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Elizabeth Goitein: Trump 'Doesn't Quite Understand' COVID-19 Pandemic Is Not A War | MSNBC
Maybe electing a reality TV host who dodged the draft,
is a compulsive liar,
and cheats at golf
was a bad idea.
Trump informed voters before election that he was conspiracy theorist loon.
That he thinks all world’s science organisation’s are in a big conspiracy with NASA and the U.N. And some other conspiracy about birth certificate.
Conspiracy theorists are not very good at processing information like normal people. They are not going to be good administrators.
USA voters still choose to vote for him.
A loon. Only person I ever seen with pro torture electoral platform.
A person so weak they could not convince their own demented son not to shoot elephants for fun.
USA voters chose such a specimen.
Deliberately and consciously.
Good day Li D Australia
Obama Biden was a bad idea trump 2021
@John Crouch and your a saint saint john
@li d that almost correct. The electoral college is who put him in office with the help of putin
And the sickest one of all lusts after his daughter
A leader that confuses people, contradicts himself and lies everytime he opens his mouth is unreliable . He’s a nut case.
*DON’T BE RIDICULOUS…*
Marcos Juarez
*YOU JUST DON’T APPRECIATE BEING HERE DO YA?…*
Real M
*THAT FAKE NEWS MK ULTRA PROGRAMMING REALLY DID A NUMBER ON YA HUH?…*
Real M
*MK ULTRA VICTIM…*
Magdalis Almodovar
*AGREED!… HOWEVER, DONALD J TRUMP AIN’T THAT GUY…*
*THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY OUR ISLAMIC ENEMIES…*
Trump during Obama admin.: “The President has to take responsibility, good or bad” As president: “I take no responsibility” His skull is full of dust bunnies.
Obama was Putin’s Toy-Boy
@Bellicose Ataraxia Isn’t leaking CLASSIFIED INFORMATION illegal? From my career in Naval Aviation I know things that if I told you I would be in direct violation and liable to do federal time. I signed a form just like all the rest. Not some private NDA, but a DD 297-1.3.
@Bellicose Ataraxia You sure used a lot of words when “but Obama” would have said exactly the same thing.
@Gee IDK women let him grab them….liberals are like that…Weinstein, Epstein prove it
It’s a simple formula:
GOOD NEWS: Trump wants to take credit.
BAD NEWS: Trump will blame someone else.
And if you challenge his faulty logic, he will cal you FAKE NEWS.
Lol true
Yesterday: My authority is total..
Today: My authority is none.
Tomorrow: Who cares!
This POTUS is NUTS!
@Hildebeast Clinton . Thanks for all the links to the right-wing propaganda. Unfortunately for you and Trump, the vast majority of the American people know better than to look at that crap. You’re wasting your time. Go preach to the choir at Fox News.
Ha, isnt there a TIME when “DRUG TEST” are REQUIRED for Presidents, Senators, Congressmen, Kings and Queens, come on where is the Paper Cup?!
of course, is like that phrase in spanish, ” suban el piano”, ” bajen el piano” “suban el piano” ” bajen el piano” hahahaha
Bartrtmedia…complete moron and a waste of skin. You needed parents that believe in abortion. Shut mouth breath stinks.
@S Cramer Better go back to the KGB for better lessons in writing English, comrade, or you going to end up in Siberia.
Trump logic: when all else fails, blame Obama
@Ron Mayb Ron, walk like a man…admit your wrongs, you only belittle yourself and your fathers lack of cognizant acuity….blind men begat blindmen…get a tin cup and work some streetcorner
@Bellicose Ataraxia okay let me teach then. To All Trumpiteers, Trumputz, and Trumpetz. Psalm’s 92:6-7 saids “A Brutish Man Knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this”
“When The wicked spring as the Grass and when All the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that They shall be Destroyed for ever” my advice is denounce Trumpism and stop being u American.
Rob R I don’t remember Obama blaming Bush. He may have said it at some point, sure, but he definitely didn’t do it constantly. That was the public. Trump, on the other hand, is constantly berating and blaming the previous administration directly.
@Ron Mayb bring on Lyin Joe….this is going to be fun
No Go Quid Pro Quo Joe….remember Obama put him in charge of eliminating, in Medicare, waste, fraud, and abuse……in China he found out they would waste money on his son, in the Ukraine he put an end to fraud investigations of his son. and in Iraq he found ways to abuse the system handing his brother millions….and folks that is the soul of Quid Pro Quo Joe
@Bellicose Ataraxia Bellicose Ataraxia why do you hate black, Indian and filipinos??????????
I think Trump is not only a narcissist, a racist and anti-all things scientific, but also the most vengeful character to ever have held the title of president. He is truly to be loathed!
@Liberty Steel . Pleading ignorance of something that’s common knowledge is disingenuous and cowardly.
If you just forgot or have been living in an orange cave, Google “Trump Putin” and “Trump Kim” and you’ll find a wealth of details about how Trump has been sucking up to those killers for his entire joke of a presidency.
@Deborah Freedman EXACTLY! …when other death totals are used, you’re great point is always left out along with time period and how contagious.
