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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Wed May 6, 2020, 10:03 AM May 2020

'Live And Let Die' Blares As Trump Tours Arizona Mask Factory Without Wearing A Face Mask

Source: Newsweek

The Guns N' Roses song "Live and Let Die" was heard blasting at a Honeywell mask factory in Phoenix while President Donald Trump toured the facility where face masks are being produced as part of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Workers at the factory were seen wearing masks and there was reportedly a visible sign at the facility indicating: "Attention: Face Mask Required in this Area. Thank You!," Reuters reports. In a video, Trump is seen wearing safety goggles while being led on a tour of the factory, during which "Live and Let Die" can be heard blaring from the public address system.

The chief executive officer of Honeywell, Darius Adamczyk, as well as White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and other visiting officials were also reported to have not worn masks during the visit. A White House official claimed Honeywell had told the White House that Trump and other visitors did not need to wear masks, CNBC reports.

Earlier on Tuesday, when asked by reporters whether Trump would wear a mask during the factory visit if required to do so, he said: "I think it's a masked facility. If it's a masked facility, I will. I don't know if it's a masked facility. If it's a mask environment, I would certainly do that. I'll know when I get there.



Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-honeywell-visit-mask-1502207?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588766398

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'Live And Let Die' Blares As Trump Tours Arizona Mask Factory Without Wearing A Face Mask (Original Post) Mrs. Overall May 2020 OP
You Can't Make This Shit Up dalton99a May 2020 #1
After the election my co-worker said: "I hope he doesn't get us all fucking killed." Here we are. Evolve Dammit May 2020 #2
Boy those people are sick! ananda May 2020 #3
That's the GOP's campaign slogan IronLionZion May 2020 #4
Bingo Kitchari May 2020 #6
Just when I think that real life can't get any weirder... Initech May 2020 #5
Safety goggles! SMFH Grokenstein May 2020 #7
And then he handles the masks with his bare hands! C_U_L8R May 2020 #8
Those guns and roses covered the song but.......... jaxexpat May 2020 #9
Thank you Lulu KC May 2020 #14
Edit: Removed. AtheistCrusader May 2020 #15
Trump requested it? OMFG that's hilarious. I assumed it must be somebody messin' with him too! lagomorph777 May 2020 #23
It's the worms in his head. jaxexpat May 2020 #25
Axle Rose hates Trump LeftInTX May 2020 #18
Mick and Keith aren't fans and he uses their songs all the time. BigmanPigman May 2020 #19
I wonder if someone DJ'd it over the PA ironically. n/t forgotmylogin May 2020 #10
Yes. Mrs. Overall May 2020 #12
Probably IronLionZion May 2020 #17
This is deliberate kurtcagle May 2020 #11
Okay. After spending days anticipating the ire of Paul McCartney directed at tRUMP's misuse abqtommy May 2020 #13
Edit: Removed AtheistCrusader May 2020 #16
Just the "Let Die" part, please Blue Owl May 2020 #20
This will make a great Democratic campaign ad. raging moderate May 2020 #21
Guns 'n' Roses? Try Paul McCartney! lagomorph777 May 2020 #22
They Should Have Played "Brave Sir Robin Ran Away" For Cadet Bone Spurs nt smb May 2020 #24
and in related news... AntiFascist May 2020 #26

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
8. And then he handles the masks with his bare hands!
Wed May 6, 2020, 10:34 AM
May 2020

Even without a pandemic, no one wants to know where those hands have been.

jaxexpat

(6,822 posts)
9. Those guns and roses covered the song but..........
Wed May 6, 2020, 10:36 AM
May 2020

Paul McCartney and Wings wrote and first performed it. Which makes the use of it by the rough beast even more onerous.
Next thing you know, the lyrics to 'Imagine' will perversely adorn one of his fetish rallies.
How could a discreditable candidate NOT succeed as this doltish clot of news writers front for the fourth estate?

Lulu KC

(2,565 posts)
14. Thank you
Wed May 6, 2020, 11:45 AM
May 2020

I wish Paul would raise a fuss. (We're still on a first name basis, of course, since I had a poster of him at just the right level so I could come home from school and kiss him in 5th grade. )

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
15. Edit: Removed.
Wed May 6, 2020, 11:46 AM
May 2020

Ok, I thought this was a plant worker fucking with him... but after reading other news reports... it sounds like trump wanted the song used?

I think he's confused about what it means.

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
19. Mick and Keith aren't fans and he uses their songs all the time.
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:02 PM
May 2020

The Beatles songs' rights were bought by Michael Jackson when he tricked Paul who (ex-pal after that). The songs were never the Beatles' (common mistake back then). Paul was going to try to buy the rights to his own songs but Jackson beat him to it.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7662519/beatles-catalog-paul-mccartney-brief-history-ownership

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/michael-jackson-takes-control-of-the-beatles-publishing-rights

IronLionZion

(45,438 posts)
17. Probably
Wed May 6, 2020, 12:05 PM
May 2020

it also seemed a bit loud for an event where the president would be speaking and cameras present.

Might have been a small act of resistance.

kurtcagle

(1,602 posts)
11. This is deliberate
Wed May 6, 2020, 10:45 AM
May 2020

Trump knows that it's too early to open, but he also knows that if he (or Pence) show up with a mask, then it undercuts his whole message that the virus is a hoax and that the economy needs to open (and that the shutdown is one vast liberal conspiracy). He also believes that he is immune, and that so long as he is seen NOT wearing a mask, he'll seem almost godlike to his followers.

One thing to watch for - his rallies are not going to be in hot spots. I think the West Coast variant is probably close to playing out, if the numbers I'm seeing are any indication, simply because of lack of population density, but I don't think his choice of Arizona was at all accidental.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
13. Okay. After spending days anticipating the ire of Paul McCartney directed at tRUMP's misuse
Wed May 6, 2020, 11:20 AM
May 2020

of HIS song "Live Or Let Die" I decided to see if I was right that Paul owns the copyright. Bingo! Paul
does have control. see links*:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_and_Let_Die_(song)

(this article covers the Paul McCartney song and the Guns 'n Roses cover) There's this from the article: "Originally, (movie) producer Harry Saltzman was interested in having Shirley Bassey or Thelma Houston perform it instead of Wings.[1] (song producer George) Martin said McCartney would allow the song to be used in the movie only if Wings was able to perform the song in the opening credits." So Paul was in control as the owner of copyright.

see also link to Paul recovering control of the Beatles' catalog copyright...how cool is that?
This article also has info about Paul's elevation from Knighthood to Companion Of Honor, for anyone interested.

https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/paul-mccartney-beatles-rights-win/

Okay, Paul, how about kicking some tRUMPIAN ass?

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
16. Edit: Removed
Wed May 6, 2020, 11:52 AM
May 2020

Ok, I thought this was a plant worker fucking with him... but after reading other news reports... it sounds like trump wanted the song used?

I think he's confused about what it means.

raging moderate

(4,305 posts)
21. This will make a great Democratic campaign ad.
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:48 PM
May 2020

You wouldn't have to do much to the footage. It would involve a short film clip ending in a still photo clip of Trump in those goggles with no mask and appropriate statistics. I bet somebody is already working on it.

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