Trump, his advisors, and his beloved press conferences

[ColonelAngus]

did you hear him when he was going on & on about that drug? he was creepy as hell - talk about a real snake oil salesman.

Why is the drug bad?

 

[playtime]

did you hear him when he was going on & on about that drug? he was creepy as hell - talk about a real snake oil salesman.

Why is the drug bad?

i never said it was bad. but why was donny pushing it so badly b4 it is known how effective it can be? somebody had to have told him about it & probably told him a lot of cash could be made.

 

[ColonelAngus]

did you hear him when he was going on & on about that drug? he was creepy as hell - talk about a real snake oil salesman.

Why is the drug bad?

i never said it was bad. but why was donny pushing it so badly b4 it is known how effective it can be? somebody had to have told him about it & probably told him a lot of cash could be made.

Or maybe it works. It helped my friend recover. If Trump said that it was good to breath air, would you hold your breath?

 

[playtime]

did you hear him when he was going on & on about that drug? he was creepy as hell - talk about a real snake oil salesman.

Why is the drug bad?

i never said it was bad. but why was donny pushing it so badly b4 it is known how effective it can be? somebody had to have told him about it & probably told him a lot of cash could be made.

Or maybe it works. It helped my friend recover. If Trump said that it was good to breath air, would you hold your breath?

i'm glad it worked for your friend. my sister who is infected cannot take it, because she has heart disease. donny is desperate for all this to go away - more so because he has a raging hard on to have an adulation rally & deep down he's scared this will affect his chances of winning a 2nd term.

 

[ColonelAngus]

did you hear him when he was going on & on about that drug? he was creepy as hell - talk about a real snake oil salesman.

Why is the drug bad?

i never said it was bad. but why was donny pushing it so badly b4 it is known how effective it can be? somebody had to have told him about it & probably told him a lot of cash could be made.

Or maybe it works. It helped my friend recover. If Trump said that it was good to breath air, would you hold your breath?

i'm glad it worked for your friend. my sister who is infected cannot take it, because she has heart disease. donny is desperate for all this to go away - more so because he has a raging hard on to have an adulation rally & deep down he's scared this will affect his chances of winning a 2nd term.

And you have evidence he has a specific financial interest in the drug, or is it your TDS?

Did Trump specifically say it would help your sister? I missed that. Did he say it would cure everyone who gets the virus?

 

[playtime]

did you hear him when he was going on & on about that drug? he was creepy as hell - talk about a real snake oil salesman.

Why is the drug bad?

i never said it was bad. but why was donny pushing it so badly b4 it is known how effective it can be? somebody had to have told him about it & probably told him a lot of cash could be made.

Or maybe it works. It helped my friend recover. If Trump said that it was good to breath air, would you hold your breath?

i'm glad it worked for your friend. my sister who is infected cannot take it, because she has heart disease. donny is desperate for all this to go away - more so because he has a raging hard on to have an adulation rally & deep down he's scared this will affect his chances of winning a 2nd term.

And you have evidence he has a specific financial interest in the drug, or is it your TDS?

Did Trump specifically say it would help your sister? I missed that. Did he say it would cure everyone who gets the virus?

lol... does your back cramp up from all that ankle grabbing you do for yer chosen one?

i know he's pushing a drug & saying 'what have you got to lose?'

hmmmmmm....... a heart attack is a pretty good incentive not to take it. another ignorant poster actually said it had 'zero' side effects. where the fuck did THAT come from? i wonder who he's listening to?

 

[ColonelAngus]

did you hear him when he was going on & on about that drug? he was creepy as hell - talk about a real snake oil salesman.

Why is the drug bad?

i never said it was bad. but why was donny pushing it so badly b4 it is known how effective it can be? somebody had to have told him about it & probably told him a lot of cash could be made.

Or maybe it works. It helped my friend recover. If Trump said that it was good to breath air, would you hold your breath?

i'm glad it worked for your friend. my sister who is infected cannot take it, because she has heart disease. donny is desperate for all this to go away - more so because he has a raging hard on to have an adulation rally & deep down he's scared this will affect his chances of winning a 2nd term.