@Anne Marie …pleading ignorance is common amongst Orange Sphincter Sycophants.
@Bob Heck . Yes, for Trumpsters, ignorance is indeed bliss.
@David Eby ..SO MORONIC!
LIBERATE the USA from DT. November 2020!
Robert Hall November will be too late…
Robert Hall…a joke a nobody…a fool. Do nothing and close your mouth, it stinks.
“Trump doesn’t quite understand” Period.
That’s a understatement
Of course he doesn’t understand he’s far too wrapped up in boosting his ego than considering anything else …
Vlodec 👍🇺🇸🇲🇽🤣
There’s a slight yet significant problem with semantics here. It’s not accurate to state that Gump “doesn’t quite understand.”
He doesn’t even “begin to understand”
The Republican Party made the biggest mistake when they had a big chance to impeached what so called president and save their party from embarrassment, they all will regret it.
@Jo-Erlend Schinstad . Let’s give the Republicans what they asked for in November
Haha, and you incompetent Democrats failed to save your party from embarrassment when you guys chose Hillary and Biden over Sanders. You just gave Trump a landslide win easily for 2020.
@Anne Marie So let’s leave it alone ’cause we can’t see eye to eye
There ain’t no good guy, there ain’t no bad guy
There’s only you and me and we just disagree
Ooh ooh ooh, oh oh oh (Dave Mason if your old enough to remember)
@Don Raz A recent poll by the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post shows that 56% of Americans disapprove of Trump (https://nypost.com/2020/04/11/trump-approval-rating-drops-as-coronavirus-drags-on-poll-says/) and that number is only going to get higher as this crisis continues.
The only landslide happening in November is the one Trump is going to be buried under.
But keep on laughing to yourself like a clueless lunatic.
you stand behind success
Almost 4 million jobs created since the election, More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history, we have created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since my election, Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate in more than THREE DECADES, Economic growth last quarter hit 4.2 percent, New unemployment claims recently hit a 49-year low, Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded. African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded, Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded, Asian-American unemployment recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded, Women’s unemployment recently reached the lowest rate in 65 years, Youth unemployment has recently hit the lowest rate in nearly half a century, Lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for Americans without a high school diploma, Under my Administration, veterans’ unemployment recently reached its lowest rate in nearly 20 years, Almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since the election, The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans. We are committed to VOCATIONAL education, 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future—the highest ever, Retail sales surged last month, up another 6 percent over last year, Signed the biggest package of tax cuts and reforms in history. After tax cuts, over $300 billion poured back in to the U.S. in the first quarter alone, As a result of our tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years, Helped win U.S. bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Helped win U.S.-Mexico-Canada’s united bid for 2026 World Cup, Opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines, Record number of regulations eliminated, Enacted regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions, Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE, My Administration is providing more affordable healthcare options for Americans through association health plans and short-term duration plans, Last month, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history. And thanks to our efforts, many drug companies are freezing or reversing planned price increases, We reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone, Signed Right-To-Try legislation, Secured $6 billion in NEW funding to fight the opioid epidemic, We have reduced high-dose opioid prescriptions by 16 percent during my first year in office, Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care, Increased our coal exports by 60 percent; U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high, United States is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957, Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord, Cancelled the illegal, anti-coal, so-called Clean Power Plan, Secured record $700 billion in military funding; $716 billion next year, NATO allies are spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016, Process has begun to make the Space Force the 6th branch of the Armed Forces, Confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration, Confirmed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal, Moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, Protecting Americans from terrorists with the Travel Ban, upheld by Supreme Court, Issued Executive Order to keep open Guantanamo Bay, Concluded a historic U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal to replace NAFTA. And negotiations with Canada are underway as we speak, Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports, Imposed tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to protect our national security, Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices, Net exports are on track to increase by $59 billion this year, Improved vetting and screening for refugees, and switched focus to overseas resettlement, We have begun BUILDING THE WALL. Republicans want STRONG BORDERS and NO CRIME. Democrats want OPEN BORDERS which equals MASSIVE CRIME
“I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.” – Michelle Obama
Bob Solo
*THE IRONY IN OBAMA’S CASE, IS THAT THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, AND NOW EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT A FRAUD OBAMA TRULY IS…*
*#BANISLAM*
Youdontneedto Seemyidentification
*THICK MIKE IS NOT A REAL WOMAN…*
@Bellicose Ataraxia Bellicose Ataraxia are you out of depends?💩
Ya great! That’s who he is. Obama would be fumbling and wouldn’t even know what to do. 400,000 people at least would already be dead under him. What a joke.
@Lance Shepler Bellicose Ataraxia is racist and talks Doo Doo about blacks because her daughter ran away with a black man, and another daughter married an Indian Kamasutra, therefore Bellicose Ataraxia needs mental health support more than her depends
like our Governor said…. “it’s better to b 6 ft apart, rather than 6 ft underground.”
@Gretchen Murray Wrong person…sorry.
