Trump Afraid To Panic the Nation?

[Lesh]

We KNOW he knew that the nation was facing a cataclysm. It's on tape. We know he admitted to "downplaying" the virus that has killed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Americans

He knew that it was far more deadly than the flu. That is was extremely contagious. That it was as bad as the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. And he knew that it most certainly infected children.

And he lied about all of that.

He claim he didn't want to panic the nation. Really?

Then why is he STILL lying about it? Still downplaying it?

Why did he not insist that we get functional tests QUICKLY? Why did he not invoke the DPA in FEBRUARY to get PPE and ventilators in place?

Why did he not shut down travel from Europe in FEBRUARY?

Why did he not quarantine or even TRACK returning travelers?

Why did he LIE about children being "basically immune" when he clearly knew differently?

He didn't care about "panic". He cared about trying to keep the economy going (and failing there because the virus simply will not allow that).

He lied about every aspect of this catastrophe and he's lying about why he lied

 

[bluzman61]

We KNOW he knew that the nation was facing a cataclysm. It's on tape. We know he admitted to "downplaying" the virus that has killed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Americans

He knew that it was far more deadly than the flu. That is was extremely contagious. That it was as bad as the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. And he knew that it most certainly infected children.

And he lied about all of that.

He claim he didn't want to panic the nation. Really?

Then why is he STILL lying about it? Still downplaying it?

Why did he not insist that we get functional tests QUICKLY? Why did he not invoke the DPA in FEBRUARY to get PPE and ventilators in place?

Why did he not shut down travel from Europe in FEBRUARY?

Why did he not quarantine or even TRACK returning travelers?

Why did he LIE about children being "basically immune" when he clearly knew differently?

He didn't care about "panic". He cared about trying to keep the economy going (and failing there because the virus simply will not allow that).

He lied about every aspect of this catastrophe and he's lying about why he lied

LOL.........................

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Fauci has stated that what Trump shared with the nation did not differ from what Fauci had advised him about the disease.

Now run along. Your argument is outdated.

 

[bluzman61]

We KNOW he knew that the nation was facing a cataclysm. It's on tape. We know he admitted to "downplaying" the virus that has killed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Americans

He knew that it was far more deadly than the flu. That is was extremely contagious. That it was as bad as the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. And he knew that it most certainly infected children.

And he lied about all of that.

He claim he didn't want to panic the nation. Really?

Then why is he STILL lying about it? Still downplaying it?

Why did he not insist that we get functional tests QUICKLY? Why did he not invoke the DPA in FEBRUARY to get PPE and ventilators in place?

Why did he not shut down travel from Europe in FEBRUARY?

Why did he not quarantine or even TRACK returning travelers?

Why did he LIE about children being "basically immune" when he clearly knew differently?

He didn't care about "panic". He cared about trying to keep the economy going (and failing there because the virus simply will not allow that).

He lied about every aspect of this catastrophe and he's lying about why he lied

Ha-ha...........................................................LOL>.....................................................................................LOL>>>>>>>>!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bluzman61]

Fauci has stated that what Trump shared with the nation did not differ from what Fauci had advised him about the disease.

Now run along. Your argument is outdated.

 

[Confounding]

Any president relies on a lot of other people to get these pieces to move. They get all of their information from various experts and try their best to make decisions from there. I'm not calling Trump a particularly competent president, but to act like responsibility for the deaths of all those Americans is exclusively Donald's is ridiculous. It was our entire system that failed us. It would have been a cluster fuck under Obama too.

 

[Mac1958]

We KNOW he knew that the nation was facing a cataclysm. It's on tape. We know he admitted to "downplaying" the virus that has killed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Americans

He knew that it was far more deadly than the flu. That is was extremely contagious. That it was as bad as the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. And he knew that it most certainly infected children.

And he lied about all of that.

He claim he didn't want to panic the nation. Really?

Then why is he STILL lying about it? Still downplaying it?

Why did he not insist that we get functional tests QUICKLY? Why did he not invoke the DPA in FEBRUARY to get PPE and ventilators in place?

Why did he not shut down travel from Europe in FEBRUARY?

Why did he not quarantine or even TRACK returning travelers?

Why did he LIE about children being "basically immune" when he clearly knew differently?

He didn't care about "panic". He cared about trying to keep the economy going (and failing there because the virus simply will not allow that).

