And he, for some odd reason, felt the need to describe that national emergency as two big words. Wow. How eloquent. :rolleyes:
Kind of like how JFK said:
“Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”
Or as Trump would have put it:
“Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for me. Seven of the best words.”
Or how Abraham Lincoln said:
“From these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Or as Trump would have put it:
“From these dead–and there were good people on both sides–died so that this nation, under God, a government. A big government. I could govern by executive orders because Congress has two houses. Two big houses. And they can’t do anything. They’re useless. They need me to do their job.”
State governors to Trump: “We need help in getting more ventilators, or people will be dying.”
Trump: “Get them yourselves.”
Congratulations Libertarians and Magats. This is what you want from your federal government. Enjoy your stay in the hallway of the ER, gasping for breath because there is not enough medical support for you. Maybe with your last breath you can gasp out “Democrat hoax… I love you Dear Leader Trump”
"Oscar Health, the health insurance company co-founded by Jared Kushner’s younger brother, announced Friday that it has launched a testing center locator for COVID-19 in the United States. … Oscar Health lost $110 million in 2019, almost double the $57 million the company lost in 2018."
I guess that the Kuschner company is poised to make a great comeback financially. Isn’t the Trump family smart?
If I was in charge of the coronavirus response team, one of my first tasks would be to launch a website where everyone can watch 4 critical metrics, updated daily: number of tests conducted; number of cases; number of hospitalizations; number of fatalities.
In this way, everyone can quickly and easily see for themselves when we’ve flattened the curve.
Does such a site exist already? I’ve seen some of these numbers, piecemeal. If they don’t exist – that’s scary. If they exist and aren’t being released – that’s worse.
This site tracks number of confirmed cases, number of people confirmed to be recovered, and number of deaths attributed to the virus, for the USA and Canada.
“Asked what it was like to take the test, Trump says, “Not, not uh - something I want to do everyday…you know, it’s a little bit of a – it’s a little bit of – good doctors in the White House, but it’s a test. It’s a test. It’s a medical test. Nothing pleasant about it.””
The test is a simple nose swab. Not knowing this (because he didn’t get tested), he faked his answer, revealing that… he didn’t get tested.
Dunno. Never been tested, pretty sure nobody I know has been tested. Got a nickel says that nobody I know knows anybody who has been tested. Not even to ask if any had been tested by the devices that don’t work.
Individual 1 apparently had a teleconference with a group of governors, and afterwards said, “Cuomo of New York has to do more.” Cuomo replied,
"I have to do more?
No — YOU have to do something! You’re supposed to be the President. "
Painful though it is to say, I’m not sure your conclusion is warranted.
I heard a medical expert explain recently that the nose swab is quite unpleasant. I guess they approach it like they’re mining for platinum and shove that swab very far up into your nasal cavities.
You know how when you smell roses, you lean into the flower itself and inhale the scent of the flower? Well, when Trump smells a rose, he buries his nose into the manure, inhales deeply, and then lets the air out of his mouth, in the form of what passes in his mind for words. So what you’re getting from him is bullshit.
I dunno, I can believe his nasal tissue is so ravaged by adderall and cocaine any object up his nose is painful, and that’s not even accounting for his negligible pain threshold.
Not true. I’ve had a number (for work) and they are not quite unpleasant. The feeling is a bit bizarre, yes, but not painful. And regardless, lasts for, maybe, one second. Any leader trying to set a helpful example would never have said that in public (or any leader that isn’t a pathologically deranged narcissist).
Well, that’s good to know. Thanks for sharing your personal experience. When I heard the medical expert’s opinion, I simultaneously cringed to think of enduring such a test and chortled to imagine Trump being subjected to it.
Your points re what a responsible leader would do are well taken. You’ll never get any argument from that he is a complete piece of shit.
