Fareed Zakaria: Crisis brings out the worst in Trump

CNN's Fareed Zakaria discusses how President Trump is handling coronavirus and America's well-being in comparison to other countries' response to the global pandemic.

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  1. You should talk about how Trump tried to give one Billion to German scientists because they found something and he wants to be the one controlling who is getting it.
    That’s crazy it shouldn’t matter who found something first it should be for everybody and that’s what the German told him after they catch him sneaking.

    1. FLAG BANDIT are you one his followers that just thinks he’s shits gold and all his idea “terrific “

    2. @FLAG BANDIT if there were 10 of you, you still wouldn’t be taller than 6 ft or so because you are so hollow that all of you could be put together without problems, troll.

  2. Trump is the new head of the controlled opposition. His purpose is to make smart people look stupid.

    1. Who you backing the crazy communist or the old senile O”Bummer wanna be ?
      Good luck with those clowns .

    2. @real american LOL Drumpf bailed out already heavily subsidized farmers, twice, after his failed tariff scam. That is Real Socialism to go with his Nationalism. BTW change your name to real russian.

    1. @Ole Fella
      I agree, Uncle Sam is fast becoming a ‘destructive player’. What we, the world need is a ‘constructive player’ like Germany, japan and China that play the game fair and square through positive constructive way that benefit the world as a whole.Like I said, we don’t need a ‘destructive player’; what we need is a ‘constructive player’. By the way, much thanks for,
      http://blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1795128
      which is quite informative site as well.

  3. Over and over Trump said it’s under control and praised himself for doing a great job. It’s always about him.

    1. Gordon Dwyer No Scientist or Doctor I’ve listened to has said that. Australia has had unusual weather this year. I listen and watch all the news to get a good balanced coverage. Wherever this virus has come from it’s going to be major, and when the leader of a country tries to play it down the outcome is likely to be worse.

    2. @CallMeOptimist The WHO offered the US test kits and Trump turned them down…get off of Fake Fox news and you’d learn something…The Trump administration’s decision to forgo a World Health Organization test and create its own had fateful consequences, experts say.

    3. @Michele Kett Some people are dying from this but FAR less than should call for all the insane panic!. FAR more are being hurt financially because the media decided this was another opportunity to hurt Trump and didn’t care how much they hurt everyone else. I don’t care how stinking annoying he is, this isn’t about HIM it’s about the people and our economy. I’m in the older category and I am NOT afraid of this any more than the regular flu. Bet when it’s all over we will have lost a lot less to it than to any other flu yet you people would take down the economy of the world if it got rid of a man who has less than a year of his presidency to go! Now THAT’S selfishly insane and you should be ashamed of your part in it!!!!

    1. @Geddy Schacher How could I possibly bear up under the gravitas of your amateur psych analysis? Oh, right emojis. A mainstay of Trumps moron cult members.

    2. @Geddy Schacher Not particularly. Would calling you a sad little sub moronic troll be hitting above your IQ?

    1. @santa fe, bantayan island life yo republiKKKan.. toyz for sociopathic moron racist, hater, rapist, coke head in chief… we got no problem.. waitin for you wit gats plentiful.. show up in our hoods.. bam bam.. bye bye..

    2. @santa fe, bantayan island life No one cares about how many people show up to one of trump’s concerts. The polls matter and the polls have trump losing in almost every swing state and even a red state.

    3. @GreatWhiteBuckwheat @GreatWhiteBuckwheat ohhhhh right ! Like ” trump has no chance of winning ” 2016 screeeeeee ! Where is that poll now ? Oh here it is .https://youtu.be/wrWzBg475Q8
      And yeah libtards care very very much how many show up at trumps Rally’s . AND just as much how little show up at the democrates clown fest .

  4. The thing that’s crazy is that they offered us test since January and trump said, no we’ll make our own smh so incompetent.

    1. @Stephen Schmengle Oh, but when trump *_deviates_* from the script is when he has his gaffes and verbal blunders, you should know that. It’s really a good thing for us Liberals when he *_deviates_* from the script.

    2. @GreatWhiteBuckwheat buckwheat now I rather think he’s brilliant when he goes off script . He throws in a little bit of levity in the conversation ect. Now the GAF machine guy is your pal Biden. They have corrected some of those problems by cutting the speeches down to a few minutes. He does better then and generally knows what city he is in. But to compare Trump’s going off script yo Bidens verbal dances into CooCoo land is fatuous. Come on buddy you can do better than that. You guys didn’t have it in the cards. You got two geriatric dodos. Sorry for you and yours. Your only hope is the hate vote. You guys have been fueled by hate now for three and a half years it’s pretty funny in between all the sht shows that demorats presented. I have a list of accomplishments would be glad to send it to you

    3. @Stephen Schmengle It’s a good thing your opinion means nothing more than a dog turd. BTW, it’s gaffe not gaf, you uneducated trump worshiper.

