandemic Response Office, and made us be Italy, with millions dead, instead of China who controlled - analysis is later. Doing the right thing now... is what will save lives.

"People who don't like each are working together now". Who gives a shit about that.

Is Dr. Birx's blinking some kind of coded message?

Pence continues to look embalmed.

Dr. Fauci has perfected his poker face with an occasional bowing his head and looking down.

Pompeo also calls it it the Chinese virus.

If mike didntbsay Chinese virus he probably would have been fired on the spot.

He and his toadies are always doing "great things," this time "saving countless lives." He's "offering support to small businesses, helping the states a LOT, the governors are impressed."

He's always "We've been dealing with....." minus any specifics.

"Americans of all walks of life are coming together, and we will win this war." OK, Churchill.

Blah, blah, blah.

Oh, here's Mike Pompous Ass now, to tell us he is "very focused" on whatever propaganda he's spewing.

I would hate fuck the shit out of Pompeo's fat ass.

Now for some short man eye candy.

R361, Trump, except with money, has a childish mind and vocabulary, practically on "See Spot run" level. "Bad, good, don't like, very bad, very good, nasty,...."

Screened 200 people coming back into the USA? Are we supposed to be impressed?

today we see why Dr. Brix favors neck scarves...

Who is this midget spouting anti-immigrant lies about their having the C-V and no proper legal documents??

Boy... these lies about how Great Leader has done the right thing and is in control.... we really have become North Korea.

Dr. Fauci's body language is epic. I hope he unleashes Hell!

Mortality in males is twice that in females.

O-kaaaaay... Nothing about doing any actions within the boarders but.... mmph....

r367, I heard a piece on NPR right after he was elected about the difference between his tweets & speeches vs Obama. Essentially, he appeals to the lowest common denominator, makes politics "easy to understand", so people feel that they can talk about politics easily. Unlike our elegant, erudite, compassionate Obama.

Trump and his extra large old person print remarks that he reads off in a robotic monotone, following along with his finger.

Is Birx rocking her extra long scarf over the shoulder, or is it attached to her dress?

Now Bearded Liar is trying to revise history to make Trump a regular Johnny On the Spot about the C-V, with "our health experts" (AKA, Ivanka and Jared) saying it saved lives.

Even Dante could not have imagined an appropriate circle of Bell for these liars and traitors.

But as Child Macduff said, "...there are liars and swearers enow e to beat the honest men and hang up them."

Rump is gonna be p i s s e d Fauci is praising Cuomo

Stock market dropping like a rock since Trump started to speak. Currently at session lows, down 200 points and still falling.

"Fifteen Days to Slow the Spread"..... and also Trump Steaks! And Trump University!

Pence is literally saying nothing with any meaning whatsoever. "We're working with...," "we're seeing progress in....," "we are doing more....," "in the next few days,..."

Oh, now he's Mr. Medical Administrator, "urging hospitals to postpone elective procedures." NS, Sherlock.

the shipping clerk is gonna take action!

Fauci's eyes are the lie detector

Oh, and I guess the Federal Government IS composed of "shipping clerks" now, as Trump just lied and said he's "invoking the powers of the Federal government to get millions of masks and ventilators to the states."

Sure, Donnie, sure you are.

Trump is very cranky. He’s been fuming about how the Fake News is covering him negatively and he’s had to cancel those rallies he loves so much. He loves flying around on AF1 and rolling up to arenas in motorcades. No more rallies = angry Trump.

"Millions of masks are coming". That sounds familiar.

Hahaha, Dr. Fauci just 100% shot down Trump's idiocy from yesterday about malaria drugs! "Anecdotal." Trump's favorite source of "facts."

"Been described for many years" when he means "prescribed."

It must be crushing to be American right now, with this in charge. And we have fucking Boris!!!

[quote]Hahaha, Dr. Fauci just 100% shot down Trump's idiocy from yesterday about malaria drugs! "Anecdotal." Trump's favorite source of "facts."

Trump says he is a "smart guy" and "feels very good about it" in re: the anti-malarial drugs.

Tony Fauci is dying inside.

He literally just rambles on like someone's grandpa, I'm disgusted.

"What do you say to millions of Americans who are scared?"

"I say you're a terrible reporter."

Haaa so insulted by the report right now who is grilling him, "Smart guy....very nasty question".

R378 here. Make that "Hell," not "Bell."

