Orange Ass presser March 22, live now

[steve2470]

if you can stand it

[jls4561]

1. Right on cue - Chinese virus

[trueblue2007]

40. Coronavirus isn't a 'Chinese virus' no matter what Trump says.

Coronavirus isn't a 'Chinese virus' no matter what Trump says. Words matter, which is why a label that stigmatizes people isn't appropriate. Trump's statement, however, contradicts guidance from the World Health Organization and the US' own Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.

"Viruses know no borders," said Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's Emergencies program, during a conference on Tuesday. He stressed the need to be "careful" when describing the coronavirus. https://www.cnet.com/.../coronavirus-isnt-a-chinese.../

[steve2470]

54. +1 nt

[jls4561]

64. Of course it isn't a Chinese virus

That's why I was pointing out that almost the first words out of fat Donnie's mouth were "Chinese virus".

[Jamastiene]

2. Let me guess.

More self aggrandizing bullshit and more whining that the media isn't kissing his ass good enough.

[JHB]

3. not yet, but it's only been a minute...

...and he needed to check the "China Virus" box and mention Rand Paul.

[JHB]

11. now in the memememememe phase

[Jamastiene]

122. Didn't take him long, did it?

[steve2470]

4. "economy to skyrocket"

cares more about MONEY than HUMAN LIVES, asshole

[pat_k]

19. Insane. With businesses closed across the country?

The only question is how long the nosedive will last and how long it will take to start gaining altitude again.

[Doreen]

22. HIS money to be exact.

[steve2470]

25. yep nt

[Demsrule86]

42. The state of Ohio is shut down...we have a do not leave your house order for the entire state.

Every factory in Ohio is down...millions will file for unemployment tomorrow or Tuesday. The future are down...already shut down once...

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. He's panting. Anyone notice?

It is like he cannot talk without taking a pause for a deep breath.

[True Blue American]

9. Sweating

[napi21]

36. I mentioned tat to my husband. Told him DT usually does that when he's reaally nervous. I

wonder hat they told him he HAD yo say that he doesn't ant to? That's when he pants.

[Cobalt Indigo]

103. He looks

extra orange today. Like they really piled on the Dream Matte Mousse right before he went on.

[True Blue American]

6. He sounds spacey.

Bags under his bags. Good Lord, talking about pent up demand after.

Not one word about the sick or dead. Only what he is doing!

[steve2470]

7. national guard deployed in NY and CA and IL (?)

ok but how about the National Defense Production ACT ?????

[at140]

8. He is laboring to get words out.

and making me doze off.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

15. He is panting. Lung capacity is being compromised....

The more he opens his mouth.

[durablend]

10. Dow futures plummetting

[OhioChick]

12. He's an awful speaker n/t

[steve2470]

13. he has no fucking clue what to do

He has to be told everything, big baby

[JHB]

14. The medical ships are really something WHEN THEY ARE OPERATIONAL!

When are they getting out of maintenence, and why didn't you even know about that earlier?

[steve2470]

57. I want to hear all the facts about this USNS Mercy

I don't even trust the FEMA guy.

[Texaswitchy]

16. Is he stiffing?

[steve2470]

17. I would love for all the reporters to stand up and scream YOU ARE A FUCKING LIAR

We cannot trust anything you say.

[bullwinkle428]

18. His color looks worse every day. Oh, the irony!

[bullwinkle428]

20. WTF is the point of giving supply numbers from 3 days ago? Hospitals need tons more NOW!!!

[steve2470]

21. He has more numbers today but jesus fucking Christ, trigger the DPA......

oh no, let them gouge the federal government as you bow to the God of the Market

[bluestarone]

23. LOT of WORDS but

I bet they are just words. IT will be proven WRONG in days to come!!

[IcyPeas]

24. how can he be uninfected? it's unbelievable?

[icymist]

26. FFS! Let a fucking adult give the speech!

Look Ma! I can speak bigly numbers!

[rockfordfile]

27. How many people on here are posting the same thing?

[steve2470]

28. I bet 90% of everything he says today is either a bald faced lie or misleading nt

[ALBliberal]

31. FEMA guy wants to crawl under the table

[FightingIrish]

29. Look at Pence. He is not staring adoringly.

Maybe the 25th Amendment is coming.

