Yeah, he probably just finished tweeting in Stormy's mouth Told her it was a vaccine or something?

Laterz

Yeah, he probably just finished tweeting in Stormy's mouth Told her it was a vaccine or something?

Laterz

Yep a second gift on top of the $150,000.00 he paid to quiet her with campaign finance violations. But what can we say; he likes to give and is probably the most and greatest philanthropic president to ever hold office.

He definitely looks off his game. I'm no fan, but I don't wish illness on anybody.

I don't see or hear all the President's statements/speeches/briefings, but I do hear or see many of them.

To me, the delivery of the comments Friday were the worst I have heard him. Not sure what I attribute that to. Reading a prepared speech has never been his strong suit, I might think he would get better at it with time, but he hasn't. Still, Friday it did occur to me he was even worse than normal. Sometimes he does fine...the SOTU address, he did well. I'm not talking about content or message, just delivery.

I don't see or hear all the President's statements/speeches/briefings, but I do hear or see many of them.

To me, the delivery of the comments Friday were the worst I have heard him. Not sure what I attribute that to. Reading a prepared speech has never been his strong suit, I might think he would get better at it with time, but he hasn't. Still, Friday it did occur to me he was even worse than normal. Sometimes he does fine...the SOTU address, he did well. I'm not talking about content or message, just delivery.

His Wednesday delivery spooked the global stock markets - this from the guy who lives by stock market numbers. To him they are much more important than those that are sick. (He wanted to keep the cruise ship out of port so numbers won't go up).

I watched a little bit Friday & again Saturday until it was too painful to watch him go on & on with lies and misstatements. He spends a bunch of the time self-aggrandizing tossing adjectives and adverbs to self praise. What a leader we have who only recently compared the Coronavirus to Russia - both hoaxes. Anything that rings with truth and points out his weakness and failure is a hoax, right?

He must be having with-drawl symptoms not being able to spew lies, sarcasm, and nicknames at MAGA rallies. Sad that we are deprived of this entertainment. Will the WWE will still be broadcast to fill the void, or have those shows been cancelled? Trump rallies and no WWE???? A true emptiness for America.

Will the WWE will still be broadcast to fill the void, or have those shows been cancelled? Trump rallies and no WWE???? A true emptiness for America.

He convinced the guy who owns UFC to not cancel events.

IDIOT!

If something truly good comes out of this, trump will die of p corona virus. this would be karmic justice.

This would not hurt my feelings much. I few months ago i asked my Spiritual advisor, (my mom) if it ok was for me to Pray for Trump to have a heart attack, she shut me down on that, no voodoo here..........Peace......joe

[Edited on 3/15/2020 by crazyjoe]

Oh, so NOW you listen to your mother.... 😛

If something truly good comes out of this, trump will die of the corona virus. this would be karmic justice.

Ultimate racist karma.

Brought down by a Chinese virus with a Mexican name.

Can't happen soon enough.

I have seen or listened to most of the Monday and Tuesday press conferences live. Trump is more engaged and forthcoming than he was Friday or at any other point earlier. Better late than never, it's where we are. Posting to call it like I see them, Trump was awful Friday, the last two days he has conducted himself better - still Trump and the bar is so low, I mean how he answers questions - it really shows his lack of knowledge or understanding - still this is an improvement.

How he handles this will define his presidency. He thought it would be the economy, but that is over now. The Democrats want the impeachment to define his presidency, but this is it. So far Trump gets an F. Other than shutting down air travel from China when he did, he really hasn't done a single thing right. His mixed messages over the last couple months has eroded any trust the people have in him. Certainly, he is not responsible for the virus, but the ignoring of warnings and shortages in test kits will have lasting trickle down effects. There are cruise passengers from the Grand Princess in quarantine that STILL have not been tested. So is there time for Trump to recover and come out of this looking good? Probably not, but Americans seem to have a short memory and his fan club will forgive him for anything, so maybe. Trump better hope this runs its course fast, or else he will have zero chance of being reelected, but most experts think at best this will take several months even if everything goes right.

Better late than never, it's where we are.

Now that a state of emergency has been declared, Trump seems relieved to let someone else take the hard questions. Neither Dr. Fauci nor Dr. Birx shied away from questions yesterday. Dr. Birx explained precisely why the # of people in a gathering had been reduced from 50 to 10 (models showed lower mortality rates at that #, she coordinated w/UK). Trump himself seemed self-assured stating that the financial markets would remain as is through July & he didn't seemed terrified that the earth was going to open up & swallow him by saying so.

He also seems relieved that he's not alone in handling problems - governors & mayors can act to handle things in their particular state. He actually sounded cooperative w/governors & ALL of congress. It's like someone told him he's not in charge of everything. If a state needs ventilators, then the state can find a vendor & purchase them.

For the 1st time in his presidency, he was standing surrounded - albeit at some distance - by experts he was listening to instead of ignorant sycophants. He seemed bolstered by that. Hope it lasts.

Agree Cyclone, and I am encouraged by the teamwork Secretary Mnuchin and Speaker Pelosi have engaged in. Mnuchin credited her last week saying "she made herself available literally around the clock". Sadly for our country, the only time things do get closer to bipartisan is when crisis arises. Even then, it's not as good as it used to be.

