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lunatica

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18. He is only doing the exact same thing he's always done
Mon Jul 13, 2020, 03:53 PM
Jul 2020

His modus operandi means he’s fighting to win against the virus as if it were a human enemy. If you notice he first thought he could just belittle it by saying it was a hoax. Then when it didn’t go slinking off in defeat he blamed it on the Democrats. Then he deciding this was the perfect opportunity to have his rallies so he got up there on a daily basis and espoused what a great leader he was in fighting the virus. On a daily basis he read the same long list about what he had done and he expected all the experts behind him on stage would nod their heads in agreement. When they didn’t he sidelined them and/or just contradicted them with his lies.

Eventually, as the numbers of infected and deaths kept rising and the pesky reporters kept asking questions instead of acting like his base he started running away, especially when the female reporters refused to be insulted into silence.

Then he decided to just ignore the facts and simply lie because he was still trying to reprise his rallies, but that didn’t work so he just quit and decided to ignore the entire issue and act as if it was all taken care of and all was nicely business as usual. But just in case people kept blaming him he blamed it all on the WHO and quit them and decided to create rising tensions with the Chinese by blaming them.

Problem solved. He’s moved on to opening America now that it’s all behind him. In his mind all he has to do to win against his enemies is to eventually just ignore them.

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A Simple Plan [View all] NanceGreggs Jul 2020 OP
Why? Excellent question. SouthernCal_Dem Jul 2020 #1
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puppet sprinkleeninow Jul 2020 #2
Good Fucking Question intrepidity Jul 2020 #3
Yes, Mary explained it in her book, gab13by13 Jul 2020 #10
She also implied that he would 2naSalit Jul 2020 #14
I honestly believe there only one solution to this problem, or at least it would be a partial smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #23
"Why would you promote the spread of Covid-19 instead of promoting its containment via masks and Cha Jul 2020 #4
+1 Nevilledog Jul 2020 #17
President Hillary would have been atop the virus from jump. griloco Jul 2020 #5
Putin tiptonic Jul 2020 #6
Because he can't tolerate anyone outshining himself vlyons Jul 2020 #7
But he could have ... NanceGreggs Jul 2020 #11
Because trump is his own worst enemy. Cha Jul 2020 #25
That's all quite true but--- Richard58 Jul 2020 #33
+1000 smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #24
Sociopath Dios Mio Jul 2020 #8
He must be so damaged that bluestateboomer Jul 2020 #9
Even an idiot accidently makes the right choice, by accident on occassion mercuryblues Jul 2020 #13
All you have to do to answer that question is to look at Ohio Ms. Toad Jul 2020 #12
Because the first thing that came to his mind Mr.Bill Jul 2020 #15
Hundreds of thousands of average Americans' dying, or important people losing a little money. tclambert Jul 2020 #16
He is only doing the exact same thing he's always done lunatica Jul 2020 #18
+100000000 Nevilledog Jul 2020 #19
I think the short answer is the economy flibbitygiblets Jul 2020 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Tbear Jul 2020 #21
All roads lead to Putin ladym55 Jul 2020 #22
Great question. Simple answer: He's nuts. BarbD Jul 2020 #26
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Because authoritarians use crises to consolidate power not to help citizens EleanorR Jul 2020 #28
and talk radio was key and still is certainot Jul 2020 #30
I'm not understanding ... NanceGreggs Jul 2020 #31
THIS hadEnuf Jul 2020 #35
Putin's Bitch OverBurn Jul 2020 #32
+1 THIS Lock him up. Jul 2020 #34
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