Trump: Wind down task force because we can't stay 'closed for the next 5 years'

[turbinetree]

Source: American Independent

By Dan Desai Martin -May 5, 2020 6:01 PM

Donald Trump is prioritizing the U.S. economy over American lives.

On Tuesday, Donald Trump defended the idea of winding down the White House coronavirus task force because he is eager to reopen the American economy.

"We can't keep our country closed for the next five years," Trump said in response to reports that the task force may dissolve this month. "You can say there might be a recurrence, and there might be. And most doctors or some doctors say that it will happen, and it'll be a flame and we're gonna put the flame out."

Trump and many Republicans around the country have pushed to reopen many parts of the economy even as experts warn that such a decision will likely result in more coronavirus cases and a higher death toll.

A new model from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington estimates 135,000 deaths in the country through the beginning of August, the New York Times reported on Monday.

Read more: https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-coronavirus-task-force-economy-death-toll-covid-19/

[maxsolomon]

1. What I want to know is

WHO ARE THESE HORRIBLE LIBS CALLING FOR CLOSING THE COUNTRY FOR FIVE YEARS?

That, DU, was

[Jamastiene]

2. Where did he get the five years talking point?

Has anyone said we need to stay closed that long? Or is this just another thing he made up and pulled out of his ass on the spot?

[sop]

11. It's just another thing he made up and pulled out of his ass on the spot.

[maxsolomon]

16. It's "Sarcasm".

No one said that; he's being a dick, because that's what "Real Americans" like: cruelty.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. My Question Too!

First, I thought it was a hoax.
Then, I thought it was going to go away in the warm weather.
Then, there was a miracle drug.
Then, there was a warp speed vaccine team.
Now, it will be 5 years.
He's a horrible liar.

[Botany]

22. Every now and then Trump lets the truth out.

COVID-19 cases could surge in fall, last 2 years, University of Minnesota report says
The pandemic could last up to two years, according to nationally renowned epidemiologist
Michael Osterholm and a team of researchers.

https://www.startribune.com/covid-19-cases-could-surge-in-fall-last-2-years-u-report-predicts/570130602/

This shit could go on for sometime until we get a vaccine and treatments.

Osterholm is on record as saying we could get a 70% world wide infection rate.

[Yavin4]

28. Well, he does have a big ass.

So, there's a lot to pull out.

[burrowowl]

30. That's why he needs 15 flushes.

[pat_k]

31. Just the usual asinine hyperbole.

Yep. That's what all his opponents want -- to stay locked down for five years... or a decade... or maybe a century.

[brooklynite]

35. Five years his second term...

[Maeve]

37. Yep, that is probably what he's "thinking"

And, oh, yes! Air quotes on the word "thinking"! Not sure anything he does rises to the level of rational thought.

[greenjar_01]

3. I thought he had a "good feeling" there'd be a vaccine by the end of the year

Dude can't keep his nonsense straight.

The cult never notices.

[Initech]

8. He's just flat out giving up.

So much for "compassionate conservatism". Guess we're on our own.

[Warpy]

27. No loss, they were fucking useless

because Pope Pence and Mnuchin were likely overruling anything the people who knew their business came up with, and Big Dummy and his nitwit son in law trying to micromanage the lot.

[Jamastiene]

32. "Compassionate conservatism" was always an oxymoron.

There is no such thing. Conservatives are the opposite of compassionate. They get off on torture and punishment and cruelty toward any living thing, except themselves, of course.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Operation Warp Speed!

So, warp speed means the vaccine will take longer than most vaccines in the last 30 years.
Got it!
An odd definition of warp speed.

[CatMor]

4. He is willing to sacrifice our lifes ....

but wasn't willing to sacrifice his own sorry ass in the Vietnam War. I never thought I could hate someone as much as I hate him.

[Rebl2]

7. You are

so right. He is such a selfish, self centered person I have ever seen. Like you I hate him so much.

[Jamastiene]

33. 3rd

I'm the third one in this sub-thread to say, yep, I hate him so much too.

[LudwigPastorius]

5. The media needs to stop covering every utterance of this delusional nut job.

He should be locked up, with nothing to hear his ravings but a padded cell wall.

