Covid-19 will re-elect Trump

[Ray9]

The president, our president, your president has health experts working overtime to meet the threat. The pathogen needs elbow to elbow crowds to spread itself. Our leadership, led by the president, is asking citizens to practice social distancing by limiting contact with others.This is not as easy as it sounds.

The microbes that bring disease have a pretty standard motes operandi-touching and inhaling droplets expelled by sneezing or coughing. Staying in our homes starves the predator of victims. Keeping six feet of space from people when necessity forces us to be out helps greatly. You must do what you must do.

We are social creatures but we are smart social creatures; we follow directives that go against our natural instincts so we can survive.

There has never been a better time to face this pandemic. We have computers today and we are connected to our loved ones remotely in a way that was not possible in the past. Schools can still operate in a distanced setting, we can do our banking online-powerful medicine against the virus.

Spring is just beyond the horizon. Warmer weather historically wanes the tiny attackers encroaching on us now. Listen for the birds and the emerging insects that tend the flowers.

There is a lesson here and it's not just the tenuousness of our existence. We must never again cede control of our survival to people thousands of miles away. We are smart creatures but we make mistakes. We learn from those mistakes.

Don't go political on this. Live for another day if you feel marginalized. Follow the president-that's why he is there.

 

[kyzr]

I'm seeing reason for optimism here in the US. I'm plotting the numbers and even with more testing, the US numbers are staying low compared to the EU. According to Pence we are on day-7 (3/22) of 15 critical days here in the US to slow the spread of the virus. Which is why when I see the young folks partying on the beaches, it angers me. Then they go home and are carriers back to their family. Anyway, back to the numbers, IMHO the next 8 days as Pence said will show if we are bending the curve down to a low peak, or if it is still rising.
Here is a curve showing how well the US is currently doing compared to the EU, IF the US can keep the virus from exploding. The "projections" may be optimistic, lets hope not. The EU is comprised of (Ger, Fra, Ita, Spa, Swit, UK) to match the US population.

 

[Correll]

A pandemic was going to spark an economic downturn. If it looks like America did well, compared to other first world nations, the voters should not, and may not hold the President responsible.

On this specific issue the President should be rated on:

FIRST: # deaths
SECOND: # of cases
THIRD: level of economic downturn

The virus started in China. We had advanced warning. Now the United States has more per capita cases than China! THAT IS A MASSIVE FAILURE!

This is the United States and were getting are asses kicked by third world countries. Unacceptable! Doing better than Italy does not cut it at all! Lets re-elect the President because things are not as bad as Italy? No, no one is going to accept that. THE BUCK STOPS WITH THE PRESIDENT! He will be easily removed in November.

Third world countries are not the centers of massive travel the way First World countries are, especially air travel.


Seems comparing to other similar nations would be more fair.

Ok, take Japan. First world country with much stronger links to China than the United States. Japan has only 1,046 cases. The United States has 24,000. If Trump had done his Job, U.S. cases right now would be below, 1,000 and the outbreak would be contained.

Yes, take Japan.


30 Most Visited Countries in the World + their most visited places!


24 million visitors a year, vs our 76 million.



Trump, btw, has been has multiple attempts to reduce travel to the US, for years, all fought tooth and nail by people like you.

All Trump had to do was lock things down like they are now back in February. Its what Russia did, and the benefits are showing. Trump is the Commander in Chief. He has the power to take emergency action to safeguard the US public. Just banning travel directly from China accomplished very little.

And if he had, would you be singing his praises? Or would you be posting memes showing how similar his actions were to the Authoritarian Putin?

 

[miketx]

Is this a pandemic or a dem panic?

 

[miketx]

If we have no test kits how do they know people have this virus?

 

[kyzr]

If we have no test kits how do they know people have this virus?

If you have a cough and a fever you are assumed to have the virus until a test says otherwise.

 

[U2Edge]

Unfortunately, just stopping flights from China does virtually nothing to seal the country from the virus. People fly all over the world and just because they are on a flight coming in from Peru does not mean the people on the plane are safe and none of them are infected or had recently been in China.

