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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***Trump sickness press conference thread***
6:30 now. Thought it was at 6:00.
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)Maybe the news conference about the shooting will preempt his news conference.
Brother Buzz
(36,212 posts)demmiblue
(36,744 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,212 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)jayschool2013
(2,309 posts)He spelled "virus" correctly. Must be Stephen Miller's work.
Nice! I wouldn't be surprised if he actually did do something like this.
madaboutharry
(40,150 posts)where the virus is going to go and show that there is a big line that separates North America from the rest of the world?
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)madaboutharry
(40,150 posts)madaboutharry
(40,150 posts)I know my friends on FB would love it and I would like to post it there.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)madaboutharry
(40,150 posts)sheshe2
(83,334 posts)They needed more time to sedate him and change his depends.
C_U_L8R
(44,891 posts)...of this idiot Trump. Will he deliver the cure? I suggest plenty of bleach.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)A lot of it.
dchill
(38,320 posts)...then announce political hack appointments that further scuttle the CDC.
I really hope I'm wrong.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)than trump the moron. It has been in the news 24/7 and the idiot can't even spell it correctly.
Leghorn21
(13,520 posts)Somebody needs a meds adjustment, eh
And he's usually 20 minutes late, so...let's call it a "SAD45 6:50 presser"
and also
marlakay
(11,370 posts)Reminds me of playing hard to get....and I bet they sit somewhere laughing at all the news outfits talking about him and when will he arrive.
He builds up some kind of weird excitement that way. At least to them.
I refuse to watch anything he does and will read about it after.
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,437 posts)he would always be late for his rallies.
Trump learns from the master.
C_U_L8R
(44,891 posts)Its all about them. Trump is such a twerp.
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)Must be some breaking news from which they need to distract us.
blaze
(6,270 posts)underpants
(182,273 posts)maryellen99
(3,781 posts)durablend
(7,416 posts)spanone
(135,632 posts)dweller
(23,560 posts)i'd bet he has the Caronavirus !
one can hope
✌🏼
madamesilverspurs
(15,783 posts)LizBeth
(9,946 posts)I thought Trump was sick or something happened and there was a conference about it. I am sorry to say, I got excited kuntil I saw it was about trump talking.
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)maxrandb
(15,188 posts)"thank you very much"
underpants
(182,273 posts)irisblue
(32,828 posts)underpants
(182,273 posts)LisaM
(27,759 posts)I've seen it twice, so it must be true, he said, "condolences to the victims and thank you very much" or words to that effect?
ahoysrcsm
(787 posts)Na, must be the bright lights. They make drug addicts look and sound high.
riversedge
(69,716 posts)riversedge
(69,716 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)riversedge
(69,716 posts)irisblue
(32,828 posts)Greywing
(1,124 posts)especially around his chin.
mahina
(17,505 posts)Holy crap he looks like someone walked on his face with cleats. And thats with all the bondo?
He must be hideous if this is an improvement.
And then of course, he spoke
mahina
(17,505 posts)Who wouldnt.
shanti
(21,670 posts)riversedge
(69,716 posts)misanthrope
(7,405 posts)walked or drove in from Asia?
riversedge
(69,716 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)Hes sort of wandering. Words. Exhausted words.
shanti
(21,670 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)maryellen99
(3,781 posts)hatrack
(59,439 posts).
Raftergirl
(1,276 posts)or is he wearing pink eyeshadow!
crazylikafox
(2,738 posts)maxrandb
(15,188 posts)is evidence that America has lost its fucking mind.
Mel Brooks could never have imagined that Donnie Fucking Trump would be briefing the God Damned country.
It's madness!
underpants
(182,273 posts)maxrandb
(15,188 posts)underpants
(182,273 posts)spinbaby
(15,073 posts)And Trump is subdued. Is this a hostage situation?
spanone
(135,632 posts)He's rationalizing every mistake he's made.
irisblue
(32,828 posts)helpisontheway
(5,004 posts)kairos12
(12,817 posts)city in Italy.
Claritie Pixie
(2,199 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Professionals, back to funding, only 15 people in US (should be 60).
Talking about mike pence's Indiana healthcare. Mike is an expert.
ecstatic
(32,566 posts)riversedge
(69,716 posts)icymist
(15,888 posts)Look at the data here:
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
There are 59 reported cases in the US with 6 resolved. He's lying about this.
Greywing
(1,124 posts)# of cases ... countries best prepared ... etc. He is totally disgusting.
It looks like somebody is hacking that map! A whole lot of cases in NE disappeared!
irisblue
(32,828 posts)IcyPeas
(21,738 posts)what an ignorant orange ass. he has how many kids and he never knew the flu can be dangerous? why the hell would there be a friggen vaccine for it then? dumbass
nolabear
(41,915 posts)Maybe this amount of money, maybe that. Hey, did you get the flu shot? I think theyre okay. Great relationships...
malaise
(267,804 posts)OMFG!
nolabear
(41,915 posts)Boy do I hope somebody downstream has it together.
malaise
(267,804 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,695 posts)Volaris
(10,260 posts)(actually he cannot fire pence, Mothers Boy would have to resign)
IcyPeas
(21,738 posts)budkin
(6,691 posts)"Very big, very small. Very good, very bad."
