Trump admits he would have ignored coronavirus even without impeachment

[turbinetree]

Source: American Independent

By Emily Singer -April 1, 2020 11:34 AM

Republicans have been trying to blame impeachment for the federal government's slow response to the coronavirus, but Trump just contradicted them.

Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed the spreading Republican excuse that impeachment led to a slow and botched response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"I don't think I would have done any better had I not been impeached," Trump said at his daily coronavirus news conference from the White House. "And I think that's a great tribute to something — maybe it's a tribute to me — but I don't think I would've acted any differently, or I don't think I would've acted any faster."

A handful of GOP lawmakers have blamed the impeachment proceedings for the Trump administration's failure to take swift action as the coronavirus spread in the United States — an admission that the Trump administration was slow to respond in and of itself.

As news of a potential outbreak surfaced in China last year, the administration ignored guidelines from a National Security Council playbook compiled in 2016 by former President Barack Obama's administration, which laid out steps Trump could have taken to stop a pandemic in its tracks, including ensuring proper diagnostic capability, stockpiling personal protective equipment and other critical tools, and delivering a "unified message" from the beginning.

Read more: https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-coronavirus-response-impeachment-republicans-white-house-covid-19/

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"I don't think I would have done any better had I not been impeached," Trump said at his daily coronavirus news conference from the White House. "And I think that's a great tribute to something — maybe it's a tribute to me — but I don't think I would've acted any differently, or I don't think I would've acted any faster."


So he shoots himself in the foot and now what is the #Moscow Mitch and his band of assholes going to do in there tv ads, or the ones in the house and there tv ads, the governors that support this asshole, and to top it all off he didn't give a rats ass then as now................he admitted it............he didn't give it one fucking thought.......................

[underpants]

1. and he admits he could have acted faster

[CrispyQ]

2. Is this satire? I can't tell anymore.

[Cha]

48. I did double check and saw it was in LBN

so it couldn't be.

[JudyM]

3. What an utter farce.

You can’t make this stuff up.

[Newest Reality]

4. The potential implication...

The potential implication in his admission, (besides making is defenders look like even bigger fools) is that he realized this was a big opportunity for him, since a weakened, shocked country becomes even easier to control while you confuse the population.

He despises this country and most of its people, (even his gullible base) and only sees it as another thing to take over and control to get whatever fix he needs. What's left after all that easy grifiting he has done so far?

So, LIHOP. This is just my opinion based on a lot of, (nauseating) observation since El Presidente stormed in.

[lagomorph777]

52. LIHOP at the very least.

Trump is a mass murderer and he is relishing every death with twisted glee.

[dhill926]

5. what the fuck....not The Onion?

didn't read it, but please tell me this is satire....

[turbinetree]

11. Nope, he is all about himself and that fucking ego................nothing less and nothing more.....

"Did it divert my attention? I think I'm getting A-plusses for the way I handled myself during a phony impeachment," Trump said Tuesday.

And the above comment just makes me want to spit nails................

[dhill926]

14. this makes my brain hurt...

a global crisis and we have a goddamn madman supposedly in charge...

[turbinetree]

17. Bingo............................he is not in charge..............he is trying to figure out how to

make a buck off this crap.......................look at who he put in charge of ventilators................his treasonous son n law..................you just can't make this stuff up.......................

[bucolic_frolic]

6. He's starting to crack from the pressure

He's failing to twist everything to his own benefit. This is an incredibly good sign. He has no goodwill to draw on for transparency or humility, he's a total F**kup ... make him feel it, make more unforced errors, this is political gold for Democrats

[UpInArms]

7. A TRIBUTE?!?!?!?!

Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggggggg!

[rickyhall]

18. I got that, Tribute to Stupidity? Avarice? Cruelty? Evil?

[Qutzupalotl]

8. There goes yesterday's talking point. n/t

[gembaby1]

9. The man is a genius.

[SergeStorms]

42. Not just a genius....

a stable genius!

