Trump: 100,000 US Dead will be "Very good job"

By NCD on Sun, 03/29/2020 - 10:23pm |

Speaking in the White House Rose Garden, the US president claimed that, if his administration keeps the death toll to 100,000, it will have done “a very good job” – a startling shift from his optimistic predictions of a few days ago when he said he hoped to restart the economy by Easter.

Of course, if half a million die, he'll claims if you weren't one of them, you should show him some appreciation.

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Simple and good explanation

The president is trying to set expectations high enough so that, if need be, he can spin American deaths in the six figures as a success. https://t.co/6DSroFBn1R
— Adam Serwer (@AdamSerwer) March 29, 2020

Next? I am ready to move on from paying so much attention to his incompetent attempts at spin.

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/29/2020 - 10:46pm

Will Hannity be able to spin 100k dead as MAGA?

What was it, 4 at Benghazi, and they ranted and investigated for 5 years?

by NCD on Sun, 03/29/2020 - 11:02pm

The way I am looking at it is that lots of hardcore Hannity fans are going to get sick and a significant number will die

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/29/2020 - 11:24pm

here ya go, NCD, is according to Vanity Fair's Gabe Sherman, expert on Fox News, there could be more programming changes soon:

"I've been talking to Fox insiders..., there's a real concern inside the network that their early downplaying of the coronavirus actually exposes Fox News to potential legal action by viewers who maybe were misled and actually have died from this."https://t.co/zin0Bs91bm
— Ale (@aliasvaughn) March 29, 2020

or at least disclaimers running across the screen on the chryons?

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/30/2020 - 12:54am

Fox News Can’t Easily Be Sued Over COVID-19 Coverage, Despite Supposed ‘Real Concern’ at the Network

Legal Analysis by Aaron Keller @ LawandCrime.com | 5:14 pm, March 31st, 2020

There has been some criticism, as perhaps you’ve noticed, over the way several Fox News programs, guests, and hosts have handled coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Gabriel Sherman sounded a vague alarm of liability days ago on MSNBC. But the truth is that suing Fox News over this is neither an easy nor likely successful task [....]

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 8:08pm

an idiot not worth paying much attention to unless accompanied by serious adults skilled at correcting him or reading from a prepared script, sound and fury eventually usually signifying: nothing real. Here's a whole thread of it:

Yeah, I nailed this the other day. He doesn’t know the difference between and ventilator and a generator, which is why he thought hospitals had one or two before the pandemic. https://t.co/gNW8zdYa25
— Sean Ehrlich (@SeanDEhrlich) March 30, 2020

If you ever watched the TV show "Green Acres", the reporters whose job is to get him to talk are basically doomed to watching one of Mr. Haney's sales spiels from the back of his truck. They prompt and then he finds something to sell. It's a show for the bored, I guess.

He is not in charge of much at all, it's very clear to me now.

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/29/2020 - 11:23pm

Compared to his 1980’s TV interviews, esp. extended sitdowns w/ Larry King, Trump has suffered severe cognitive decline. He uses few, if any, polysyllabic words and repeatedly loses track of where he is mid-sentence.
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) March 30, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/30/2020 - 12:47am

Mitch will shank him the moment the majority is in doubt. https://t.co/cvJFewkjfB
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 30, 2020

I wrote this just now.

You should read it.

“Trump: I’m Doing a Great Job Fighting the Coronavirus, and 100,000 of You Will Die”

https://t.co/Q35l74OITW
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 30, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/30/2020 - 12:34am

"I appreciate you, Mr. President!": @petridishes offers a template for governors https://t.co/ItJyrH34Ww
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) March 31, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 5:02am

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by artappraiser on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 5:28am

Even The Onion has to batch ship now to keep up.
Soon that ship will have sailed, nothing will be unbelievable, nothing will be funny.

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 7:00am

I beg to differ....Shirtless Joe Biden and the trans-am will never grow old (unlike Biden himself...) Parenthetically, how sharper than the serpent's tooth it is to have to choose between two senile candidates!

Biden Trans Am Project Update: Over $7000 Raised so Far ...

by jollyroger on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 2:23pm

Frank here to Trump trolls: please try to keep up with latest talking points!

cc: All the people in my mentions insisting “It’s just the flu!” https://t.co/yXOHbHSHPd
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) March 31, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 6:56pm

comedian Christopher Titus and author Stephen King still trying:

FlexSeal guy will give a talk on gluing your nostrils shut and then gush about how Jesus could only walk on water because of the FLEXSEAL sandals. https://t.co/bnK4qqxfM9
— Christopher THIS AINT THE FLU Titus (@TitusNation) March 31, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 9:06pm

Daily Don, though, is at kinda at a loss, looking back at "simpler times":

Remembering simpler times when late-stage Anakin Skywalker was concealing his cadaver pallor, not a botched pandemic response. #dumptrump #coronavirus #trumpvirus #trumpandemic #25thamendment #magaisformorons #thedailydon pic.twitter.com/dD2MltX1Ur
— TheDailyDon (@JRDuquette) March 30, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 9:10pm

These quotes show how Trump's coronavirus response changed over time

From Washington Post NO PAYWALL VIA Twitter Moments, 5 hours ago

As cases increased and stocks tumbled, the president’s attitude toward coronavirus has evolved from casual dismissal to reluctant acknowledgment to bellicose mobilization. We trace the winding path of Trump's response to the virus, in his own words.

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 7:42pm

Politico version of the above, retweed by Andrew Yang:

This is indeed grim https://t.co/gi26tcFaP5
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 31, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 3:42am

Bill Kristol:

This was three weeks ago. What was coming was knowable. It was known to people around you. You were told. You were in denial. We are paying a terrible price for your willful irresponsibility and narcissistic fecklessness.
Think about that!--if you're able. https://t.co/1xVFAXTYEU
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 1, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 4:06am

More seriously interesting point on that ignored in questioning him because it's a sticky wicket for both conservatives and liberals,and the faux drama about personal feuding between Trump and reporters is easy and gets ratings, after all. What suffers in the end? Real solutions.

POTUS has brought up at his press conferences that the US is still sending many vital medical supplies to other countries, but no reporter ever thinks to ask him about this and weigh the pros and cons. Policy takes a backseat to personal feuding on both sides unfortunately.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) March 31, 2020

Conservative activists generally believe that the government shouldn't interfere with markets, while liberal activists are uncomfortable with nationalistic policy that prioritizes Americans. So the consensus meets and we get this https://t.co/PzShDYwgMI
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) April 1, 2020

"By the end of the day, roughly 280 million masks from warehouses around the U.S. had been purchased by foreign buyers and were earmarked to leave the country, according to the broker — and that was in one day."
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) April 1, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 9:34pm

Trump adviser working with WH officials on messaging for pandemic said Trump “took a gamble” that warmer weather would cause Coronavirus to dissipate, siding with aides pushing back on dire warnings coming from doctors. "He took a gamble and got it wrong,” adviser said.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 1, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 6:51pm

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