@Lance Shepler That’s quite alright, I’ve been quarantined 96 days. You are the only human to communicate with me in the last 12 hours. 😂🤪😂
@M Taylor You cannot be serious. Seriously! Sooo…you are trying to say that president Trump was like a virus and Pence was trying to keep his distance even before Covid19 because he knew that the president was like an infectious disease??? Is that what you are saying? If so…you might wanna go and do your homework.
@Gretchen Murray Well hopefully you will get set free soon wherever you live. Many states are starting to open up. Just be safe when it seems ok. Just be safe. I love everyone and I don’t want to see another person die because of this stupid virus crap. But unfortunately it will happen. Just be safe!!!
@Lance Shepler You as well. 🙏 I’m in MA. 1700 new cases, 208 dead yesterday. At this point, people not working should have no reason to contract this virus. The masses, 1000 people, had an unmasked protest on Monday at our state house. There were no arrests. We for the love of St. Michael who wants to go within six feet of those crazy nut jobs!?! Some of my “village people” scare me. So, even after it might get lifted in two weeks. I’m not sure I want to go out into the world.
This presedent is running this country like he did his business into bankruptcy
@Hildebeast Clinton Get a brain and a heart.I got all the help I need. I JUST DON’T NEED ANY OF THE “TRUMP VIRUS”.
@Hildebeast Clinton Maybe someone should help “YOU”. FIND A MIRROR.
@Anne Marie And I thought he just paid him to Money launder and sabotage our National unity.
James Carter
Since Trump’s escalator ride on 16 June 2015, the media has been torrent of independent shitstorms and endless attacks allegations launched at Trump and his family.
@Bellicose Ataraxia you are shaking in your boots because you have Parkinson’s and you need your depends changed
trump’s not the best lier I’ve ever seen but he is the biggest.
One of the fattest
WHY!!!! CAN’T SOMEONE TAKE HIM AWAY IN A STRAIT-JACKET ????
Can we do the 25th amendment thing yet?! If NOT, WHY NOT?!!!
He fired those people.
@RedondoBeach2 – Off topic, but Redondo Beach in CA? Love that place, Kings harbor, or landing I think they called it.
I used to go out w dad on the all day fishing boat over 40 yrs ago in the late ’70s, good memories! Last drove down that way back in ’96. Weird reason, I had to sign a legal document at a lawyers office on the pier for a business deal.
@Richard C I’d prefer handcuffs.
you need to close the toilet seat after your bowel movement, it is quite evident fecal matter has penetrated your brain from the crap coming out of your mouth
People thought voting for trump was going to be fun.
Having fun?
@Long Range Rifle lmao have you tried a FACTUAL criticism of democratic socialism?
@Rory Cannon Of course.
All my criticism is factual.
@Long Range Rifle “All my criticism is factual.”
which is why NONE of your criticism thus far has been factual???
Yes having A great time watching liberals squirm , and to hear them crying is music to my ears , thank you very Much for asking .
@Rory Cannon LOL, like what?
The title should really be: “Trump Doesn’t Quite Understand Anything”
@Russian Bot Thank you for providing us with the best of his base.
@Mary Phillips Blackshear thanks for providing me a moron the pick on loser.
@whatzup turn that around. It’s easier to distribute hate than to realize we are losing some of the best of the best 😔. Just what exactly do you do with your life.
Vicki…good to have the body breath so automatically for you. You’re to stupid to do it for your self. To bad your parents didn’t believe in abortion.
S Cramer — Aren’t you a ray of sunshine lol… go take a nap.
Imagine if Obama said “my authority is total.” Heads would explode.
@Drew Chamberlin …even when you’re wrong you’re alt-right.
@Lou Baragats …wigger wigger???
@alan4sure …either that or they’re rubes working for the “rub”s.
@Jo-Erlend Schinstad …he just knows what his crowd likes to hear. Now he’s sending his rally-ites out with guns to catch corona. He definitely into testing for loyalty.
@Lynda Koers …I did enjoy his sword play with the Saudis tho’.
*He doesn’t understand anything, PERIOD !*
No he understands that is daughter is hot stuff
Exactly
because he just DO NOT CARE………………….so selfish
he just DOES NOT
@Becca Wells That proves he doesn’t understand anything! My friend thinks she is ugly; I do not think she has any appeal whatsoever!
He has a child’s point of view about everything.
A spoiled, mentally challenged child.
Akildalion 30 as someone who works with kids that are mentally challenged and being on spectrum myself, I would trust those kids with this pandemic more than him. He’s not mentally challenged he’s spoiled and so used to escaping consequences that his sense of reality is completely distorted because in his reality he’s always been told he’s correct and now that actual reality is not having that nonsense he can’t cope. Kids and adults that aren’t neuraltypical tend to over compensate when observed reality gives us negative feedback I.e. I thought x was correct ingredient in a recipe but it turned out awful tasting… I’m never going to attempt that recipe again. He’s convinced that no matter the action if he’s screams I was right loud enough that makes it so. I doubt you were trying to be insulting with the mentally challenged remark I just really dislike having myself and other genuinely god and caring people being compared to this narcissistic charlatan
@Lindsay Holder Great post.
@Lindsay Holder ….definitely….