He tells a reporter who raises the point of people feeling worried looking for some answers that it's a nasty question and he should be ashamed of himself. He literally cannot answer a question like that, it's beyond him.

This must be terrifying for the American people. It's like seeing a monkey in a clown suit pushed onto the stage.

These press conferences aren’t about the virus it is all about Rump. A SNL skit would write itself.

This is the worst thing I've ever seen

Peter Alexander knows which buttons to press and, thank the Universe, others are following-up on his statement.

I love it when reporters piss him off.

WTH?! Spicey is asking QUESTIONS now?!

Trump has no love for Cecelia Vega. She's great.

Compare Cuomo to Trump. I really hope the Trump team is successful... but he is exactly the wrong person to be president at this time. Unfit to be president.

LOL..."Do you think it's right for you to go off on Peter and his network?"

These press conferences make me sick. It’s obvious Trump doesn’t know anything and he’s so offensive.

Was that Sean Spicer in the room just now? What’s he doing there??

The daily blow jobs have to stop....I want to thank President Trump for his unprecedented action...his amazing control...yadda yadda just give us the fucking facts.

I would NEVER sit there and let him call me "dishonest." I'd yell back at him, job be damned. I'd rather sweep floors.

The markets will crater after this shit-show.

We need Jim Acosta to ask him questions now to up Trump's blood pressure even more.

he'll never change.

if he loses in the fall, he blame China.

R405 a girl's gotta eat!

It's disgusting the way he behaves at a press conference, and ALL of the press need to call him the fuck out for it, again and again and again. He clearly hates doing press conferences, which is why there have barely been any since this situation blew up and now he has no choice.

Dr. Fauci can't believe where he is and what he's hearing.

I can imagine the Italian cuss words going through Fauci's mind right now...

What Trump is suppressing with his illogical ranting is that some illnesses may make a drug toxic, even though that drug may be safe to treat a different disease. For example, what if the malaria drug causes kidney failure in Coronavirus patients? That would be bad, wouldn’t it? You can’t just throw a drug out there without testing it or you could kill patients.

R406 Trump demands the ass-kissing of anyone in his administration.

omg he just said Pompeo needs to get back to “the deep state department.” Fauci behind him mopping his brow.

Who was that dark-haired guy? Kinda cute I must admit. Great hair.

This is the beginning of the end of the Clown Show. donald is not only baring his orange ass for us to kiss, but having a mental meltdown before the entire world.

Preaching to the choir here, r414.

So Trump and co. can send back all of these people to their countries, but they can't make spring breakers go home?

OMG, I have heard Comcast called "Concast". "Nasty" questions. He also called the State Department the Deep State Department.

WTF is he on????

after Trump receives the endless thanks from his toadies... i picture him responding with a Chick-fil-A ....."My Pleasure!" ....."My Pleasure!"

Paul McLeod@pdmcleod·1h

Sean Spicer just sitting in the White House press room asking questions like a reporter and EVERYONE ACTING LIKE THIS IS NORMAL is making me lose my mind.

Paul McLeod@pdmcleod:Capitol Hill reporter with BuzzFeed News DC bureau. paul.mcleod@buzzfeed(dot0com

I wish Fauci would write a book about these last couple of months.

These journalists' questions are awesome.

Spicer dressed like Barney the Dinosaur.

Rebecca Ballhaus@rebeccaballhaus·1h . @PeterAlexander asks: "What do you say to Americans who are scared right now?" “I say that you’re a terrible reporter. That’s what I say,” Trump says. " I think that’s a very nasty question, and I think that’s a very bad signal that you’re putting out to the American people.”

Kenneth P. Vogel@kenvogel·1h

@PeterAlexander presses TRUMP on whether he is offering false hope by touting the potential of a drug to treat coronavirus & what he has to say to Americans who are scared. TRUMP: "I say that you're a terrible reporter, that's what I say ... that's a very nasty question."

He is off the rails. How anyone can watch this and not be terrified of how bungled our response is, is beyond me.

"Trump is speaking now"

Should be: Trump is lying now

All Pompous Ass is saying is.....nothing. A lot of "we're working on it, the Defense Department, governments, private planes, other means, on their own, governments, cooperation, Defense Department, rinse, lather, repeat."

Fauci looking for an escape hatch.

Yamiche Alcindor in the house!

Biden/Alcindor 2020

R422 Spicer is not a reporter, is he? I’m so confused.

