Source: Trump still not grasping the severity of the pandemic

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pnewton said:
The fact of 157,000 dying in an epidemic is a fact that is emotional, but remains a fact. It is a strong argument that this disease is not being overblown.
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A number of lives lost is a guess. The numbers have been proven wrong from a number of different sources now.

A number of “family, friends, or loved ones” is an appeal to emotion.
 
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A number of lives lost is a guess. The numbers have been proven wrong from a number of different sources now.
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The medical experts agree the number is not correct. They all believe it is substantially higher than the numbers shown. Only Trump’s base believe it is lower.
 
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He acted late on everything. He initially claimed the news about it was a hoax perped by the Dems.
 
For the upteenth time Trump acted on the advise of the virology experts,Fauci and Birx. They went from assuring this virus was a nothingburger for the USA to doing a complete 180 in early March way over estimating the dire consequences of this virus if we didn’t shut down immediately and if we didn’t to everything perfectly,moving forward.They both then revised their assessment for yet a third time admitting they over estimated the probably deaths,etc. Our president had and has the responsibility of balancing the health of the citizens along with the health of the economy. Again it’s a political season,sooooooo🤦🏻‍♀️
 
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For the upteenth time Trump acted on the advise of the virology experts,Fauci and Birx.
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For the upteenth time, that has nothing to do with Trump claiming the news about Covid-19 being hoax perped by the Dems.
 
That’s not what he said.He never said the virus was a hoax.He said the Dems politicizing it for their gain is the hoax.
 
I think we saw what their relationship is like or was like during the first run of coronavirus television briefings. They make recommendations and then he undercuts them or goes off on wild tangents where he muses about alternative treatments which they then distance themselves from (because they’re dangerous and/or nonsensical). He’s had his own agenda during this whole thing, which has been 1. pretend that this virus doesn’t exist and do as little as possible about it and 2. go rogue against the policies of his own administration’s health experts and encourage states to re-open their economies as soon as possible, if necessary before it’s safe to do so. We’re now living with the consequences of this pattern of behavior.
 
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RidgeSprinter said:
For the upteenth time, that has nothing to do with Trump claiming the news about Covid-19 being hoax perped by the Dems.
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Jeanne_S said:
That’s not what he said.He never said the virus was a hoax.He said the Dems politicizing it for their gain is the hoax.
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That is partially true, but that is not what I said. See the bolded above:
Here is the actual transcript on Feb 28th 2020:
One of my people came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia. That didn’t work out too well. They couldn’t do it. They tried the impeachment hoax. That was on a perfect conversation. They tried anything, they tried it over and over, they’ve been doing it since you got in. It’s all turning, they lost, it’s all turning. Think of it. Think of it. And this is their new hoax. But you know, we did something that’s been pretty amazing. We’re 15 people [cases of coronavirus infection] in this massive country. And because of the fact that we went early, we went early, we could have had a lot more than that.
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Note he never used the word politicizing or any variation of it.

15 infected people has now escalated to nearly 5 million infected.
 
Yet you have Fauchi now saying we need to open the schools after stating just a few months ago that he was in favor of a nationwide shut down. Again they have their agendas and Trump as the POTUS of course ,has his as well. His responsibilities in balancing the safety of the citizenry along with keeping the economy afloat is a big task.I personally feel he’s done as good a job as anybody could expect.
 
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It’s a virus not unlike the seasonal flu.Difference it it’s a new virus thus no immunity.Being infected runs the gamut of a sympotomatic to gravely ill.,the majority of cases falling on the mild to no symptoms.
 
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As I see it, their only agenda is to provide the best possible medical advice in a fluid situation (and they do change their advice as circumstances change). What other agenda could they have? The president’s agenda seems to me at least to get re-elected at any cost necessary by hastily re-opening the economy. (And when the experts say it’s too early to do so safely, he attacks them.) I’m sorry to say that nothing he has done has reassured me that he cares about the safety of American citizens or feels any grief over the lives lost so far, or understands the degree to which he is responsible for the chaos that has ensued since the pandemic hit.

It’s interesting that in some crises leaders rise to the occasion and become greater than they were (like Grant in the early days of the Civil War) but this has been almost exactly the opposite case.
 
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Conversely,the Dems are doing everything in their power to keep him from being re elected. Their feigned concern for the electorate is glaringly obvious. They took this unexpected crisis and ran with it.Their lust for power is sinful.Anyone who isn’t concerned about their plans for this a Nation has blinders on. It would be nice to see those so focused on Trumps personality to take a step back and recognize all he has accomplished in spite of the relentless efforts to undermine him.
If you believe for one second this would be handled any better by a JB presidency you are naive. The only difference would be the media would suppress and cherry pick the information.
John Mayer song comes to mind” When they own the news,they can spin it how they want”
 
The Dems aren’t in charge of the executive branch of the federal government. The buck stops there (in the Oval Office).

I think that in a Biden administration the medical experts won’t feel afraid to speak freely on the virus whereas one thing that I think has hobbled the government’s response to this crisis has been fear on their part of contradicting the president in public and earning his ire and some form of retribution. The president’s toxic personality has warped policy.
 
Remember the tweets “Liberate Michigan” ?

Michigan was in lockdown because of advice from his administration.

And he irresponsibility tweets that out.
 
I disagree.Both Fauci and Birx have served under various administration both parties. Trump not being the career politician ,not beholding to any special interests is what has upset and exposed the status quo.They hate that about him. He cannot be manipulated. Very refreshing and just what we need.Shake up Wa.That includes the RINO as well
 
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