Again look at Russia. They closed their borders down. Less than 300 cases and only 1 death compared to U.S. figures of 276 deaths and 20,000 cases. CHINA HAS LESS CASES PER CAPITA THAN THE UNITED STATES! FOR CHINA TO HAVE LESS CASES PER CAPITA THAN THE UNITED STATES WHEN THE VIRUS STARTED THERE IS THE ULTIMATE SIGN OF FAILURE FOR TRUMP!

1. You believe China's numbers? Fucking commie
2. You did not address the fact that the EU has 15x more cases than the US. Thank you President Trump

The fact is, the President could have and should have locked the country down in February. Early February. No work was done in January and February to prepare for the coming pandemic. Trump dismissed the virus and told people it would go away by Spring.

If China's numbers were worse, the world would know. You can't keep an out of control pandemic killing hundreds of people a day and infected thousands a secret.

Look at the numbers for JAPAN! JAPAN currently has 1,046 cases and 36 deaths. Compare that to the United States with 24,137 cases and 288 deaths. Japan only has 8 cases per one million people. The United States has 73 cases per one million people! China is Japan's largest trading partner. Yet despite all its links and closer proximity to China, it was able to isolate itself from the virus better than the United States has done!

1. There was no justification to lock the US down in February, that is just stupid.
Trump had the CDC and FDA developing and approving tests for COVID-19 since the CDC could not do the required number of tests.

2. You are an idiot if you believe China's numbers.
Why did they throw all the world health organizations and US out if it was a legitimate disease?
Is COVID-19 A Bioweapon? Five Conspiracy Theories Around Coronavirus That Will Shock You - A Pandemic That Sent Shockwaves

3. Japan is doing well, kudos to them, but they have a much smaller population than the US. Apples to apples multiply the US numbers by 0.38 to compare fairly. Look at South Korea, even with all their tests the US is doing better. The US is doing very well compared to the rest of the world, especially the EU countries.

4. We'll know in about 9-days how the US is doing. Will we have a mild pandemic, or a disaster like Italy.
Trump is still doing way better than Obama did with (H1N1) swine flu, at least so far.
'Between April 12, 2009, and April 10, 2010, the CDC estimates swine flu caused 60.8 million illnesses, 273,304 hospitalizations and 12,469 deaths in the U.S.'
Were you as critical of Obama as Trump?

Bottom line, there is no reason for the United States to have higher numbers than Japan given Japan's stronger connections to China. That's even after taking the different populations levels into account.

Russia shut things down and so did Japan early on and they benefited greatly from doing that. Trump failed in that respect. Instead he dismissed the problem. He will lose in November.

There was vaccine for H1N1. There is no vaccine for Coronavirus, hence the massive near planetary lockdown we are under. Very different situations, not comparable.

1. I can give you many reasons why Japan's numbers are better than the US. Japan does NOT have strong connections to China. The Chinese hate the Japanese, its a WW2 thing. Japan has very disciplined people, the US does not. US kids party all the time virus or not. The Japanese respect their elders and would never think of flouting a request for social distancing or self quarantine.

2. Trump shut down the planes from China. That save the US from what the EU is getting, you're welcome. In November the democrats don't have a viable candidate, so Trump wins easily.

3. H1N1 infected 60m Americans and killed 12,469. By comparison Trump's admin is doing much better. Your partisan talking points won't change the numbers.

1. Japan's largest trading partner, both when it comes to exports and imports, is CHINA! Whatever residual anger there is about World War II, it has not stopped the two countries from becoming very close in a variety of ways that helps with the spread of a virus. Japan also has probably the oldest population by median age which makes it more vulnerable to the virus than the United States and other countries. Yet, the United States currently has 27,000 cases of Coronavirus and Japan only has 1,054. Hell, lets just compare New York State to Japan. New York State has 12,324 cases to Japan's 1,054. Japan has an older population 5 times the size of New York State. Japan has far more connections to China than New York State.

2. Half the countries in Europe have less per capita cases of coronavirus than the United States. The United Kingdom has less per capita cases than the United States. The United States will soon have the 3rd highest number of cases in the world. Trump failed. Biden was always going to win, but now it will be a relatively easy victory. The economy is going to take a hit like it hasn't since Herbert Hoover was in office. The economy was the only thing Trump had any standing on and now its gone.