[quote] This must be terrifying for the American people

It absolutely is. Every time I watch him my nerves get frayed further. He offers no comfort or confidence. I’m so worried that he might stand in the way of potentially helpful actions or push out helpful people like Fauci.

I knew this would be a shitshow. Trump’s anger at the press and not having the rallies he loves so much has been building every day.

R432 His "approval" ratings for handling the crisis are rising. I don't understand my country. I guess it's partially wishful thinking... we're in a crisis, we look to the government.

It's now a "war".

He gets some credit for his experts’ work, in spite of the fact that he makes it harder for them.

Is this orange loon still there? Get the hook, somebody!

We are up Shit's Creek without a canoe.

Pence exudes ennui and disdain.

Haha, Dr. Fauci just loosened his tightening necktie.

No smart person calls himself smart.

R439

He so wants to be somewhere else.

"Look at the big hospital ship, Daddy!"

[quote]Pence exudes ennui and disdain.

That's not all he exudes. You should see his tighty-whities.

Oh blaming Obama again. What an asshole.

Someone finally convinced Rump to get a better toupee why can’t they do the same with his orange makeup ?

Turd is happy to offer his expert medical opinion while pushing Fauci aside

I love that the reporters are fighting back and pushing his buttons. This is what he gets for pulling that OANN stunt yesterday.

What is most telling us how impatient Trump looks when anyone else is at the odium. He loathes losing the spotlight. He kept touching it while Pompeo was there, touching it like a child would a toy they're afraid is going to be swiped of they step too far away from it. These press tjjngs aren't about us--they're about his ego. If they were about us, he would defer the entirety of time to the experts. Instead, he stabds up there to talk Moronese and be verbally jerked off by his posse about how good it is that he got them a laptop.

He is one of only two humans that I can imagine going back to his office, stripping down, taking a bucket of pig entrails, jacking off with them while having one of his toadies feed him hamburgers, after which he rolls on the floor in human shit, then bows to a painting of some creature vowing to be the worst human in service to this Pig-God he prays to.

The other being my brother.

Market plunging again during this shit show

R449, I"m sorry you have a brother like that.

Mine's pretty close.

Felt displaced by my arrival and never ever ever ever ever got over it.

Now Dr. Fauci looked at his watch, hahaha! He's like the Fly: "Help meeee!"

Blames Obama again

His lies about inheriting a “broken, old system” and fixing it. I hate this monster so much.

Fauci and the lady's faces tell you everything you need to know.

if he inherited it why didn't he fix it over the last few years?

I can’t believe Rump only mentioned the Democrat involved in the inside trading scandal then aRump gets on a reporter a minute late only mentioned the Repugs. He is such a hypocrite.

Nothing is ever his fault.

Blatantly lying about the Obama Administration's testing system, that it was "broken".

And lying about our conducting "millions of tests." Big FAT lie, that one. Literally killing people by Trump's not remotely grasping the reality of hospitals' needs.

The get someone ethnic to tell they are sending immigrants back to their country.

He has to go now, his burgers and fries have been delivered.

R457, the thing is, the reporter didn't need to mention the democrat's name because Trump had just mentioned it. She was just adding more names to the list. Either he's paranoid, or he's trying to build the perception that the journalists are politically biased. Or both.

John King on CNN just lashed out at Trump calling his attack on Peter Alexander “BULLSHIT.”

R462, exactly. I wish she was quicker on her feet. She should have said I didn't mention Feinstein's name because you already did Mr President (Piece of Shit). And I note you only mentioned her name and not the other four Republicans.

And still waiting for a reporter to ask why he inherited such an awful system, what has he done in 3 years to fix it? Why did he wait for a crisis to notice? Is he just a shipping clerk?

I don't think the POS grasped Fauci contradicted him right there on the stage. He'll get it later and rage tweet. And tomorrow everyone will have to kiss his ass even more to placate him.

Trump went out of his way to overturn everything else Obama did, but not this ‘antiquated system?

Disappointed with Fauci not buying into mass testing. We need the data. As WHO stated, test, test, test. If Fauci truly believes it and is influencing the POS, and he's wrong, god help him. If he's taking the stance because he doesn't want to contradict the POS--then god help him because his cowardice may be killing people.

R467 Fauci didn't say that. Review how he carefully answered that. Essentially, of course having everyone tested would help. But we don't have that capacity. What we CAN do is respond by staying home, doing social distancing etc. He wanted NOT to conflate the crazy answers about testing with the message to behave appropriately WITHOUT testing. Having the test or not should determine what our everyday behavior should be. That was his message.