[kairos12]

44. He is brow beat. Abused.

[steve2470]

30. he says the chinese virus slur again

gotta fire up his base with his racism

[Windy City Charlie]

32. So far

So far, he's not being pompous....I'm sure that will change as the conference goes along. He seems to be rambling endlessly, though.

[madinmaryland]

33. It's all a word salad. Just yammering in front of the nation.

What an embarrassment to our country

[Rorey]

34. Can he go two minutes without talking about poll numbers?

Or reviews? Or high marks?

[steve2470]

35. he bullshits and rambles so damn much, exaggerates constantly, selling you a car! nt

[IcyPeas]

37. yeah, he loves the veterans

general bone spurs.

[W_HAMILTON]

38. This fucker is talking about poll numbers.

What a dipshit.

Fuck anyone that didn't vote for Hillary. Learn your lesson and fix this fuck up in November.

[MissB]

39. His lips are getting more pale.

Shame. Seems to be having breathing issues.

[steve2470]

41. what a moron compared to Obama, compared to Bush43 too nt

[Mossfern]

43. Who wrote that for him

those comforting words are not his.

[steve2470]

47. I bet it was Kushner nt

[underpants]

82. They've gotten wind that people notice he's not saying anything about

People who've died. It's been cold and distant.

[Pacifist Patriot]

45. I did not buy enough wine.

[IcyPeas]

46. for those of you who are afraid.....

this is what peter alexander got yelled at for yesterday

OMG

[Windy City Charlie]

48. Almost sounds like

Almost sounds like he's trying to make up for the Peter Alexander exchange.

[Rorey]

49. Somebody told him that he messed up with his response to Peter Alexander

Now he's trying to act like he gives a s h i t about the American people.

[bullwinkle428]

50. "Nothing like this ever before", except for the 1918 flu pandemic.

[Mossfern]

51. A virus doesn't attack

it just does its thing to survive.
Comparing the pandemic to a war is misleading.

Viruses don't think.

[Rorey]

52. "combination of people"

LOL, he didn't introduce the guy.

[steve2470]

53. this is just fucking painful

It's like watching a 4th grader do his little presentation in front of the class
when you know he or she is not ready. However, we give the
4th grader a lot of slack. Trump is 73.

[lillypaddle]

55. Where is Dr. Fauci

Is that why the PC was delayed? Did he get fired?

[IcyPeas]

66. all politicians today? no doctors? Fauci? Birx?

[steve2470]

67. nope, not that I can see....well.. the Surgeon General who is a doctor I am pretty sure

VADM Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H.

yep he's a doctor

[IcyPeas]

69. oh geez! I salute you sir for making my job easier

kiss kiss smooch smooch

[lillypaddle]

68. Wasn't looking good before

sure as shit isn't looking good with just trump and his ass kissers.

[Demonaut]

56. why is the Surgeon General clenching his fists?

[MissB]

60. Good eyes

[steve2470]

61. restraining himself from choking Trump to death lol nt

[IcyPeas]

58. this FEMA guy is saying "Covid" not Chinese virus

is trump the only one that says this? what does pence say?

[JHB]

59. Mercy can get to LA in a week or so...

All the way from San Diego! Gosh.

No mention of why it'll take that long, such as "it was out of service for maintenance".

[IcyPeas]

63. with medical personnel on board?

[JHB]

65. And if they are, where were they pulled fom?

[Windy City Charlie]

62. The FEMA guy

The FEMA guy is looking like he's never spoke in front of people before. He doesn't look comfortable at all.

[Maru Kitteh]

71. FEMA guy also touches his face a lot.

[JHB]

70. Mobilization could have been in place weeks ago

"Heavy hand of government" my ass. Just talk with them, tell them what may be needed, and set up a "plan B" to put into effect. That could have been done in February.

More orange lips.

[steve2470]

72. what's with this non-stop mantra about Locally Executed, State Run and Federally Backed (paraphrased

Is this just a pretty way of saying we don't want the federal government forcing the red states to cooperate ?

[pat_k]

88. Translation: "agencies responsible for coordinating across states, hospitals, etc., are absolved...

.. of any actual responsibility."

e.g., ASPR

[steve2470]

91. ah thanks! nt

[IcyPeas]

73. they shouldn't ask any questions.... just let it end. that would give him a sad.

