Trump: ‘Try Getting It Yourselves’ | Talking Points Memo

President Trump advised a group of governors during a conference call Monday morning to acquire key supplies such as respirators and ventilators themselves amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to the New York Times.


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And what does he think they’ve been doing? Fiddling while Rome burns?

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The Times reported Monday that Trump told the governors in the conference call to “try getting it yourselves” when it comes to “respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment.”

“I’m not giving up any of the ones that I’ve stockpiled in the White House and Mar-a-Lago.”

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ah leadership

meanwhile, in the next 20 minutes or so the DOW will be a pre-November 2016 levels, if only the rest of us could be all pre-November 2016 again

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My corner Respirators-R-Us store is sold out.

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Impeached? Check
Trump Pandemic? Check
Killed the 11 year Obama Bull Market? Check

Seems like you’re not getting it, Donnie.

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The Coward-in-Chief has spoken. The Blamer-in-Chief has spoken. It’s all blather.

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No, thats HIS job.

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Because we have no national plan
I did what I set out to do
I broke the government and grifted a lot of dough in the process

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Trump: ‘Try Getting It Yourselves’

Jesus. Thought the headline meant the preznit was suggesting people try to catch the coronavirus themselves.

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Missing in this is that the Federal Government has 4,000 respirators stored in the national stock pile. Governors are asking for them since they know the Feds have them.

The Orange haired Narcissist does not know the Feds have them, and talking to him is about as productive as listing to Fox and Friends.

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Christ, at least Nero was providing entertainment for those around him at the time…

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Trump: ‘Try Getting It Yourselves’

So now this asshole is suggesting that every state and city build and hoard its own stockpile of ventilators and masks. It’s the costco TP strategy, from the white house.

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tRump: Don’t worry, Be happy.

This guy couldn’t manage a two car funeral. He has no idea even after close to four years what the federal government does, is responsible for or what his job entails.

If this clown hadn’t been handed a bunch of money from his crazy, racist father when he was coming up, and had to work for a real employer his whole life, he would have been fired from every job he had and been destitute. He’s incompetent, ignorant and has no fucking idea what he’s doing…and no one can tell him shit-all about what to do or how to do it. tRump is a complete failure at every fucking thing he touches.

This is why you can’t automatically assume that because someone went to good college or university they necessarily know anything worthy of their degree. Some people just buy their kids’ higher education, degree and all, and those bums end up knowing nothing but continue to believe they’re the masters of the universe.

I hate this motherfucker so much. Not one day goes by where that feeling ever goes away. He’s just such a horrible person.

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He’s just repeating what he’s been hearing from Melania for the past few years.

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Unless it’s about Donnie nothing else matters. Carry on, carry on if the rest of us really mattters…

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Each time I believe I have seen the nadir of Trumpian asshole-ism, he proves me wrong. And the shot at Cuomo ( for being decisive and transparent like an adult) is just perfect.
He is just a by-stander during a crisis of unprecedented proportions. Just a bystander. But he owns it lock, stock and barrel.

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Maybe the months of stalling was so that the Kushner Ko could build up a surplus?

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Incompetence on a massive scale never seen before in the history of this country. He is delusional. This crisis is not like going out and buying a coat. The federal government needs to step in. I cannot believe Fauci or Birx recommended this. Someone needs to push Jared out of the way. People are going to die due to rationed care.

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LMAO…

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