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Only that he was Republican.
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"He's the one that defended the USA against the War of Northern Aggression, right?"
 
The world is responding to the largest global issue in modern history, and the US isn't even at the table. That's what Trump's administration has done.
Apparently at the one meeting that was convened, Pompeo fought about one issue - calling it the Wuhan virus - and since then the US hasn't come back when he was basically ignored.

You can hate on US foreign policy and for excellent reasons. But there is a vacuum at the top right now thanks to a man that can barely read surrounding himself by people who can just about read well enough to scribble some crayon down that he will understand.

But the options are pretty scary. Do you really think a world where we turn to the Chinese leadership is more likely to deliver good outcomes? Because that's what Donnie's ignorance is taking us towards.

Put another way, next time a crisis comes, do you want Jared Kushner to be in charge, or someone who has spent their entire life specialising in a specific area or topic? Because the former is what you're getting with another Trump term.
That's my thinking too. Our best global chance of containing this would have been through US and Chinese cooperation. Of course the US side could actually be represented multi-laterally as the WHO or US + EU + OEA, etc. But let's not kid ourselves, the US has always done the heavy lifting when it comes to these things because it is more capable of being outwards looking than the EU, and the already "global posture" it has due to its post WW2 foreign policy.

Now all I said was chance, maybe it would have been for naught anyway. But in the world of just 4-10 years ago there would always be the chance that the reports in December that were already circulating in US intelligence would have motivated them to lean in and offer to work with China substantially to investigate the emerging virus further and work earlier containment plans. All not under the cloud of a twitter-led trade war.

The "America first" policy continues to be the dumbest and most self-destructive move possible. The global engagement of the US was always to its own benefit, hence why some many others around the world complained about it. US usually got to heavily influence global policy, offering some benefit to other countries, but also tilting the scales in their favor. The one potential benefit of America first which would be reduced military spending, they're actually doing the reverse. Just unbelievable.

Also they're now trying to throw blame at China, but that yields you absolutely nothing. The supposed moral high ground is worthless compared to the death and destruction this has brought on. You also can't extract any actual compensation from China because we're talking about the 2nd most powerful country in the world, not Belize. This is the sort of situation you need to be very realistic in, and you end up having to work with regimes that can be undesirable or even long-term antagonistic.
 
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How do people buy this shit? A quick online check shows they aren’t anywhere close to doing more tests than the world combined.
 
Typical Trump supporter interaction under that Trump tweet.









When all else fails, just move the goalposts.
 
Typical Trump supporter interaction under that Trump tweet.









When all else fails, just move the goalposts.


I have Trump friends on Facebook, the crap they are throwing at Biden currently which is exactly what happened to Trump in 2016 but you say anything about it and they give you off different stories to back him up and because he's a "rich succesful businessman" it was the norm at the time, literally a free pass at anything, if i posted screenshots of this you'd probably cry.
 


How do people buy this shit? A quick online check shows they aren’t anywhere close to doing more tests than the world combined.

Indeed. In fact, the states that have done second most, third most and fourth most tests, combined have done more tests than the US (while having a smaller population).

Luckily, the MAGA crowd cannot do arithmetics with numbers that are bigger than the number of their hand fingers. So, if it is above 12, they just take the dear leader's words.
 
I have Trump friends on Facebook, the crap they are throwing at Biden currently which is exactly what happened to Trump in 2016 but you say anything about it and they give you off different stories to back him up and because he's a "rich succesful businessman" it was the norm at the time, literally a free pass at anything, if i posted screenshots of this you'd probably cry.
I could not remain on friendly terms with anyone who defends that Jackass. Its not 2016 anymore. He has been exposed, again and again and again.
 
In normal curcumstances. A oresidency won't survive this. These are not just numbers.
 
In normal curcumstances. A oresidency won't survive this. These are not just numbers.


Why are they predicting an imminent rise? Something happened?
 
In normal curcumstances. A oresidency won't survive this. These are not just numbers.


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Why are they predicting an imminent rise? Something happened?

I’m amazed it’s so low to be honest. Shortly after lockdown ends this is going to tear through society again. Even at current death rates it hits that number well before August.
 
I’m amazed it’s so low to be honest. Shortly after lockdown ends this is going to tear through society again. Even at current death rates it hits that number well before August.

That was what I was thinking, thought I was misreading a zero. US are hitting a 100k by mid May? So they're going to hit the rest of the 34K spread over roughly 3 months? In the words of an American show:

"I don't think so, Tim"
 
I’d love to know what exactly has made some people apparently change their view and now suddenly think he’s doing well.

“Well you know I thought he was doing a bad job before but now I see him talking about how he’s being treated worse than Lincoln I’m getting behind him”
 
I’d love to know what exactly has made some people apparently change their view and now suddenly think he’s doing well.

“Well you know I thought he was doing a bad job before but now I see him talking about how he’s being treated worse than Lincoln I’m getting behind him”
The states are opening back up!!!! (while deaths are still rising).

"Wooooo, feck yeah, wooooo, FREEDOM!!!!! Wooooo! Trump, Trump, Trump!! Woooooo!"

Wait til the second wave inevitability hits.
 
The states are opening back up!!!! (while deaths are still rising).

"Wooooo, feck yeah, wooooo, FREEDOM!!!!! Wooooo! Trump, Trump, Trump!! Woooooo!"

Wait til the second wave inevitability hits.

The majority of the public think it’s too soon for that though which makes the rise in his approval ratings (if true) surprising.
 
Indeed. In fact, the states that have done second most, third most and fourth most tests, combined have done more tests than the US (while having a smaller population).

Luckily, the MAGA crowd cannot do arithmetics with numbers that are bigger than the number of their hand fingers. So, if it is above 12, they just take the dear leader's words.
Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya.
 
A sizeable proportion of his supporters think the confederate flag is the coolest thing ever, so their take on how Lincoln was treated might differ from ours.

"He saved us from the vampires. There was a fantastic documentary movie about it. Being he was a Republican it was obviously about Democrats. Or maybe real vampires, government probably covered that up."
 
I’m amazed it’s so low to be honest. Shortly after lockdown ends this is going to tear through society again. Even at current death rates it hits that number well before August.

But according to my colleague, a Republican and Trump supporter, this is "an overreaction and we cannot shut down the economy. This is no worse than the flu," he told the staff today. He watches Fox News and reads Breitbart, go figure.

I said out loud, "This virus is ten times more deadly than the flu and there is no vaccine. Let's trust scientists and medical persons over some asshat on right-wing tele."
 
"He saved us from the vampires. There was a fantastic documentary movie about it. Being he was a Republican it was obviously about Democrats. Or maybe real vampires, government probably covered that up."
Neither Hillary or Obama haven't confirmed or denied why they weren't in the Oval office when Lincoln was assassinated... I, for one, would like to hear more about that!
 
I don't think there is a chance of another lockdown. I don't think these bunch of spinless cowards are ready to pay the political price.
When there's is another wave, both state and federal governments are just going to put their hands up and say look we won't shut down but many people will die.
 





Wow. Try to make some sense of that bullshit :lol: He's clearly not sleeping properly and is now rage Tweeting in the early hours of the morning. Batshit...
 
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