[JHB]

74. More lying about "inherited a broken system", not breaking a working one

[steve2470]

77. +1 nt

[steve2470]

75. "broken obsolete system" BIG FUCKING LIE AGAIN, blame Obama nt

[IcyPeas]

76. big white ships with a big red cross on them

[Demonaut]

78. DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE...fema guy

[bullwinkle428]

79. Sweet Jesus, he's obsessing over the ships!!!

[JHB]

81. They're the only part of this he halfway understands.

[steve2470]

80. Trump we are all adults, you don't have to talk to us like we are children

Dementia maybe ?

[Wednesdays]

90. He's addressing his base. nt

[Volaris]

153. Then they should start fucking acting like it.

[IcyPeas]

83. ask if it's true a hair dryer pointed up your nose cures the virus?

[steve2470]

85. lol nt

[JHB]

84. Yes, you detected sarcasm there

Regarding Trump's "that's too bad" about Romney in isolation.

[MissB]

86. "Romney is in isolation?

Gee, that’s too bad.”


What an asshole.

[Arthur_Frain]

102. Fuck him.

Fuck the horse he rode in on too. I am tired of this asshat getting presstime, while at the same time, I want it on full display.

[JHB]

87. You wrote it down? Gosh none of that was anything anyone else needed to write down!

[steve2470]

89. always worried about the companies, NEVER about the people at the bottom

Lying sack of shit, GOP and Dems are NOT on the same page.

[underpants]

95. I just read that the Virus bill died. 42 Nos

Need 60 votes to pass.

[JHB]

92. I don't want stock buybacks, but I won't actually keep that from happening.

[bullwinkle428]

93. "Very important to Florida" - now saying the quiet parts out loud.

[steve2470]

96. to the Republican governor and his buddies nt

[steve2470]

94. "just unthinkable" you stupid asshole, that's why we had a FEDERAL OFFICE TO DEAL WITH PANDEMICS nt

[underpants]

100. Oh poor me

[bullwinkle428]

97. Now saying "invoking Defense Production Act equals Venezuela".

[steve2470]

99. such a stupid argument nt

[JHB]

104. Yes, but look who said it

[steve2470]

107. yep nt

[IcyPeas]

98. why does he repeat things like 2 or 3 times

[steve2470]

101. early dementia, I'm betting nt

[underpants]

105. Like a salesman

It's the best. The best. A lot of people say it's the best.

[steve2470]

111. yes, that also... I think he's worse now that he's older and not as sharp as he was years ago nt

[uponit7771]

133. +1,

[steve2470]

106. hey asshole, FDR and Truman did NOT nationalize the industries during war....

They were still private companies working closely with the federal government.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

127. Truman tried and the Supreme Court shot him down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngstown_Sheet_%26_Tube_Co._v._Sawyer

[steve2470]

129. oh ok thank you! nt

[steve2470]

143. I had heard of that case years ago (law school drop out here)

I had totally forgotten about it. Thank you, sincerely, for reminding me

[Windy City Charlie]

108. It's obvious

It's obvious someone else wrote his opening statement today.

[ALBliberal]

109. So you call Johnson & Johnson and they say

What’s a ventilator? Or Intel? IBM?

[IcyPeas]

110. the governors were very complimentary - what does this have to do with

Covid-19?

[mikalcharles]

112. Who makes masks?

Trump-no one knows who makes masks...we'll just wait for the phone to ring

[dem4decades]

113. It used to be the stock market went down as he spoke, now the death toll goes up.

[JHB]

116. Stock market is closed today. Futures plunged, though.

[brettdale]

114. FAUX NEWS HEADLINE

TRUMP FIGHTS BACK

[underpants]

135. I thought you were just guessing

Nope. You're right.

https://www.foxnews.com/

[JHB]

115. No, it's not "100% wrong". You cut the post.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213152813#post2

Yet since the training program was launched in 2001, the sources familiar with it say, it has not only strengthened the ranks of Chinese epidemiologists in the field, but also fostered collegial relationships between public health officials in the two countries.

“We go there as credentialed diplomats and return home as close colleagues and often as friends,” Conway said.

