Trump Facing ‘Historic Political Defeat’ Amidst Virus, Says Bush Aide | MSNBC

President Trump is facing backlash for this coronavirus response, including his public remarks at a White House press briefing that suggested humans inject themselves with toxic chemicals as a cure. Former George W. Bush Speechwriter David Frum issues a warning, that Trump is “weak,” and is “headed toward an historic political defeat – one that will likely take the Republican Senate down with him.” In an interview with MSNBC’s Ari Melber, Frum implores Trump’s aides and staff to “use their power to prevent him from doing harm.” (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. ). Aired on 4/24/2020.
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Trump Facing 'Historic Political Defeat' Amidst Virus, Says Bush Aide | MSNBC

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  1. Trump will soon hire Alex Jones for press briefings who will claim that 50 thousand Americans staged their deaths and Covid-19 never existed.

    1. @Bridget Lewis it’s a cycle of natural selection, the best will live and get better while the weak die

    2. It was called the dumbing down of America in the 80s..seems to have worked. It was designed to work with trickle-down economics. All who believe in bailing out the big capitalists believe in trickle-down economics. These corps are sitting on hundreds of billions, they don’t need our help.

    3. liberal universities have large endowments you liberal moron and do you know what they’re teaching? Men are women and women are men; they don’t believe in free speech unless it is in line with liberal ideology…what exactly are you referring to you liberal moron when you say “underfunding education” hahahahaha…you don’t know what you’re talking about

  2. donald “tp” needs to be flushed away in November. Hopefully it doesn’t come back up. Biden = re-wipe.

  3. It’s a race between Trump and Reality. Yup, Trump sometimes seems to be in the lead, leaving Reality far behind him. But in the end the poor man hasn’t a ghost of a chance because Reality will overtake him!

    1. But yet y’all can’t remove him from office. You can’t even get him for an unpaid parking ticket. So what does that say about your side. 😅😂🤣

    2. DankNDoughnuts
      What it says is that Republicans can hold their noses for over three years and put up with the stench of Trump in the White House. Democrats in the House did their job and successfully impeached this demented baby man. Republicans control the senate, and they failed to do their jobs and protect the American people. One million cases of CV19 , over 50,000 deaths in Just 8 weeks later and you still don’t have the good sense to see how dangerous he is. You are “Cavernously Stupid” as well.

    3. @The Gamsta Huh?! So, the concept of ‘the good he has done’ somehow, in your mind, absolves him from accountability in the negligent, if not criminal, homicide of tens of thousands (& counting). You can’t possibly be serious.

  4. Can the USA even survive until the elections with such an incompetent & CRUEL TYRANT at the helm?

    1. Don’t worry fella Stalin loved the likes of you and his modern dotees do too. You’ll see who the cruel tyrants are when the Cheka come knocking at your door.

    2. @Pamela Dishman So you’ll pin a million on Trump and ignore the rude fact that your communist mates in China didn’t let the world know. But I suppose that’s how some folk roll….swallow the propaganda and follow the line of sheep into the communist meat processing plant.

  5. Tryump still spending his time trying to steal money. Won’t show his taxes but filed for free millions in relief.

    1. In time, oh deluded one.
      Jan.20.
      Trump loses his immunity.
      Feb. 20.
      Trump needs a host of lawyers.
      July 20
      Trump moves to Moscow.
      July 21
      Trump disappears like a journalist.

    2. The only thing that will happen to Trump is that eventually a Presidential library will be dedicated to him.
      To a guy who never had the ability to read a book in his life.

  6. He was defeated in the last election but the electoral college put him there any way, Too bad the vote from the people doesn’t count.

    1. @Gordon Schneemann No, I’m saying that we don’t vote for the President , the electoral college does that, our vote “the popular vote” and we so live in a democracy! America is a republic and there’s a difference..

    2. @D. b. Spare me your history lesson. This “democracy” is quite broken. Voter suppression and big money in politics exacerbate the problems with the electoral college. One party feels a particular need to suppress the vote to stay in power. The electoral college has disreputable origins as a mechanism to protect the institution of slavery. It needn’t be revered.

    3. @Gordon Schneemann I never said it should be, it should be abolished, and yes one side is trying to suppress voters, and it’s not my history lesson it’s just a fact. If we have 4 more years of Trump’s Scorched Earth policy there won’t be anything left to fight for.

    4. @Bruteme the main problem here is the first-past-the-post electoral system of single representative districts. Systems with proportional representation tend to have more political parties and foster cooperation in politics and protect minority interest while the US/UK system fosters a 2 party system where people compete in undoing what the other side just did. There are so many negative side-effects of the ‘winner takes all’ system it would take too long to list them, I urge you to look it up.

  7. David Frum: “Trump is heading for a historic political defeat and will take the Republican Senate down with him.” From your mouth to God’s ears, Mister Frum…

    1. @kst kst ANY one of those would be far better than Drumph! Even a dead cockroach could do a better job.

    2. @Harrzack Oprah huh? Lmfao!!!! If oprah becomes president, IM MOVING TO RUSSIA! Steven Seagal style!

  8. After the Inject Bleach statement it clearly shows what I have known since day 1 and no Republican will admit that Donald Trump is not “fit to serve as President” of the United States.

  9. From Australia we grieve for our American friends cursed in this crisis with a lunatic for president… WORST IN HISTORY

  10. I just love how they are still in denial of their historic defeat. Do they really believe people believe their nonsense? The inject bleach press conference? Give me a break.

  11. Why would you believe anything that came out of his mouth, let alone the crap about bleach and disinfectant
    You’d have to be as nutty as him

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