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Could coronavirus be Trump's downfall?
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existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Yes, of course it does. Not remotely diversionary at all. Silly me.
If you engaged your grey matter for once you’d understand that specific post directly responds to the subject of this thread.
More diversion!
US markets close higher after emergency virus deal
Stocks keep gains as the president and the US Senate agree a massive stimulus package for the economy.
www.bbc.co.uk
$1.8 trillion! Wow.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Fucking hell. Even Johnson has finally realised that this is not ALL ABOUT HIM.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
It's really no different in scale from the packages of many other countries. It just gets a big headline cos it's announced as one central pile of money.More diversion!
US markets close higher after emergency virus deal
Stocks keep gains as the president and the US Senate agree a massive stimulus package for the economy.www.bbc.co.uk
$1.8 trillion! Wow.
As for Trump's motivation, he appears to have taken a punt early on that he's right that it's an overreaction. Johnson did that too, but has now about-faced cos he had no choice. Trump would also have had to about-face, but he's chosen instead to allow individual states to make the decisions instead of him. I don't see him coming out of this well. He made a big bet and the cards aren't coming up for him.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Maybe. It's hard to think of a more ineffectual leader, though, a worse person for a crisis. Even Johnson looks good next to Trump atm. Bolsonaro, perhaps.Won't make any difference to the Trumpettes though I don't think.
ska invita
back on the other side
Shocking article
www.theguardian.com
EVeryone laid off, even on a temp basis, loses access to healthcare via insurance (or can pay £35k from their own pocket to cover it)
Millions of Americans are about to lose their health insurance in a pandemic | Wendell Potter
Americans are about to learn something horrifying: how irrational it is for health insurance to be linked to your employment status
elbows
Well-Known Member
Earlier on the thread, when looking at how Trump & Fox News did a rather speedy and none too subtle about-face, I mentioned this:
She has now been sacked:
edition.cnn.com
She has now been sacked:
Fox Business parts ways with Trish Regan, host who dismissed coronavirus as 'impeachment scam'
The Fox Business Network announced on Friday that it had parted ways with Trish Regan, the conservative news host who ignited controversy earlier this month when she dismissed the coronavirus pandemic as a conspiracy to throw President Trump out of office.
edition.cnn.com
elbows
Well-Known Member
Just watched part of his latest press conference and he decided to share his thoughts about how weird it was that a new york hospital needed 10 times more masks than usual, and that journalists should look into it, and that maybe the masks were disappearing out of the back door.
gosub
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its great how many spare trillions there are now
There aren't really, at least one credit agency has downgraded UK, and US suspended the Basel accords (things brought in post 2008 to reduce banks holding bad debts), ECB is arguing with itself over what it will do.. the economic situation is as hairy as the medical one.
elbows
Well-Known Member
He repeated it again when asked a question about it by a reporter. He was going on about 30 times more masks than usual (he was comparing 10,000-20,000 masks used normally to 300,000 being needed now). "I'm not suggesting hoarding, I might be suggesting something worse than hoarding' type stuff. But then he says its not for him to find out, thats for others to do, he will just talk shit about it and demonstrate another area of his ineptitude.
Anyway when he finally got to the main point of the press conference, after endless booster shit, it was that they are extending their restrictions, that they originally sold as being for 15 days, till April 30th.
pesh
Well-Known Member
i'm not always being entirely serious, sorry.
People are stealing masks and other medical equipment from hospitals, New York Gov. Cuomo says
As fear over the new coronavirus in New York spreads faster than the outbreak, people have started to steal masks and other medical equipment from local hospitals.
elbows
Well-Known Member
I'm not going to waste my time explaining this aspect of Trumps modus operandi to you, except to say that he has done exactly the same thing with other issues. Its a deflection away from their failure to provide these things in sufficient quantities. Whether there is zero or a small amount of truth to some of his claims is not the point (and certainly doesnt matter to him), he distorts this shit and deliberately plants shitty seeds.
In the very same press conference they were touting the fact they are going to allow people to self-test via nasal swab, because the current procedure requires new PPE for every new person being tested. That alone explains a fair chunk of the increased PPE demand, and thats just one use of it, never mind all the people working in the hospital in other areas that require more PPE during a pandemic.
In the very same press conference they were touting the fact they are going to allow people to self-test via nasal swab, because the current procedure requires new PPE for every new person being tested. That alone explains a fair chunk of the increased PPE demand, and thats just one use of it, never mind all the people working in the hospital in other areas that require more PPE during a pandemic.
gosub
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ytCropper | last week tonight with john oliver 3/29/20 | John Oliver HBO News Today March 29,2020
ytCropper cropped video inside!
HHS clarifies US has about 1% of face masks needed for 'full-blown' coronavirus pandemic
The Strategic National Stockpile currently holds approximately 12 million medical-grade N95 masks and 30 million surgical face masks.
gosub
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So Guv Cuomo HAD raised the issue prior to Trump and the media HAD reported it. Congrats to them on doing their jobs. Perhaps the President could stop looking for excuses as to why he can't do his and come up with some kit. That thieves themselves are scum goes without sayingPeople are stealing masks and other medical equipment from hospitals, New York Gov. Cuomo says
As fear over the new coronavirus in New York spreads faster than the outbreak, people have started to steal masks and other medical equipment from local hospitals.www.cnbc.com
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
I tried to watch his briefing last night, I mean I really tried but he rambles on and fucking on, Most drunken alcoholics have a more coherent train of thought than he does.
In the end I just gave up and googled the summary today to skim over the key points and its just garbage he clearly makes half of it up as he goes along.
At one point he came out and said I will stop funding the WHO (basically because they didn't agree with him) and then moments later he was flat out denying he said that.
And WTF does putting a 'very powerful hold on the funds' mean? Does the director of the WHO have to wrestle the Rock for any money they get?
In the end I just gave up and googled the summary today to skim over the key points and its just garbage he clearly makes half of it up as he goes along.
At one point he came out and said I will stop funding the WHO (basically because they didn't agree with him) and then moments later he was flat out denying he said that.
And WTF does putting a 'very powerful hold on the funds' mean? Does the director of the WHO have to wrestle the Rock for any money they get?
