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Yavin4

(35,453 posts)
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:40 PM May 2020

Trump cannot handle, avoid, or distract from this virus.

Trump has tried every trick in his bag, but he cannot handle, avoid, or distract from this virus. Being overly-optimistic has not worked. Lying about prepardness has not worked. Talking up miracle cures has not worked. Having daily press briefings has not worked. Stop having daily press briefings has not worked. Bashing Dr. Fauci has not worked. Distracting from the news with "Obamagate" has not worked. Blaming the Chinese has not worked. Promoting the lockdown protestors has not worked.

Every day the main stories have been either the virus or the depressed economy, and Trump's mis-management of both. These crises require real leadership, and he's simply not up to the task. Trump's a marketer, not a leader or a manager.

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eleny

(46,166 posts)
1. It looks to me like his first thought was to downplay it and then figure a way to make money from it
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:42 PM
May 2020

Lose-Lose.

Stuart G

(38,453 posts)
2. Thank You for posting this..."..he's simply not up to the task." I would add, "incompetent,
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:44 PM
May 2020

dishonest, foolish, stupid and totally self absorbed. There are many more, but not this time..K and R

McKim

(2,412 posts)
10. This is the Drumbeat We Must Pound
Sat May 16, 2020, 05:15 PM
May 2020

He must resign! This is the idea we must push and the drumbeat we must pound. I am tired of hearing all the whining. We must ACT. Make demands of the press. Fortunately for Trump most people are not willing to risk their lives by going to Washington DC to Shut It Down! We must make a great noise and say ENOUGH!! The Lancet called for him to step down and I want to see that in every newspaper in the country. The NY Times described him as going on a “rampage” Friday with firings and changes and attacks. They are close to asking for his resignation. This needs a push!

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. He's managed to not lose his knuckle-dragging moron followers to any large degree ...
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:51 PM
May 2020

And he's probably managed to profit monetarily (or at least those close to him have).

There is no other definition of 'working' that is important to Needy Amin.

We could have 10M dead bodies and he'd still think what he's doing is 'working' if his approval stays over 40%

erronis

(15,393 posts)
13. I think his supposed "follower" numbers are a fabrication also.
Sat May 16, 2020, 05:21 PM
May 2020

Emphasized by media that needs a good show.

Emphasized by PR firms in his pay (good luck with that) and plutocrats that need to kill off democracy.

Emphasized by grand-standing paid-for actors staging revolts.

I don't trust many of the mainstream polling organizations. Their methods are suspect and reliant on old technologies (phones?, T.V.s?, radios?)

And of course I don't trust fuckbase or its appendages.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
5. time just marches, walks all over, stomps on . . . traitortrump
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:54 PM
May 2020

[over 5 months of time to go on trump - maybe the trumpers will get more educated by time and events]

lame54

(35,332 posts)
7. None of those have really hurt him either...
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:06 PM
May 2020

We still need to worry about him winning this election

Which is mind boggling but true

paleotn

(17,990 posts)
8. Deadly viruses just don't spin.
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:55 PM
May 2020

Nor do dead Americans. Or unemployed Americans for that matter. Oh, you can try to spin them all you like, but the damn things just won't cooperate. The only good thing is, the more desperate he gets the worse he hurts himself.

gibraltar72

(7,513 posts)
9. He only wanted to control the message. Never the illness
Sat May 16, 2020, 04:02 PM
May 2020

once that got away he flailed around trying to recapture it. Then the economy became a problem. Now that is all he's got. That and trying to divert attention away from his utter failure.

summer_in_TX

(2,764 posts)
11. I assume you saw this?
Sat May 16, 2020, 05:16 PM
May 2020

Coincidentally, The Atlantic released a video yesterday: "Donald Trump: A Study in Leadership."

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Illustrates your point in an understated way. Subtle like a ton of bricks.

catbyte

(34,499 posts)
14. Yep. He's bored, frustrated, and flummoxed because none of his tricks are working anymore.
Sat May 16, 2020, 05:35 PM
May 2020

Not even a fake scandal (OBAMAGATE!) is working because anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows that it's utterly ridiculous. Forget that the whole thing is a made-up lie, but he wants us to believe that somehow only trump has an Imperial Presidency, that anything and everything he does is beyond reproach, consequence, and is entirely legal. So why wouldn't that apply to the 44th president, too?

Fucking moron.

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