3. H1N1 was more like the regular flu and there was a vaccine available. It did not cause any major economic disruption or lock downs across the planet like coronavirus has done.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Democrats are not even arm-chair quarterbacking..... it’s all Monday Morning QB in their critique of Trump. Worse, they are providing little or no alternative plan or path when it comes to bio-defense.

Everything the Democrats have tried to do since January 2017 has blown up in their face; with exception of taking back The House.

Again, they have no plan outside of GET TRUMP.

This isn't Monday Morning quarterbacking. This is a Sunday afternoon home game in the 2nd quarter with our team down by 50 points already and the fans wondering why the coach hasn't removed the starting quarterback who's already thrown four interceptions and fumbled the ball a half dozen times.

It's been pointed out multiple times to the slavish Trump defenders that he and his minions not only ignored information given to them by the Obama administration (because it's more important to try and destroy a president he knows he'll never hold a candle to), but also dismantled the very institutions that could have helped respond to this outbreak.

Once again, we'll give it a shot with the defenders of the orange roughy. But I won't hold my breath beyond the "Fake news", "TDS"..etc, etc...rinse and repeat.
Before Trump’s inauguration, a warning: ‘The worst influenza pandemic since 1918’
Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised

 

[Toro]

It absolutely doesn't matter. It's all falling down on political lines.

Trump Administration

 

[Toro]

 

[U2Edge]

On this specific issue the President should be rated on:

FIRST: # deaths
SECOND: # of cases
THIRD: level of economic downturn

The virus started in China. We had advanced warning. Now the United States has more per capita cases than China! THAT IS A MASSIVE FAILURE!

This is the United States and were getting are asses kicked by third world countries. Unacceptable! Doing better than Italy does not cut it at all! Lets re-elect the President because things are not as bad as Italy? No, no one is going to accept that. THE BUCK STOPS WITH THE PRESIDENT! He will be easily removed in November.

Third world countries are not the centers of massive travel the way First World countries are, especially air travel.


Seems comparing to other similar nations would be more fair.

Ok, take Japan. First world country with much stronger links to China than the United States. Japan has only 1,046 cases. The United States has 24,000. If Trump had done his Job, U.S. cases right now would be below, 1,000 and the outbreak would be contained.

Yes, take Japan.


30 Most Visited Countries in the World + their most visited places!


24 million visitors a year, vs our 76 million.



Trump, btw, has been has multiple attempts to reduce travel to the US, for years, all fought tooth and nail by people like you.

All Trump had to do was lock things down like they are now back in February. Its what Russia did, and the benefits are showing. Trump is the Commander in Chief. He has the power to take emergency action to safeguard the US public. Just banning travel directly from China accomplished very little.

And if he had, would you be singing his praises? Or would you be posting memes showing how similar his actions were to the Authoritarian Putin?

No, because I believe the Senate should have removed the President from office given his abuse of power in the Ukraine affair.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Democrats are not even arm-chair quarterbacking..... it’s all Monday Morning QB in their critique of Trump. Worse, they are providing little or no alternative plan or path when it comes to bio-defense.

Everything the Democrats have tried to do since January 2017 has blown up in their face; with exception of taking back The House.

Again, they have no plan outside of GET TRUMP.

This isn't Monday Morning quarterbacking. This is a Sunday afternoon home game in the 2nd quarter with our team down by 50 points already and the fans wondering why the coach hasn't removed the starting quarterback who's already thrown four interceptions and fumbled the ball a half dozen times.

It's been pointed out multiple times to the slavish Trump defenders that he and his minions not only ignored information given to them by the Obama administration (because it's more important to try and destroy a president he knows he'll never hold a candle to), but also dismantled the very institutions that could have helped respond to this outbreak.

Once again, we'll give it a shot with the defenders of the orange roughy. But I won't hold my breath beyond the "Fake news", "TDS"..etc, etc...rinse and repeat.
Before Trump’s inauguration, a warning: ‘The worst influenza pandemic since 1918’
Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised

You lost your argument at “ignoring information given to them by the Obama Administration”. Further, the NSC has a lot of bloat that was consolidated. It started under Obama and, Trump did not outright disband a pandemic defense advisory. This is a lie that keeps getting perpetuated by the TDS.

