Politico: Majority now approves of Trump’s handling of this crisis

A nation of rubes.

It’s still early in all this. Wait until they turn the town square into a field hospital.

It doesn't help when idiots like Dana Bash apparently praise him for his handling as if he didn't purposely fire the pandemic team two years ago or did nothing 3 months ago when he knew about this or called it a hoax and now his disgusting supporters pretend he didn't and literally tell you he never did. We have fucking video of him and his FOX flying monkeys calling it a hoax or a Dem hoax and now they just L I E.

The media -save a few exceptions- haven't held his feet to the fire. They've allowed him to do what he always does: Get away with it. When Yamiche Alcindor called out his firing of the pandemic team and he attempted to ignore it, the next journalist should've pressed him on it. I mean how do you just move on from something so crucial to all of this? He dismantled the team that literally handles THIS.

People are so desperate for this man to just "act normal" and decent that they give him chance after chance after chance. I've never seen anything like it and maybe it's because the economy appears to be doing well. I don't think I've ever seen another president, democratic or republican, get so many opportunities to reset, then blows it all up, then gets another opportunity to reset again. Even the media, who would have ripped other presidents a new one by now, just keep hoping that he will act presidential. We are living in strange days.

He may be reelected. Americans are that stupid.

Because he's an entitled, wealthy, white guy. Obama never would've been allowed to be this incompetent or divisive - and he actually would've been impeached. Frankly, Obama wouldn't have even been allowed on a debate stage, let alone get the nomination and presidency.

And the "fake news" where Trump happily ran to for his birther bullshit and self-promotion caused all of this. They normalized that motherfucker. They allowed him the platform.

CNN and some of MSNBC helped him be elected. And the Times. It's not just Fox News.

Bull shit poll :

1) A Web-based survey company was used in order to conduct the poll.

2) 502 people sampled even though their top line PFD says 512 people. Meaning that not all of the people that took their web based survey answered all questions.

The majority could mean 100 deplorable of 160 that bothered to answer that question. This is Politico spreading propaganda

R8, thanks for noting that. Somewhat comforting. I feel like I'm dying of frustration and anger.

What the fuck did he do? Shut down any person entering the US who wasn't American or a British subject for thirty days. That's FUCKING HANDLING this?

I think he’s done alright OP. I’m a Dem and would never vote for the asshole but he’s done his job on this. Maybe not the best but he’s been present and things have kept somewhat stabile.

Well, Pawpaw got took of the China Virus last night, but it seemed the Lord just wanted to meet him in Heaven a little sooner. We sure don't blame the President for that. And, what is more, those people, if you know whom I mean, aren't getting free Obamaphones no more.

Americans tend to rally around the president in times of crisis, even when the president is a fucking idiot. Bush's popularity soared in the weeks and months following 9/11. My fear is that as the news becomes more and more grim in the next few months, the cries of "We must support our president!" and "Now is not the time for politics!" will grow louder. And if the crisis lasts into the fall (which it almost certainly will), we'll hear Trumptards saying, "Now is not the time to change presidents!" Yes, Americans are stupid enough that they may end up re-electing Trump.

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im guessing handing out free money or the promise of free money has something to do with this

My husband and I just bought a house in Hawaii (two weeks ago). We can't wait to leave the mainland and put dumb, tiny-handed donnie and his many, many stupid supporters in our rear-view mirror.

R11 WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??

This guy is going to get us all killed.

FF this entire troll thread.

The mindless morons whose raison d'etre is Trump demonisation. Regardless.

I wouldn’t believe anything from Politico, folks. It’s a site for trolls.

R11, if a house is on fire and someone dismantled the fire dept years ago and that someone claimed the fire was no big deal and that it was being exaggerated and that it would burn itself out and then the fire spread to several houses and then to the entire neighborhood and then that someone finally grabbed a hose, should they be lauded for that? Why?

He's a wartime president, I guess.

Can I come with you R16?

Oh...and sure R11...you’re a Dem. What has the giant piece of orangutan shit done that is reassuring you so? Once again, that fat fuck has done exactly the opposite of what is right. Fuck you!!!!

[quote]demonisation[sic]

R19 showing us the "real" Americans are checking in to defend the president. Hilarious.

[quote]I think he’s done alright OP. I’m a Dem and would never vote for the asshole but he’s done his job on this. Maybe not the best but he’s been present and things have kept somewhat stabile.