[Grokenstein]

10. "And I think that's a great tribute to something...maybe it's a tribute to me..."

J. F. C.
Is he trying to build an insanity defense?
Is Pence going to jump up and yell, "April Fools!!" any second now?

[flibbitygiblets]

12. At first I thought this was the Onion. Then I realized, tRump is incapable of admitting any fault.

And for once, at long last, there will be repercussions.

He doesn't want to go with Moscow Mitch's "distracted by impeachment" excuse (lame as it was, as tRump spend half of January golfing or at his disgusting Klan rallies). Nope, he's going to try to gaslight dying people and medical staff who are getting infected every day by saying that he did a great job. He still gives himself a "10" rating.

When the worst is over, and the death toll is counted, and the havoc on our medical institutions is fully realized, it will be time for Americans to vote. And he will still be patting himself on the back for a job well done.

I think all but his most brain-dead supporters will have realized by then that "owning the libs" came with a price no one thought they'd have to pay.

[Beartracks]

13. I love how Repubs try to excuse Trump, but he won't hear of it because he thinks he's perfect!

They deserve eachother, and we deserve better!

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[MyOwnPeace]

24. Well,

we sure as hell didn't deserve them!!

He's a legend in his own mind............

[ck4829]

15. Bingo, the idea that he's not competent enough to multitask played a role here

[NYC Liberal]

16. Saying otherwise would be admitting he fucked up, whatever the reason or cause.

He's going with "I would have done the same thing either way because what I did was great."

[cureautismnow]

19. I thought it was an April Fool's Joke until I saw the video at the link.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

20. "maybe it's a tribute to me"

As always, it's all about him, and how great he is.

Perhaps he'll have his own "Parade of Tributes," like in the "Hunger Games." Of course, in the Games only one tribute was supposed to be alive at the end, so maybe Fat Donnie's comment is prescient.

[procon]

21. Yeah, "it's a tribute to me", alright.

It's more like criminal negligence. How does this self absorbed cretin think that his shocking incompetence is a "tribute"?

Add up the deaths that might have been prevented if he had behaved like any other president, that's an indictment, not an award. Even the bumbling Bush managed to get on top of the 9/11 disaster. That doesn't mitigate his failure to respond to the Katrina disaster

We saw how Trump mismanaged the destruction of Puerto Rico, so every one should have known that he would not deal with the corona crisis any differently. In that, Bush and Trump share the same traits found in a majority of republicans; they just don't give a damn about people.

[Javaman]

22. aka I'm just not that smart. nt

[edbermac]

23. It's April Fools Day you know.

Please tell me he actually said that.

[Pepsidog]

25. A DUer recently suggested that the press ask Trump this question knowing it's a trap

question that Trump would never see coming.

[Javaman]

26. the old saying, "lead, follow or get the fuck out of the way" no longer applies.

he basically just admitted that he's a fucking moron.

[MyOwnPeace]

27. You know that's not the last of it...........

Somebody will use those clips in an ad (just to remind everybody what a horse's ass he is) and in a few days he's gonna' say he NEVER said those things while claiming to sue somebody for using the actual quotes!

[C_U_L8R]

28. The snake eats its own tail

Just waiting for the grand finale.

[CountAllVotes]

29. dump is sick of his job

Time to say YOU'RE FIRED to himself.

And so he just did.

He clearly cannot do the job right, the world knows it so why bother when the life of a con was far more profitable?

tRump = murderer

& recommend.

[Snellius]

44. Think you're right

The retribution when this is over will be fierce. Germans used to joke at the end: Enjoy the war; the peace will be hell. Seems like Pence has already stepped into his shoes. All Trump's tricks have been played out. Rallies kaput. Can't bluff, bully, or bs a virus. Done. No clothes.

[CountAllVotes]

45. As I wrote to some guy tauting his gun ...

He announced that he "ready and had his gun".