He lied about every aspect of this catastrophe and he's lying about why he lied

Trying to understand his motivations for repeatedly lying to the American public about a deadly global pandemic that was bearing down on us, when you're trying to understand a person with the profound emotional and psychological issues this man has, is a jigsaw puzzle at best.

It may really be that he's being honest: Maybe, in his mind, he was protecting us somehow. It didn't occur to him that lowering our guard in that situation would certainly increase the velocity and severity of the virus's spread. That's just a function of an individual who lacks the intellectual elasticity required of a normal President.

There are two problems with that theory, though: First, on tape, he told Bob Woodward that the virus was, in his words, "the Plague". So clearly he held back critical information when he lied to the country. Second, if he were really trying to protect us, why did he constantly mock Americans who were just trying to protect the health of Americans and their loved ones via masks and social distancing?

There's just no way to know. We may never know.

 

[DBA]

So much disinformation here...by the way, children are basically immune. What he meant, and you know this, is that children are most often asymptomatic and when they do show symptoms they are very, very unlikely to have anything more than bad cold. Obviously immune is not the correct word to use, but we all know what he meant. The left just wants to nitpick everything the man says.

 

[JGalt]

We KNOW he knew that the nation was facing a cataclysm. It's on tape. We know he admitted to "downplaying" the virus that has killed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Americans

He knew that it was far more deadly than the flu. That is was extremely contagious. That it was as bad as the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. And he knew that it most certainly infected children.

And he lied about all of that.

He claim he didn't want to panic the nation. Really?

Then why is he STILL lying about it? Still downplaying it?

Why did he not insist that we get functional tests QUICKLY? Why did he not invoke the DPA in FEBRUARY to get PPE and ventilators in place?

Why did he not shut down travel from Europe in FEBRUARY?

Why did he not quarantine or even TRACK returning travelers?

Why did he LIE about children being "basically immune" when he clearly knew differently?

He didn't care about "panic". He cared about trying to keep the economy going (and failing there because the virus simply will not allow that).

He lied about every aspect of this catastrophe and he's lying about why he lied

I guess it didn't work. Half the country had a massive collective panic attack the day he was elected, and have been freaking out for the last four years straight.

 

[Confounding]

We KNOW he knew that the nation was facing a cataclysm. It's on tape. We know he admitted to "downplaying" the virus that has killed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Americans

He knew that it was far more deadly than the flu. That is was extremely contagious. That it was as bad as the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. And he knew that it most certainly infected children.

And he lied about all of that.

He claim he didn't want to panic the nation. Really?

Then why is he STILL lying about it? Still downplaying it?

Why did he not insist that we get functional tests QUICKLY? Why did he not invoke the DPA in FEBRUARY to get PPE and ventilators in place?

Why did he not shut down travel from Europe in FEBRUARY?

Why did he not quarantine or even TRACK returning travelers?

Why did he LIE about children being "basically immune" when he clearly knew differently?

He didn't care about "panic". He cared about trying to keep the economy going (and failing there because the virus simply will not allow that).

He lied about every aspect of this catastrophe and he's lying about why he lied

Trying to understand his motivations for repeatedly lying to the American public about a deadly global pandemic that was bearing down on us, when you're trying to understand a person with the profound emotional and psychological issues this man has, is a jigsaw puzzle at best.

It may really be that he's being honest: Maybe, in his mind, he was protecting us somehow. It didn't occur to him that lowering our guard in that situation would certainly increase the velocity and severity of the virus's spread. That's just a function of an individual who lacks the intellectual elasticity required of a normal President.

There are two problems with that theory, though: First, on tape, he told Bob Woodward that the virus was, in his words, "the Plague". So clearly he held back critical information when he lied to the country. Second, if he were really trying to protect us, why did he constantly mock Americans who were just trying to protect the health of Americans and their loved ones via masks and social distancing?

There's just no way to know. We may never know.

Is it possible that our government would have downplayed it regardless of Donald Trump?

 

[DBA]

We KNOW he knew that the nation was facing a cataclysm. It's on tape. We know he admitted to "downplaying" the virus that has killed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Americans

He knew that it was far more deadly than the flu. That is was extremely contagious. That it was as bad as the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. And he knew that it most certainly infected children.

And he lied about all of that.

He claim he didn't want to panic the nation. Really?

Then why is he STILL lying about it? Still downplaying it?

Why did he not insist that we get functional tests QUICKLY? Why did he not invoke the DPA in FEBRUARY to get PPE and ventilators in place?

Why did he not shut down travel from Europe in FEBRUARY?

Why did he not quarantine or even TRACK returning travelers?