No, actually his job is not to foster complacency about an epidemic, telling people to go to work when they're sick, claiming that the few US cases will soon get better, etc., until reality persuaded him it wasn't working. His job isn't to ramble ignorantly on irrelevancies in press conferences. And he hasn't kept things even somewhat "stabile."

CNN and the Times are going to help him get reelected.

He even managed to find time to attack Cuomo who actually is doing his job. So I guess we're supposed to rally around that fat fuck, but he's allowed to continue being a complete shit to anyone he chooses..

[quote]I think he’s done alright OP. I’m a Dem and would never vote for the asshole but he’s done his job on this.

This is one of the stupidest fucking opinions ever expressed on Datalounge. You're either a troll or you HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION.

Ugh. I started another thread regarding this. My 77 yo dad , a lifelong Democrat, told me on the phone yesterday that thank god Trump took control of this, and then be bashed Democrats and Obama. Total Fox News talking points.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, it was like the Twilight Zone.

I've never had a close relationship with the man, and now I will have none. I have no time for idiots.

R24 I'm a second generation NATIVE San Franciscan. Hilarious indeed.

He's gonna win the second term. It's over. Unless we make Bernie the nominee, who would mop the floor with Trump.

Trump is doing a great job. He has made test kits available to anyone who wants one. He helped Google create a national testing website. He has used the Defense Production Act to order businesses to manufacture more ventilators and masks. And just yesterday, he discovered a cure for coronavirus -- chloroquine. I'm sure we'll be down to zero cases by next month, when the warmer weather washes away the virus.

You are not a Dem, r11. You are a liar, troll, an idiot, an alcoholic, a Trumper or a Repug but you are not a Dem. Those are the facts, accept them.

Trump’s handling? So... grabbing?

[quote] I think he’s done alright OP. I’m a Dem and would never vote for the asshole but he’s done his job on this. Maybe not the best but he’s been present and things have kept somewhat stabile.

You’re not a “dem.” However you are dim, a dim idiot. Because of Trump we are not prepared. He and his administration spent 2 months doing nothing but attempting to down play it. He does not care about this country, nor it’s citizens. The bottom falling out of the stock market is the only thing that caused him to take some action. He gets credit for being “present”, including continuing to hold rallies and attending CPAC. Really? That’s your idea of doing the job of being president. WTF

Biden wouldnt do any better If he were the Preaident. Only bernie would so I guess Trump's the only option.

I lived in Hawaii during 9/11, and you aren't escaping SHIT. Good luck. Try stopping those elderly aunties from seeing their nieces & nephews. Don't eat macaroni salad, even outside of a plague.

R26, you think Biden would've dismantled Obama's pandemic team two years ago? You think he would've called it a GOP hoax? You think he'd sit around watching propaganda news all day so he knows what to think that day and then TWEET?

OP, you're right. Americans are fucking stupid. they just say shit without actually THINKING it out.

Obviously for R36, not R26

PS: in HI, EVERYTHING comes from the mainland. and if that stops, the islands are FUCKED.

I think possibly America is so stupid that it's effectively evil.

Oh, here we go. A Bernie troll emergeth. Fuck off, Bernie troll. Bernie is a big ass, self serving baby just like our current shitstain in chief.

R35, and he was still shaking hands only a few days ago and would continue to do so if they didn't tell him not to.

I love you, R32

Sigh. I wish German was a sexy language though. It just isn’t.

Dumpie showed amazing leadership when he told the nation's governors to find their own respirators.

OAN has a press pass. That's all you need to know about this administration. That psycho Asian woman sat there asking some preposterous, bigoted and racist question. This would be AFTER she had attempted to spread the conspiracy theory that Dr. Fauci and his lab created COVID-19 to hurt Trump. And that cunt was at Mar-A-Lago with Trump only recently.

But yeah, clearly Biden would've been the same. The ignorance some of you express is embarrassing, What's more embarrassing is you will continue to stay that way and whine about it being called out rather than accept your limited thinking or try to correct it.

I'm guessing R45's post was meant for the quarantine playlist

[quote] Biden wouldnt do any better If he were the Preaident. Only bernie would so I guess Trump's the only option.

A fucking mentally retarded chimpanzee would have done better!

I thought a non sequitur was called for.

[quote]He's gonna win the second term. It's over. Unless we make Bernie the nominee, who would mop the floor with Trump.

Nina Turner, you really should be out there looking for work.

That poll can't be accurate.

R51

Nina, much like her god Bernie, has never really worked a day in her life.

Biden wouldnt be nominated if the DNC hadn't cleared the field for him just before Super Tuesday. Biden only would have won deep south states if they hadn't.

