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© Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Trump golfs in Florida as COVID relief hangs in the balance
By JILL COLVIN PALM BEACH, Fla©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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PTownsend
At this point the only people who support Trump and his attempts to steal the election are those from one of the global troll armies and others who want to see Trump do even more damage to the country.
Desert Tortoise
The mental meltdown accelerates.
Peter Neil
The President of the United States is mentally ill and needs to be removed from office. This is why the 25th amendment was enacted, to remove anyone not mentally or physically capable of performing the duties of the office.
The cabinet and the Republicans in Congress are cowards and traitors.
A dog catcher in Oklahoma who acted like Trump would have been removed from their position by now.
zurcronium
And on top of his malfeasance he is a golf cheat as validated by sports columnist Rick Reilly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW0LQLpMx54&t=17s
No surprise he cheats playing golf.
tooheysnew
Trump & Graham - dumb & dumber
oldman_13
What a fitting symbolic end to this disaster of a presidency.
Don't forget his reprehensible pardons of such criminal figures as the Blackwater contractors who brutally executed innocent Iraqi civilians in 2007.
President Biden cannot come soon enough.
u_s__reamer
I'm counting the days to January 20th when the orange nightmare ends and karma descends (if divine justice exists) like a ton of bricks on the heads of the "law and order"Retrumplican grifters and golfers.
bass4funk
I support Trump, but all that other stuff....no idea, but on a real and serious note, what else can Trump do? In all honesty, if he’s there right next to these medical professionals supporting them, you libs would complain he’s in the way and it’s all a big photo op, if the guy makes a comment y’all will complain about something, so it doesn’t matter what the guy says or does it won’t change the haters comments especially on this site even if he follows the book to the liberals tee. So at this point, he organized and pushed for operation warp speed, the Dems howled and mocked him when he said, we will have a vaccine by the end of the year, now they’re eating all crow, but it doesn’t matter, they still need to find a way to jump all over this guy. In a few weeks this people on this site can officially start to criticize the Biden administration daily good(if possible) or bad going forward, changing of the guard.
David Varnes
Remember when Donald Trump said he would be so busy leading and being President that he wouldn't have any time to go golfing?
I didn't think so.
bass4funk
And yet, because of his stubbornness and fortitude of operation warp speed we finally have a cure. So I give the guy credit for multitasking.
u_s__reamer
A dog catcher in Oklahoma who acted like Trump would have been removed from their position by now.
This just shows the corruption of power: how the garb of the presidency protects even reprobate wretches like Trump. It's ironic that a country founded in violent revolt against royal rule would eventually succumb, as Benjamin Franklin feared, to the temptations of authoritarian governance where the symbols of a regal presidency matter more than the substance of real democracy. Trump is the embodiment of America's gradual slide that under his wannabe reign became a race to the moral bottom. But there is a silver lining: Trump's term of maladministration and malfeasance have held up a funny mirror for the nation's self-reflection and, as a result, we may hope that 2021 will bring some healing balm for the wounds Trump and his enablers inflicted on the lives of millions.
Busby
Well, Trump enjoying his favorite Presidential activity...leading the fight against the killer virus? Nope, hitting the links...
But when he's not on the golf course, I bet he's strategizing with his new allies Nancy, Chuck, and The Squad...
Let's see, what can else can he do before Jan 20th to show he's now a radical socialist...
Executive Order banning assault weapons?
Pardon Bill Cosby?
Trade his MAGA hat for a BLM armband?
Will his supporters still stick with him? Well, you now what they say about cults...
ArtistAtLarge
And Nero fiddled...
Desert Tortoise
From the White House to the Big House. I wonder if the Manhattan DA and/or New York AG have sealed indictments and arrest warrants ready to execute on 20 January 2021. And the executives at Dominion are ready to drop a lawsuit on Mr. Trump himself after 20 January for defamation, waiting I'm sure so there is no possibility of a pardon.
Desert Tortoise
Credit goes to the scientists who developed and tested the two American vaccines. Mr. Trump did everything he could to try to convince Americans there was no problem. Oh, it's just going to magically go away he said last spring. And before Thanksgiving we had "turned the corner". And yet people are gullible enough to buy his sales pitch. He's a salesman, not a policy wonk.
Busby
Trump cure? Clorox injections and blue light suppositories?
But you're right about his multitasking - he sure multitasked Melania, Stormy, and McDougall at the same time...
serendipitous1
Bass
Please don't ever call a vaccine 'a cure'. That's quite offensive and misleading and rather stupid. You need to get your news from more than one source.
Bob Fosse
That is sitting in a warehouse doing nothing.
People are waiting for money, cash to get them through this. But he’s playing golf and Executive Ordering a bucket of KFC.
Its pointless defending him at this stage but anyone still doing so is not going to listen and will keep trotting out the same obvious bs to somehow justify the corner they are in.
bass4funk
Here we go with that crap again! Indict Trump on what? The guy was audited a few times and now these criminal scum attorneys need to plot and figure out what they can charge Trump with? Remember Trump has a slew of some of the top lawyers as well, the guy is not going to prison, now if the scum DA want to pin something on Trump they can try, but then that would look like a personal vendetta. But let them try. The left failed with Mueller, they failed with impeachment and now they’re setting themselves up for another failure.
Jsapc
He was impeached and found not guilty by his own party without being exonerated, so nobody "failed". He was actually impeached. Please do not try to rewrite history (especially from last January).
Jimizo
Talking about Trump’s pardons, I read a comment on Twitter which said that Jeffrey Epstein should have hung around a bit longer.
