Trump on the ropes in interview over US Covid-19 death toll

[Wapasha]

I really get a kick out these opinion articles Interviews that are easily accessible.

Watch the interview and make up your own mind. Why digest through a 3rd party?

Not to mention a BRITISH SOCIAL REPORTER who was a website developer From University of Leeds!

Should Brits care what Brian Stelter says about Boris Johnson? Of course fucking not.

What fucking sheep.

The media are fixated on Trump commenting "it is, what it is." Trump cannot win, if he is optimistic, the news media bashes him for lying, or at minimum for living in an alternate reality of lollipops and rainbows. Now Trump doesn't try to dress it up and tells it like it is, and the media bash him for not presenting a positive attitude.

Here's the quote the media are flipping out over:

In the interview with Axios’ Jonathan Swan last week that aired in full Monday night on HBO, Trump was asked how the virus is under control when 1,000 Americans are dying each day.

“They are dying, that’s true. And you have — it is what it is,” Trump said during a conversation with Jonathan Swan that was recorded early last week but aired Monday evening on HBO. “But that doesn't mean we aren’t doing everything we can. It’s under control as much as you can control it. This is a horrible plague.”

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Maybe he should have worked on a strategy ? How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

Perhaps you should be more concerned with what is going on in your own backyard first

The UK's troubled coronavirus response becomes more complicated

The UK's troubled response to the Covid-19 pandemic became even more confused on Monday, as government guidance seemingly at odds with itself rolls out across England, pushing the four nations of the UK further apart.

www.cnn.com

 

[Rambunctious]

First of all the interviewer was being a bit dishonest about other nations covid numbers...but more importantly....asking a question of why we in America have such a high count of covid is a silly and misleading question...

We are a huge nation with individual states that are governed separately....we are not like other populated nations that are ruled by one authority...some states opened too early and sloppily....

Other states didn't have the outbreak of other states so they dropped their guard...to ask Trump this question was designed to put him in a defensive position....all for the cameras....FUCK CNN.....

Trump needs to stay away from CNN they are interested in one thing only....replacing Trump.....

Not CNN.

But to the rest of your complaint, the interviewer asked him a tough question. That’s what it’s like to do an interview with someone who isn’t a devotee like Hannity.

He asked him a trick question and Trump did have trouble answering it as the question was designed to do....but the answer is just what I posted...the American president has only so much authority over states unlike other nations with a single authority...

The interviewer knows this and Trump will be ready for this question the next time....

Maybe Trump should have ordered Marshall law and locked down the nation like SK and China did.....then if we had this second wave the case could be made that it was Trumps fault....but not with 50 governors making their own rules....

Plus the numbers the interviewer was siting were weeks old...there are second waves happening all over the world....but then once again the media blames Trump for this virus and lets China off the hook completely.....their big daddy bucks China....

It wasn't a trick question. It was only a trick question to Trump because he's been talking out both sides of his mouth constantly and when brought to light, he has no real options. But that's not the interviewer's fault, it's Trump's fault.

And someone must have spread the word that we're supposed to be talking about second waves all over the world, but it just isn't happening. I've been looking at the data, the second waves are either very tiny (especially in comparison to us) or nonexistent.

They were talking past each other...And Trump was using the numbers published by Johns Hopkins...the Axios reporter wasn't...he was using reported numbers by the media.....a risky source if there ever was one....In this nation of states we have the right as a state to make our own decisions right or wrong...so this can not be placed at Trumps feet only.....another thing Trump could have pointed out is that the number of deaths predicted in America were over 2 million...considering that we and he have done a masterful job....

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Maybe he should have worked on a strategy ? How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

Perhaps you should be more concerned with what is going on in your own backyard first

The UK's troubled coronavirus response becomes more complicated

The UK's troubled response to the Covid-19 pandemic became even more confused on Monday, as government guidance seemingly at odds with itself rolls out across England, pushing the four nations of the UK further apart.

www.cnn.com

Its possible to be concerned about more than one issue. Trumps removal would ha;t the slide into barbarism and that is a world issue.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Comedy Gold.

 

[excalibur]

How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

In America, we have 50 states and each state has a Governor and a State Legislature.

Several Blue State Governors forced nursing homes to take in Wuhan virus-infected people which resulted in tens-of-thousands of elderly being killed.

Lack of effective leadership on the part of those Governors.

In fact, on March 2, at a press conference, Governor Cuomo of New York bragged about how the virus would never be as dangerous in that state as it had been elsewhere in the world.

 

[whitehall]

The Brit based "Guardian" is no friend of republican politicians so you can expect the left leaning rag to criticize President Trump while ignoring the declining mental health of the democrat candidate. That's the way the media works these days on both sides of the pond.