Why did he LIE about children being "basically immune" when he clearly knew differently?

He didn't care about "panic". He cared about trying to keep the economy going (and failing there because the virus simply will not allow that).

He lied about every aspect of this catastrophe and he's lying about why he lied

Trying to understand his motivations for repeatedly lying to the American public about a deadly global pandemic that was bearing down on us, when you're trying to understand a person with the profound emotional and psychological issues this man has, is a jigsaw puzzle at best.

It may really be that he's being honest: Maybe, in his mind, he was protecting us somehow. It didn't occur to him that lowering our guard in that situation would certainly increase the velocity and severity of the virus's spread. That's just a function of an individual who lacks the intellectual elasticity required of a normal President.

There are two problems with that theory, though: First, on tape, he told Bob Woodward that the virus was, in his words, "the Plague". So clearly he held back critical information when he lied to the country. Second, if he were really trying to protect us, why did he constantly mock Americans who were just trying to protect the health of Americans and their loved ones via masks and social distancing?

There's just no way to know. We may never know.

I guess you didn't notice the Democrat's reactions during this crisis. What on God's green earth would make you think that Obama or Biden would have done anything differently other than perhaps keeping the country unnessarily shut down for a longer period to create more long term government dependency, which is always good for Democrats.

 

[Mac1958]

We KNOW he knew that the nation was facing a cataclysm. It's on tape. We know he admitted to "downplaying" the virus that has killed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Americans

He knew that it was far more deadly than the flu. That is was extremely contagious. That it was as bad as the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. And he knew that it most certainly infected children.

And he lied about all of that.

He claim he didn't want to panic the nation. Really?

Then why is he STILL lying about it? Still downplaying it?

Why did he not insist that we get functional tests QUICKLY? Why did he not invoke the DPA in FEBRUARY to get PPE and ventilators in place?

Why did he not shut down travel from Europe in FEBRUARY?

Why did he not quarantine or even TRACK returning travelers?

Why did he LIE about children being "basically immune" when he clearly knew differently?

He didn't care about "panic". He cared about trying to keep the economy going (and failing there because the virus simply will not allow that).

He lied about every aspect of this catastrophe and he's lying about why he lied

Trying to understand his motivations for repeatedly lying to the American public about a deadly global pandemic that was bearing down on us, when you're trying to understand a person with the profound emotional and psychological issues this man has, is a jigsaw puzzle at best.

It may really be that he's being honest: Maybe, in his mind, he was protecting us somehow. It didn't occur to him that lowering our guard in that situation would certainly increase the velocity and severity of the virus's spread. That's just a function of an individual who lacks the intellectual elasticity required of a normal President.

There are two problems with that theory, though: First, on tape, he told Bob Woodward that the virus was, in his words, "the Plague". So clearly he held back critical information when he lied to the country. Second, if he were really trying to protect us, why did he constantly mock Americans who were just trying to protect the health of Americans and their loved ones via masks and social distancing?

There's just no way to know. We may never know.

Is it possible that our government would have downplayed it regardless of Donald Trump?

Anything is possible, but I want very much to believe that virtually anyone else would have been significantly more careful and thoughtful.

 

[DBA]

We KNOW he knew that the nation was facing a cataclysm. It's on tape. We know he admitted to "downplaying" the virus that has killed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Americans

He knew that it was far more deadly than the flu. That is was extremely contagious. That it was as bad as the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. And he knew that it most certainly infected children.

And he lied about all of that.

He claim he didn't want to panic the nation. Really?

Then why is he STILL lying about it? Still downplaying it?

Why did he not insist that we get functional tests QUICKLY? Why did he not invoke the DPA in FEBRUARY to get PPE and ventilators in place?

Why did he not shut down travel from Europe in FEBRUARY?

Why did he not quarantine or even TRACK returning travelers?

Why did he LIE about children being "basically immune" when he clearly knew differently?

He didn't care about "panic". He cared about trying to keep the economy going (and failing there because the virus simply will not allow that).

He lied about every aspect of this catastrophe and he's lying about why he lied

Trying to understand his motivations for repeatedly lying to the American public about a deadly global pandemic that was bearing down on us, when you're trying to understand a person with the profound emotional and psychological issues this man has, is a jigsaw puzzle at best.

It may really be that he's being honest: Maybe, in his mind, he was protecting us somehow. It didn't occur to him that lowering our guard in that situation would certainly increase the velocity and severity of the virus's spread. That's just a function of an individual who lacks the intellectual elasticity required of a normal President.