    4. @Stephen Schmengle Schmengle you schmuck. If lying through his teeth and refusing to take responsibility is doing a good job then he is doing a fantastic job. Never mind the thousands that will die because of his incompetence and corruption, eh ? Keep going to the MAGA rallies and shaking hands with every one of your idiot comrades. It’ll have the beneficial effect of raising the average I.Q of Americans if nothing else…

  5. Trump is what he’s always been corrupt venal dishonest (just the kind of person you want leading a crisis)

    1. THE OBAMAS BROUGHT NOTHING TO THIS COUNTRY EXCEPT DISEASE, DISGRACE, LIES & DECEIT, RACIAL DIVISION/HATRED & HUCKSTERING, SOCIALISM, WORLD EMBARRASSMENT, POVERTY, LAWLESSNESS, EXPENSIVE & POOR SOCIALIST MEDICAL (OBAMACARE), TYRANNY & ECONOMIC DOWNFALL

  6. It’s not bringing the worst out of him, it shows who he really is. Prioritizing Corporate America vs People who is responsible for.

    1. When a president states out loud that those who do not vote for him are human scum; you need not analyse his character any more. You need only to vote him out of power,

    2. 8alot4t damn, that’s f’d up. When and exactly where did he say this. Was it aiming towards citizen voters or politicians voting on impeachment or something he wanted passed?

    3. lol all the previous presidents cared more about corporate America as well. That’s why we have corrupt system and the corrupt media gets paid to not report the truth.

  7. Trump did not elect himself, the spotlight should also be on the millions that voted for him and the pacifists who decided not to vote at all

  8. It does not take a crisis to bring out the worst in Trump, we have been seeing the worst in him ever since the down escalator ride!

    1. @Lynn Lamont dunno, can be. But it’s all about the manner to handle things. Please enlighten me about the supposed job export which found place under these presidents.

    2. @Steeler 1954 You haven’t noticed that the clothes you wear are made mostly in China? Pharmaceuticals? Pick up the phone to order something and get someone in India…cotton mills closed…etc, etc.

    3. @Lynn Lamont But this is due to the indescribably crazy, greedy entrepreneurs from all over the world (including an insane number from the USA), whose numbers have continued to increase over the years. At first to produce cheaper, but this has developed into a real compulsion to remain competitive. I myself had to supply German steel to China for years, as demanded by American companies, whose end products were exclusively intended for the US market. I do not like this development at all, but unfortunately it cannot be changed, especially not with punitive tariffs. The Chinese already own half of the USA, and in Europe they are already buying one company after another. This is an extremely sad development, but, as I have said, it is only the result of greed for profit.By the way, I also know someone who has nothing else but ‘deals’ in his head. Now we will have to deal with this.

    4. @Lynn Lamont Small addition: Karl Marx wrote the book ‘Das Kapital’ as is well known. I don’t have much to do with it, and I haven’t read it, but the sentence ‘capitalism will eat itself up one day’ has somehow got stuck.

  9. When you live in a culture that measures success in dollars, why wouldn’t you expect the Supreme Leader to be more concerned with money than people?

    1. WOW THAT IS SO UNAMERICAN OF YOU ITS CRAZY . EVEN THOUGH I CANT STAND THE SLAVE PARTY (DEMOCRATS). I WOULDNT WISH A DEADLY VIRUS TO KILL THEM . THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECT FROM DEMOCRAT VOTERS WHO LOVE BERNIE AND QUID PRO QUO JOE . THEY DONT MIND A COMMUNIST TAKING OVER AND BECOMING A DICTATOR . THEY DONT MIND A DUMB WANNA BE OBAMA EITHER ., YOU GUYS ARE DESPERATE AS HELL . IT SHOWS TOO .

    2. @Michele Kett Yea like he’s going to take our guns and nationalize our healthcare system!

      Oh wait that was Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Bernie, and Biden

    3. @gayle holmes gayle, don’t let them put you in that frame of mind. they do not deserve any of your peace of mind. we cannot choose the stupidity of their thoughts and actions, but we can choose the integrity of our reactions. peace.

  10. If trump were a doctor: “The dead patient is alive, by which I mean the living patient is dead”
    If trump were a math teacher: “When you add you subtract, by which I mean you subtract when you add”
    If trump were a pilot: “The plane is taking off as it’s landing, by which I mean it’s landing as we take off”
    If trump were a lawyer: “Your honor my guilty client pleads not-guilty.”

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