No, I am not blaming the Obama Administration but this is all the same playbook you people ran in 2001 when you needed to blame Bush for 9/11.

 

[Correll]

Third world countries are not the centers of massive travel the way First World countries are, especially air travel.


Seems comparing to other similar nations would be more fair.

Ok, take Japan. First world country with much stronger links to China than the United States. Japan has only 1,046 cases. The United States has 24,000. If Trump had done his Job, U.S. cases right now would be below, 1,000 and the outbreak would be contained.

Yes, take Japan.


30 Most Visited Countries in the World + their most visited places!


24 million visitors a year, vs our 76 million.



Trump, btw, has been has multiple attempts to reduce travel to the US, for years, all fought tooth and nail by people like you.

All Trump had to do was lock things down like they are now back in February. Its what Russia did, and the benefits are showing. Trump is the Commander in Chief. He has the power to take emergency action to safeguard the US public. Just banning travel directly from China accomplished very little.

And if he had, would you be singing his praises? Or would you be posting memes showing how similar his actions were to the Authoritarian Putin?

No, because I believe the Senate should have removed the President from office given his abuse of power in the Ukraine affair.

You have no credibility. Your complaints have no credibility. I can't put any weight on your complaints because no matter what, you would be attacking him.


Belurus it seems is not buying into the panic. We will, after this is over, be able to look to them to see if our actions were insufficient or overblown panic.

 

[kyzr]

1. You believe China's numbers? Fucking commie
2. You did not address the fact that the EU has 15x more cases than the US. Thank you President Trump

The fact is, the President could have and should have locked the country down in February. Early February. No work was done in January and February to prepare for the coming pandemic. Trump dismissed the virus and told people it would go away by Spring.

If China's numbers were worse, the world would know. You can't keep an out of control pandemic killing hundreds of people a day and infected thousands a secret.

Look at the numbers for JAPAN! JAPAN currently has 1,046 cases and 36 deaths. Compare that to the United States with 24,137 cases and 288 deaths. Japan only has 8 cases per one million people. The United States has 73 cases per one million people! China is Japan's largest trading partner. Yet despite all its links and closer proximity to China, it was able to isolate itself from the virus better than the United States has done!

1. There was no justification to lock the US down in February, that is just stupid.
Trump had the CDC and FDA developing and approving tests for COVID-19 since the CDC could not do the required number of tests.

2. You are an idiot if you believe China's numbers.
Why did they throw all the world health organizations and US out if it was a legitimate disease?
Is COVID-19 A Bioweapon? Five Conspiracy Theories Around Coronavirus That Will Shock You - A Pandemic That Sent Shockwaves

3. Japan is doing well, kudos to them, but they have a much smaller population than the US. Apples to apples multiply the US numbers by 0.38 to compare fairly. Look at South Korea, even with all their tests the US is doing better. The US is doing very well compared to the rest of the world, especially the EU countries.

4. We'll know in about 9-days how the US is doing. Will we have a mild pandemic, or a disaster like Italy.
Trump is still doing way better than Obama did with (H1N1) swine flu, at least so far.
'Between April 12, 2009, and April 10, 2010, the CDC estimates swine flu caused 60.8 million illnesses, 273,304 hospitalizations and 12,469 deaths in the U.S.'
Were you as critical of Obama as Trump?

Bottom line, there is no reason for the United States to have higher numbers than Japan given Japan's stronger connections to China. That's even after taking the different populations levels into account.

Russia shut things down and so did Japan early on and they benefited greatly from doing that. Trump failed in that respect. Instead he dismissed the problem. He will lose in November.

There was vaccine for H1N1. There is no vaccine for Coronavirus, hence the massive near planetary lockdown we are under. Very different situations, not comparable.

1. I can give you many reasons why Japan's numbers are better than the US. Japan does NOT have strong connections to China. The Chinese hate the Japanese, its a WW2 thing. Japan has very disciplined people, the US does not. US kids party all the time virus or not. The Japanese respect their elders and would never think of flouting a request for social distancing or self quarantine.