 

[excalibur]

Donald Trump flounders in interview over US Covid-19 death toll

President again says he is doing ‘incredible job’ fighting pandemic and casts doubt on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death

www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump visibly floundered in an interview when pressed on a range of issues, including the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the US, his claims that mail-in voting is fraudulent, and his inaction over the “Russian bounty” scandal.

The US president also repeatedly cast doubt on the cause of death of Jeffrey Epstein, and said of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who has pleaded not guilty to allegedly participating in the sex-trafficking of girls by Epstein, that he wished her well.

Maybe he should have worked on a strategy ? How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

Can you prove that even one would have?

I can point to a lot of countries with better outcomes.

And I can point to countries with worse outcomes; but I can point much closer to home, to New York State, where they have Governor Cuomo and triple the death rate of either Spain or Italy.

 

[jknowgood]

Donald Trump flounders in interview over US Covid-19 death toll

President again says he is doing ‘incredible job’ fighting pandemic and casts doubt on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death

www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump visibly floundered in an interview when pressed on a range of issues, including the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the US, his claims that mail-in voting is fraudulent, and his inaction over the “Russian bounty” scandal.

The US president also repeatedly cast doubt on the cause of death of Jeffrey Epstein, and said of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who has pleaded not guilty to allegedly participating in the sex-trafficking of girls by Epstein, that he wished her well.

Maybe he should have worked on a strategy ? How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

A democrat in an interview was asked when would the covid epidemic be over. He said in November, admitting all this to try to get rid of Trump. Won't work, Trump will be reelected.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Comedy Gold.

This is actually the comedy end clip on our national news tonight. Trump = laughing stock

 

[aaronleland]

I thought most of the interview was pretty typical Trump, but his response to questions about Ghislaine Maxwell were fucking weird.

Reporter: "Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested on allegations of child sex trafficking. Why would you wish such a person well?"

Trump: "First of all, I don't know that."

Reporter: "She has. She's been arrested for that."

 

[Crepitus]

Donald Trump flounders in interview over US Covid-19 death toll

President again says he is doing ‘incredible job’ fighting pandemic and casts doubt on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death

www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump visibly floundered in an interview when pressed on a range of issues, including the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the US, his claims that mail-in voting is fraudulent, and his inaction over the “Russian bounty” scandal.

The US president also repeatedly cast doubt on the cause of death of Jeffrey Epstein, and said of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who has pleaded not guilty to allegedly participating in the sex-trafficking of girls by Epstein, that he wished her well.

Maybe he should have worked on a strategy ? How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

Can you prove that even one would have?

Yes. Look at any country that immediately acknowledged the virus was real and implemented and coordinated response. They all have less cases and deaths than we do.

That's was a stupid question, by the way.

What countries are testing random people who don't show symptoms of COVID, at the same rate of testing as the US? Also what countries are counting deaths of people who died in car accidents and by other means as COVID death, along with counting people who had not been tested but simply had symptoms related to COVID? What countries are incentivizing hospitals and pressuring doctors to declare COVID as cause of death without running tests and going against medical science?

Almost every developed country is testing at a higher rate per capita than we are.

The rest of your post is a series of bullshit conspiracy theories they you should be ashamed of yourself for posting.

But you won't be.

 

[Crepitus]

Donald Trump flounders in interview over US Covid-19 death toll

President again says he is doing ‘incredible job’ fighting pandemic and casts doubt on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death

www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump visibly floundered in an interview when pressed on a range of issues, including the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the US, his claims that mail-in voting is fraudulent, and his inaction over the “Russian bounty” scandal.

The US president also repeatedly cast doubt on the cause of death of Jeffrey Epstein, and said of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who has pleaded not guilty to allegedly participating in the sex-trafficking of girls by Epstein, that he wished her well.

Maybe he should have worked on a strategy ? How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

Can you prove that even one would have?

Yes. Look at any country that immediately acknowledged the virus was real and implemented and coordinated response. They all have less cases and deaths than we do.

That's was a stupid question, by the way.

It was a good question
Someone stupid just couldn't answer it.

I did answer it.

It was still a stupid question.

 

[Hellokitty]

Donald Trump flounders in interview over US Covid-19 death toll

President again says he is doing ‘incredible job’ fighting pandemic and casts doubt on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death

www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump visibly floundered in an interview when pressed on a range of issues, including the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the US, his claims that mail-in voting is fraudulent, and his inaction over the “Russian bounty” scandal.

The US president also repeatedly cast doubt on the cause of death of Jeffrey Epstein, and said of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who has pleaded not guilty to allegedly participating in the sex-trafficking of girls by Epstein, that he wished her well.

