I have tried to time my evening walks to completely miss Donald Trump’s evening coronavirus briefings, which are just his sad little versions of his old Nazi rallies. He can’t hold his rallies anymore, so he gets off on feeding propaganda and lies to White House reporters and then calling the women reporters “nasty” or something. As I said, I’m not watching. Apparently, during yesterday’s briefing, Trump claimed that as president, he had “total authority” in general, and total authority to reopen businesses and states, even without the businesses and governors’ approval.
President Donald Trump, hours after governors on both coasts announced regional plans for reopening their states, asserted “total authority” over decisions about when and how to emerge after coronavirus shutdowns.
“When somebody’s president of the United States, the authority is total,” Trump said at a press briefing Monday when asked about the governors’ plans. “And that’s the way it’s got to to be. It’s total. It’s total. And the governors know that. You have a couple bands of Democratic governors, but they will agree to it,” Trump continued about the governors, who also include Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. “They will agree to it. But the authority of the president of the United States, having to do with the subject we’re talking about, is total.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown laid out their plans to gradually begin easing restrictions. The West Coast plan dropped shortly after the governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island and Massachusetts said they would launch a coordinated effort to reopen.
The plans by the governors set up a clash between some of the nation’s most populous states and Trump. The president has grown increasingly concerned with the economic impact the coronavirus and its incumbent shutdowns are having on the country. “They can’t do anything without approval of the president of the United States,” Trump said at the briefing.
All of those “states rights” Republicans are being suspiciously quiet, huh? I guess they only care about states’ rights when it’s about A) slavery, B) guns and C) maintaining their white supremacist status quo. Anyway, of course Trump can’t force states to do jack sh-t. And I trust the coastal state alliances much more than I trust Bigly. Speaking of, CBS’s Paula Reid went toe-to-toe with Trump shortly after he annointed himself dictator of America or whatever:
Again, Trump has no alibi for February. And there were cases of coronavirus in America January and February, but no one can prove it because THERE WERE NO TESTS.
And finally, Trump has put together a Council to Re-Open America and the usual suspects are on the task force:
If this passes your smell test you should probably be tested for Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/MZXn000jdK
— Karen Schwartz (@pithywidow) April 13, 2020
— darth™ (@darth) April 13, 2020
— Kellum Dander (@kellumdander) April 13, 2020
BREAKING: White House unveils officials on "Council To Re-Open America" #NewsInPhoto #coronavirus #trump2020 pic.twitter.com/d2r8kaXKER
— The Beaverton (@TheBeaverton) April 13, 2020
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
Funny how when it comes to legislating women’s bodies it’s all “oh, it’s up to the states, that’s not in our hands” but when it comes to this suddenly he’s pretending to have the power?
Yes…and up until probably yesterday, MAGAs were screaming that the management of the pandemic wasn’t the federal government’s job, it was the states’ responsibility.
When I first saw a tweet about that council with their names and photos, I thought it was a joke. I…have no words.
That’s the Death Panel the Rs have been yammering about for years.
That was my very first thought. Not two weeks ago, Trump himself was saying it’s up to each state’s governor to issue orders regarding business closures and stay at home orders. Now suddenly, he thinks his power is absolute?
Also, I like how he tacked in the “with this subject” at the end, when talking about his absolute powers… we all know he actually believes his power IS absolute. Could someone on his team, *anyone*, give the man a basic civics lesson?? Please? You could take it in stages. Start with one basic concept, like the difference between a democracy and totalitarianism.
I was honestly surprised that the My Pillow guy wasn’t on that team.
but the commission to reopen Amity Beach is F*CKING GOLD.
@whatWHAT? The My Pillow guy! I don’t know why but that cracked me up !! Thank you!
He is completely out of control.
Honest, maybe naive, questions:
Republicans do not understand that if they support him when he will sink, because he will sink, the entire party will sink too?
Is there someone in his party who can FIRE him because he is mentally unstable?
They were too obsessed with gaining power and overlooked his craziness to get what they want. He’s not going to down without a fight and will blame everyone else; his dirt will stick on each and everyone of them. Aren’t many of his associates now in prison?
