He was speaking specifically about the government’s response to COVID-19, but it’s been true of his entire Presidency. When has he taken responsibility for anything?
But this responsibility’s gonna be hard to dodge. If Obama had left our government a shambles, unable to respond to a crisis like this (which he didn’t), he’s had three years to build it back up. He’s been able to put his people in charge, he’s been able to pretty much gut Congressional oversight, and for the first two years of his Presidency, he had a GOP-controlled Congress.
Instead, he’s treated the government like his personal toy, and now it’s broken and can’t do what it needs to do at a time like this. But he doesn’t take responsibility for any of it. I guess the buck still stops with Obama. But what’s the point of a President who doesn’t take responsibility? Anyone can do that - not taking responsibility is easy! Why, I can sit here on my sofa and not take responsibility, with the added advantage of not fucking up the country while I do it.
If he’s not going to take responsibility, could we get him to at least temporarily step aside for someone who would? We could use even a month of someone with a clue running the government’s response to the coronavirus. I’m thinking Liz Warren would be good.
Of all the horrible things this president has said, this is probably the one thing that has pissed me off the most. That comment is the very definition of lack of leadership.
I am 99% certain I posted this very same day that the last sentence of Trump’s last Presidential address or press conference will be “None of this was my fault.” I hope this day is coming sooner than it seems.
Almost as disgusting was the blatant ass kissing by Pence during that press conference. I thought they were going to have to break out a diamond blade in order to separate his lips from Trump’s derriere.
I remember when Jimmy Carter addressed the nation in the early hours of the morning after an incredibly daring rescue mission for the hostages failed and taking all the responsibility then and there.
That started as far back as 1964, with the initial seeds being planted in the 1930s. The current conservative era is the result of decades of planning by the white supremacist movement to regain power. Carter didn’t cause its success.
Because even in a moderately bad scenario, the vast majority of the population is going to either not be too sick, or of those who are the majority will make a full recovery, afterwards it will only convince his cultists that “y’see? He was RIGHT! It was NOT such a big deal and HE did all right! Oh, some oldsters kicked it but what did ya expect!”