And you have evidence he has a specific financial interest in the drug, or is it your TDS?

Did Trump specifically say it would help your sister? I missed that. Did he say it would cure everyone who gets the virus?

lol... does your back cramp up from all that ankle grabbing you do for yer chosen one?

i know he's pushing a drug & saying 'what have you got to lose?'

hmmmmmm....... a heart attack is a pretty good incentive not to take it. another ignorant poster actually said it had 'zero' side effects. where the fuck did THAT come from? i wonder who he's listening to?

The doctor prescribes it, genius. Did Trump tell all doctors to prescribe it regardless of patient health history? I missed that part.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

did you hear him when he was going on & on about that drug? he was creepy as hell - talk about a real snake oil salesman.

It’s simple dumbass. Don’t take the drug. Clench you’re teeth.

or i could social distance & shelter in place, not shake hands & wear a mask. oh & listen to real MDs & scientists & not a bloated mango hued carnival barker.

Damn I wish you dumbasses could pay someone to write ewe some new material. We already know every Trump hater thinks he’s orange.

He is orange, dumb fuck.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

You can bet your ass if I was standing over your hospital bed with a pocket full of this medicine you'd be begging me for it.

not unless a real doctor or scientist told me of its clinically proven effectiveness on COVID.

what i would like to see is donny take it like he said he would. unless...of course... he LIED.

AGAIN.

cause he's


FULL OF SHIT.

Dr. Steven Smith. Duke undergrad and Yale Medical school called it a “game changer”. You’re a drunk parasite housewife but know more than him? Crazy

that's cool & has zero to do with donny saying he would take a pill. you think your silly rants bother me zog? it just shows what an ankle grabber you are for your chosen one. you're such a good little cheerleader.

donny loves you long time.

What pill? Cuomo just said it looks like it works and they are using it widely in NY and have ordered more doses of it. Stupid drunk parasite.

jesus H christ, zog - i never said anything about gov cuomo, just like i said nothing about any Dr smith. what the fuck are YOU on? try actually reading the words in front of you.

You said no legit doctors supported the treatment only Trump.

noooooooooooooo............... i didn't say that. put your reading comp hat on. i said a real dr would have to tell ME... that i wouldn't go on donny's word for anything, let alone about medication. & i never heard of smith, & the only study i know of had mixed results when used off label for other virus'.

And real doctors have. Including Dr. Oz. I told You that but you ignored it. Sounds like you’re rooting against a cure. Very sad. Have another.

i'll go with dr fauci's assessment no matter what it is. why would i root against a cure? that's just stupid when i can become infected just like you.

sorry, but i don't trust donny hawking a drug that he would never even know about if it weren't for someone whispering in his ear about it & i'm sure he's on board because somehow there will be money in it for him to make. after all, them thar SCIF held meetings at HHS re: china & COVID & how to proceed in handling it back in january raises many doubts when the experts weren't allowed to attend, but the inside traders were. & the head of HHS is straight outa bigpharma

AND there's this:

Major Producer of Hydroxychloroquine Once Paid Michael Cohen Hefty Sum for Access to Trump
Jerry Lambe
6 hrs ago
Major Producer of Hydroxychloroquine Once Paid Michael Cohen Hefty Sum for Access to Trump


hmmmmm, funny dat.

Fauci Never said it didn’t work. Multiple MDs now supporting Hydro. Your link was proven as fake news. LMAO. You’re so gullible and you root against America and a cure.

i never said he did. i just said that i'll take his word for it & right now the jury is out as far as he's concerned. anyhoo - fake news?

prove it. i can't find anything that says it is, but several articles reporting the same thing. the rest of your bullshit is just ridiculous & it just shows how insane you really are.

TDS has warped your brain.

You’re kidding. I have Given you numerous doctors who vouch for the cure and even Cuomo said it works. You’re a parasite.

but it's not 100% guaranteed to be a cure all. hopefully it will work for some & i would like to see more outcomes as far as its effectiveness on COVID. but for others, especially with heart disease - maybe it's not useful at all.

so i take it that you can't give me a fact check on that 'fake' news.

alrighty then ... you're dismissed.