Simply amazing.
keithbvadu2
(36,362 posts)Response to budkin (Reply #66)
budkin This message was self-deleted by its author.
ecstatic
(32,566 posts)Like a clown /villain.
riversedge
(69,716 posts)"Rapidly developing a vaccine... we can develop fairly rapidly."
12-18 months you IDIOT.
Link to tweet
?s=20
napi21
(45,806 posts)and THAT is if all goes as expected! Sheesh, I was yelling that at him on my TV while he was babbeling.
maxrandb
(15,188 posts)mahina
(17,505 posts)Thank you for the laugh. Much needed.
riversedge
(69,716 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)madaboutharry
(40,150 posts)He has no idea what he is talking about. He is completely unprepared and can't even read his notes properly. He is so stupid.
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)The lady behind him has the expression on her face of being in disbelief of everything Trump is saying. While Pence has his normal spot of looking like the potted plant in the room.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,437 posts)oh boy!
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)"...he's got a certain expertise..."
My ass.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)After all THAT is the goal here.
EndlessWire
(6,373 posts)But, Trump instructed everyone to go through Pence. That's probably to be able to maintain secrecy about any potential severity of this bug. Also, Trump doesn't like Pence, and he will be able to throw Pence under the bus.
Volaris
(10,260 posts)What's he gonna do, round them up, have them sign NDAs and ship them to the border to put in the kennels?
Maintain secrecy hahaha. If that's their game plan, the republican party is closer to the dustbin than they have EVER been.
EndlessWire
(6,373 posts)I have heard Trump tell bald face lies that he thinks flies. He doesn't want anyone to know any part of the true facts because of the stock market. Hell, he didn't want the G20 to include mention of it in their comments.
We don't know what the truth is actually. Right here in DU people are arguing over the stats, etc. and everyone has a different idea of what is going on. We don't know. Pence is going to filter the data and prevent Trump from having to deal with it. Pence is not there to tell us that we "are all going to die" (which I don't believe.)
But, because Trump is cruel and appears to love other people's misery, he will do something according to his bent, and your comments about being put in cages would have at one time been laughable, but not now.
Volaris
(10,260 posts)That's a damn good point, EndlessWire.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)Like praying the gay away.
Raven123
(4,714 posts)Hekate
(90,189 posts)Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)Trump doesn't want to be bothered with the epidemic....putting it into Pence's hands so he can be the fall guy when things get bad
riversedge
(69,716 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,437 posts)LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)At least not his kids.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)elleng
(130,127 posts)Funtatlaguy
(10,856 posts)Possibly round us all up and sending us to The West Coast.
underpants
(182,273 posts)Volaris
(10,260 posts)SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)Meanwhile Spankys standing behind him trying to look like he has the vaguest clue.
Greywing
(1,124 posts)This is an effing circus
Wounded Bear
(58,437 posts)handmade34
(22,755 posts)It's plainly God's will
keithbvadu2
(36,362 posts)maxrandb
(15,188 posts)Don't just nibble Mike, you've got to cup the testicles as well.
jls4561
(1,241 posts)Watch out! He'll divert the money for conversion therapy!
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)Trumps US numbers seem wrong
icymist
(15,888 posts)Click on the US and it shows other countries. Also, I have noticed that many cases in NE are just gone! According to my notes ( I check this daily) there were 11 cases in NE. They are now gone.
riversedge
(69,716 posts)@chrislhayes
·
1m
When Mike Pence was governor of Indiana, his public health record was so stellar that his state policy led directly to a large HIV outbreak.
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,524 posts)so did he somehow manage to blame Obama for the virus?
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)madaboutharry
(40,150 posts)His voice drips with sanctimony. I just can't stand him. People should remind themselves that this unctuous twit is another reason to "Vote Blue No Matter Who" in November.
SaveOurDemocracy
(4,398 posts)riversedge
(69,716 posts)applegrove
(118,014 posts)Last edited Thu Feb 27, 2020, 06:55 PM - Edit history (1)
He said 'we have the greatest experts in the world". I bet that hurt. Bi-partisan spirit, Schumer wants more cooperation and Trump says we'll take it. But they'll have to find the money. US rated #1 in preparedness by Johns' Hopkins. Pence in charge (I hope he doesn't think this is the rapture).
IcyPeas
(21,738 posts)LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)and now the DD of the CDC is hedging.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)You got my hopes up with that misleading title.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)WTF. What a bunch of fawning lickspittles.
budkin
(6,691 posts)Even the HHS Secretary is just flat out lying about the facts.
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)But I feel like those numbers are wrong.
