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SheltieLover

(81,718 posts) Thu Apr 2, 2020, 12:02 AM Apr 2020

New evidence shows Trump--who says he knew Covid-19 was 'going to be horrible'--allowed exports of cru

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/new-evidence-shows-trump-who-says-he-knew-covid-19-was-going-to-be-horrible-allowed-exports-of-crucial-supplies-to-continue/

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New evidence shows Trump--who says he knew Covid-19 was 'going to be horrible'--allowed exports of cru (Original Post) SheltieLover Apr 2020 OP

A lot of stuff attributed to Trump wasn't anything he himself did captain queeg Apr 2020 #1

HE DID IT. He deliberately decided NOT to use the Defense Production Act to REQUIRE these pnwmom Apr 2020 #2

That's not what The Intercept... jberryhill Apr 2020 #6

The buck stops at his desk obamanut2012 Apr 2020 #4

The Rawstory piece is a re-hash of an Intercept piece jberryhill Apr 2020 #5

"I alone can fix it", those were his words. He said it. ck4829 Apr 2020 #7

Crime cilla4progress Apr 2020 #3

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)

1. A lot of stuff attributed to Trump wasn't anything he himself did

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 12:08 AM

Apr 2020

He just didn’t give a flying fuck and his incompetent staff just did as they pleased. If he’d have been in the ball and had the slightest idea how to be a president some of this stuff would have been caught

pnwmom

(110,324 posts)

2. HE DID IT. He deliberately decided NOT to use the Defense Production Act to REQUIRE these

Reply to captain queeg (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 12:20 AM

Apr 2020

mask producers to sign contracts to produce the masks and sell it to the government, instead of their usual distributors.

That was his deliberate choice, no doubt influenced by the profiteers surrounding him.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

6. That's not what The Intercept...

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 04:45 AM

Apr 2020

..by way of Raw Story is selling, in this particular piece.

obamanut2012

(29,512 posts)

4. The buck stops at his desk

Reply to captain queeg (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 04:26 AM

Apr 2020

He did it.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

5. The Rawstory piece is a re-hash of an Intercept piece

Reply to captain queeg (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 04:44 AM

Apr 2020

ck4829

(38,093 posts)

7. "I alone can fix it", those were his words. He said it.

Reply to captain queeg (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 05:35 AM

Apr 2020

cilla4progress

(26,526 posts)

3. Crime

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 01:26 AM

Apr 2020

In progress

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