He won't win the general if he cant even win the primary without DNC trickery. I'm extremely worried about the election now.

Biden wouldnt be nominated if the DNC hadn't cleared the field for him just before Super Tuesday. Biden only would have won deep south states if they hadn't.

He won't win the general if he cant even win the primary without DNC trickery. I'm extremely worried about the election now.

What tricks are you referring to, R55? Could you be more specific?

R56, Negotiating with other candidates to make sure Bernie woildnt be nominated. Biden shit the bed in the first 3 contests. Let's not forget that.

Fuck off, Bernie troll (actually already blocked him). It's OVAH.

[quote]Biden wouldnt be nominated if the DNC hadn't cleared the field for him just before Super Tuesday.

Translation: When it's only Biden vs. Bernie, SHOCKINGLY, people opted for Biden and Bernie's sycophants can't deal with the reality check that he isn't as popular as they think he is.

Dana Bash (CNN) interviewed Mitch McConnell hours back. Outside of Fox, she's popular with prominent, older Republican politicians who want to be interviewed by someone who displays much deference and delivers softball questions. Her interviews with Rudy Giuliani last year looked as if she was starstruck.

These politicians need to press politicàl figures for straight answers, and insist on substantive replies as to when and how urgent concerns get addressed and resolved.

[quote]What tricks are you referring to, [R55]? Could you be more specific?

The same mind control that had more people voting for Hillary in the primary than Bernie.

Bernie's assholes are far worse than Trump's assholes because the former can't claim to believe in the things that they do (ie. left-wing policies) and so easily allow trump to win or pretend Biden is worse than Trump; that is mental illness on their part. There's nothing remotely normal about that mindset. You don't have an actual ideology. you only worship some person because the antithesis of his ideology IS Trump.

^correction

These journalists and reporters need to.... (not politicians)

Hacks like Dana Bash are far worse than anything on FOX because at least FOX doesn't try to hide what they are. She's one of these assholes out of DC who thinks she should be taken seriously despite the fact that she's no doubt at cocktail parties with the very people she's supposed to hold accountable. She is everything wrong with journalism.

I wonder if they'll rally around the Idiot int he White House when the economy starts really cratering.

Trump did jackshit. trump's lucky ass is benefitting from the governors. Cuomo saved his ass by taking charge of NY and setting out a plan that other states are following.

Trump can't even get supplies to where they are needed.

Seems to me the "mainstream" media are separating into two camps: (a) the true-blue journalists totally devoted to keeping the country apprised of the truth, come hell or high water; and (b) the appeasers trying to stay under the radar for now while strategizing to be first in line to kiss the ring (and his ass) should this president still be in-place on January 21, 2021.

Remember: neither Biden nor Trump are going to be able to hold campaign rallies.

But Trump has a daily soap box in front of the public. Daily. Flanked by experts.

It's a situation that's going to give Biden a huge disadvantage.

And did the DNC also pay every single Biden voter, R57? Did they force the other candidates out? Did Bernie ever have a majority of support among Democrats or just a plurality? I still don’t understand what the “trick” was or how precisely it was pulled off.

I don’t believe one word of this bullshit. One word.

We will come out of hiding by the summer r67. The rallies will be back. Even without them, there appears to be a noticeable group of suburban Americans that were tired of Trump. Somehow, Biden has been able to motivate the 2018 coalition with limited funds. Trump is flying higher today, but November is a lifetime away.

This was funny that he is gong for to war against the virus. People kept saying that Trump would start a war for his re-election. This couldn’t be better situated for him. Additionally he gets to send people cash in a few weeks. Again, November is forever and a day away. I’m not going to panic yet.

You're surprised OP? Really? I've been saying Americans are the dumbest cunts on the planet for decades!

[Quote] We will come out of hiding by the summer.

Bernie wouldn't have had a majority of delegates either. Nobody would have. It was heading toward a brokered convention and people saw the sense in not having that happen.

Damn you Marcia R72

When am I going to get to wear my stunning two piece at the beach?????

If Trump begins sending checks to people, he wins.

[quote]When am I going to get to wear my stunning two piece at the beach?????

I assume those are two very large pieces r74.

I’ve never been asked to participate in any any political survey and I’m beginning to think those numbers are as reliable as Twitter opinions.

Just wait until COVID peaks in the US and we have even more dead people. Public opinion will change quickly.

R75, not if people don't have jobs to go back to and that is the very real problem.

