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© Thomson Reuters 2020.Trump pledges COVID outbreak coming under control as Florida cases surge for fifth day
By Doina Chiacu and Lisa Shumaker WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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jack o helen
Trump will continue to say that Covid-19 will disappear, and if it finally disappears 20 years later, he will say "I told you so".
Ah_so
Those embers sure are resilient.
jack o helen
Let's not forget that Trump keeps listening to his own personal advisors, called voices in his head, saying "the U.S. has the lowest mortality rates from this virus, in the world" and "this virus will disappear" and "I'm doing a great job", "some people have never cried as babies", "coal and the incandescent light bulb are good", "the corona virus is a hoax", and on and on ...
u_s__reamer
Who still listens to the "Bunker Boy who didn't cry Corona"? A hard rain's gonna fall in Florida in spite of all Trump's sweet-talking and gaslighting.
PTownsend
Come back to this thread later today. The Republican Rapid Response Team members and others in the global far right will be here to talk about their latest metric, 'not as many people are dying'.
The Avenger
The longer he stays the more idiotic he becomes there seems to be no limit.
He has no idea how to do his job. He never even bothered to try to learn how to do his job.
Arrrgh-Type
Again, Trump just says what he wants to happen, without any evidence or basis in reality, and just waits for the marks to believe him.
"It's going to disappear- one day it's like a miracle- it will disappear"
This quote was made in February of this year.
This tactic might work when you're slinging real estate or TV shows, but the virus doesn't respond to bluffing or threats. We'll never have any kind of coherent response while this guy is in the White House.
sunfunbun
And that's why Trump is so dangerous. With the handling of the coronavirus, we're watching ineptitude of unimaginable levels. Trump isn't the true problem, tho', he's just a symptom of what's wrong with America. His supporters are dumber than he is.
Yrral
TrumpCovidian2020
Silvafan
The pathetic con man in the WH and his con artist family has been allowed to destroy a stable economy and a response team that was designed to combat this very situation.
In less than a year, the fool has brought back:
Pandemic of 1918-19s
The Great Depression
The Race Riots of the 60s
The conservatives have been spouting for years about the "End of Days", and they voted for the very person to bring it. And what do they call that person destined to bring it?
Self-fulfilling prophecy coming to a state near you!
Blacklabel
The very last sentence finally gets to the point. of course right before this, the "experts" still say its not enough.
"The United States set a record on Friday with over 850,000 tests performed, according to data from the COVID-Tracking Project."
serendipitous1
Trump needs to learn and use the word conflagration (and try to pronounce it correctly).
lincolnman
And our President is either playing golf, hawking beans, or hiding in the bunker...
Desert Tortoise
America's great national shame just grows and grows. I recall a few days ago reading an interview with a medical doctor where the journalist asked when Americans will start wearing masks. The doctors reply was something close to "oh, they'll all wear masks when things get bad enough". Scary thought but I think that is the case. It seems like it has to affect some Americans personally to get them to take the pandemic seriously.
Mickelicious
Surely Americans are tired of winning so much?
Busby
The war against COVID is being lost - we're clearly losing...
In the past when this has happened, the Commander has been fired and a new one brought in...
That will occur on Nov 3rd, but unfortunately, that means another 60K Americans will needlessly lose their lives from now until then...
Busby
No worries America, because you have Donald "The Lone Ranger" Trump on the job....
Walks down ramps with only one hand on the rail...
Eats 3 Big Macs in in one setting...
Able to play 36 holes of golf in one afternoon...
And with his loyal sidekick Mike "Tonto" Pence, showing the world how to lead in deaths and infections...