trump complains in private about the pandemic

[pepperbear]

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At times, though, Trump can’t seem to help himself, said people who have spoken with him in recent weeks, describing him as shellshocked and sullen about his declining fortunes even as he continues to insist he will ultimately win in November.
“We had the greatest economy in the world,” Trump said in an Oval Office meeting last month, talking about how good the statistics were before the coronavirus, said one adviser. An outside adviser in frequent touch with the White House offered a similar recollection, saying that Trump simply keeps on repeating, “I had this great economy and they made me shut it down.”

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A third outside adviser in frequent touch with the White House said that in a recent conversation, the president seemed almost “inconsolable” and summed up Trump’s riff: Gripes about the great economy he built, now felled by the virus, and also how “some stupid cop in Minneapolis kneels on someone’s neck and now everyone is protesting.”


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-the-victim-president-complains-in-private-about-the-pandemic-hurting-himself/2020/07/09/187142c6-c089-11ea-864a-0dd31b9d6917_story.html

[SWBTATTReg]

1. All about the POS PINO of course. Whine, whine, whine. I'll be so glad that this POS is out of...

office finally and that Biden is at the helm. I'm so sick and tired of listening to rump's nonstop ranting and raving, with really nothing of substance to say (as usual of course). And he didn't 'build this great economy', we did.

[blm]

2. He could have acted wisely in Feb/March like other countries but CHOSE NOT TO.

He fvcked up every step of the way because he only thought in terms of what might look good for HIM at that moment.

[JI7]

3. failed piece of shit

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. He makes all the very best decisions.

How can one person be wrong 100% of the time?

[RobinA]

5. I Have To Say

I'm a bit surprised that he had enough of a grip on reality to call the cop in MN "stupid." I mean, he recognized that as a bad thing. which I wouldn't have bet money on in his case.

[Nevilledog]

6. They're stupid, in his mind, cuz they got caught on video.

[Happyhippychick]

8. He prefers his murderers to not get caught

[Docreed2003]

7. How pathetic

Pathetic for our country, pathetic that people actually look at this guy as come kind of leadership icon, a pathetic little man.

The thing that's truly insane is that he perpetuates and actually believes his own crap.

[GoCubsGo]

9. The daily airing of the grievances.

It's as if every day is Festivus Day.

[chriscan64]

10. No leadership at all is the worst kind.

"They made me" shut down the economy. A real leader sees ahead of time that a shutdown is needed and has a plan ready to lessen its impacts. "Some stupid cop" caused the protests. No, dumbass, the resentment was already boiling, your no leadership strikes again. Every other president at least attempts to reach out. Lip service would be an improvement.