They had their chance to remove him with the impeachment trial. And only Mitt Romney seemed to (halfway) feel it was merited. I wonder if they might have voted differently had they not all dismissed the pandemic about to hit.
Rand Paul is tweeting today that this is unconstitutional, that Trump has limited authority over the states. Too bad he chose to ignore his ability to stop it when he had the chance.
I was watching our national broadcaster’s news yesterday morning, so it would have been Monday night in the US. They crossed to trump’s address. My god. He is loonier than ever. A reporter asked a question, and he gave a non-sensical answer, illustrating his own sense of omnipotence. When repeatedly pressed to explain his answer, he simply repeated himself over and over again. Finally, our broadcaster returned to local news, and explained that these daily “ media updates“ of trump’s go for several hours. So in the 8-10 minutes of the live cross, we heard one question with no real answer, just a lot of bluster and bullshit. He’s a cretin. A dangerous cretin.
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Last night’s was 2 hours long. My local station broke in for a minute then realized the insanity and bounced.
This.
I wouldn’t trust him to water my plants, I can’t believe he is running a nation. I have lived all the Berlusconi era in Italy, and I have gone through political crazioness, but my God Trump is…mentally unstable to me.
If only he has the authority to reopen the country why did he leave it to individual governors to close their states and to get vital supplies for their hospitals? If you can open it you can also close it. But he takes no responsibility.
Exactly. JFC.
Exactly. There was NO national, federal shut down. None. There are still a few states not enforcing stay at home. Every decision made has been at the state level, and he has no authority to change that, no matter what he thinks or yells.
He really does need to learn to:
1. Learn to read
2. Read the constitution. It does come in coloring book form right off Amazon
3. Start with Amendment 10
4. Resign & hope Pence will Pardon him
Only problem (which he also won’t know) is a POTUS can’t pardon a state crime. So if SDNY doesn’t get him the State will
@Snappyfish….love your comment!!
Lol, it comes in colouring book form! Thanks for the laugh!
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Paula Reid is my new hero. I watched the Northeast governors’s press conference yesterday afternoon. Not one of them is going to be pushed around by Trump individually and united they will be a force. They all kept emphasizing that they are connected by Route I-95 and that if the virus was anywhere along route I-95, it is all along route I-95.
And, in today’s press conference, they all need to ask what Ivanka is doing on that task force. She has nothing to contribute.
So happy I live in the Northeast and the governors are all “sure Jan” to him and then get back to actually leading.
Several West coast states have banded together too, to work to reopen.
Paula Reid really held his gross feet to the fire on that one. As much as I avoid video or audio of him, that was worth watching.
What, you don’t think being a crappy purse designer qualifies to handle a pandemic? Ha ha ha (sob sob).
Same here lucy. Very happy to live in the Northeast!
Correction-crappy purse design thief, since it was her m.o. to rip off others’ designs and market them under her cheap brand.
It was marvelous to watch Paula stick to her point! Unfortunately, it meant watching him too and he makes me ill. 😫
Paula Reid was incredible. Armed with facts she went toe to toe with the orange one and it was just great. He’ll probably make sure that her credentials are pulled. It seems silly to point out that she had a much firmer grasp of the Constitution that the President, since he has demonstrated this so clearly. His crazy was on full display as he trumpsplained that he has complete authority.
My heart goes out to you, my American neighbours.
I have always been a proud Canadian, but I’ve never been as thankful to be one as I am right now.
Yup. I’m so worried about and for decent Americans. I’m afraid that if he gets re-elected, the America I grew up next to will disappear to never return. He’s evil incarnate and seemingly unstoppable.
So he has total authority but takes zero responsibility? Not sure how that works exactly. Quite a leader you have there. How is there anyone left that supports and defends this POS? He literally seems to be insane.
They hate “the Libs” so much that they’ll follow him to the grave.
Yes, they still support him. According to my Christian Trump supporting mom who’s an LPN there’s no way to really determine if Trump has poorly handled the pandemic; it’s all subjective. Also if people die from the virus, it will at least be a natural death as viruses are part of nature. We’re not meant to live forever, anyway.