In 2007, Dr. Robert Fontaine, a CDC epidemiologist and one of the longest serving U.S. officials in the adviser’s position, received China’s highest honor for outstanding contributions to public health due to his contribution as a foreigner in helping to detect and investigate clusters of pneumonia of unknown cause.

But since last year, Frieden and others said, growing tensions between the Trump administration and China’s leadership have apparently damaged the collaboration.

“The message from the administration was, ‘Don’t work with China, they’re our rival,’” Frieden said.

[JHB]

117. "It's a war" because I have to be able to claim I'm a wartime president

[IcyPeas]

118. what country was she in? why won't he say?

[Windy City Charlie]

121. I'm wondering as well

I'm wondering as well....he says he wants to keep it private where it was.

[steve2470]

119. war framing, "economy to bounce back strong" (paraphrased)

Keep up the lying for your base, asshole

[steve2470]

120. lies again about H1N1 virus and Obama nt

[NCDem47]

134. Ummm...

I don’t remember America shutting down during that like we are now.

[steve2470]

137. +1 nt

[steve2470]

123. asked about NYC and de Blasio: lies again about pandemics...rambles...dodges question...vague

sending ships up there

cruise ships ?

de Blasio working very hard.....

bullshitting his way through this answer


no specifics

sterilization process... hand sanitizers... off on tangent....

great company in NH makes ventilators, " things made of metal "

jeez so painful

[uponit7771]

126. +1, he sounds like a true moron

[Windy City Charlie]

124. Weird

It's weird how he's not getting mouthy with the media today.

[steve2470]

125. took an extra pill today lol

To be serious, he did get a bit nasty with one reporter, but very quickly in the course of an answer.

[IcyPeas]

128. if someone asks him something he doesn't like he will

[spanone]

130. LOONEY TUNES

[LuckyLib]

131. He's off his rocker. Riffing, rambling. He's high!

Wired, spinning, blabbing disconnected nonsense!

[uponit7771]

138. +1, He took the extra strength 5Hr energy this time

[JHB]

132. "I don't want to say" because I have no idea when that was

[IcyPeas]

136. China is saying the virus was brought there my American military.

[steve2470]

139. blames China instead of his own failures, base eats it up nt

[JHB]

140. They told us at the beginning of January...

...and we had people there last summer, but you cut the positions.

[IcyPeas]

141. little mikey pence wants to speak

[Windy City Charlie]

142. I think

I think he's lying about offering to send people into China to investigate this. "Let's just say we offered to send people in"

[steve2470]

144. being asked a question about working with the House and North Korea

dodges question about North Korea

focuses on Iran

"working with many countries"

goes back to "difficult" virus test

did I miss his answer about working with the House ??

ok I did not miss an answer there...

god he rambles so much and bullshits so much. How about a yes or no answer, you fool ?

[steve2470]

145. question about American families anxious about shutdown....

another fiscal stimulus?

" let's see what happens"

back to war framing

pent-up demand (glosses over permanent loss of biz)

asked about his own business.... says it's a nasty question

"it costs me billions of dollars to be President" (a lie)

rambles............

[JenniferJuniper]

146. OMG, he's crying poor mouth

[IcyPeas]

147. trump: show us your taxes

show us your stocks since january

[steve2470]

148. "very popular first lady"

Melania claimed she had never heard booing of him before

"running cost me a forture"

"everyone is suing me"

aw unfair....ramblessss


now on Bloomberg

very hard for rich people to run for office.....oh spare me

trying to do a campaign rally here......listing his "accomplishments"

"cost me billions of dollars, all the money I could have made".... SPARE ME

riffing on George Washington with his two desks

"so happy I did it " after complaining about losing billions

" I'm a wartime President".... there it is

[IcyPeas]

149. Jim Acosta:

At press conference that’s supposed to be about the Coronavirus pandemic, Trump laments how much money he’s lost as president: “I think it’s very hard for rich people to run for office.”

Link to tweet

[steve2470]

150. question about supporting foreign countries

He sounds frantic and defensive... but no details about helping other countries

Such a bullshit artist.....baffle them with bullshit

[steve2470]

151. so sorry everyone, I cannot take this any more nt

[JenniferJuniper]

152. I hate him more than yesterday but

not as much as tomorrow.