Toasted Heretic
I do wonder, how often does such wilful ignorance get showcased here? Daily? Several times a day?
Google is your friend. Try it sometime.
In the meantime, let's hope he doesn't succumb to a turn on the course. The whole world is waiting to see him brought to justice.
320 thousand dead. Where are the messages of support for the families, the regret, the empathy, the apologies?
bass4funk
You beat me to it, but seriously...what do they want to try and get Trump on?
For what? He’ll pardon himself and then the Dems will try and get the him on what exactly?
If these idiot lawyers think they have a case with that? Good luck and I mean seriously. If Trump can’t prove there was election fraud the NY-DA will have an even tougher time pinning a single death on the President. Now Cuomo, DeBlasio in regards to the nursing homes, maybe....
Toasted Heretic
This is very disingenuous of you. Plenty of posters here have furnished you with facts - citations/links/videos/ - of the numerous legal, financial, sexual and ethical crimes he is being investigated over.
Again and again, literally thousands of links over the last few years and patiently researching them.
Only to be dismissed, deflected or the thread being mysteriously disabled.
QED.
Busby
He's already an unindicted co-conspirator in the illegal Stormy payoff - that will turn into an indictment on 21 Jan. The Trump Org is under multiple investigations for tax, insurance, and finance fraud. Both Eric and Ivanka have been deposed. Rudy is under investigation for illegally representing a foreign government and campaign finance violations. Plus he's being sued in civil court by two women that claim he sexually assaulted them.
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/20/937044524/once-out-of-office-trump-faces-significant-legal-peril
Rudy? See above. Sidney Powell? She'll call Hugo Chavez as a witness. Lin Wood? He told Repub voters to stay home. I doubt if Barr would sign up. Maybe he can pardon Cohen...
Who failed to get re-elected?
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
Tax fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, felony campaign finance violations, rape, bribery, you know the usual for a president.
You seem so certain hell just pardon himself: I'm wondering a) Why you'd think he'd pardon himself if he's done nothing wrong, and b) why you think it's okay for a president to just pardon themselves? At any rate, it's a good thing Donald can't pardon himself for crimes at the state level and I can't wait for the New York State Attorney General to get ahold of Donald.
Toasted Heretic
I'll say it again:
320 thousand dead - and the man goes golfing. No support for the families of the dead, no words of condolences. Nothing.
But, y'know, the Dems, etc!
bass4funk
And these so called one sided and debunked liberal hit pieces amounted to nothing, so once again, what do these weaselly lawyers think they want to get Trump on?
Google, the same search engine that has been blocking free speech, changing their algorithms to help benefit liberals, yeah, we believe them. Lol
bass4funk
They audited the man already so many times, the campaign finance violations if they can prove that won’t even amount to a month if at all of jail time, the alleged rape charges....seriously, good luck on that one.
Because he can. Why would he let the Dems try and take him out in order for them to feel emotionally worth something? Lol
Yes and like Trump’s failed attempt to overturn this election, the Dems will see the same results play out in trying to lock him up, should be massively entertaining to watch the libs foul this one up
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
You don't know he's been audited. Even if he has been, you've got no idea if there are any problems with his taxes. Those campaign finance violations were enough to put Cohen in jail, I can't imagine why it would be too much different for Donald.
Lololol you do realize a pardon is an admission of guilt, don't you? Contrary to popular belief Democrats couldn't actually charge him just to harass him, they would actually have to show a grand jury significant evidence of wrongdoing.
Good on you for admitting Donald tried to overturn a free and fair election. He really is a sore loser.
jack o helen
For starters, Trump should start doing his job. Stop playing golf all the time and show up for work at least.
Toasted Heretic
Ah, the signal.
The links that I and many, many others have provided over the years have come from a variety of sources, including traditional conservative publications like The Daily Telegraph and The Times, amongst others.
The same search engines that you use and benefit from. Lol.
Bob Fosse
I’m sure we’ll hear all about it. But like your other predictions, you’ll find disappointment and have to move your goalposts to own libs again.
You keep saying “we”. There is no “we”, just you.
Bob Fosse
I believe absolutely in free speech. And believe passionately that those still downplaying this pandemic and touting ideas that the election was rigged should be allowed to speak. And then ridiculed.
Toasted Heretic
Some of the best lawyers in jail, or promoting conspiracy theories concerning dead people and socialist leaders, or lusting over teenagers.
And the other lawyers going to court - odd isn't it, how they won't use the fraud/stolen election narrative that their boss bawls about?
Numan
Will trump step down as president to get a pardon from President Pence?
LOL!
Peter14
@bass4funk
I appreciate a loyal follower as much as the next guy, and you continue to show your loyalties to Trump.
However even you must acknowledge that Trump should either have signed or vetoed the relief bill simply because America needs help. There are many struggling business's closing down and more people are going hungry than just about ever before. Trump pushed hard for a vaccine as any leader would have. Some have been approved before the end of 2020 but the masses will not be able to get vaccinated for many months yet, partly due to lack of planning on distribution and until then they seem to have been abandoned by their current leader.
All must admit Trump could have done more and better and golfing while complaining about Republicans who dont support his continued attempts to overturn the will of the people is madness. He lost the election and even Trumps most ardent supporters should be able to admit that at this point. Some have and he is not happy about that. He should not be happy that Americans need help and are not getting it. Trump is angry at the wrong things, preoccupied with the wrong things and at this moment in time does not deserve the Presidency of the United States of America.