As for my Dad, the former hospital administrator? Trump did the right thing by closing borders and restricting travel. We also need to build the wall to keep Chinese immigrants out. He recently posted a meme on social media of a quote saying “If you accept a check from Trump, you might as well vote for him.” He commented that he will vote for Trump and was thrilled about the bonus of a stimulus check.
Trump crashed the stock market, which tanked the fixed income my parents rely on now that they’re retired. Yet they’re still willing to die on that hill for him.
This is what I find truly sad (and scary). Your parents are obviously really smart people… and yet. I’m in the same boat.
It’s not that difficult to look up the history regarding bills and find out what really happened and that Trump had zero part in ensuring the people who really needed stimulus checks received them. But people don’t. They listen to his daily briefings abut how wonderful he is and how everything he does is special, and they take it as gospel, rather than do just a little bit of research themselves.
I’m not getting a check so I don’t have to vote for him. Not that I was going to either way.
I 100% agree with agirlandherdog. I have certainly seen my share of complete morons that support Trump, but the ones that scare me are the people who aren’t idiots, yet somehow still support him. Sean (above) has two retired parents that were both in the MEDICAL field that support him. It is just SO shocking to me how that could be possible, but I see many examples like this. i am just so confused by it.
@Turtledove, with my parents I think it’s part brainwashing (Dad watches Fox, Mom OAN) and not wanting to admit voting for Trump was a horrible mistake. You know how when a person backs an idea they know is terriblee but they’ve put their chips on it so they double-down? That’s kinda how my parents come off when they defend Twitler.
One of my sisters is a retired RN and she’s deep into trumpworld. Almost every day she posts on FB some conspiracy theory from one of those ultra right wing nutjob outlets.
“you know how when a person backs an idea they know is terriblee but they’ve put their chips on it so they double-down?”
I think it was Mark Twain (but I could very well be wrong) that said “it’s easier to fool someone than to convince them they were fooled”. people don’t want to think/feel/admit that they got duped, esp something SO important.
being wrong is one thing, being “the fool that fell for the scam” is something else.
I’m standing on the outside looking at the mess that is the Trump administration – this guy is bonkers! And I can’t for the life of me understand how he has supporters. It seems like it is to some extent sunk cost fallacy for some voters and full-on cult on the part of other voters. I sometimes think that some of his supporters would drink arsenic-laced kool-aid if he asked them to.
My parents are avid supports but I just blocked them on my phone and uninvited them to my son’s graduation. Not totally due to their political views.
Are you speaking to them at all @FluffyBunny?
I’ve felt like not talking to my parents at times because of their Trump support. However, they’re my parents and I love them. They’ve also been there for me during some very scary periods of my life. It just breaks my heart they support him.
@Sean I blocked my mom today after threatening to block her over Christmas because she wouldn’t stop sending inflammatory trump related texts in a group chat. They’re in FL and my grandmother just had elective surgery because if they didn’t do it by the end of March they would have had to jump through a bunch of hoops. Then my mom put her in an assisted living facility where they aren’t practicing proper social distancing. My grandmother could possibly die because my mom didn’t want to deal with her. She apparently has been havng issues that she hasn’t been sharing with all of the grandchildren. My mom and sister gave me and my other sister a whole bunch of attitude today and I finally told them where to shove it and blocked them. When I asked my mom about my grandmother in a seperate text she gave me an answer and then sent me a racist meme. My mom was going off about karma and the karma train is going to bite her in the ass because the only child she hasn’t alienated will take advantage of her when she’s old for her money. I don’t need her money. I don’t need her to suddenly take interest in my life and my child now that they’re retired and he’s going to school in a fun city.
We in the UK have own crap to deal with, but the small glimpses that I catch of the US coverage just makes me believe that Trump has gone fully insane now. Maybe he has dementia or something?
If it’s any solace to the American Celebitchies, at least the US press is scrutinising him and holding him to account.
Any criticism of our Dear Leader is being positioned as ‘unpatriotic’ and being divisive. So, solidarity to the Washington reporters.
