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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump says he didn't want to panic people ... then he tweeted this?
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump explained why he lied to the public in the crucial early days of the pandemic, publicly proclaiming the novel coronavirus no more dangerous than the flu while privately warning that it was deadly stuff.
I dont want people to be frightened, Trump told reporters on Wednesday. I dont want to create panic, as you say. And certainly, Im not going to drive this country or the world into a frenzy.
This, from the president who on Thursday sent out this tweet:
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Trump lives on creating a frenzy
Trumps entire political career is built on sending people into a frenzy, if not a full-blown panic
Whether its Mexicans who illegally cross the border (The Mexican Government is forcing their most unwanted people into the United States. They are, in many cases, criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc. drug dealers, criminals, rapists, etc)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-says-didnt-want-110058820.html
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Donald Trump says he didn't want to panic people ... then he tweeted this? (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Sep 2020
OP
LuvJoe
(50 posts)1. Trump is only one man, but all the republicans that enabled him are the ones I despised the most
cilla4progress
(24,718 posts)2. Absolutely.
trumpISM must be rooted out!!
AZ8theist
(5,415 posts)3. He is so mentally compromised he can't keep his bullshit straight...
TheBlackAdder
(28,167 posts)4. Ahh, I just laid another one. Time for the marshmallows.
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czarjak
(11,254 posts)5. Putin pleasing though? Bannon too!
Blue Owl
(50,272 posts)6. Shit-for-brains
n/t
spanone
(135,795 posts)7. rabble rouser
shit stirrer