Fauci and company are Trumpers. They should have rang the alarms when this administration was doing SHIT for three weeks. Fuck them I’m not trusting any of them, I’ll believe the governors and the on the frontlines medical personnel.

Fauci without a doubt 100 times smarting than Rump but he clearly doesn’t hate him like we do.

Fauci's rep is already tarnished by appearing close to Trump.

Fauci is 80 He's a scientist, not a politician or public leader. He is trying to save lives. He doesn't care about his rep. When/if this crisis is over, let's hope the scientists confirm that ego, incompetence, political motivations.... killed thousands.

I wouldn't be surprised if the paper he was reading from said don't forget to mention the American people and how great they are. He doesn't need to be reminded to speak about money and business, though.

R380 thinks Starbucks is "civilization."

R474 here. Sorry, r380, wrong thread!

[quote]"Very good conversation with Senator Schumer"

But was it beautiful?

R476 - and was it "perfect"?

^^^^ It was beautiful and perfect like a piece of chocolate cake.

No one has ever seen anything like it.

Fauci trying not to laugh when Trump says Pompeo needs to get back to the “Deep State Department.”

Oh, my God. He started off sounding a bit reserved on Monday but the fuckery incrementally increased until the orange shitstain went full tilt Goodzilla this morning. He just has to go. He. has. to. go.

All real questions are fake news. He demands all reporters act like they are on Fox...starting with....Thank you Mr President for all you do for America...

It wasn't a nasty question either, he was actually asking for some humanity from the shitstain, maybe some reassurance for the people that are panicking and need it but orange turd showed how incapable he is of feeling anything for anyone else other than itself.

R483 This is the irony. It was an obvious opportunity for Trump to demonstrate empathy, provide comfort and reassurance. If anything the question was almost like a plant...

He not only didn't see he was being given an opportunity to "look good", he instead perceived it as some attack. This is the Trump magic... this profound cosmic/narcissistic "grievance" .. that resonates with 40% of the country. I'm pissed off and not going to take it any more.... at whom? at what? Doesn't matter... I'm pissed off.

Under almost all anger, there is fear.

CNBC:

Dow sinks 900 points to cap Wall Street's worst week since 2008

For some perspective for everyone (since Trump and his people LOVE(d) to tout the DOW;

The index closed on the day of Trump's inauguration at 19,827.25. The index closed today at; 19,173.98

On the next day after Trump's election (Nov 8, 2016) the DOW closed at 18,332.74. And, today it closed at; 19,173.98

Oh, MY!

It was sinking as he continued to speak. We don't need to hear from him everyday, it makes things worse! Today was just a trash fire.

If I were wanting for hope and compassion trump is the last place I'd look. We knew scum trump was a shit stain before he was elected, and like H. Clinton said, simply "unfit to lead." He's proven that correct over and over and over again.

Yet still his cult defends him. If Obama went off on that reporter like scum trump did I would be appalled and think him not up to the job. But of course Obama would never do that. I have no respect for anyone who supports trump, they are all members of the shit stain club.

I'm sorry Grandma you are going to die next week but at least you can go out knowing Donald Trump "feels good" about some non vaccine.

Brian Tyler Cohen:

Trump finally LOSES IT in meltdown over basic question from reporter

BREAKING!

Staff member in Vice President Mike Pence's office tests positive for coronavirus

(CNN)A staff member in Vice President Mike Pence's office has tested positive for coronavirus, Pence's spokesperson said Friday evening.

"‪This evening we were notified that a member of the Office of the Vice President tested positive for the Coronavirus. Neither President Trump nor Vice President Pence had close contact with the individual," said Katie Miller. "Further contact tracing is being conducted in accordance with CDC guidelines."

This is a breaking story and will be updated.

Pence and Trump and his clan are on anti-virals.

R493> I don’t think that can protect them against CV or very one would take them and pandemic over!

Only a white man could behave the way Trump does and remain in a position to power in America. No one else would be able to do all that Trump has said and did over the last few years and get away with it.

Another legitimate reason to hate white men, white people, and white society. White privilege is real. White people always get away with the worst behavior imaginable. This is why America is so fucked up now.

With the stock market and the virus, oh Mr. Donald Trump, maybe God is trying to tell YOU something.