I do think there is something else going on with him, mentally. I think he is corrupt and stupid and probably does think that being president is the same thing as being a dictator, but so many of the things he says just….don’t make sense. Like not in the way of being wrong, like the sentence structure and wording doesn’t make sense.
That might be a real possibility but I absolutely refuse to give him any kind of pass for the shit he says (not saying that’s what you’re doing but you know his supporters would use that to drum up sympathy). He’s always been a POS and a con man and nothing will ever make me be forgiving of that, no matter how mentally unstable he sounds (is)..
I think he has dementia. He’s been a jerk from day one but his vocabulary has shrunk and he stumbles over basic words. That’s not narcissism when he does that.
I don’t think there is anything wrong with him – in the sense that he now has some debililtating disease that is affecting his faculties. News Headlines: He Has Always Been Like This
I’m 100% with you. He’s always been like this and it only seems worse because he’s in so far over his head every minute of every day instead of in the comfort of one of his cheesy gilded towers talking about real estate deals or TV. I mean the only time he talks with confidence is about TV ratings. *slams head on desk*
I know someone with narcissistic personality disorder and that’s all that is wrong with Trump. The rage, the inability to admit a mistake, the need to always be the hero or the victim, the disregard for logical trains of thought and repeating the same phrases over and over are hallmarks of the disorder.
Agreed. I hate to see the comments speculating about his mental health. Other than being a narcissistic moron, there’s nothing wrong with him. He has always been like this. Now he just has a larger platform.
Yeah he’s always been like this. He’s always coasted by on his dad’s money, threats, lawsuits, and being a stupid bully.
But now there’s an actual crisis, and he’s failed since moment one, and he’s clearly feeling the pressure. He’s not a leader at all, and panics whenever things get tough.
I was very clear in my comment that I’m not excusing his corruption, ineptitude, etc.
But when you watch clips of him talking from 10 years ago and clips of him from now, there is a marked difference. Even when he’s reading a speech, or speaking at one of his rallies, there is a difference.
Becks1, I honestly think that’s because now he is the POTUS — out of his comfort zone pretty much all the time — and then he wasn’t. He knows he’s in over his head and I gotta believe that’s been taking a toll on him from the second he won the election. That’s why he ensconces himself in the Fox bubble, so he can avoid facing the myriad issues and tasks that a real president would be working to learn and understand.
One theory that’s floated around is that advanced syphilis had rotted his brain. Would serve him right.
@Ali- yes, I also know someone with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and all his behavior makes sense within that diagnosis. People with NPD have almost no sense of inner worth, so if someone is critical of them they aren’t capable of reflecting or using the criticism as a ‘growth’ moment. That criticism is a threat to their entire self worth, so by whatever means they can, they need to get rid of that threat.
It doesn’t matter to them if by getting rid of that threat in the moment they create more problems for themselves in the future. In THAT moment they must protect themselves from the threat.
Trump is and always has been a drug addict, from back in his Studio 54 days on up to the alleged snorting of Adderall he does daily now. So basically, he’s one of those “this is your brain on drugs” commercials.
Cuomo shot that shit right the f#$k down…
Not only do I wish the stations would stop airing these “press conferences” but I wish reporters would just stop going. Let him shout into the void.
He’ll shout into Twitter which is the best place for him. A daily dose of crazy is a reminder of what we came close to losing and what actions we need to take.
I was watching this in real time yesterday and it was horrifying. The video he played at the beginning was pure propaganda and I couldn’t believe what I was watching. MSNBC cut away from the coverage so they wouldn’t be a part of spreading his lies & misinformation. And Dr. Fauci backpedaling his comments about how a quicker response would have saved lives was not criticism of Trump’s handling of the pandemic….? Maybe it wasn’t, but to get up there with Trump standing behind him to “clarify” his statements was not a good look and was pretty disappointing. He’s one of the very select few that we can trust right now. I just can’t with this circus anymore.
Maybe that’s why he went back a bit with his statement, he needs to keep his job or Barron could end up with it at this point.