Now you changed your tune. No, not 100% but the drug has been around for 60+ years and shows no side effects and many overseas studies shows it works well. France, Israel and Spain to name a few. Prominent doctors are now touting it and even the Governor of NY concedes. This is a good thing. Your premise that Trump benefits financially has been disproven all over the media. It was a Leftist hoax because they don’t want the cure as they are sick and deranged people.

ummmm what?

Qualaquin can cause serious side effects on your heart, kidneys, or blood cells. Stop taking Qualaquin and call your doctor at once if you have headache with chest pain and severe dizziness, fast or pounding heartbeats, unusual bruising or bleeding (nosebleeds, bleeding gums, purple or red spots under your skin), signs of infection (fever, chills, mouth sores), severe lower back pain, or blood in your urine.
You should not take Qualaquin if you have a heart rhythm disorder called Long QT syndrome, a genetic enzyme deficiency called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G-6-PD), myasthenia gravis, optic neuritis (inflammation of the nerves in your eyes), if you have taken this medicine in the past and it caused a blood cell disorder or severe bleeding.
Some people have used Qualaquin to treat leg cramps, but this is not an FDA-approved use. Using this medication improperly or without the advice of a doctor can result in serious side effects or death.
Before taking this medicine

You should not use this medication if you have ever had an allergic reaction to Qualaquin or similar medicines such as mefloquine or quinidine, or if you have:

• a heart rhythm disorder called Long QT syndrome;
• an enzyme deficiency called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G-6-PD);
• myasthenia gravis;
• optic neuritis (inflammation of the optic nerve); or
• if you have taken Qualaquin in the past and it caused a blood cell disorder, severe bleeding, or kidney problems.
  To make sure Qualaquin is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:
• heart disease or a heart rhythm disorder;
• low levels of platelets in your blood;
• low potassium levels in your blood (hypokalemia); or
• liver or kidney disease.

FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether Qualaquin will harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using this medication.

Quinine can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
Do not give this medication to a child younger than 16 years old.
Qualaquin Uses, Side Effects & Warnings - Drugs.com

you still didn't cough up any credible fact checks proving that story is fake news.

Yet prominent doctors have found zero and yes zero ramifications with usage on patients for 60 yrs. How do you explain that?

really? ZERO? link credible sites.

Google it. There are 100s. Hydro has been around since The 40s and is frequently used by Lupus patients with minimal to no side effects. You’re uneducated so Google it and educate yourself.

Here I started for you, dumb parasite. You hope it doesn’t work but it does and it saves lives. I d Authorize it for my parents if they needed it in a heartbeat.

Redirect Notice

without hard evidence it works
“Anecdotally, it may have had limited effect in patients with milder disease,” McQuillen said. The therapy “has had no effect in limiting or slowing progression of our patients that have been at or near ICU level when they arrived.”

unfortunetly it doesn't seem to work on those at death's door when desperation is one's last hope. you can turn your parents into guinea pigs if you want, that's not my place to say don't.

Yeah so prescribe it early. Not much works when you’re at “deaths door”. Again you root against it. Amazing

what's amazing is that your critical thinking skills still seem to be non existent.

speaking of non existent - i see you couldn't find one credible fact check link proving that novartis & donny weren't in bed together courtesy of his criminal lawyer.

duly noted.

That is like asking me if Bob Kraft owns the Patriots. It is common knowledge. His lawyer is in jail. That drug is being ordered by the millions worldwide. Worldwide! Why? It helps vs this disease. I know you want people to die and wish it doesn’t but it does and I have given you numerous names in the medical field who proclaim as such and again this is globally!

You mocking anyone’s critical thinking skills is laughable. You’re such a parasite.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

This is a statement I made a few days ago.

"There will be death," Trump said recently. Americans know what is happening. Did we really need to hear that from our President? He goes from fantasies about how all this will end soon to voicing comments from the grim reaper.