Maybe he should have worked on a strategy ? How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

Can you prove that even one would have?

Yes. Look at any country that immediately acknowledged the virus was real and implemented and coordinated response. They all have less cases and deaths than we do.

That's was a stupid question, by the way.

What countries are testing random people who don't show symptoms of COVID, at the same rate of testing as the US? Also what countries are counting deaths of people who died in car accidents and by other means as COVID death, along with counting people who had not been tested but simply had symptoms related to COVID? What countries are incentivizing hospitals and pressuring doctors to declare COVID as cause of death without running tests and going against medical science?

Almost every developed country is testing at a higher rate per capita than we are.

The rest of your post is a series of bullshit conspiracy theories they you should be ashamed of yourself for posting.

But you won't be.

So you concede that no other country is testing random people at the same level as the US...

Another question for you...what countries are counting repeat testing as new cases? In the US people who test positive are retested several times and each test they take is counted as a new case.

 

[Crepitus]

Donald Trump flounders in interview over US Covid-19 death toll

President again says he is doing ‘incredible job’ fighting pandemic and casts doubt on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death

www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump visibly floundered in an interview when pressed on a range of issues, including the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the US, his claims that mail-in voting is fraudulent, and his inaction over the “Russian bounty” scandal.

The US president also repeatedly cast doubt on the cause of death of Jeffrey Epstein, and said of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who has pleaded not guilty to allegedly participating in the sex-trafficking of girls by Epstein, that he wished her well.

Maybe he should have worked on a strategy ? How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

Can you prove that even one would have?

Yes. Look at any country that immediately acknowledged the virus was real and implemented and coordinated response. They all have less cases and deaths than we do.

That's was a stupid question, by the way.

What countries are testing random people who don't show symptoms of COVID, at the same rate of testing as the US? Also what countries are counting deaths of people who died in car accidents and by other means as COVID death, along with counting people who had not been tested but simply had symptoms related to COVID? What countries are incentivizing hospitals and pressuring doctors to declare COVID as cause of death without running tests and going against medical science?

Almost every developed country is testing at a higher rate per capita than we are.

The rest of your post is a series of bullshit conspiracy theories they you should be ashamed of yourself for posting.

But you won't be.

So you concede that no other country is testing random people at the same level as the US...

Another question for you...what countries are counting repeat testing as new cases? In the US people who test positive are retested several times and each test they take is counted as a new case.

Where is the US testing random people?

 

[Hellokitty]

Donald Trump flounders in interview over US Covid-19 death toll

President again says he is doing ‘incredible job’ fighting pandemic and casts doubt on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death

www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump visibly floundered in an interview when pressed on a range of issues, including the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the US, his claims that mail-in voting is fraudulent, and his inaction over the “Russian bounty” scandal.

The US president also repeatedly cast doubt on the cause of death of Jeffrey Epstein, and said of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who has pleaded not guilty to allegedly participating in the sex-trafficking of girls by Epstein, that he wished her well.

Maybe he should have worked on a strategy ? How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

Can you prove that even one would have?

Yes. Look at any country that immediately acknowledged the virus was real and implemented and coordinated response. They all have less cases and deaths than we do.

That's was a stupid question, by the way.

What countries are testing random people who don't show symptoms of COVID, at the same rate of testing as the US? Also what countries are counting deaths of people who died in car accidents and by other means as COVID death, along with counting people who had not been tested but simply had symptoms related to COVID? What countries are incentivizing hospitals and pressuring doctors to declare COVID as cause of death without running tests and going against medical science?

Almost every developed country is testing at a higher rate per capita than we are.

The rest of your post is a series of bullshit conspiracy theories they you should be ashamed of yourself for posting.

But you won't be.

So you concede that no other country is testing random people at the same level as the US...

Another question for you...what countries are counting repeat testing as new cases? In the US people who test positive are retested several times and each test they take is counted as a new case.

Where is the US testing random people?

Quick search. This is from June and testing has increased since then.

Can just anyone get tested?
It depends on where you live. New York, which leads the US in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and fatalities, still has criteria that a resident must meet in order to be tested. However, in California, 40 locations in the Bay Area offer free testing to all residents, even if they're not showing symptoms. They still need to have an appointment, however. Kentucky is also letting anyone sign up to get a COVID-19 test at any Kroger location. And as of June, any Indiana resident can get tested without showing symptoms.

Tennessee also tests anyone who wants to get tested for free, whether they have symptoms or not. New Jersey, the second leading site of COVID-19 fatalities, now lets anyone get a test.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order (PDF) that lets residents get tested at no cost if they've been working outside their home for more than 10 days and if they have any COVID-19 symptoms, like coughing.