Absolutely agree, especially since #FireFauci was trending on twitter over the weekend after he made his initial comments AND Trump actually retweeted the hashtag. I just hate that he had to take back some of what he said because it made Trump look bad (even though he denied that was the reason).
And lol about Barron, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised at this point.
he’s definitely playing the game because he knows that, if he;s ousted, Trump will replace him with someone who will behave in a way that actively does more harm. Sucking it up to “clarify” is his way of being able to at least continue to do some steering in the right direction and try to mitigate the damage from Trump
Watching CNN. Gov Cuomo (my gov) said “If he ordered me to reopen my state in such a way that would endanger the health of the people in my state, I wouldn’t do it.” (Trying to type live as he said that, might not be direct quote). So take that Cheeto Mussolini.
Listening and applauding your Gov in NY as well as mine in CA. Gov Cuomo was on CNN this am with a history lesson on our colonies which did not want a president in complete control. “We do not have and we do not want a king,” Gov Cuomo.
I love Gov. Cuomo and you know Cheeto is hating that we all do…
Cuomo is filling the leadership void in our country right now. I wish he was my Governor, but in Texas we have Abbott, who is another ass kissing Republican, and would never challenge his dear leader.
I saw that absolutely bonkers interview yesterday. My jaw dropped when he started playing that video. It didnt last long because MSNBC cut out of the briefing when they realized what was happening. And poor Fauci. Having to get up there and basically walk back his comments to give Donald the Win.
Vote people. Vote in November. Mail in your ballots. Put on your hazmat suits if you have to. Whatever. Just get this man out of office. Think how wonderful 2021 will be if Coronavirus is gone along with the cheetoh in chief.
Also, I live in the DMV area and the governors here are talking about a mid-atlantic coalition too. I dont know if West Virginia will be involved. Sometimes WV is included in the DMV area, othertimes notsomuch.
The way things are going now, they’re not going to let us vote.
They can’t cancel the election.
Even if they try, his term is up on January 20, 2021, Congressional approval is needed to change anything, and thank the heavens the Dems retook control of the House in 2018.
If your state allows vote by mail, apply for it NOW. If it doesn’t, try to get an absentee ballot, and start calling your state and federal representatives.
He is unhinged. I worry it doesn’t matter though. His base will never change their opinion of them. Inconsistencies in logic (anti-choice but pro-death penalty) or horrid misunderstandings and misapplications of the constitution don’t matter to them. They seem to be driven by whatever is most hateful.
What matters is getting Instagram warriors out to actually fucking vote instead of just posting memes about the moron. That’s the only way we are going to win. And we have to get the Evil Turtle McConnell out too. Or flip enough seats that he is powerless. Ugh. This stresses me as much as COVID. They are working around the clock to game every aspect of the system they can to ensure this doesn’t happen.
That said our governor here in Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, will hold down the sanity in the middle states with Wisconsin and Michigan.
actually, wouldn’t the commerce clause of the constitution vest congress with total power on this issue? I’m not a constitution scholar but I seem to remember this was a pretty easy section of con law I and I was so thankful for it.
No. The power to regulate interstate commerce is the power of Congress, not the president. This is very arguably NOT an interstate commerce issue (local schools, local businesses, local courts, local infrastructure.). Moreover, there are many many articles online explaining how/why the power to regulate general welfare falls to the states. This is not a commander-in-chief issue, this is a public health issue.
I knew it wasn’t him
Dr. Fauci has an excellent record in his field. He should win a flipping Noble Prize for his control in not clobbering Trump with a chair. Repeatedly.
We see you Dr. Fauci. We trust you Dr. Fauci. We apologize to you for what you put up with dealing with Trump in order to help us, the American public. History will remember Dr. Fauci.
Trump is mentally unstable. Unfit for office. Period.
His own wife contradicted him almost immediately about the need to be wearing face masks in public.
Can we please see where we are here?
This is a raging lunatic who somehow knows the NY Times nailed him over the weekend (someone read the article to him, probably Nagini). He doesn’t stop until he destroys things, see his two prior marriages and his four bankruptcies. He needs to be removed, now.