It is past time to end the coronavirus press conferences. Devolving into campaign-like, self-congratulatory comments, and oft repeated statements from medical experts, it is time to end them. We all know what the federal government has to do. Get medical equipment out to where it is needed most while working on cures and vaccines. Trump's government should do that instead of talking about it.

But that isn't Trump. Trump is a great believer in the idea that rhetoric solves all problems. He wants Americans to think the government is doing a "tremendous" job and everybody is "doing great" because he said so.

Trump is totally incompetent. So, it stands to reason he would appoint incompetent advisors. He has fired many of them during his Presidency, and great many of them quit, unable to work for an inept President. Trump replaced them with equally incompetent people, or worse. He has many "acting" advisors because qualified people are not interested and the unqualified can't pass Senate muster even though the Senate is controlled by Trump's party.

One example is Trump's acting navy secretary, Thomas B. Modly, who relieved the commander of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, Brett E. Crozier, for writing to his superiors, acquainting them with the conditions aboard the Roosevelt. At most, Crozier deserved a slap on the wrist for using unsecure channels. But Modly fired him, turning a routine reprimand into major scandal for Trump. Modly then made matters worse by telling the crew of the Roosevelt that their captain was "too naive, or too stupid, to be the commanding officer of a ship like this."

Honestly, one has to work at being that stupid. One wonders how long it will be before Trump fires Modly. That is another reason Trump likes "acting" before the title. He can get rid of them easily.

Most Americans are very tired of the melodrama we keep hearing from Trump and Trump's Covid-19 team of "experts." Some "experts," Trump does most of the talking, but one of his "experts" managed to get in a word, even if it was ludicrous hyperbole. The US surgeon general, Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, spoke to Fox News on Sunday. He described the upcoming grim period of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States as a "Pearl Harbor moment" and a "9/11 moment." That is pure Hollywood, and Americans are sick of it. It was a mindless comment.

Peter Navarro is Trump's trade and manufacturing aide. He is an economic advisor, not a medical expert. So, it stands to reason Trump's appointee on the economy would publicly push back against National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci's assertion that it's unclear whether an anti-malaria drug can be used to combat the coronavirus.

Naturally, Trump thinks the medical advice from his economic advisor is more accurate than the medical advice from his medical experts, and he supports that conclusion with a lie. Trump told Americans on Sunday that he strongly backs hydroxychloroquine to treat patients with COVID-19, despite scant scientific evidence that it’s an effective treatment. “What do I know? I’m not a doctor,” Trump said. “But I have common sense. The FDA feels good about it, as you know, they approved it.”

The FDA has not approved hydroxychloroquine, a popular malaria and lupus treatment, to treat COVID-19. Medical experts warn that reports of the drug’s benefits for COVID-19 patients are anecdotal and small-scale, and there is little scientific evidence yet that it works against the coronavirus.

But Trump prefers to listen to his economic advisor. "What do you have to lose?"

Your life. Oops, I guess Trump didn't know that. This is the guy running the Covid-19 press conferences? Good Lord!

I just heard the recording aboard ship. A sailor replied to that Trump moron with "What the fuck!"
Damn, how shitty was that guys comments to the crew.
Trump has the Best people.

Link it. Leftists are really the “best people”

That recording will be all over the media as I speak. It is fucking disgraceful. Trying to spin it before you hear it is -pathetic. As you are.

So someone on a ship during a stressed out time swore and got your TDS all enraged. You’re such a weak person.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

did you hear him when he was going on & on about that drug? he was creepy as hell - talk about a real snake oil salesman.

It’s simple dumbass. Don’t take the drug. Clench you’re teeth.

or i could social distance & shelter in place, not shake hands & wear a mask. oh & listen to real MDs & scientists & not a bloated mango hued carnival barker.

Damn I wish you dumbasses could pay someone to write ewe some new material. We already know every Trump hater thinks he’s orange.

He is orange, dumb fuck.

LOL. You’re such a hypocrite

 

[CowboyTed]

If a doctor prescribes hydrochloroquine and the patient gets better, that is a good thing.
I have NOT seen any news reports of anyone taking HCLQ and getting sick from it.
I see a lot of whining and no negative research.