2. Trump shut down the planes from China. That save the US from what the EU is getting, you're welcome. In November the democrats don't have a viable candidate, so Trump wins easily.

3. H1N1 infected 60m Americans and killed 12,469. By comparison Trump's admin is doing much better. Your partisan talking points won't change the numbers.

1. Japan's largest trading partner, both when it comes to exports and imports, is CHINA! Whatever residual anger there is about World War II, it has not stopped the two countries from becoming very close in a variety of ways that helps with the spread of a virus. Japan also has probably the oldest population by median age which makes it more vulnerable to the virus than the United States and other countries. Yet, the United States currently has 27,000 cases of Coronavirus and Japan only has 1,054. Hell, lets just compare New York State to Japan. New York State has 12,324 cases to Japan's 1,054. Japan has an older population 5 times the size of New York State. Japan has far more connections to China than New York State.

2. Half the countries in Europe have less per capita cases of coronavirus than the United States. The United Kingdom has less per capita cases than the United States. The United States will soon have the 3rd highest number of cases in the world. Trump failed. Biden was always going to win, but now it will be a relatively easy victory. The economy is going to take a hit like it hasn't since Herbert Hoover was in office. The economy was the only thing Trump had any standing on and now its gone.

3. H1N1 was more like the regular flu and there was a vaccine available. It did not cause any major economic disruption or lock downs across the planet like coronavirus has done.

1. Kyrgyzstan only has 14 cases, so what? That makes Japan look bad by comparison. I'm wondering why Japan is doing so much business with China? Its like the EU buying LNG from Russia to fund their military. Both Japan and the EU then want the US to protect them from Russia and China. WTF??
You can point to Japan, and I'll point to the EU. As I said previously, the Japanese are probably taking social distancing way more seriously than the US folks, especially the college kids on spring break.

2. Below is a graph of the EU (Ger, Fra, Ita, Spain, Switz, UK) to compare equal populations. Trump did not fail, he saved the US from the early explosion of cases like we're seeing in the EU. If Biden wins we're screwed, I'm hoping US voters are not that stupid. The economy will bounce back, but it will take time.

3. If there was a vaccine available for the new H1N1 "swine flu" why did H1N1 have 60.8m cases and 12,469 deaths? That proves that the vaccine came after the first outbreak, like what will happen for CIVID-19. The Obama admin did not do as well as Trump is doing this time.
2009 flu pandemic in the United States - Wikipedia
"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that from April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010, there were 60.8 million cases, 274,000 hospitalizations, and 12,469 deaths in the United States due to the virus."

4. Thank you president Trump for keeping US safer than the EU.

 

[Kondor3]

Here's what I m seeing...

Through GOP -colored glasses...

...Trump's handling of the virus crisis has been quick and decisive...

Yeah... sure... if you call blowing it off for weeks in advance and ignoring early-stages warnings and advice as 'quick and decisive'...

The only thing 'quick and decisive' about the Orange Baboon's response has been his continued assault upon a Free Press demanding answers...

...His political-outsider status has positioned him well to tackle the plague head on...

Yeah... sure... by telling Americans that the virus will burn itself out when the weather turns warm...

...He is leading the world in how to stop the pathogen in its tracks...

Yeah... sure... nobody takes him seriously... certainly not his peers across the globe... even if he IS a 'stable genius' and a 'smart guy'...

... It isn't just the US that is watching Trump, it is the world and he has taken charge in a way that make his detractors look like deranged, salivating schizophrenics on street corners...

Nonsense... blathering... devoid of fact.

...As always, Trump has accepted the challenge at hand by pulling the sword from the stone...

Jesus-H-Tap-Dancing-Christ-on-a-Crutch... put down the bong, sonny...

If Trump ever comes to a sudden stop, you're going to have a very gooey and stinky brown stain on your nose.

...No one else could have done this...

Done WHAT, exactly?

...Lesser leadership would have already retreated into excuses...

Cadet Bone Spurs does not possess leadership skills outside of the real estate venue.

...and failed outright...