Minnesota here, and our Gov. is holding firm on Stay.At.Home.
Hats off to Gov. Cuomo! He is not taking any sh*t from Trump.
The Ohio governor was directly asked about it yesterday too. Because he’s a Republican he wouldn’t go directly against Trump but said Ohio will only reopen based on science and facts not politics. He also said he’s been talking to Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Kentucky so I feel a Midwest coalition may be brewing too.
I can tell you Pennsylvania is going to follow New York and Jersey’s lead. With Philadelphia being the state’s hot spot, so densely populated, and it being so close to NYC and Newark, they can’t really afford not be part of the Northeastern block when it comes to the reopening schedule. Ohio and Michigan will likely follow their lead or schedule themselves right behind them since they interact a lot with the eastern half of PA.
What I’m really interested in seeing is how these coalitions hold up over the next few months. If we’re going to start seeing some serious animosity between those that shut down early who wind up getting second waves from those who didn’t shut down at all.
PA is part of the northeast coalition. PA’s governor was on the conference with Cuomo and the CT, NJ, RI governors yesterday. MA didn’t join until later in the day. They all pointed out that the virus travels the I-95 corridor. If one state on the corridor has the virus, they all do.
Anyone else noticed Dear Leader wasn’t able to initially pronounce January? He said “Januwar 17th”. Your dementia is showing, Donny.
I’m kinda loving the irony that while multiple states are banding together to defy Trump’s proclamations, the “state’s rights, anti-big government” people still back him. Hypocrisy at its finest.
I knew you’d love that delicious quote lol. Couldn’t be bothered with the states mere weeks ago, but now he’s claiming complete authority. He’s suing stations. He’s being cutoff. He’s crying fake media ‘right and left’ while a rising percentage of publications slam his existence. Bellissimo.
March 16th Trump issues guidelines for Americans to stay at home.
Florida, currently home to 20,000 cases of coronavirus, didn’t get an official order from the governor to stay home until April 1st.
As of today, seven US states still have no official stay at home order from their governors.
Absolute power to do what exactly?
THIS. When Florida and Texas were slow to close it was all about up to governors to close things down. Up to them to get supplies -the stockpile belongs to ‘us’.
The man has the attention span of a gnat. I’m sure he saw the governors had a plan and wanted to jump in so he’s the big boy. And of course doesn’t care about what he said before or what the law is. It’s all about react react react. And then claiming he never said x
When Governor Abbott of Texas didn’t act to enact stay at home orders, the Democrat mayors of all the major cities enacted their own. Dallas, Houston, Austin, Fort Worth, and San Antonio were all shut down by their mayors, and we remain shut down.
Yep, Houstonian here and thankful to the mayors who have a clue!! Abbot and Lt. Dan are f**king morons and major Trump boot lickers
DC mayor said the same thing.. no reopening unless expert agrees.
South Dakota governor is out to lunch. 300 persons tested positive in Smithfield plant and she still says it’s personal choice
Gov Newsom in CA says the same: I follow legal and medical and do not make decisions without consultations. We have 68 lawsuits against the current administration and the effect is complete stop to anything he wants to do in our state. One of his hundreds of poor ideas, increase oil production. Fracking to remove oil leads to disruption of fault lines and generates earthquakes. Endless attempts to disrupt from the wanna be Putin.
His supporters AGREE WITH HIM. They are just as crazy.
If you have a Twitter account, please give a follow to The Root’s writer Michael Harriot. He is a former economic/business professor and breaks down that ‘council’.
Is there a Schoolhouse Rock video that explains the three branches of government, and checks and balances?
Send it so POTUS “might” start to understand the scope of his job.
Hahaha there totally is one!
🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for the laugh!
Yep there is one lol! We had to watch it in school…somehow Trump missed that one.
LOL, of course he thinks he has the authority now that the big blue states have done the work and had to eat the hardest costs. (You’re welcome by the way, Midwesterners.) Now he wants the all the credit for reopening. Smartest thing the states can do is continue as they’ve been – ignoring him. What’s he going to do? Send the national guard?
