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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:38 PM Apr 2020

Out of 13 hours of Trump Covid-19 briefings, just 4.5 Minutes of empathy for victims: analysis

Published 1 min ago on April 26, 2020
By Common Dreams

As the world runs out of words to account for or describe the unhinged rantings of President Donald Trump when it comes to his daily briefings on the coronavirus pandemic that has rocked the United States and other nations, a new analysis published Sunday details a shocking lack of sympathy expressed by the nation’s highest ranking elected official.

With help from a data analytics firm, the Washington Post studied the cumulative hours of White House briefings focused on the outbreak since March 16, including a detailed breakdown of the last three weeks in which the press events have become increasingly concerning as Trump pushed unproven treatments and, just last week, suggested that patients could be injected with disinfectants as a way to cure their illness.

The briefings, as the Post notes, “have come to replace Trump’s “Keep America Great” campaign rallies—now on pause during the global contagion—and fulfill the president’s needs and impulses in the way his arena-shaking campaign events once did: a chance for him to riff, free-associate, spar with the media and occupy center stage.”

According to the Post:

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/out-of-13-hours-of-trump-covid-19-briefings-just-4-5-minutes-of-empathy-for-victims-analysis/

It took just thirteen hours.......................hell he's been doing this since day fucking one, when he came down a fucking escalator with paid lackey's standing on the first floor atrium making $50.00 dollars to stand there with sign.........JFC.................he doesn't give a shit about anyone, anything, unless its about himself..................the public was lucky they got 4.5 minutes.........during a pandemic.............he stood on that podium and lied over 350 times, and has now closing in on 19,000 lies..............JFC......... ..

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Out of 13 hours of Trump Covid-19 briefings, just 4.5 Minutes of empathy for victims: analysis (Original Post) turbinetree Apr 2020 OP
4.5 minutes? murielm99 Apr 2020 #1
I was going to say the same. Too generous. He steps away for Pence underpants Apr 2020 #2
I didn't think he did any minutes or seconds of empathy.............. turbinetree Apr 2020 #3
This proves beyond doubt a post that I recently put up.....K and R Stuart G May 2020 #4
Your welcome.................. turbinetree May 2020 #5

murielm99

(30,736 posts)
1. 4.5 minutes?
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:45 PM
Apr 2020

I find even that to be a high number. The man has no empathy.

Granted, I stopped watching after the first two. It is nauseating enough to see the recaps on the nightly news.

underpants

(182,791 posts)
2. I was going to say the same. Too generous. He steps away for Pence
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:49 PM
Apr 2020

to do his friendly pastor routine. Then Trump steps back in to be an ahole.

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