There are two problems with that theory, though: First, on tape, he told Bob Woodward that the virus was, in his words, "the Plague". So clearly he held back critical information when he lied to the country. Second, if he were really trying to protect us, why did he constantly mock Americans who were just trying to protect the health of Americans and their loved ones via masks and social distancing?

There's just no way to know. We may never know.

Is it possible that our government would have downplayed it regardless of Donald Trump?

No way, I mean Pelosi would never do such a thing.

Ignorant imbeciles believe this nonsensical narrative pushed by the left.

 

[DBA]

We KNOW he knew that the nation was facing a cataclysm. It's on tape. We know he admitted to "downplaying" the virus that has killed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Americans

He knew that it was far more deadly than the flu. That is was extremely contagious. That it was as bad as the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. And he knew that it most certainly infected children.

And he lied about all of that.

He claim he didn't want to panic the nation. Really?

Then why is he STILL lying about it? Still downplaying it?

Why did he not insist that we get functional tests QUICKLY? Why did he not invoke the DPA in FEBRUARY to get PPE and ventilators in place?

Why did he not shut down travel from Europe in FEBRUARY?

Why did he not quarantine or even TRACK returning travelers?

Why did he LIE about children being "basically immune" when he clearly knew differently?

He didn't care about "panic". He cared about trying to keep the economy going (and failing there because the virus simply will not allow that).

He lied about every aspect of this catastrophe and he's lying about why he lied

Trying to understand his motivations for repeatedly lying to the American public about a deadly global pandemic that was bearing down on us, when you're trying to understand a person with the profound emotional and psychological issues this man has, is a jigsaw puzzle at best.

It may really be that he's being honest: Maybe, in his mind, he was protecting us somehow. It didn't occur to him that lowering our guard in that situation would certainly increase the velocity and severity of the virus's spread. That's just a function of an individual who lacks the intellectual elasticity required of a normal President.

There are two problems with that theory, though: First, on tape, he told Bob Woodward that the virus was, in his words, "the Plague". So clearly he held back critical information when he lied to the country. Second, if he were really trying to protect us, why did he constantly mock Americans who were just trying to protect the health of Americans and their loved ones via masks and social distancing?

There's just no way to know. We may never know.

Is it possible that our government would have downplayed it regardless of Donald Trump?

Anything is possible, but I want very much to believe that virtually anyone else would have been significantly more careful and thoughtful.

You may want to believe it, but the facts don't line up with your wishes.

 

[Confounding]

Anything is possible, but I want very much to believe that virtually anyone else would have been significantly more careful and thoughtful.

Trump is a man in his 70s that was chosen for a job he knew nothing about. I think he's been relying on the advice of people around him more than some might assume.

 

[Mac1958]

We KNOW he knew that the nation was facing a cataclysm. It's on tape. We know he admitted to "downplaying" the virus that has killed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Americans

He knew that it was far more deadly than the flu. That is was extremely contagious. That it was as bad as the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. And he knew that it most certainly infected children.

And he lied about all of that.

He claim he didn't want to panic the nation. Really?

Then why is he STILL lying about it? Still downplaying it?

Why did he not insist that we get functional tests QUICKLY? Why did he not invoke the DPA in FEBRUARY to get PPE and ventilators in place?

Why did he not shut down travel from Europe in FEBRUARY?

Why did he not quarantine or even TRACK returning travelers?

Why did he LIE about children being "basically immune" when he clearly knew differently?

He didn't care about "panic". He cared about trying to keep the economy going (and failing there because the virus simply will not allow that).

He lied about every aspect of this catastrophe and he's lying about why he lied

Trying to understand his motivations for repeatedly lying to the American public about a deadly global pandemic that was bearing down on us, when you're trying to understand a person with the profound emotional and psychological issues this man has, is a jigsaw puzzle at best.

It may really be that he's being honest: Maybe, in his mind, he was protecting us somehow. It didn't occur to him that lowering our guard in that situation would certainly increase the velocity and severity of the virus's spread. That's just a function of an individual who lacks the intellectual elasticity required of a normal President.

There are two problems with that theory, though: First, on tape, he told Bob Woodward that the virus was, in his words, "the Plague". So clearly he held back critical information when he lied to the country. Second, if he were really trying to protect us, why did he constantly mock Americans who were just trying to protect the health of Americans and their loved ones via masks and social distancing?

There's just no way to know. We may never know.

