President Trump attempted to quell the panic that has ensued amid the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. during a White House press briefing Sunday afternoon.
The very image of 6’+, nearly 300lbs, of walking, talking BS. The ONLY reason he has blue eyes is that he’s well over a quart short.
How many Americans will have to die before a military coup starts to sound really good?
A bit OT, but this is a FANTASTIC ad. Worth watching.
Trump also opened by claiming that Google had corroborated what he’d lied about the other day, when in fact they didn’t, and said the press should apologize to him. He’s such a dickwad.
Insofar as items like food and toilet paper go, of course it will pass. The supply chain isn’t actually disrupted. Items like TP will see a glut after the spike where stores can barely move the stuff because half the population has a four week supply on hand. However Trump being Trump, the stupid asshole had to imply the whole thing will pass. “All no big deal folks, our response has been tremendous”
“You don’t have to buy so much."
Says the guy who owns 11 hotels, two airplanes, three helicopters, 14 golf courses, and six estates.
(And his own Slovenian escort.)
At least he’s got the virus, so problem should be fixing itself soon.
Note that he didn’t hang around the presser after his brief shitstorm, unlike the last ones.
Good indicator.
Don’t forget the kitty litter. I’ve found food available in grocery stores, but paper products and kitty litter not so much.
Maybe tomorrow I’ll check out the hardware stores.
Downplaying the comments of the only credible person in the administration is what I’d expect. Hoping the efforts at the state and local level are able to prevent the worst-case scenarios. He can’t help but make it worse every time he opens his mouth.
Send your outage pix to @realDonaldTrump. Fill his feed with his incompetence.
Everyone release your inner Karen
Donnie trying to calm everybody, something out of Dante’s Divine Comedy I think.
It is Sunday, though. Working on the Sabbath and all that.
He almost certainly has the virus. He’ll lie about anything, anytime for any reason, but his pathological need to appear omnipotent will overpower any urge he might have to tell us he’s sick. If he dies, it’ll be because Obama and Hillary poisoned his KFC. To that I say, “AMF”.
His handlers really need to let him know that no one is really taking him seriously anymore and that he should just play golf, eat cheeseburgers and consider resigning…
“Close your eyes and think of England.”
If this thing is “only” as bad as a bad flu season and there’s, say, 200k deaths, “relax, we’re doing great!” will make a devastating political ad in October.
Trump’s remarks came shortly after the Federal Reserve announced that it’s cutting its benchmark interest rate to zero in an effort to protect the economy from the effects of the coronavirus outbreak.
And in related market news "Dow Jones futures fell 5.4% vs. fair value in very active trade. S&P 500 futures lost 5.3%. Nasdaq 100 futures skidded 5.5%. That comes just after the Fed rate cut and renewed QE announcement as well as other weekend coronavirus news. Also, Dow Jones futures could be sliding in part as a reaction to the huge, last-minute market run on Friday.
Once again, stock futures are “limit down,” preventing them from falling further."
When you tell a panicky public to “not buy so much” you will indeed cause that panicky public to OFFICIALLY PANIC.
What a fuck job. Everything he is doing is making it worse. That said, his supporters are the most likely to die. Smart people listen to Fauci, stupid MEGA supporters listen to Trump…
The moron in chief threatened to fire the head of the Fed unless he lowered interest rates. So Powell caved today and did it… market down 5%, will fall further.
Trump is the worst president in every single respect, with the wrong answers to everything…