R492 I predict the WH and Congress will be shut down sometime next week.

R497, I can see that. And Trump will "work from home" at Mar a lago.

R498 Except Mar-a-Lago is shut down, along with every hotel in Miami Beach.

[quote]All hotels in Miami Beach have been ordered to shut down. All hotels and commercial lodging establishments have been ordered to evacuate all guests and renters from their premises by 11:59 p.m. Monday, March 23, according to the city.

[quote]NEWS: Mar-a-Lago is CLOSED

[quote]Spoke with Trump Org today. Executive there told me they are doing what they can to limit the number of staff members they have to cut. Closing facilities when they face state or local mandates. Yes, their business is suffering too.

That’s partly why Trump is so cranky. No more weekends spent at his luxury golf course and partying at his estate (at taxpayers’ expense.)

If you want to vomit, read the responses to this asshat's tweet. I hope the religious enjoy their orange anti-christ.

He knows nothing. Just a lot of 'incredibles' 'very-verys' 'outstandings' 'amazings'. Always the salesman, he would rather lie and look good than tell the truth and look bad.

[quote]NEWS: Mar-a-Lago is CLOSED

NEWS UPDATE: He has a key.

R502: but no revenue$$ :)

R503, you forget the revenue from taxpayers. They gouge secret service knowing they can get away with it and we get the bill. It's what they've been doing for years, but you won't hear it from his parasitic supporters.

These people are complicit by allowing him to push this stuff.

BTW:

This story first appeared in 1600 Daily, the White House’s evening newsletter. Subscribe now to get breaking news from President Trump before anyone else.

He's established a whole propaganda machine.

That's why Tweety is so cranky: he can't get down to Mar-a-Lago and get his Asian massage with 'happy ending'.

Unfortunately, he’s having another briefing today at noon. I wonder exactly how off the rails he’s going to be today? You know those reporters are going to try and rattle his cage to get back at him for the totally uncalled for outburst at Peter Alexander.

He’s such a vile piece of shit.

It would be so much better if he just let the experts speak and he stayed in his room and watched it on TV.

R508, his whole presidency would be so much better if he just let the experts speak and he stayed in his room and watched it on TV.

But that's what makes him such a train wreck. It's very clear his daily efforts to calm fears and stabilize the market only rattle people and make them think we're all doomed. But he can't stop himself. He's so unaware and stupid, he can look at the results of his appearances in real time, and he still doesn't understand he's making it worse.

He is over his head, out of his league and once again an utter failure, unfortunately it is going to cost lots of real lives that he only sees as numbers.

So what are the orange shitstain's odds if being reelected now?

^Don't jinx it. Americans have short memories and are stupid. Trump has an EXCELLENT chance of being re-elected.

We are hoping that the more he demonstrates how unfit he is for the Office, the anger of the moderates and liberals will rise up, get off their asses and storm the voting booths in November. As we've seen, ANGER is a great catalyst for CHANGE and it works BOTH ways.

I don't think it is a coincidence that Cuomo conducts his press conference daily an hour before Rump's. He knows the lazy orange one can't get himself together any earlier than noon to do anything. It also provides a stark contrast of his controlled, professional demeanor and the orange one's daily shit show. Cuomo is speaking now.

Just look at this!

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains - Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents).....

....be put in use IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ARE DYING, MOVE FAST, and GOD BLESS EVERYONE! @US_FDA @SteveFDA @CDCgov @DHSgov

I suppose the millions of doses of these 2 drugs will be in the same shipment as the millions of N95 masks. And the hand sand sanitizer.

(That is to say, I a very slow boat from China, that somehow arrives 1/3 loaded, the rest having been looted on hehalf of the global .1%).

oops hand sanitizer.

I woke up and thought great - I can get treated. I went to the Google Coronavirus screening site. I couldn't find it. So I drove down to the CVS, for the drive-through testing. Bizarre. Must be a different CVS. I drove to the Target expecting the testing. Who strange, no drive-thru. Must be those conniving Dems, sabotaging the super genius corporate executives who said they had this, over a week ago.

Here we go!

Fauci looking like he’s in a hostage video.

Volume down, watching Fauci behind him....

CHINESE VIRUS

Ben Carson's purpose is what now?

He had a phone call with “12,000 businesses”??

ALL THE TOP CEOs.

“People are buying MORE than at Christmas.”

Fauci praying to god to give him strength to get through this presser.

