Report: White House Officials Are Warning Trump Against Social Distancing Deadlines

President Donald Trump’s been campaigning for an end to social distancing measures against the COVID-19 pandemic by Easter, and several of his aides are reportedly trying to tell him that setting such a deadline is a bad idea.


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Might as well try to stop the earth rotating.

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Just tell him Obama wants to open it up.

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And that Hillary seconded the motion.

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OK , the two of them book a big shindig at the Soros Hotel International for Easter. They announce awards for all ex-WH staffers.

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All I know is if the virus doesn’t start saying some nice things about Trump pretty soon, he just might get off his ass and start doing something about it.

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That ship has long since sailed…

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It says a lot that “advisers very gently push back on world’s most idiotic idea” is news in the Trump era.

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How can you possibly be talking about quarantining the entire northeast in one breath and talk about going back to normal by Easter Sunday in the next? Especially with cases now rising rapidly in red states and the worst yet to come, and the virus not respecting state borders.

The idea that you can open up any part of the country by Easter Sunday is risible and dangerous.

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Have Obama announce that Red hats deflect the coronavirus and count as PPE.

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Does he have any actual authority to end them?

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FTW!

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The economy cannot come back if all the people who support that economy are sick or dead. He does not understand this.

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People don’t actually exist to him.

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DaughterWife does…

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Nope.

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It’s karmic. The man who constantly boasted about the greatest economy, the best unemployment rate, and huge stock market returns (all thanks to Obama), gets to run for re-election with huge unemployment numbers, economy in a recession, and the market almost lower now than on his Inauguration.

He’s bankrupt not just morally, but in terms of ideas as well.

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If we Dems are as smart as we think we are then are, then we need to be sure to survive this at a higher rate than Trump’s base…

This is the new Civil War, it has gone viral…

And if you don’t think Trump will preferentially try to save his base then you have not been watching very closely…

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We’re not licking toilet seats, so I’d say, on balance, we’re good.

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What does Trump’s head look like in the morning? I bet if he showed us what he actually looked like before doing his hair and tanning and applying makeup, well, it would be yucky.

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