Give him time... his own miserable failure-legacy is right around the corner.

...There are no world-renowned health experts leaking criticisms of Trump...

That's because they're far too busy trying to deal with a global pandemic.

The fool in the Oval Office is irrelevant, except to sign EO's advanced by actual experts.

...but instead they are supportive of his policies...

Name them.

Outside the borders of the United States, please.

...2020 belongs to Trump.

Yes it does.

However, 2021 belongs to his successor.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Liberals overshot this one. Trump will beat Clueless Joe Biden.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Liberals overshot this one. Trump will beat Clueless Joe Biden.

Whatever you need to tell yourself to make it better. He hasn't been able to increase his base over the last 3.5 years and any independents who were still clinging to hope that he might be able pull off actually being president are waking up to the fact that ain't gonna happen. He'll always have his loyal supporters. His job approval ratings really haven't changed a whole lot in the last few months...and this was before the coronavirus outbreak.

While I never underestimate the propensity of the American voter to forget lessons learned when it comes to their politicians, this one's gonna stick. He loses a close election because he loses enough of the independents in the five or six swing states that decide the race.
RealClearPolitics - Election Other - President Trump Job Approval

 

[80zephyr]

Here's what I m seeing. Trump's handling of the virus crisis has been quick and decisive. His political-outsider status has positioned him well to tackle the plague head on. He is leading the world in how to stop the pathogen in its tracks. It isn't just the US that is watching Trump, it is the world and he has taken charge in a way that make his detractors look like deranged, salivating schizophrenics on street corners.

As always, Trump has accepted the challenge at hand by pulling the sword from the stone. No one else could have done this. Lesser leadership would have already retreated into excuses and failed outright. There are no world-renowned health experts leaking criticisms of Trump but instead they are supportive of his policies.

2020 belongs to Trump.

You're looking through tRump colored glasses. He's been anything but quick and decisive.

What about these people? Are they looking through Trump colored glasses as well?

“His team is on it,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared during a recent press briefing. “They have been responsive late at night, early in the morning. And thus far, they have been doing everything that they can do, and I want to say thank you, and I want to say that I appreciate it.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom — normally one of the President’s most reliably vociferous critics — recently extolled the administration’s handling of the outbreak on the Grand Princess cruise ship, which had been stuck at sea for days as officials devised a plan for transferring the ship’s 3,500 passengers into immediate quarantine.

“He said, 'We're going to do the right thing, and you have my support,'” Newsom recalled after the passengers had safely disembarked from the Grand Princess. “He said everything that I could have hoped for ... And every single thing he said, they followed through on.”

The President received another vote of confidence from an equally unexpected source just a few days after Newsom’s adulatory remarks. This time, the praise came from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who normally has nothing but contempt for Donald Trump.

“I disagree with President Trump on many things, but I actually think the travel ban piece of his strategy is in many ways warranted,” the mayor said Thursday in response to the President’s decision to temporarily ban all travel from Europe.


While de Blasio acknowledged that the travel restrictions would have unpleasant economic consequences, he insisted that such a step was “necessary” to prevent a far worse situation from developing.

Even CNN commentator Dana Bash — who rarely misses an opportunity to attack the President —conceded that he’s “the kind of leader that people need” at a time like this after hearing Donald Trump outline his comprehensive strategy for fighting the coronavirus and helping Americans weather the financial consequences of the pandemic.

Democrats are Right to Back Trump's Coronavirus Response

Mark

 

[Crepitus]

Here's what I m seeing. Trump's handling of the virus crisis has been quick and decisive. His political-outsider status has positioned him well to tackle the plague head on. He is leading the world in how to stop the pathogen in its tracks. It isn't just the US that is watching Trump, it is the world and he has taken charge in a way that make his detractors look like deranged, salivating schizophrenics on street corners.

As always, Trump has accepted the challenge at hand by pulling the sword from the stone. No one else could have done this. Lesser leadership would have already retreated into excuses and failed outright. There are no world-renowned health experts leaking criticisms of Trump but instead they are supportive of his policies.

2020 belongs to Trump.

You're looking through tRump colored glasses. He's been anything but quick and decisive.