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,524 posts)Does he think he's at a debate?
dem4decades
(11,241 posts)IcyPeas
(21,738 posts)dem4decades
(11,241 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)I think she was making the coronavirus sound worse than Trump would have liked....his expressions behind her as she spoke showed that. He wants this to be downplayed as much as possible.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)They heard it like we did. Random bullshit.
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)Grab yer pitchforks!
nolabear
(41,915 posts)Jesus Coronavirus Christ...
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)malaise
(267,804 posts)mcar
(42,210 posts)Jirel
(1,991 posts)doing a book report. That obscenity cant even get the number of cases right.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)demmiblue
(36,744 posts)Wah!
Edit: whoops... meant to add to the OP!
irisblue
(32,828 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)He is such a liar. I wouldn't believe him if he said the sky was blue.
Response to nolabear (Reply #140)
budkin This message was self-deleted by its author.
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)I worry about those plans.
irisblue
(32,828 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)Oh hey! Good for tourism!
irisblue
(32,828 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)shanti
(21,670 posts)when talking about money, Dems, or the stock market.
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)dhol82
(9,351 posts)Going on a hate rant
C_U_L8R
(44,891 posts)He looks and sounds like disease. A fucking cancer.
likesmountains 52
(4,093 posts)irisblue
(32,828 posts)LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)demmiblue
(36,744 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)riversedge
(69,716 posts)budkin
(6,691 posts)No?
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)Dow -69.00 / -0.26%
Level 26,845.00
Data as of 7:01pm ET
riversedge
(69,716 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)Im thinking of jumping off a bridge myself.
budkin
(6,691 posts)Are you fucking kidding me??
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)riversedge
(69,716 posts)maryellen99
(3,781 posts)riversedge
(69,716 posts)staff and CDC programs for being prepared for pandemics. said he was a businessman.
well, he has no understanding of public health and it is horrible that his cabinet let him do it.
He also said we can quickly build up staff and we are already doing it.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)Dow -145.00 / -0.54%
Level 26,769.00
Data as of 7:13pm ET
riversedge
(69,716 posts)@swingleft
Trump cites Mike Pences leadership in Indiana as a health model for addressing Coronavirus.
Pences policies contributed to an HIV outbreak in Indiana whose devastating effects are still being felt today.
Link to tweet
?s=20@swingleft
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,891 posts)This clown is so full of shit. I have no confidence that we're prepared in any way at all. At least viruses don't discriminate between political parties.
Hotler
(11,353 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,695 posts)EndlessWire
(6,373 posts)Last edited Thu Feb 27, 2020, 04:53 AM - Edit history (1)
My takeaway:
I got sick of hearing "totally prepared" and "best people." He made an effort to buck up Pence as being some kind of epidemic guru and then placed him in charge. Mike Pence is a manikin that sits behind the pRes and gazes lovingly at him. That's all he does. I have no confidence in Pence whatsoever. I do expect Pence to be thrown under the bus if something goes wrong, and Trump to take the credit if this thing fades away.
The Surgeon General was missing. Trump missed an opportunity to have a guy in uniform reinforce the press conference. Maybe Surgeon General Adams has the virus (or the flu) and Trump didn't want him around.
Trump claims that he closed the border and prevented people from coming in on planes, and said people called him racist, but he did it because of this virus. BS.
The guy that read off the five categories of things they had done or would do read a list that was upside down in terms of what needed to be done.
There is no vaccine, and development of a vaccine would take at least 12 months (his timeline.) There is a possible treatment, but it seems like, if that were the case, that drug would soon become unavailable. He did not say he was gearing up with that solution. They are planning trials. So, that will not really help anybody this year, if it became a treatment choice.
Someone asked if they would quarantine cities if it got worse, and Trump said that they were planning for a much larger scale action. This is chilling. What's that Orange Turd cooking up?
They called this press conference to tell us to wash our hands?
People, we can do this presser ourselves. None of those people needed to show up. Here it is: Wash your hands. Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze. Put your face in the crook of your arm and use that while turning away from any other human within 6 feet. Try to stay home if you are sick. There. These are things your mother taught you.
Meanwhile, the CDC itself has told you to get prepared. Prepared? Well, apparently they are out of N95 masks, so...what's left except food and water?
You need an N95 face mask which must be custom fitted, although only to differentiate small, medium or large. If you don't wear it properly, it won't work. The beard chart is not a joke. The lack of available face masks is the joke. How kind of them to show you how to wear a beard for a mask that you can't buy.
My impression is that they have absolutely no way to stop any spread of this virus, they don't even know very much about it, and they are hoping and praying that it plays out like the flu. We are on our own, and the emergency response was, well, the presser. But, pay attention to Trump's faint remark about planning for a much larger response to an-out-of-control contagion. He dismissed the reporter's question about city quarantines and answered that they were (already) planning for a much larger response. ??? Why can't we know what this means?
Well, we'll all relax when the Spring and Summer return, and worry like hell about this new bug we will now share with the world, next Winter.
Nothing to see here. Please don't bother Trump with your concerns. Talk to Pence.
underpants
(182,273 posts)Thanks.