I replied, "Really? Where is the enemy? You cannot see the enemy. Who are you going to shoot? Who? What? Where?".

This renders no use for gun as if it turns into shooting one another in the streets, who cares to be alive in such a nightmare?

This is perhaps the most deadly enemy to every hit the world, any enemy that cannot be seen; a silent one invented by nature.

[Ad Infinitum]

30. His Royal Pestilence

GET OT OF THE WAY

[moonscape]

31. He just keeps giving sound bites for ads ... n/t

[truthisfreedom]

32. Ellipses have three dots.

The three-dot ellipsis lets the reader know that our quotation omits some words but is all taken from the same sentence in the original text. This is called the medial ellipsis. Sometimes we want to omit words from the end of one sentence but continue to quote from subsequent sentences.

[RussBLib]

33. He thinks he's handled the 'rona problem perfectly

Probably better than any president, ever.

So how could the impeachment slow down a stable genius?

Ah, if we only truly had a stable genius in the White House

[GeorgiaPeanut]

34. Poor Mitch

His fuhrer took away his talking point

[djacq]

35. You can OD on Stupid Pills.

[trusty elf]

36. He'd rather say that he fucked up on a colossal scale

causing thousands of deaths that might have been prevented rather than admit that he was concerned with being impeached.

absolutely mind-boggling

[dustyscamp]

46. Missing Eric and Jared

[Sunlei]

37. Trump & gang (rand paul) spread corona at maralago parties, 10 rallies and 20? golf trips

[LiberalArkie]

38. I am telling you they changed his meds.

[Evolve Dammit]

39. Anyone expecting a cogent thought or response from Individual 1??

I haven't for 4 years now. Let's just hope he doesn't get us all fucking killed. He's trying hard. Impeachment II. Coming to theaters soon?

[peggysue2]

40. A Tribute to Indifference?

The political ads write themselves. No need to exaggerate or stretch the truth. Trump's own words indict him as indifferent, incompetent and totally unfit for the job. Meanwhile Moscow Mitch and his Fox News buddies are working overtime to find excuses for Donnie's bizarre behavior and ignoramus comments. They're starting to throw everything at the wall hoping something sticks:

No one saw this coming.

Nope, the whole world saw this train roaring down the track. China provided the world with a heads up. We had time to prepare and make a decent stab at containment. But Trump and his enablers sat on their hands.

Now it's impeachment was a terrible distraction; it's all the Dems' fault.

Nope, the Squatter-in-Chief blows that out of the water by his own admission. His multiple, verified golf trips and political rallies underscore the grim reality--the clown car cannot make this go away with bravado, denial and/or outright lies. The gimmicks and gaslighting just don't work when people are dying. Just wait until Red State America finds itself equally vulnerable to Covid-19 and Trump continues with these nonsense excuses.

Donald and his ugly crew are the froggies in the soup kettle, the broth of which is simmering, rolling, coming soon to a wicked boil.

[Mr. Ected]

41. Since the GOP had already determined it would stonewall the impeachment trial

How in the hell would Trump have been distracted anyway?

[FailureToCommunicate]

43. Gotta have some pity for the poor folks at FOX. They'll have whiplash (again) from this latest...

change of course from their dear leader. They'll have to pivot fast to explain his latest nonsense.

Rough seas continue as they try to bob along in the wake of the SS Trump Garbage Barge.

[Skittles]

47. he is SO FUCKING STUPID

OMFG

[chriscan64]

49. A president concerned only with his self interest can't even do that right.

It is a very weak premise that impeachment had anything to do with the administration's response, but in Trump's fact-free world he could have run with it. Problem is it violates Trump's Prime Directive: "I never did anything wrong". He will never blame anyone even Democrats for making him do something wrong or to not do the right thing. He physically cannot admit wrongdoing, the mental block is strong with this one.

[ck4829]

50. Kick

[kacekwl]

51. Keep talking dummy.

Please proceed Mr blotous.