[ashredux]

6. Trump is an expert on building STRAWMEN

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Re-Opening will be a flop

Businesses open on 40% of normal traffic won't stay open long. Costs will exceed revenues.

[sop]

14. And when it does flop, he'll blame Democrats and other sane people for taking precautions.

[rurallib]

10. What's Mikey going to do?

permanent ass kissing, fawning and worshipping?

[regnaD kciN]

12. I'm expecting the next step will be...

...to order the CDC to stop providing updates in number of cases and deaths. Just pretend it doesn't exist. And, if people die, so what? They die from lots of other things, too, but you have to keep on with normalcy, right?

[Harry Walpurgisnacht]

13. You Need Not Worry About That, Donnie

Beginning next January, you'll be closed, and probably for more than five years!

[AllaN01Bear]

15. riight. u tend to support the big corperations and institutions and yourself , not the little guy

[Docreed2003]

17. In other words, forget about this virus crap and move on

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I cannot stand the juvenile debate tactic that conservatives love to use of throwing out extremes like Trump just did with the "we can't be closed for five years" comment.

This is pure gaslighting from Trump. In his magical thinking, he believes that if we do away with the task force, then people will believe the pandemic is over. Sadly, he may be absolutely correct about that one. It's appalling and slightly amusing that he acts like any flare up of virus cases will be snuffed out like a flame. Um, Donnie, we haven't "snuffed out" shit! We're still dealing with the first one!

[area51]

36. +1, n/t

[Martin Eden]

20. WTF?? -- a "task force" does not prevent opening the economy!!!

In fact, having an expert task force is essential for opening the economy the best possible way to ensure it stays open rather than collapses by letting the pandemic get even more out of control.

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. The dangers of a president with a low boredom threshold

He can't bear the thought of not going to his rallies (designed to rally his enthusiasm, not his supporters'). He's had enough, cooped up in a huge mansion with hundreds of people in it, and with anyone he wants on the end of a phone. The average American is quite willing to do what it takes to keep the death toll down, but President Short-Attention-Span needs to pretend he's doing something, after everyone in the world at him playing doctor, and that means shutting something down, even if that something has the purpose of saving lives.

[Initech]

23. Translation: Fuck you, you're on your own.

I'm too lazy to do any presidenting, so you guys are left to your own devices.

[D_Master81]

24. Gonna "put the Flame out"

Just like they did the first time. Any self respecting reporter should’ve followed up with how will it be different this time around?
And geez we’ve literally been closed not even 2 months and he jumps to 5 years like anyone has suggested that. Another follow up could’ve been do we really need to close that long given you’ve said the vaccine will be ready in 6 months?

[cp]

25. The virus doesn't care

This is one of my new handy phrases. Also it's true.

[FreeState]

26. I thought he promised a vaccine by end of the year? 5 years is after that n/t

[tclambert]

29. Well, the task force has done its job. Everyone's cured and there are no new cases

so we can go on back to the important business of praising Trump. Next he will order all government agencies to stop tracking and reporting Covid-19 cases. No one needs to worry about it, so no one needs to know those numbers.

He will, however, call for a new task force . . . to investigate Joe Biden.


(I was gonna put the sarcasm notice on here, but I can't tell the difference between sarcasm, satire, and reality anymore.)

[raccoon]

34. Memo to Dotard: the Virus won't magically go away

Just because it’s an inconvenience to you.

[Maeve]

38. To be fair, it's not like the task force actually DID anything!

Like the one that was supposed to find evidence of Democratic cheating in 2016, it was assembled to make it LOOK like he was doing something while, in fact, simply wasting someone else's time and our money.

[Bengus81]

39. Watch,with Trump and Republicans the CV will be like climate change denial soon enough

Why...I just don't see any evidence of CV anymore. Coming soon...much watch TV.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

40. He didn't even quarantine the country for one day. The governors did that.

His "task force" was a three month long joke, as was putting his idiot son-in-law in charge of distributing PPEs and ventilators. And the daily "briefings" were nothing but a rally in a different venue, giving him a chance to insult reporters to their faces rather than via tweets.

He is not just a pathetic president, he a piss-poor excuse for a human being. Every breath he takes is a waste of oxygen.

[TomVilmer]

41. Another way to look at the Coved-19 numbers...

Link to tweet