The Donald Trump Presidency Thread After Hours

[Tom]

US Coronavirus death toll nears 125,000. Wow is all I can say tbh.

Trump's new prediction is around 150k deaths. He's changed his tune a little since he predicted the "15 cases will soon be down to zero".

Do you think there is a possibility the EU is likely to put a travel ban in place for people coming in from the US?

Given how out of control the virus is in large swathes of the US the EU would be crazy to take any other stance in my opinion.

 

[Son Of Jack]

Trump's mishandling of this whole Coronavirus epidemic has been bad even for him. Trump had a platform that the economy was strong under him, and that was his ace in the hole. But while the coronavirus rages on, the economy is going to be on the ropes and constantly in this process of shutting down and restarting.

So there's that - but we know that wearing masks helps stop the spread. It makes absolutely no sense that Trump would announce any scepticism about this. You could see a glimmer of logic in trying to get the economy to reopen early even if it's a vain hope that it won't be disastrous. There's no logic in being against the masks. None.

If he wants to get his biggest, excuse the pun, trump card back, then it makes all the sense in the world to crush the curve as much as possible. He's actively killing his voters if this rips through conservative communities in Florida with large amounts of older people, for example. I say it again - his stance on masks is a kamikaze move of the highest order. Maybe someone here could educate me on the logic they think Trump might have with it because I can see none from where I stand.

 

[Lawrence]

The southern states who re-opened earlier than the CDC recommends is now breaking records for the number of new cases, all for the sake of restarting the economy. Thanks to Trumps irresponsible actions and lack of leadership.

The US has more new daily cases now than they ever had. However; New York learned, and their cases are dropping fairly quickly now.

The EU will not allow US citizens to visit. In Canada, we will allow people from the US to cross the border, because of Alaska, but they must travel straight through, only to stop to eat, gas up, and sleep. Anyone entering Canada from the USA must sign a waiver and are monitored. We have already issued a number of fines to Americans who decided to go tour some of our national parks on their way through.

 

[David76]

White House press secretary claims Donald Trump "does read and he's the most informed man on planet Earth when it comes to the threats we face" - after he DENIED being briefed on Russian bounties

Didn't he think Finland was part of Russia?

 

[Sad Professor]

They just lie all the time. It's incredible, lie lie lie. It does make you realise in case you ever forget that he may be a pretty big symptom but he is just a symptom of a bigger problem.

 

[Bandit]

America First in action it seems: the US has bought 90% of world supplies of a key CoVid treatment drug, leaving the rest of the world lacking for the next 3 months. Only one company holds the patent. It says a lot IMO when an institution supposedly meant to make sober, considered actions behaves like a panicky hoarder buying up all the loo roll.

White House press secretary claims Donald Trump "does read and he's the most informed man on planet Earth when it comes to the threats we face" - after he DENIED being briefed on Russian bounties

Didn't he think Finland was part of Russia?

I stopped reading listening after I saw press secretary claims....because it's pointless as the current press secretary said she'd never lie and yet she has.

I believe so according to John Bolton's book. I mean he's not the most informed man on the planet in any way shape or form. He's willfully ignorant of even basic things of his own country. Also, on the daily briefings, there were claims they were hundreds of pages daily when apparently they are relatively brief. But even if they were voluminous documents, surely it's expected presidents read them. It's part of the job.

I think this week with the Russian story and how it's already playing veterans in ads that were released by them, this may have been one of the biggest f*ck ups as president.

 

[Gemma]

White House press secretary claims Donald Trump "does read and he's the most informed man on planet Earth when it comes to the threats we face" - after he DENIED being briefed on Russian bounties

Didn't he think Finland was part of Russia?

So much of what he says and does is so definitively in contradiction to what he says that its incredible to see it happening in front of our eyes.

All his statements about 'he knows more than anyone else', 'people are astounded at how well he grasps information', 'he hires the best people'.

All absolute, categorical bullshit!

Anyone left defending him is primarily doing so out of hatred for those that don't. That hatred is more motivating than seeing people being vindicated for saying he would be a disaster. I personally didn't think it would get this bad in that the White House staff would be so impossibly able to keep him under control. I felt he'd be capable of all this, but not that it would happen so clearly.

 

[Sad Professor]

Do you think there is a possibility the EU is likely to put a travel ban in place for people coming in from the US?

It's official the EU has banned Americans travelling to the EU.

It says a lot about there lack of strategy to tackle covid-19. They could have been in a better position by now had they had a proper strategy but they did not. They stayed in denial for months and that will cost them big time. It does, unfortunately, mean it has cost lives to as well do which is very sad.

 

[Fraser]

 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1279947673051815941

Only one of those statements is true and conspiracy theorists would call that a hoax (ironically one of Trump's favourite words). They are even trying to rewrite history. Embarrassing.

 

[Franco Pinion]

So the US are leaving WHO. No better time to do that then when your people are dying in a global pandemic

 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1280562690818179077