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Trump nixes quarantine idea for NY, NJ and Connecticut

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“I want them to be appreciative,” Trump said 

Once again it's all about Trump.

Yet Trump — who hours earlier had suggested the need for the devices was being overblown — rejected any criticism of the federal government's response to a ballooning public health crisis that a month ago he predicted would be over by now.

Once again 'I can't take responsibility for that'.

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While you are thinking people are dying!

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Guy has no clue as to what he's talking about, or even what coronavirus is.

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That seems like a good idea, try to isolate the virus as much as possible and centralize it more. Well, he’s finally listening to his medical and military staff, good on him.

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It came a day after Trump made clear he wanted governors to be grateful when asking for federal support for the pandemic.

Petty.

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New York Gov Andrew Cuomo, who criticized the federal government’s response as his state became the country's virus epicenter, said the issue had not come up in a conversation he had with Trump earlier Saturday.

Just so weird. Makes it sound like Trump is making it up as he goes along.

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Just so weird. Makes it sound like Trump is making it up as he goes along.

He is. His ardent fans on these boards admit it. They are happy he’s finally listening to the experts and have zero criticism of him for having contradicted the experts for weeks, which literally caused people’s deaths.

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There’s a good article in The Atlantic on the powers that a President may have after the declaration of a national emergency:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/

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“I want them to be appreciative,”

For what? Your bumbling incompetence leading the US into having the worst outbreak in the world?

Well, he’s finally listening to his medical and military staff, good on him.

The article only mentions the governor of Florida as someone Trump listened to on this, and no public health officials have called for this move publicly, hence the confusion among governors in affected states, who were not even contacted.

Stop excusing this man’s incompetence, America needs him to take it seriously and actually have experts build comprehensive plans. Him just tweeting out random ideas like this, or sending everyone back to work by Easter, is hurting rather than helping.

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President Donald Trump said he was considering a quarantine as early as Saturday for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, though it wasn't clear whether he had the power to order state residents to stay put.

Well, we can add states rights to fiscal responsibility, free trade, strong alliances, and all the other conservative values the Repubs have cast overboard to the Trump cult...

It came a day after Trump made clear he wanted governors to be grateful when asking for federal support for the pandemic. “I want them to be appreciative,”

Sick, sick, sick - there's nothing left to describe this pathetic excuse for a human being. People are dying and this moron wants a pat on the back. His constant need for attention and affirmation, even during this pandemic, is a sure sign of a serious personality disorder.

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Trump is so out of depth.

He has no idea.

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@basss4fstubbornness of his wanting and hoping for the country to go back

is contributing to false hope many of his followers, especially those who still believe him have, while also contributing to the huge number of Americans unwilling to believe what medical experts say about how serious this virus is. COVID45: the disease that a cult of personality is spreading. Keep it contained.

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This is very true and all the more reason he’s making up for it with his rising poll numbers and that stubbornness of his wanting and hoping for the country to go back to work is beyond motivating....

His "rising" poll numbers never get above 50% because he isn't liked by the majority.

The numbers infected will be 200,000 in the US next week. All because he was too slow to act.

The man child is not worth listening to.

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*is contributing to false hope many of his followers, especially those who still believe him have, while also contributing to the huge number of Americans unwilling to believe what medical experts say about how serious this virus is. COVID45: the disease that a cult of personality is spreading. Keep it contained.*

Not at all, stop listening to CNN for a moment. We all know how deadly this disease is, but some jobs have to still go on, the country and industry doesn’t stop, it can’t. That’s a Jimmy Carter attitude of capitulation. The country comes to a standstill who will deliver your food, who will keep the communications going, who will fly the pharmaceuticals? I could go on, but liberals don’t think about these things, their approach is lay down and take it all in. Again, Trump is not believing that and that’s why his popularity continues to grow even with people that don’t like him.

His "rising" poll numbers never get above 50% because he isn't liked by the majority

No, they tell a different story, all of them. He did get over 50% last weeks and polls fluctuate and he’s not in his 20’s, if so, he needs to seriously worry and he’s nowhere near that. So he’s doing way, way better than the years past.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

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He may have to include Louisiana in that quarantine.

Guy has no clue as to what he's talking about, or even what coronavirus is.

No, but you have no clue as to what you're talking about.

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@bassf4Not at all, stop listening to CNN for a moment.

I don't/can't/won't listen to CNN. But I want to give kudos to Fox 'news' for firing Trish Regan because she'd made the false claim the virus was a democratic hoax to oust Trump. Though I'm glad they did fire her, I wonder why they didn't also fire the others at Fox who also pushed that lie.

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Trump made clear he wanted governors to be grateful when asking for federal support 

Trump also wants his signature on all the stimulus checks going out to households across the country. Such checks are usually signed by a civil servant, and the money has been allocated by Congress, not the president. Egotistical jerk.

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I could go on, but liberals don’t think about these things, their approach is lay down and take it all in. 

In all seriousness, I generally see both liberals and conservatives saying we need to fight this, nobody is saying lay down. Most of your non political observations on this crisis I am in 100% agreement with.