I guess you didn't notice the Democrat's reactions during this crisis. What on God's green earth would make you think that Obama or Biden would have done anything differently other than perhaps keeping the country unnessarily shut down for a longer period to create more long term government dependency, which is always good for Democrats.

I don't know how to respond. I can't get you folks to understand that the way we communicate is every bit as important as what we say.

You can look it up (at least, if you had the intellectual curiosity to do so): Many studies have clearly proven that the way a message is delivered is absolutely critical to its efficacy.

I know you're not going to criticize Trump. I know you're fine with the way he mocked Americans who were trying to protect themselves and their loved ones.

I also know I just wasted some bandwidth.

 

[Mac1958]

Anything is possible, but I want very much to believe that virtually anyone else would have been significantly more careful and thoughtful.

Trump is a man in his 70s that was chosen for a job he knew nothing about. I think he's been relying on the advice of people around him more than some might assume.

On a macro level, we did this to ourselves.

 

[Lesh]

So much disinformation here...by the way, children are basically immune.

We have Trump on tape saying in FEBRUARY that he knew that to be false...

He told that lie to push kids back into school in order to bolsters the economy

He doesn't care how many get infected or die.


By March 19, when Trump told Woodward he was purposely downplaying the dangers to avoid creating a panic, he also acknowledged the threat to young people. "Just today and yesterday, some startling facts came out. It's not just old, older. Young people too, plenty of young people," Trump said.

Publicly, however, Trump has continued to insist just the opposite, saying as recently as August 5 that children were "almost immune."

 

[basquebromance]

those who leave everything in God's hands eventually see God's hands in everything

that's what Trump wants us to do, my friends

 

[DBA]

We KNOW he knew that the nation was facing a cataclysm. It's on tape. We know he admitted to "downplaying" the virus that has killed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Americans

He knew that it was far more deadly than the flu. That is was extremely contagious. That it was as bad as the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. And he knew that it most certainly infected children.

And he lied about all of that.

He claim he didn't want to panic the nation. Really?

Then why is he STILL lying about it? Still downplaying it?

Why did he not insist that we get functional tests QUICKLY? Why did he not invoke the DPA in FEBRUARY to get PPE and ventilators in place?

Why did he not shut down travel from Europe in FEBRUARY?

Why did he not quarantine or even TRACK returning travelers?

Why did he LIE about children being "basically immune" when he clearly knew differently?

He didn't care about "panic". He cared about trying to keep the economy going (and failing there because the virus simply will not allow that).

He lied about every aspect of this catastrophe and he's lying about why he lied

Trying to understand his motivations for repeatedly lying to the American public about a deadly global pandemic that was bearing down on us, when you're trying to understand a person with the profound emotional and psychological issues this man has, is a jigsaw puzzle at best.

It may really be that he's being honest: Maybe, in his mind, he was protecting us somehow. It didn't occur to him that lowering our guard in that situation would certainly increase the velocity and severity of the virus's spread. That's just a function of an individual who lacks the intellectual elasticity required of a normal President.

There are two problems with that theory, though: First, on tape, he told Bob Woodward that the virus was, in his words, "the Plague". So clearly he held back critical information when he lied to the country. Second, if he were really trying to protect us, why did he constantly mock Americans who were just trying to protect the health of Americans and their loved ones via masks and social distancing?

There's just no way to know. We may never know.

I guess you didn't notice the Democrat's reactions during this crisis. What on God's green earth would make you think that Obama or Biden would have done anything differently other than perhaps keeping the country unnessarily shut down for a longer period to create more long term government dependency, which is always good for Democrats.

I don't know how to respond. I can't get you folks to understand that the way we communicate is every bit as important as what we say.

You can look it up (at least, if you had the intellectual curiosity to do so): Many studies have clearly proven that the way a message is delivered is absolutely critical to its efficacy.

I know you're not going to criticize Trump. I know you're fine with the way he mocked Americans who were trying to protect themselves and their loved ones.

I also know I just wasted some bandwidth.

I don't disagree. I would like Trump to be more tactful at times, however, that should be secondary to actual results. If Trump spoke like Tony Robbins but did nothing or did things that harmed our country, I would not like him. Many Democrats would vote for him simply because he was a good speaker, policies be damned. That is why I keep stressing the point that pragmatism matters most. All this feel good fluffy nonsense about how Trump said this that or another should not be the predominate issue in the campaign. I know several "jerks" who are in high positions because they get the job done. That is how it works in the real, adult world.