R78, by the grace of dog, that's not going to happen here. The governors are doing a great job in managing this and there does look like there maybe two promising therapeutics that have been given emergency use authorization. Things will get better faster here not for anything that Trump has done, but in spite of it.

Checks don't replace family members. Usually.

He is handling it okay right now for being Trump IMO (it's a low bar)--the problem is that he fucked up when it mattered most, at the beginning, and now things are spiraling out of control. I don't know why his supporters can't see that.

A normal president would have an approval in the 80s+ during a huge crisis like this, just like Bush had after 9/11. The fact that Trump's is only in the 50s is not good news for him.

Having said that, Biden should start doing press conferences to get his message out there. He should take a cue from Cuomo, who has become the face of the Democratic party during the pandemic. Biden has kind of disappeared since the last debate. The political conventions will be cancelled this year, so Biden won't have that to help him either.

[quote]He is handling it okay right now for being Trump IMO (it's a low bar)

No, he is NOT handling it okay right now. There are multiple things he has not done - mobilize the hospital ships (which should have been done months ago), activate the Defense Production Act (ditto, so that factories could be making ventilators now), and of course the whole testing fiasco (there should be tens of millions of tests available now, there's no way to control the pandemic otherwise, and yet the states have scarcely any tests at their disposal because he's failed to do anything about it). He's sidelined the Centers for Disease Control by subordinating the public health experts to the politicians in the White House.

There are very few countries on the planet that are handling this as poorly as the US is. Andrew Cuomo has been doing a far better job, but even his hands are tied.

I think people are hearing about the checks and basing their opinion on that. But $1000 would go nowhere; the Democrats are proposing up to $4500, which is the only thing that will keep the economy afloat.

The realities of living in a world where most people only read headlines. Everyday Trump issues a couple of statements about great steps towards fighting this but they’re all lies. That ship going to NYC? It needs weeks of matinence and by the time it gets there thousands will already be dead. FDA approval? No, doctors can issue it but it is NOT approved for covid treatment. Masks? You gotta wait 18 months. We also never heard anything about those drive thru tests that all Wal Marts were supposed to have.

The press has a real responsibility to not let trump get away with this. The stuff he says sounds nice so people hear it and feel better and then move on. The press needs to make clear it’s all been empty promises so far.

When we get thru this it will be because of governors like Cuomo, Lamont, Newsom, Dewine who have stepped up and taken charge.

[Quote]No, doctors can issue it but it is NOT approved for covid treatment.

This isn't unusual at all so not sure what the point is. It's called emergency use authorization and it's been around for a long time.

It’s what comes of local control over education.

[quote] Having said that, Biden should start doing press conferences to get his message out there. He should take a cue from Cuomo, who has become the face of the Democratic party during the pandemic.

Cuomo can do daily press conferences because he's a governor. Biden is not currently an elected official. If Biden starts doing regular press conferences to discuss the coronavirus crisis, then people will complain that Biden is "politicizing" the crisis and "trying to score political points." And they'll complain that he's trying to undercut the president at a time when we need to rally around the president. And if Biden tries to talk about any other issues besides coronavirus, people will say "How can you even talk about other issues when we're facing a global crisis?"

This crisis puts Biden in a really tough situation. I'd like to think that Trump's colossal fuck-ups make it impossible for Trump to win in November, but I don't think that's a safe bet.

So how is Trump handling this well when he passed the burden on to the governors?

"Trump earlier Thursday repeated his belief that the onus should be on the states -- and not the federal government -- to obtain needed equipment to combat the pandemic, saying his administration is not a “shipping clerk” for the supplies that could potentially save lives."

It’s the measly $1,000 checks guys. Don’t you see he’s trying to buy votes? People are persuaded by $$$.

Indeed

[quote][R24] I'm a second generation NATIVE San Franciscan. Hilarious indeed.

How in the hell does one go through the American school system -if you are second generation- spelling demonization with an S? Are you fucking kidding me? STFU

Just wait until Granny Clampett dies.

Yes, the rubes believe the idiot-in-chief is handling the crisis well because they've been instructed to believe that. However, if you are someone who still thinks polling models are accurate, especially percentages reported by traditional media sources, then you too are a rube, my friend.

Fake news.

All the DNC and Biden need to do is run political ads and quote what he was saying for over two months while the virus escalated into the general population. So long as we allow Trump to run the narrative we are all fucked.

The bar is so low for him..it's like a Limbo bar...worse than W

Where's Bloomberg with his wonderful ads and commercials?

R98 hiding in his bunker.