Dead people don't have much a story to tell...

Why are you trying to throw centuries of treatment development in the drain?

Who recommended hydroxychloroquine to Trump? Where is he getting his information from?

Meet the Ignorant Cranks Behind Trump’s Big Hydroxychloroquine Push

A guy Jared Kushner found on Amazon, a quack, and Rudy Giuliani. What could go wrong?

www.vanityfair.com

Honestly, read it... Trump has to get idiots away from him...

 

[Markle]

i never said it was bad. but why was donny pushing it so badly b4 it is known how effective it can be? somebody had to have told him about it & probably told him a lot of cash could be made.

That's just stupid.

 

[Markle]

i'm glad it worked for your friend. my sister who is infected cannot take it, because she has heart disease. donny is desperate for all this to go away - more so because he has a raging hard on to have an adulation rally & deep down he's scared this will affect his chances of winning a 2nd term.

Are you NOT desperate for something to make this virus go away? If not, you are one of the few far-left individuals who are rooting for failure, sickness, and death.

Specifically, why do you demand that a potential, safe drug, be kept secret? We have a great president who is daily going before the public and answering any and all questions about this killer virus. Why is that a bad thing?

 

[playtime]

did you hear him when he was going on & on about that drug? he was creepy as hell - talk about a real snake oil salesman.

Why is the drug bad?

i never said it was bad. but why was donny pushing it so badly b4 it is known how effective it can be? somebody had to have told him about it & probably told him a lot of cash could be made.

Or maybe it works. It helped my friend recover. If Trump said that it was good to breath air, would you hold your breath?

i'm glad it worked for your friend. my sister who is infected cannot take it, because she has heart disease. donny is desperate for all this to go away - more so because he has a raging hard on to have an adulation rally & deep down he's scared this will affect his chances of winning a 2nd term.

And you have evidence he has a specific financial interest in the drug, or is it your TDS?

Did Trump specifically say it would help your sister? I missed that. Did he say it would cure everyone who gets the virus?

lol... does your back cramp up from all that ankle grabbing you do for yer chosen one?

i know he's pushing a drug & saying 'what have you got to lose?'

hmmmmmm....... a heart attack is a pretty good incentive not to take it. another ignorant poster actually said it had 'zero' side effects. where the fuck did THAT come from? i wonder who he's listening to?

The doctor prescribes it, genius. Did Trump tell all doctors to prescribe it regardless of patient health history? I missed that part.

he's hawking for them to - now they are hoarding it & people who depend on that medication for other ailments are starting to have a problem obtaining it.

 

[Cellblock2429]

This is a statement I made a few days ago.

"There will be death," Trump said recently. Americans know what is happening. Did we really need to hear that from our President? He goes from fantasies about how all this will end soon to voicing comments from the grim reaper.

It is past time to end the coronavirus press conferences. Devolving into campaign-like, self-congratulatory comments, and oft repeated statements from medical experts, it is time to end them. We all know what the federal government has to do. Get medical equipment out to where it is needed most while working on cures and vaccines. Trump's government should do that instead of talking about it.

But that isn't Trump. Trump is a great believer in the idea that rhetoric solves all problems. He wants Americans to think the government is doing a "tremendous" job and everybody is "doing great" because he said so.

Trump is totally incompetent. So, it stands to reason he would appoint incompetent advisors. He has fired many of them during his Presidency, and great many of them quit, unable to work for an inept President. Trump replaced them with equally incompetent people, or worse. He has many "acting" advisors because qualified people are not interested and the unqualified can't pass Senate muster even though the Senate is controlled by Trump's party.

One example is Trump's acting navy secretary, Thomas B. Modly, who relieved the commander of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, Brett E. Crozier, for writing to his superiors, acquainting them with the conditions aboard the Roosevelt. At most, Crozier deserved a slap on the wrist for using unsecure channels. But Modly fired him, turning a routine reprimand into major scandal for Trump. Modly then made matters worse by telling the crew of the Roosevelt that their captain was "too naive, or too stupid, to be the commanding officer of a ship like this."

