US Politics, March 2020 — There’s a very good chance you’re not going to die.

See those "laying hands on Trump" photos and start humming "Touch Me, I'm Sick".

More like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd9yxSHYpRU

More than ever, such a sickening feeling every time he speaks now--still going on about his great early response. And what on earth does "Maybe luck, maybe talent" mean?

He is so over his head.

Australia's Minister for Fascism and Looking Like A Potato has tested positive for the 'vid. Here he is taking a meeting last week:

https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2020_11/3268211/200313-australia-coronavirus-mc-930_a9605cc9722d54ef4bf0f8007701044b.fit-760w.jpg

btw

It takes all those people to coax the president into taking a crap

worst public enemy LP ever

― majority whip, majority nae nae (m bison)

retitled as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Whirl_Odor after focus group testing

so he's running out a parade of CEO's to save america ~

is this fool seriously trying to boost their stocks right now

wow congrats it worked

lots of handshakes goin' on...

holy shit, his answers to repeated questions on why he's not worried about his own health, given that he was recently photographed next to a person who is now covid-19 positive.

earlier in the press conference, he said it was fine because he isn't showing symptoms (even though you can carry it for weeks before showing symptoms).
then he said that he "doesn't know" the person that was positive. then a reporter asked a follow-up question noting that whether or not you know the person makes absolutely no difference, and asked why he isn't self-quarantining, as Fauci has been advocating. he said that he's following his doctors' advice - and apparently his doctors are telling him not to worry about it?? (assuming this is a lie on his part). then he was asked whether americans should follow the advice of Fauci, or the presidents doctor's, and he said that everyone should listen to their doctors.

or you know, americans could just do whatever they want. after all, they're the president! wait what

he just shook hands with every major CEO

guys is it possible Trump is antifa

QUARANTINE THE PRESIDENT

I’m a simple country idiot...why exactly did simply bringing out a bunch of CEOs at the press conference trigger a stock market rebound?

i assume investors have way more faith that those guys will make the best moves to benefit them

investors are emotionally unstable idiots

they literally behave like naive tweens

idk Trump essentially declaring he cares more about stock prices than human lives seems like it would be good for the Dow

always unrealistically hoping for the best then TOTALLY FREAKING OUT about the worst

xps

spending their money on garbage in the vain hope that one day it will be worth something, constantly trying to undermine one another etc

"the President LIKES MEEEEE!"

market gains will all be erased with the next wave of bad news, deaths, unemployment numbers, defaults etc

market gains America will all be erased with the next wave of bad news, deaths, unemployment numbers, defaults etc

oh stop it

i want to be Bible lady from The Mist

trump also bought a bunch of oil to prop the price up. you know, because we will need it for our excess toilet paper.

how does oil and TP help with poop removal

+ people covering for the weekend and also most traders make more money when the market is more volatile.

good news everyone! the trump presidency is over!

The coronavirus is quite likely to be the Trump presidency’s inflection point, when everything changed, when the bluster and ignorance and shallowness of America’s 45th president became undeniable, an empirical reality, as indisputable as the laws of science or a mathematical equation.

It has taken a good deal longer than it should have, but Americans have now seen the con man behind the curtain. The president, enraged for having been unmasked, will become more desperate, more embittered, more unhinged. He knows nothing will be the same. His administration may stagger on, but it will be only a hollow shell. The Trump presidency is over.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/peter-wehner-trump-presidency-over/607969/

whew, that was close

ah well, nevertheless

nobody cares what the Atlantic thinks

see, the thing that's different about THIS time is that americans are going to see his incompetence up close, i mean really notice it. it's unmistakable. surely they will come to their senses now!!!

the atlantic still publishes good stuff every once in a while

Trump has finally run out of hinges

Tremendous hinges. The best.

deal supposedly reached for coronavirus relief between House and White House.

hoping like hell Nancy didn't cave. or that they didn't gut the 3 months extended sick leave

cmon, covid, please:

It is my great honor to declare Sunday, March 15th as a National Day of Prayer. We are a Country that, throughout our history, has looked to God for protection and strength in times like these....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2020

I think the hyde anendment was the real sticking pt

Xp

cos of course abortion is what's important right now.

seething. can't even read a friend's anguished post talking about how she couldn't make an emergency appointment with her PCP for an asthma treatment because they were afraid she had COVID and referred her to call the CDC to get tested...

...without seeing someone say "this is why the libs shouldn't be in charge" (dafuq?)

I will probably get in a fist fight with someone I met 24 hours earlier online

I read that Atlantic piece yesterday. I part ways with any kind of political certitude since 2016, but I am inclined to agree with their conclusion that this is a turning point for Trump, especially having just watched the lowlights from today's press conference: the "I don't take responsibility at all" for the slowness in testing, and the claim to not be aware of the pandemic unit being disbanded in 2018 (one of those statements where it's equally alarming whether he's lying or telling the truth). And then there's the lifeless, robotic monotone as he prattles on. I think it's been so drilled into his head that he must try not to rant invective in these situations, that this is the best approximation of calm he can muster.

If I were a cynic, which is something I'm not, I'd say that fake empathy from a president is better than zero empathy. But--without getting into specific cases--I do believe that presidents are usually able to find something within that is genuine in situations like this. With Trump, there is nothing there.

https://newrepublic.com/article/156901/dismantled-state-takes-pandemic

Oof

had no idea about the HHS and CMS fight. fuckin hell.

The president, enraged for having been unmasked, will become more desperate, more embittered, more unhinged.

Ah, but is he more isolated? If not, good. I want him crowd surfing in a mosh pit by Monday.

increasingly isolated, sources say

Brooke Gladstone of On the Media points out on this week's show that when Shithead goes into "presidential" address mode, his sleepy singsongy monotone sounds like he's trying to hypnotize you.

What Will Mitch Do?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-relief-congress.html

As Mr. Trump was criticizing Democrats, Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Mnuchin were speaking for the 10th time of the day about the legislation. Ms. Pelosi announced the deal after they concluded their 13th call, and shortly after Mr. Mnuchin met privately with the president to urge him to accept it.

In the hours after that, the deal seemed in peril as White House officials insisted they were still reviewing text and aides rushed to make technical changes.

“Look forward to signing the final Bill, ASAP!” Mr. Trump tweeted just before 9 p.m., giving the first indication that he backed the measure and wanted Republicans to vote for it.