NYT Haberman - Trump Keeps Talking. Some Republicans Don't Like What They're Hearing.

[underpants]

I went deep into this one for those stopped by the paywall.


Trump Keeps Talking. Some Republicans Don’t Like What They’re Hearing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-press-briefing.html

Aides and allies increasingly believe the president’s daily briefings are hurting him more than helping, and are urging him to let his medical experts take center stage.

Even the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board chastised the president for his behavior at the briefings. “Covid-19 isn’t shifty Schiff,” it wrote in an editorial on Thursday, using Mr. Trump’s nickname for Representative Adam Schiff. “It’s a once-a-century threat to American life and livelihood.”

“I told him your opponent is no longer Joe Biden — it’s this virus,” Mr. (Lindsay)Graham said.

And it’s not just an overwhelming majority of voters who believe the medical experts should be center stage: Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, personally urged Mr. Trump at the start of the crisis to let Drs. Fauci and Birx be the face of the response, according to a Republican official familiar with their conversation.

Some of Mr. Trump’s aides have quietly suggested to him that he ratchet back his public attacks on the governors who have emerged as leaders in the response to the virus. But they acknowledge their efforts can be something of a fool’s errand; the president has his style and he won’t change, they say.

[gibraltar72]

1. Watch this drive.

[SeattleVet]

7. "Heck of a job, Moldy!"

[hatrack]

2. Gee, that's too bad . . .

I'll bet brows are furrowing from Georgetown to Kalorama Circle tonight!

[madinmaryland]

16. Susan Collins may have a new nuanced level of concern. P

[erronis]

3. Dump is following another playbook. Maybe voices in his head, maybe secret control messages

from somewhere else (woo, woo.)

I think all these alternatives are possible and then combined with deficient prefrontal cortex abilities there is a dangerous adolescent in charge of the world.

And the (r)epuglicons are just fine with this. I can understand a Delirious J. Trumpf spinning out of control. What's in it for the (r)'s?

[PA Democrat]

4. Republicans may moan and groan and wring their hands in private

but in the end they remain the cowardly boot-licking enablers they have always been. Even with the death toll mounting daily they allow Trump to continue to destroy our country and its people.

[MyOwnPeace]

10. THAT'S IT!!!!!!!!!!

And we have to be sure that they ALL go down with their "Captain!"

[thucythucy]

5. Heavens! I'll bet Susan Collins is just paralyzed with concern.

Three years plus and these dolts are still expecting Dolt-45 to change?

They are so way past clueless...

[Hassler]

6. This is the Apprentice: Pandumbic edition. He loves moments

Like this. He'll drive his re-election into the ground before he gets off the TV

[underpants]

8. Trying to find where to respond with essentially that

He can’t back down now. His ego (ratings!) won’t let him and he knows if he stops showing up everyone will see it as a retreat. I have noticed him distancing more but the camera angle is wider too.

He’s gotten his own bigger shovel and longer rope.

[Hoyt]

9. Yep. Put him on TV 24/7, let trump bury himself.

[dailytroubadour]

11. Trump hitching his wagon

to a sinking ship.
(I know mixed metaphor. Blame it on Jim.Beam.)

Seriously, if Trump has a fatal flaw, it is his desparate need for atention. By attaching himself so front and center to the virus, he will be forever associated with death and economic ruin.

[ibegurpard]

12. They love what they're hearing

Astronomical approval ratings from Republicans. So fucking sick of hearing about these non-existent disaffected Repukes.

[underpants]

13. They are a sunk cost if you will. They aren't going anywhere

The election is going to turn on turnout African-Americans and women. None of this plays well with either of those groups. It’s going to be a voter suppression firebomb everywhere - that’s his only chance.

[ConnorMarc]

17. Ditto.

I won't believe a word of that claptrap until it happens.

So far, it never has.

[Andy823]

14. Narcissists never change

they have to be in charge all the time, they will NOT let others tell them what to do because they think they are smarter than anyone else, as trump has told us many times.

They also hold a grudge forever, and they will go after anyone who tries to correct them in any way.

[Baked Potato]

15. Dump only trusts Ivanka. Sorry, Lindsay...