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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's recent comments negate all claims that he was joking about fewer tests equal fewer cases.
Trump's most recent comment about wanting to reduce testing, made just before boarding Marine One, made it clear that as weird as his reasoning is, he is serious about it.
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Trump's recent comments negate all claims that he was joking about fewer tests equal fewer cases. (Original Post)
Towlie
Jun 2020
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)1. Yup - promoting the idea that denial can create reality.
Well, it does, but in exactly the opposite way from what Turd is saying.
rampartc
(5,835 posts)2. aren't jokes supposed to be funny?
i don't think 120,000 dead is a joke.
chriscan64
(1,789 posts)3. In our pre-Trump notions of a bad president
we could imagine the president making a gaffe and instructing his staff to say it was a joke and sticking to the story. He really means the stupid things he says.
coti
(4,625 posts)4. Yes, he's telling his bootlickers with influence over data to fudge numbers. nt