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Bucky

(54,003 posts)
Sun Jun 21, 2020, 08:44 AM Jun 2020

Serious question. Are there any adults in the White House?

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-says-he-asked-administration-to-slow-the-testing-downon-coronavirus

Cause I'm assuming this bullshit is just Trump spouting off random irresponsibility from his fried chicken hole. There's got to be someone in the White House actually saying, No we have to keep up increasing the test because people are dying. Right? Right?


Trump Says He Asked Administration To ‘Slow The Testing Down’ On Coronavirus


TULSA, Okla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he’s asked his administration to slow down coronavirus testing because robust testing turns up too many cases of COVID-19.

Trump told supporters at his campaign rally that the U.S. has tested 25 million people, far more than any other country. The “bad part,” Trump said, is that widespread testing leads to logging more cases of the virus.
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Serious question. Are there any adults in the White House? (Original Post) Bucky Jun 2020 OP
Serious answer. No. Hugin Jun 2020 #1
No. FM123 Jun 2020 #2
When you hire people who are unqualified Chainfire Jun 2020 #3
The Conservative mind generally stops developing during teenage years, so mentally the answer is no. TheBlackAdder Jun 2020 #4
Only the permanent staff: Chefs, Valets, Custodial, etc. Golden Raisin Jun 2020 #5

FM123

(10,053 posts)
2. No.
Sun Jun 21, 2020, 09:31 AM
Jun 2020

Apologies to gummy bears (which I still love) but this commercial always makes me think of what it must be like in White House these days....



Chainfire

(17,536 posts)
3. When you hire people who are unqualified
Sun Jun 21, 2020, 09:49 AM
Jun 2020

to hold high profile jobs, they are beholding to you. When they appear to become insufficiently grateful, they get the boot, and have to resume a life of meritocracy appropriate to their actual abilities.

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