"They're loving what we're doing..."

Pence skipping the groveling praise of Dear Leader today, for once.

Now Pence is talking and Trump just winked at someone in the audience and looked like he said "love you" WTF

Trump looks as if he is about to fall over. The uppers aren't kicking in,

OMG! Did pence just advocate that people keep giving donations and tithes to the churches????

All actual quotes from his opening:

Incredible

Beautiful

Great

Tremendous

You’ve never seen anything like it

Very successful

Number, not just one or two, but numbers of therapeutics

It’s incredible

Highly respected

Fantastic

Really moved mountains

Unbelievable

Tremendous

Very high level

Relationships are pretty amazing

They’re loving what we’re doing

Pretty incredible

FEMA’s been incredible

The ones that are using it are loving it

Solves a lot of problems

INVISIBLE HORRIBLE ENEMY

It really is, it’s an invisible enemy

Incredible

Very special

We’re gonna have a great victory

Mike Pence has not slept much maybe a tiny bit maybe a little bit but not much, incredible job

Pence has used the word "minister" at least three times already.

Nick Ayers is not going to let Mike’s slobber near his balls or ass for at least 15 days now.

Trump just spoke at today's press conference. Everything is incredible and fantastic and great. Questioning from the press should be interesting...

Pence: “Don’t get tested if you don’t have symptoms.”

Also Pence: “My wife and I will be tested later today.”

[quote]Also Pence: “My wife and I will be tested later today.”

Because we’re more important than YOU.

Trump’s thought bubble: “I should be on the golf course at Mar-a-Lago right now. Fuck this shit.”

“Nobody’s ever done a package like this.”

“We’ve never seen anything like it.”

“There’s never been anything like this in the HISTORY OF THE WORLD.”

We're fucked!

Who's the hottie that just asked about masks wearing the blue tie with white dots?

Once Pence started on the use of construction masks and giving Trump the credit....switched the channel.

Hey Father Pence, "placing orders" does not really tell us anything.

OMG! Trump purposely set up Fauci about the re-using masks.

Dishonest and incompetent, the lot of them. It's criminal.

Shoves Pence out of the way MY TURN MY TURN

BLAMING OBAMA for the mask shortage

Trump has placed orders for masks.

Let’s not forget that Trump does not pay his bills and once this is all said and done, he will refuse to pay the manufacturers and they will go bankrupt. Unless they are a Trump, Kushner, DeVos or Russian oligarch company.

Last night, Rachel Maddow just plainly said that these press conferences shouldn't be aired since it's all filled with lies.

R541 Jeremy Diamond of CNN.

R548 Pence said the paperwork is being completed. I hate these people so much.

Why does he keep referring to Dr. Fauci as "Tony", I bet he wouldn't tolerate it if Tony called him "Donald".

I mute Donald and just listen to Fauci when he is talking.

Where's Jim Acosta when we need him?

R550, not him.

The guy I'm talking about was clean shaven.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO LOSE?

Seriously????

Trump on the ‘miracle drug’ chloroquinone: “We’re gonna be delivering thousands of samples to NYC. Tony might not agree with this but I say ‘What have we got to lose?’”

Fauci visibly squirming listening to this

Echolalia

ech·o·la·li·a /ˌekōˈlālēə/ Learn to pronounce noun PSYCHIATRY meaningless repetition of another person's spoken words as a symptom of psychiatric disorder. repetition of speech by a child learning to talk.

There he goes on the press. And CHINA.

Inaccurate WaPo story. Fake news. A disgrace.

I don't care about YOU, Trump.

Sleepy Joe Biden called me a xenophobe when I put a travel ban on CHINA.

He just said again that no one ever thought something like this would happen, but wasn't it back in January they had a "what if" pandemic scenario simulation and they failed miserably?

I wish they would keep asking about dismantling the CDC pandemic team but of course that's a nasty question that he will ignore.

Pass it on.

He actually sounds a little more reasonable today, though he’s still lying and making things up. Not quite as wild eyed and defensive as usual. Maybe they adjusted his meds.

"We didn't hear about the coronavirus until it came out publicly." Such a lie, a whopper.

R565 China lied about and tried to cover up the epidemic for weeks. That’s a fact.

People are hearing more and more about this virus.

The other day ventilators and masks were on their way. Now they are just being ordered. WTF

Yes 566, and even then, Dear Leader called it a hoax.