Having more access to the test kits will help allow cities and states to test more people. As a result, sites with a limited number of tests available are often reserved for higher-risk patients. For example, those with underlying health conditions or those exhibiting strong symptoms that are associated with COVID-19, such as trouble breathing, pain or pressure in the chest, confusion and bluish lips or face. More recent guidance from the CDC adds that obesity at any age and pregnant women are at a higher risk for increased coronavirus symptoms.

_________________________________

 

[Crepitus]

Donald Trump flounders in interview over US Covid-19 death toll

President again says he is doing ‘incredible job’ fighting pandemic and casts doubt on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death

www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump visibly floundered in an interview when pressed on a range of issues, including the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the US, his claims that mail-in voting is fraudulent, and his inaction over the “Russian bounty” scandal.

The US president also repeatedly cast doubt on the cause of death of Jeffrey Epstein, and said of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who has pleaded not guilty to allegedly participating in the sex-trafficking of girls by Epstein, that he wished her well.

Maybe he should have worked on a strategy ? How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

Can you prove that even one would have?

Yes. Look at any country that immediately acknowledged the virus was real and implemented and coordinated response. They all have less cases and deaths than we do.

That's was a stupid question, by the way.

What countries are testing random people who don't show symptoms of COVID, at the same rate of testing as the US? Also what countries are counting deaths of people who died in car accidents and by other means as COVID death, along with counting people who had not been tested but simply had symptoms related to COVID? What countries are incentivizing hospitals and pressuring doctors to declare COVID as cause of death without running tests and going against medical science?

Almost every developed country is testing at a higher rate per capita than we are.

The rest of your post is a series of bullshit conspiracy theories they you should be ashamed of yourself for posting.

But you won't be.

So you concede that no other country is testing random people at the same level as the US...

Another question for you...what countries are counting repeat testing as new cases? In the US people who test positive are retested several times and each test they take is counted as a new case.

Where is the US testing random people?

Quick search. This is from June and testing has increased since then.

Can just anyone get tested?
It depends on where you live. New York, which leads the US in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and fatalities, still has criteria that a resident must meet in order to be tested. However, in California, 40 locations in the Bay Area offer free testing to all residents, even if they're not showing symptoms. They still need to have an appointment, however. Kentucky is also letting anyone sign up to get a COVID-19 test at any Kroger location. And as of June, any Indiana resident can get tested without showing symptoms.

Tennessee also tests anyone who wants to get tested for free, whether they have symptoms or not. New Jersey, the second leading site of COVID-19 fatalities, now lets anyone get a test.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order (PDF) that lets residents get tested at no cost if they've been working outside their home for more than 10 days and if they have any COVID-19 symptoms, like coughing.

Having more access to the test kits will help allow cities and states to test more people. As a result, sites with a limited number of tests available are often reserved for higher-risk patients. For example, those with underlying health conditions or those exhibiting strong symptoms that are associated with COVID-19, such as trouble breathing, pain or pressure in the chest, confusion and bluish lips or face. More recent guidance from the CDC adds that obesity at any age and pregnant women are at a higher risk for increased coronavirus symptoms.

_________________________________

Unfortunately as more sick people show up the testing for folks with no symptoms has largely stopped.

Sedgwick County suspends asymptomatic COVID-19 testing

Due to "overwhelming interest" from residents who aren't exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms but want to be tested for the virus, Sedgwick County health officials have temporarily suspended scheduling residents for asymptomatic testing.

www.kwch.com

 

[whitehall]

The Brits make fun of the democracy that the Colonies created better than 250 years ago but they can't seem to gain perspective about the convoluted monarchy that British subjects are still forced to support.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Liberals, just a thought....watch and read source documents rather than having some biased propogandist chew up your food and spit the gooey paste into your mouth.

Why don’t you want to chew and eat the food yourself?

Scared to think for yourselves?

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Donald Trump flounders in interview over US Covid-19 death toll

President again says he is doing ‘incredible job’ fighting pandemic and casts doubt on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death

www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump visibly floundered in an interview when pressed on a range of issues, including the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the US, his claims that mail-in voting is fraudulent, and his inaction over the “Russian bounty” scandal.

The US president also repeatedly cast doubt on the cause of death of Jeffrey Epstein, and said of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who has pleaded not guilty to allegedly participating in the sex-trafficking of girls by Epstein, that he wished her well.

Maybe he should have worked on a strategy ? How many lives would have been saved with effective leadership ?

The US death rate stands at around .033% compared to the UK's .15%. I'm no math genius but you don't have a fucking leg to stand on when bitching about Trumps record.
Iran paid bounties to the Taliban for dead US soldiers during the Obama administration and by the way those bounties the Russians supposedly paid included British soldiers as well.