In all seriousness, this is a very important decision they’re making with these regional pacts. It’s showing a way for states to protect themselves against corrupt governments going forward. It may be worth giving ground to the states rights argument so that there are liberal rights havens people can escape to.
“In all seriousness, this is a very important decision they’re making with these regional pacts. It’s showing a way for states to protect themselves against corrupt governments going forward. It may be worth giving ground to the states rights argument so that there are liberal rights havens people can escape to.”
someone I know who studies/teaches sociology and gov’t thinks this may be a precursor to the break up of the US…that is, like-minded “nearby” states will form small nations and give a big ol finger to the current US govt. I mean, we’re talking YEARS if not DECADES until something like that happens, but this could be the beginning of the end.
I think that this is the catalyst for major changes in the US. At least I hope so for your country. My hope is that out of this comes universal healthcare for you.
It sounds like health care is federal in the US instead of determined by the state? Maybe that will change and some states will have universal coverage?
I could see it. America is an ambitious project, and democracies are always the most unstable form of government. A lot of it hinges on what’s to come in November, IMO. That will be a major deciding factor for where I think a lot of us see the country going.
Frankly, I’m kind of at the point where if the South wants to secede again, go for it guys. Have fun. With the exception of Texas, the highest tax paying states are blue or purple anyway. We’ll be fine.
A guest who appeared on CNN today said this about Trump: “We’ve never seen a collapse of governance in the United States as we have under Trump. It is absolutely known in powerful circles that the man is utterly incompetent. But until this epidemic, that well-known secret was absolutely tolerated by the business elites, the corporate elites, and others, because Trump delivered a tax cuts for them and he delivered deregulation.”
Well, I just hope this man is not tolerated beyond November. Watching him insult a female reporter who called him out for omitting a whole month of inaction in a Coronavirus (propaganda) video he shamelessly aired at the daily press briefing was just appalling. Trump has no leadership skills whatsoever and as a Christian, it absolutely baffles me to see those who find nothing wrong with a president utterly lacking in morals, empathy, a man who tells lies constantly and cannot stand criticism for his terrible actions! How anyone can think that this man is equipped to lead a nation is a puzzle I would never be able to solve. He wants to reopen the economy and claims he has “absolute authority” but left the decisions for stay-at-home orders to states! Now he’s put his daughter and son-in-law on a committee to reopen the economy! Talk about blatant nepotism involving individuals who have shown that they know little to nothing about governance! Well, Sanders has finally endorsed Biden…I hope the majority of the American electorate make the right choice in November!
I’m not advocating for violence, but can’t somebody tackle him? What does it take for him and his cronies to be declared unfit for office and thrown out? He’s literally killing his citizens and people are looking the other way!
How many have to die before he’s stopped? Is there a number?
Omg no worries now, Ivanka is here to take care of things! I feel so relieved. all this time I’ve said, with Ivanka in the driver’s seat all would be fine. Phew. Thank god. I can breathe again. Answered prayers. And I heard Barron will take Fauci’s job and that made me sort of giddy. Good times!
I can’t look at this guy for leadership or comfort during this pandemic. To him it’s about $$$, and when it isn’t about $$$ it’s just a joke. Please, I can’t with him anymore
The 10th Amendment would like a word…
He’s calling the Governors who don’t agree with him.”mutineers” and threatening to withhold aid to their states. This mofo needs to burn in hell, immediately.
And I’m seeing serious right wing propaganda against Fauci and Bill Gates for wanting a vaccine and mandatory vaccination. We are heading for hard times with these Trump loving, science denying, conspiracy theorizing idiots amongst us.
Sorry, this isn’t relevant to this particular post but who the hell is doing Melania’s nails???
Honestly, it scares me he looks crazier recently
I didn’t watch the crazy rant but the chyrons from CNN during the rant were pretty hilarious.
That orange shitstain needs to go. I am so glad that the Governors are banded together to vote down that idiot. The vindictive asshole stopped shipments of medical supplies to the small Caribbean islands. I cannot believe dumb people still believe this dumbfuck.