What about these people? Are they looking through Trump colored glasses as well?

“His team is on it,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared during a recent press briefing. “They have been responsive late at night, early in the morning. And thus far, they have been doing everything that they can do, and I want to say thank you, and I want to say that I appreciate it.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom — normally one of the President’s most reliably vociferous critics — recently extolled the administration’s handling of the outbreak on the Grand Princess cruise ship, which had been stuck at sea for days as officials devised a plan for transferring the ship’s 3,500 passengers into immediate quarantine.

“He said, 'We're going to do the right thing, and you have my support,'” Newsom recalled after the passengers had safely disembarked from the Grand Princess. “He said everything that I could have hoped for ... And every single thing he said, they followed through on.”

The President received another vote of confidence from an equally unexpected source just a few days after Newsom’s adulatory remarks. This time, the praise came from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who normally has nothing but contempt for Donald Trump.

“I disagree with President Trump on many things, but I actually think the travel ban piece of his strategy is in many ways warranted,” the mayor said Thursday in response to the President’s decision to temporarily ban all travel from Europe.


While de Blasio acknowledged that the travel restrictions would have unpleasant economic consequences, he insisted that such a step was “necessary” to prevent a far worse situation from developing.

Even CNN commentator Dana Bash — who rarely misses an opportunity to attack the President —conceded that he’s “the kind of leader that people need” at a time like this after hearing Donald Trump outline his comprehensive strategy for fighting the coronavirus and helping Americans weather the financial consequences of the pandemic.

Democrats are Right to Back Trump's Coronavirus Response

Mark

Now that he's finally doing something besides denying it? Sure, they can praise him. It's called "positive reinforcement". A well known tool for teaching slow children to behave properly.

 

[80zephyr]

Here's what I m seeing. Trump's handling of the virus crisis has been quick and decisive. His political-outsider status has positioned him well to tackle the plague head on. He is leading the world in how to stop the pathogen in its tracks. It isn't just the US that is watching Trump, it is the world and he has taken charge in a way that make his detractors look like deranged, salivating schizophrenics on street corners.

As always, Trump has accepted the challenge at hand by pulling the sword from the stone. No one else could have done this. Lesser leadership would have already retreated into excuses and failed outright. There are no world-renowned health experts leaking criticisms of Trump but instead they are supportive of his policies.

2020 belongs to Trump.

You're looking through tRump colored glasses. He's been anything but quick and decisive.

What about these people? Are they looking through Trump colored glasses as well?

“His team is on it,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared during a recent press briefing. “They have been responsive late at night, early in the morning. And thus far, they have been doing everything that they can do, and I want to say thank you, and I want to say that I appreciate it.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom — normally one of the President’s most reliably vociferous critics — recently extolled the administration’s handling of the outbreak on the Grand Princess cruise ship, which had been stuck at sea for days as officials devised a plan for transferring the ship’s 3,500 passengers into immediate quarantine.

“He said, 'We're going to do the right thing, and you have my support,'” Newsom recalled after the passengers had safely disembarked from the Grand Princess. “He said everything that I could have hoped for ... And every single thing he said, they followed through on.”

The President received another vote of confidence from an equally unexpected source just a few days after Newsom’s adulatory remarks. This time, the praise came from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who normally has nothing but contempt for Donald Trump.

“I disagree with President Trump on many things, but I actually think the travel ban piece of his strategy is in many ways warranted,” the mayor said Thursday in response to the President’s decision to temporarily ban all travel from Europe.


While de Blasio acknowledged that the travel restrictions would have unpleasant economic consequences, he insisted that such a step was “necessary” to prevent a far worse situation from developing.

Even CNN commentator Dana Bash — who rarely misses an opportunity to attack the President —conceded that he’s “the kind of leader that people need” at a time like this after hearing Donald Trump outline his comprehensive strategy for fighting the coronavirus and helping Americans weather the financial consequences of the pandemic.

Democrats are Right to Back Trump's Coronavirus Response

Mark

Now that he's finally doing something besides denying it? Sure, they can praise him. It's called "positive reinforcement". A well known tool for teaching slow children to behave properly.

Lol.

Mark