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Being from NY I read the TIMES & have for over 50 years.
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Being from NY I read the TIMES & have for over 50 years.
Leader of the Banned
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Really, this is opinion on Joe's part, and I don't consider Joe to be a good judge of character, mental state, or anything for that matter. He has been whimsical and out of touch with reality on a lot of issues. He has engaged in magical thinking fairly regularly. Possibly chalk that up to the LSD, mushrooms, dimethyltryptamine, large dose of edible cannabis, and sharp blows to the head. He is an interesting character, but I don't value his opinions, and in my opinion, nor should anyone. He's a better man when he gets an intervention from Sam Harris or Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
PoppaJ
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If Trump were Captain of the Titanic
If Trump were Captain of Titanic ;
- There isn't any iceberg
- It’s a fake iceberg
- There was an iceberg but it's in a totally different ocean
- People say it's the biggest iceberg
- The iceberg is in this ocean but it will melt very soon
- There is an iceberg but we didn't hit the iceberg
- We hit the iceberg, but the damage will be repaired very shortly
- I knew from the beggining there was an iceberg, long before people called it an iceberg
- The iceberg is a Chinese iceberg
- We are taking on water but every passenger who wants a lifeboat can get a lifeboat, and they are beautiful lifeboats
- Look, passengers need to ask nicely for the lifeboats if they want them
- We don't have any lifeboats, we're not lifeboat distributors
- Passengers should have planned for icebergs and brought their own lifeboats
If Trump were Captain of the Titanic
If Trump were Captain of Titanic ;
- There isn't any iceberg
- It’s a fake iceberg
- There was an iceberg but it's in a totally different ocean
- People say it's the biggest iceberg
- The iceberg is in this ocean but it will melt very soon
- There is an iceberg but we didn't hit the iceberg
- We hit the iceberg, but the damage will be repaired very shortly
- I knew from the beggining there was an iceberg, long before people called it an iceberg
- The iceberg is a Chinese iceberg
- We are taking on water but every passenger who wants a lifeboat can get a lifeboat, and they are beautiful lifeboats
- Look, passengers need to ask nicely for the lifeboats if they want them
- We don't have any lifeboats, we're not lifeboat distributors
- Passengers should have planned for icebergs and brought their own lifeboats
FdxUsmc
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Below are 7 things that Biden called on Trump to do that Trump already did:
1. Biden called for coronavirus tests to be free 9 days after Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act:
- On March 27, Biden said during an interview on CNN that “the cost of the test should be absolutely zero for you.”
- On March 18, Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which provided free coronavirus testing.
- On March 27, Biden said during an interview on CNN that testing “should be able to be available nationwide, and that should have been right from the get-go a objective of the administration.”
- On March 15, Trump announced during a press conference that “testing is now available in all 50 states.”
- On March 27, while talking on CNN about how Trump is supposed to be working with governors, Biden said, “I mean, this is — there’s supposed to be cooperation here. I mean, this has nothing to do with politics. And it really — it really doesn’t. It really doesn’t.”
- On March 15, New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo praisedTrump: “I often tell you when I am unhappy with the federal response to this state. The fairness dictates that kudos where kudos are due and here the President and the Vice President responded very quickly. So I want to thank them for that.”
- On March 19, California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom praisedTrump: “We need more swabs… The president assured me, not only assured me, he was aware of where those swabs are being procured before I even offered my own insight. Not only is he on top of it, but they’re securing and beginning the process of distributing those swabs.”
- Newsom later said that same day: “Let me conclude by just making a few points to fill in that. We had today, a very important conversation. It was punctuated earlier today by President Trump and his press conference with the CEO of Gilead, it’s a California based company, around treatments. I want to compliment the President in his focus on treatments. It is a focus of positivity as we work to bridge towards a vaccine. It was a very encouraging conversation. … Here’s the good news in the State of California. I was talking to the Vice President and the President today, thanking them for the first national stockpile transfer of assets that we just received, where we received quite literally, hundreds of thousands of gloves and face masks. Not just N95, but also surgical masks.”