But what is your honest take on Trump’s recent pronouncements from that perspective? Its him personally, not liberals or conservatives, who seems to be constantly changing his mind in the face of adversity. No sooner does he announce a policy, like imposing social distancing, than he almost immediately retreats from it when he faces blowback, by saying just days later he doesn’t think America can take it and things should be put back to normal in a couple of weeks. This has been repeated ad naseum by him throughout the crisis and shows no signs of abating.

I get that leaders need to change policies in response to changing circumstances but that is not what we are seeing with Trump. He just lays out ideas based on gut instinct which are completely unrealistic, but take on life as an imperative for the administration simply because they have come from him and time and effort is being squandered on bad ideas from the top . This is not the kind of leadership the US needs right now. Again, its not a liberal/conservative thing, its a problem with Trump personally being unfit for the job he now has.

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its not a liberal/conservative thing, its a problem with Trump personally being unfit for the job he now has.

Hear, hear!

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Once again Trump's flip-flopped on the quarantine. Who knows what he'll say tomorrow. If his handlers can't keep him on script, expect many of his followers to be even more confused. Those with a modicum of reasoning skills tuned him out long ago. What a shame the US president is such a terrible speaker and has such little credibility.

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Once again Trump's flip-flopped on the quarantine.

The flip flops are coming so fast its hard to keep up, when I commented less than two hours ago on this article the headline said he was proposing it, now it says he’s nixed it.

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He did get over 50% last weeks and polls fluctuate

The average of the polls never had him at over 50%.

That said, his poll numbers are rising. Then again, Bush 2 ( a man you and your still unnamed non-partisan historians regard as a success ), saw his poll numbers spike much higher than Trump’s after 9/11 but they went down the toilet and he left office with a worse approval rating than Carter.

Polls certainly fluctuate.

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There were lots of rumors that Cheyenne mountain was going to be re-opened and be a command and control center for coronavirus. Those rumors are now confirmed.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8162937/Coronavirus-drives-army-command-teams-infamous-Cheyenne-mountain-bunker.html

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When the virus starts hitting the important military personnel like fighter pilots.

it should be time to think about using the trillion plus planned for more nukes, and instead think about using those funds to improve healthcare at all levels in the US.

https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2017/10/31/americas-nuclear-weapons-will-cost-12-trillion-over-the-next-30-years/

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I don't/can't/won't listen to CNN. But I want to give kudos to Fox 'news' for firing Trish Regan because she'd made the false claim the virus was a democratic hoax to oust Trump.

It was a stupid move, but she was right to say that because if Trump would have done nothing and would have continued to blow this off entirely that would have looked bad for him and would have helped the Dems in their everlasting and continuous failed attempts at ousting this President, he hasn’t and they failed again. But they’ll be other jobs and now since she’s not with FNC under contract, she’s free to really let loose, so all the best to her, can’t wait.

Though I'm glad they did fire her, I wonder why they didn't also fire the others at Fox who also pushed that lie.

No, because the Murdoch kids don’t want to slit their own throats. I liked Trish, but she’s expendable, sad as it is on FBN, it on FNC, those are all heavy hitters, never going to happen.

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Once again Trump's flip-flopped on the quarantine.

No he didn't, he said he was considering it, the decision had not been made. You do want the president to carefully consider something as important as that before making a decision, no?

This coronavirus from China is nothing compared to what will happen if the economy crashes.

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But I want to give kudos to Fox 'news' for firing Trish Regan because she'd made the false claim the virus was a democratic hoax to oust Trump. Though I'm glad they did fire her, I wonder why they didn't also fire the others at Fox who also pushed that lie.

She went too far in saying that. But it's ridiculous to fire her over that, and have all these clowns at CNN and MSNBC and others continue their hateful disinformation campaign trying to make Trump look bad.

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It looks like Trump is pissed at Gov. Cuomo for the criticism he's directed at the president and his complete mishandling of this situation. Trump is well known for his thin skin and desire to get even with those who put him down. The problem now is that he's the U.S. president and he has to have a skin like armor to do his job effectively.

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“Why you would just create total pandemonium on top of a pandemic, I have no idea,” Cuomo said.

Yes you do Governor, we all do....we have a complete Moron as President.

You'd need a Cray supercomputer to add up all the false statements, lies, and bungled decisions this Dimwit has uttered over the past 90 days.

It's contained.....no it isn't....

It's just like the flu....nope....

You can get a test anytime....not enough available....

We'll quarantine the states....well, maybe we won't...

Just go disappear Donnie - go play with your VR golf machine in the WH basement....let the adults run the show...

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It was a stupid move, but she was right to say that because if Trump would have done nothing and would have continued to blow this off entirely that would have looked bad for him and would have helped the Dems...

Basically you are saying that the President needs to be chided by news casters to get off his backside and do something. Sad but true.

However you frame his inaction in terms of politics, but not in terms of the numbers who will die as a result. I think you should examine your priorities.

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