Honestly, one has to work at being that stupid. One wonders how long it will be before Trump fires Modly. That is another reason Trump likes "acting" before the title. He can get rid of them easily.

Most Americans are very tired of the melodrama we keep hearing from Trump and Trump's Covid-19 team of "experts." Some "experts," Trump does most of the talking, but one of his "experts" managed to get in a word, even if it was ludicrous hyperbole. The US surgeon general, Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, spoke to Fox News on Sunday. He described the upcoming grim period of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States as a "Pearl Harbor moment" and a "9/11 moment." That is pure Hollywood, and Americans are sick of it. It was a mindless comment.

Peter Navarro is Trump's trade and manufacturing aide. He is an economic advisor, not a medical expert. So, it stands to reason Trump's appointee on the economy would publicly push back against National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci's assertion that it's unclear whether an anti-malaria drug can be used to combat the coronavirus.

Naturally, Trump thinks the medical advice from his economic advisor is more accurate than the medical advice from his medical experts, and he supports that conclusion with a lie. Trump told Americans on Sunday that he strongly backs hydroxychloroquine to treat patients with COVID-19, despite scant scientific evidence that it’s an effective treatment. “What do I know? I’m not a doctor,” Trump said. “But I have common sense. The FDA feels good about it, as you know, they approved it.”

The FDA has not approved hydroxychloroquine, a popular malaria and lupus treatment, to treat COVID-19. Medical experts warn that reports of the drug’s benefits for COVID-19 patients are anecdotal and small-scale, and there is little scientific evidence yet that it works against the coronavirus.

But Trump prefers to listen to his economic advisor. "What do you have to lose?"

Your life. Oops, I guess Trump didn't know that. This is the guy running the Covid-19 press conferences? Good Lord!

/----/ ""There will be death," Trump said recently. Americans know what is happening. Did we really need to hear that from our President? "
I stopped reading at your first snowflake point. YES, we do need to hear it. You libtard spent months saying the president was downplaying it, now you whine when he's being straight forward. ORANGE MAN BAD --

 

[kyzr]

If a doctor prescribes hydrochloroquine and the patient gets better, that is a good thing.
I have NOT seen any news reports of anyone taking HCLQ and getting sick from it.
I see a lot of whining and no negative research.

Dead people don't have much a story to tell...

Why are you trying to throw centuries of treatment development in the drain?

Who recommended hydroxychloroquine to Trump? Where is he getting his information from?

Meet the Ignorant Cranks Behind Trump’s Big Hydroxychloroquine Push

A guy Jared Kushner found on Amazon, a quack, and Rudy Giuliani. What could go wrong?

www.vanityfair.com

Honestly, read it... Trump has to get idiots away from him...

Your VF article is bullshit. The case for HCLQ went from China to France to the trials underway now.
We'll see what develops, but its not snake-oil unless you call bullshit on the legitimate prior studies.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanrhe/article/PIIS2665-9913(20)30089-8/fulltext

Reports from China found that chloroquine could inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in vitro, and showed apparent efficacy in treating COVID-19 in humans. A small non-randomised trial in France also found hydroxychloroquine to be a promising potential treatment.

Check out the thread starting with "Cuomo..." the governor of NY thinks that HCLQ works if "anecdotally"?!

 

[Markle]

If a doctor prescribes hydrochloroquine and the patient gets better, that is a good thing.
I have NOT seen any news reports of anyone taking HCLQ and getting sick from it.
I see a lot of whining and no negative research.

Dead people don't have much a story to tell...

Why are you trying to throw centuries of treatment development in the drain?

Who recommended hydroxychloroquine to Trump? Where is he getting his information from?

Meet the Ignorant Cranks Behind Trump’s Big Hydroxychloroquine Push

A guy Jared Kushner found on Amazon, a quack, and Rudy Giuliani. What could go wrong?

www.vanityfair.com

Honestly, read it... Trump has to get idiots away from him...

The drug has proven effective, you love us following other countries, France has already approved the drug for general use with the Coronavirus.