- On March 24, New Jersey Democrat Governor Phil Murphy praisedTrump: “I want to thank the President and his Administration. We need hospital beds. So, we’ve got four field hospitals getting erected by the – by FEMA and the Army Corps, will – that will allow us to displace currently cared-for individuals, non-COVID, into those hospitals to free up critical care beds.”
- On April 3, Biden’s campaign told CNN that he backed Trump’s China travel ban.
- On January 31, Trump enacted a travel ban on China to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, which originated in China.
- On February 25, Biden said, “I would be on the phone with China and making it clear, we are going to need to be in your country; you have to be open; you have to be clear; we have to know what’s going on; we have to be there with you, and insist on it and insist, insist, insist.”
- On January 3, the Trump administration emailed and called the Chinese CDC to talk about the outbreak and offered to send in the American CDC to assist with the outbreak.
- On March 18, Biden said Trump must, “Prioritize and immediately increase domestic production of any critical medical equipment required to respond to this crisis – such as the production of ventilators and associated training to operate – by invoking the Defense Production Act, delegating authority to HHS and FEMA.”
- On March 18, Trump said during a White House press briefing, “We’ll be invoking the Defense Production Act, just in case we need it. In other words, I think you all know what it is, and it can do a lot of good things if we need it. And we will — we will have it all completed, signing it in just a little while. Right after I’m finished with this conference, I’ll be signing it. It’s prepared to go. So we will be invoking the Defense Production Act.”
7. Biden called for someone to be put in charge of handling the coronavirus response 5 weeks after Trump tapped Vice President Mike Pence to lead the White House Coronavirus Task Force:
- On March 31, Biden said, “Who’s in charge, this is not rocket science it is consequential, incredibly consequential that there is certain things that can be done now – should have been done a week ago, three weeks ago, a month ago. The test for me is what does he do from this point on and he has significant responsibility – put somebody in charge. This is a war, you need a general. Put somebody in charge every single day that is accountable. Let people know exactly what is happening. Tell them the truth, they can handle it.”
- On February 26, Trump announced that he had selected Vice President Mike Pence to run the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force.
Leader of the Banned
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/25/blame-china-and-xi-jinping-for-coronavirus-pandemic/
This article is actually fairly balanced. It acknowledges the bungled response of our administration, while while making clear that China deserves to take a lot of heat. My problem with Trump's China bashing is that he does that in order to absolve himself of responsibility.
The author thinks we should aggressively politicize this crisis in order to hold politicians accountable to keep something like this from happening again. The chief enemy in his view is China. I'll go along with that, but that certainly doesn't take the heat off Trump and other politicians. Chief enemy among them in my view is Governor Desantis of Florida.
I think the author is fair. He ends the article with this.
This article is actually fairly balanced. It acknowledges the bungled response of our administration, while while making clear that China deserves to take a lot of heat. My problem with Trump's China bashing is that he does that in order to absolve himself of responsibility.
The author thinks we should aggressively politicize this crisis in order to hold politicians accountable to keep something like this from happening again. The chief enemy in his view is China. I'll go along with that, but that certainly doesn't take the heat off Trump and other politicians. Chief enemy among them in my view is Governor Desantis of Florida.
I think the author is fair. He ends the article with this.
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FdxUsmc
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Good article Leader. Obviously, I’m a small government guy. Overall, if we are able to keep the deaths below 200,000 in the US, our local, state and federal responses will have to be commended. Mistakes were made and will continue to be made at every level of government. China must be held accountable and it has to be financial. I’m as guilty as the next person for wanting the best price on an item. But, no more, I will do my best to avoid buying anything made in China.
PoppaJ
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Well that rules out everything branded trump.
He even imports his golf course workers from Mexico and bought two of his wives from Czechoslovakia and Slovenia. 
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FdxUsmc
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Plenty of made in USA stuff hereWell that rules out everything branded trump.
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14-15 times, please
PoppaJ
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Trump retweets call to fire Fauci amid coronavirus criticism - CNNPolitics.
President Donald Trump on Sunday evening retweeted a user who called for Dr. Anthony Fauci to be fired, the latest sign of apparent tension between the two men amid the coronavirus pandemic.
President Donald Trump on Sunday evening retweeted a user who called for Dr. Anthony Fauci to be fired, the latest sign of apparent tension between the two men amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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