In the interest of crisis management and public health, the President should stop coming out to these pressers. Really, truly, he needs to let others communicate. Even deep cult Trumpers should think this.

R569 Both things can be true. FEMA, DHS etc. responses (and the world’s) were delayed for weeks because of China’s lies and coverups.

Did you all are how that FAT motherfucker just shut down that reporter and then left the stage? Fucking baby.

Where's Squeaky Fromme when you need her?

This was only a little less crazy today, but it was again the lies and obfuscation of a narcissistic psychopath. I'm with Rachel Maddow on this (don't give the POTUS the airtime to harm the nation for personal political gain).

Fauci tap dancing and finessing to protect the ugly toddler.

Pencey Prep and his daily "Don't Do This!" folder of "15 Steps."

Aaaand, they're done.

How those drive up tests all over going? This orange fat fuck needs to be taken off the air. These little shows he puts on for his pig-base do nothing and are actually harming the nation.

R572, Squeaky missed.

Again with the "We inherited an obsolete, failed system" LIE. WTH IS JOE BIDEN TO REFUTE THIS?! (Obama is apparently above every fray, "going high.")

[quote]Trump just spoke at today's press conference. Everything is incredible and fantastic and great.

I thankfully missed today's bullshit, but was he talking about a deadly virus or opening up a casino? Failing in either case, that's the guarantee with Trump

And how long did we further the delays while Trump and his minions did the hoax dance?

Here's Liz Porter, r563....

Jesus how long do these daily pressers go on for?

R581 As long as Trump continues to get attention, silly Billy!

Pressers go on for as long as they resemble rallies, when a reporter asks a non-rally like question then he is done playing and takes his ball and goes home.

[quote] The guy I'm talking about was clean shaven.

I know to whom you are referring. He’s cute. Unfortunately, I have no idea who he is or Which organization he is with.

I just ordered a diamond studded platinum N95 mask from Piaget and it will arrive before the N95s "ordered" by this great crisis manager and leader.

"Echolalia"

Das mah third chowd..

A demented, criminal, fascist president doing the country in. A plague sweeping the globe. Our priority: find the Instagram of the attractive young reporter. Maybe he has posted a shirtless pic!

Stop show his briefing live. Just show Cuomo's. Make the NY briefing the de facto national briefing. That would kill Trump.

My other fantasy is Obama schedules a briefing where he declares he's coming back as caretaker president for the next 10 months--until inauguration in 2021. He just starts acting as the president and everyone accepts it and leaves Trump in the dust.

R584, he kind of had Vulcan/Romulan ears.

Tres cute!

[quote] A demented, criminal, fascist president doing the country in. A plague sweeping the globe. Our priority: find the Instagram of the attractive young reporter. Maybe he has posted a shirtless pic!

Get real, R587. We’re all cooped up at home. It’s not like we’re on the front lines of a war and we’ve decided to delay our important work to find (another) cute guy on IG. There’s only so many times you can rearrange the sock drawer.

Everything R588 said.

I like it.

R537 Funny! I thought, with that stupid expression on his ugly face while others were speaking, a thought bubble would read "Me, me me! Why aren't they talking about me! Me, me, it's my turn!"

[quote]Who's the hottie that just asked about masks wearing the blue tie with white dots?

Don't know but he asked why there is a shortage of masks and Trump of course blamed prior administrations. If course they all had a real working CDC who would have two months ago went int emergency mode and taken control. It can't be screamed loud enough this all because Trump decimated the CDC

[quote]Some of the people we cut, they haven’t used for many, many years, and if we have ever need them we can get them very, very quickly. And rather than spending the money—I’m a business person. I don’t like having thousands of people around when you don’t need them. When we need them, we can get them back very quickly.”

Hope someone starts a Part 2 of this thread for Sunday...

R594, you know you can if you want. You don't have to be a member to start a thread.

I play a game with the thread title: What verb do I wish were in place of "speaking"?

Indeed.

Right through his ass.

thread II

Trump is a shit "human being." Unfortunately, he's at the helm of this country when we most need a real leader.

What a mess we're all in.

Did he cancel today’s briefing.

^^It is this afternoon 4 or 430pm (something like that)

[Quote] Don't know but he asked why there is a shortage of masks and Trump of course blamed prior administrations.

When your four years into an administration, you can’t blame previous administrations for causing a problem.

You had four years to fix whatever deficiencies existed and you didn’t