The drug is over 60 years old, so there are no patents that would rightly drive up the price so it is safe, economical, and effective. Why are you so opposed to us finding a safe drug that potentially could save tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of lives?

Why do you believe that bringing oppositional politics into the discussion is a great thing?

 

[Wyatt earp]

This is a statement I made a few days ago.

"There will be death," Trump said recently. Americans know what is happening. Did we really need to hear that from our President? He goes from fantasies about how all this will end soon to voicing comments from the grim reaper.

It is past time to end the coronavirus press conferences. Devolving into campaign-like, self-congratulatory comments, and oft repeated statements from medical experts, it is time to end them. We all know what the federal government has to do. Get medical equipment out to where it is needed most while working on cures and vaccines. Trump's government should do that instead of talking about it.

But that isn't Trump. Trump is a great believer in the idea that rhetoric solves all problems. He wants Americans to think the government is doing a "tremendous" job and everybody is "doing great" because he said so.

Trump is totally incompetent. So, it stands to reason he would appoint incompetent advisors. He has fired many of them during his Presidency, and great many of them quit, unable to work for an inept President. Trump replaced them with equally incompetent people, or worse. He has many "acting" advisors because qualified people are not interested and the unqualified can't pass Senate muster even though the Senate is controlled by Trump's party.

One example is Trump's acting navy secretary, Thomas B. Modly, who relieved the commander of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, Brett E. Crozier, for writing to his superiors, acquainting them with the conditions aboard the Roosevelt. At most, Crozier deserved a slap on the wrist for using unsecure channels. But Modly fired him, turning a routine reprimand into major scandal for Trump. Modly then made matters worse by telling the crew of the Roosevelt that their captain was "too naive, or too stupid, to be the commanding officer of a ship like this."

Honestly, one has to work at being that stupid. One wonders how long it will be before Trump fires Modly. That is another reason Trump likes "acting" before the title. He can get rid of them easily.

Most Americans are very tired of the melodrama we keep hearing from Trump and Trump's Covid-19 team of "experts." Some "experts," Trump does most of the talking, but one of his "experts" managed to get in a word, even if it was ludicrous hyperbole. The US surgeon general, Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, spoke to Fox News on Sunday. He described the upcoming grim period of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States as a "Pearl Harbor moment" and a "9/11 moment." That is pure Hollywood, and Americans are sick of it. It was a mindless comment.

Peter Navarro is Trump's trade and manufacturing aide. He is an economic advisor, not a medical expert. So, it stands to reason Trump's appointee on the economy would publicly push back against National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci's assertion that it's unclear whether an anti-malaria drug can be used to combat the coronavirus.

Naturally, Trump thinks the medical advice from his economic advisor is more accurate than the medical advice from his medical experts, and he supports that conclusion with a lie. Trump told Americans on Sunday that he strongly backs hydroxychloroquine to treat patients with COVID-19, despite scant scientific evidence that it’s an effective treatment. “What do I know? I’m not a doctor,” Trump said. “But I have common sense. The FDA feels good about it, as you know, they approved it.”

The FDA has not approved hydroxychloroquine, a popular malaria and lupus treatment, to treat COVID-19. Medical experts warn that reports of the drug’s benefits for COVID-19 patients are anecdotal and small-scale, and there is little scientific evidence yet that it works against the coronavirus.

But Trump prefers to listen to his economic advisor. "What do you have to lose?"

Your life. Oops, I guess Trump didn't know that. This is the guy running the Covid-19 press conferences? Good Lord!

Trump is a thug. His virus staff are gentlemen/women. I love both.

I do Not believe you know what the word “thug” means.

I grew up close to where Trump lived. I know what a thug is. Kicked many of their asses back in the day...

So trump is president and you are what, posting from San Quentin?

 

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i never said it was bad. but why was donny pushing it so badly b4 it is known how effective it can be? somebody had to have told him about it & probably told him a lot of cash could be made.

That's just stupid.

it's quite possible. you know azar, head of HHS was a bigpharma lobbyist in his former life AND there were 'classified' meetings held in a SCIF at HHS where medical experts were excluded but the inside traders attended. hmmmmm.... curious that.