Today's press conference was pretty bad. Trump being Trump. Not a good look for a public crisis regarding his comments and answers.

Today's press conference was pretty bad. Trump being Trump. Not a good look for a public crisis regarding his comments and answers.

Today was possibly even worse....I still can't fathom how the adults and professionals in the room keep a straight face when Trump, when called out on his ignorance and stupidity, goes immediately into bully mode and attacks the person pointing out said stupidity. The president is a man child who's only defense mechanism is a temper tantrum. Literally a temper tantrum.

Coronavirus could be a godsend for Trump’s enemies - one knew they’d milk it for all it was worth

“Under Trump a once-healthy robust nation has shut down, collapsed & withered on the vine b/c he disbanded the health council & didn’t react fast enough, enabling the virus to spread......”

It’s fresh material that provides another angle of attack on the presidency that maybe could tip the scales for Democrats in a Nov victory for Joe Biden

Bush faced the same thing in 2005 when he was blamed for Hurricane Katrina losses, his critics claiming he was too slow to react w/help - in truth FEMA was working w/local rescue teams to map out mode of rescue to neediest areas - they didn’t rush in, there was little immediate access to begin with

The national panic is on a fast track to hysteria - campaigning, conventions & voting will all be impacted

[Edited on 3/20/2020 by Stephen]

Today's press conference was pretty bad. Trump being Trump. Not a good look for a public crisis regarding his comments and answers.

Not that there's ever a time for it, but, like, seriously? It was a softball question that just asked for a positive sound bite from Trump. The closest thing to a gimme. It wasn't accusatory unless you're someone with thin skin who is in over their head. A lot of people have spent the past 3 years with their daily "did you hear what Trump said today?" report and it's exhausting, yes. Trump's diehard won't admit that it was ugly and petty, but this is exactly the kind of disaster so many of us knew Trump wouldn't have the fortitude for. He's too quick to sensationalize and dramatize when a lot of people want to be comforted and talked off of the ledge, which was all the question was asking for. So many worldwide are pretty unified right now, he should be riding that wave and avoiding these kinds of spats more than ever.

Today's press conference was pretty bad. Trump being Trump. Not a good look for a public crisis regarding his comments and answers.

Not that there's ever a time for it, but, like, seriously? It was a softball question that just asked for a positive sound bite from Trump. The closest thing to a gimme. It wasn't accusatory unless you're someone with thin skin who is in over their head.

His semi-professional appearance & response to the press lasted one day. As you said, the question was a complete gimme - all Trump had to say was "I'd tell people not to be scared. This is time for ...." and he'd be a winner. Nope, he turns into a nasty confrontation.

I just hope he doesn't go off on Fauci or Birx when they subtly correct him.

I wasn’t able to watch or listen today. Are you guys referring to the Peter Alexander NBC news moment? My wife tells me it was awful. I’ll have to watch after dinner. I heard yesterday his attacks on the press, which never stops, but right now at this moment he keeps it up! Trump shouldn’t be out front on this. Let Pence run these briefings.

Trump shouldn’t be out front on this. Let Pence run these briefings.

Funny you should say so, because Alexander later asked Pence the same question (“what do you say to Americans who are feeling scared?”, and Pence played along and gave the sound bite response you would expect. Alexander asked a few questions regarding preparedness prior, but the response from Trump was completely unnecessary. The fiscally strapped public dealing with a legit health crisis can be stressed, it’s kind of the President’s duty to not be. Or at least to not appear to be.

Trump shouldn’t be out front on this. Let Pence run these briefings.

Funny you should say so, because Alexander later asked Pence the same question (“what do you say to Americans who are feeling scared?”, and Pence played along and gave the sound bite response you would expect. Alexander asked a few questions regarding preparedness prior, but the response from Trump was completely unnecessary. The fiscally strapped public dealing with a legit health crisis can be stressed, it’s kind of the President’s duty to not be. Or at least to not appear to be.

I agree with the Pence suggestion...While an @ss kisser of gigantic proportions, at least he's articulate, coherent, and seems relatively with it. Trump just seems completely in another reality and so out of his depth in terms of basic understanding of science while at the same time so paranoid and thin skinned and quick to lash out at anyone appearing to be far superior in intellect to himself.

I think this explains why everyone around him just appeases him by kowtowing to his stupidity. They know he's so thin skinned they tow his line and then, I hope, pick up the pieces once he's "Off stage." The only reason Trump is out front with this crisis is because he's so addicted to the attention, even if he comes across as the buffoon most of the world knows he is. The moron can't help himself. Like an addict who can't put down the needle even as it destroys him.

Coronavirus could be a godsend for Trump’s enemies - one knew they’d milk it for all it was worth

“Under Trump a once-healthy robust nation has shut down, collapsed & withered on the vine b/c he disbanded the health council & didn’t react fast enough, enabling the virus to spread......”

It’s fresh material that provides another angle of attack on the presidency that maybe could tip the scales for Democrats in a Nov victory for Joe Biden

Bush faced the same thing in 2005 when he was blamed for Hurricane Katrina losses, his critics claiming he was too slow to react w/help - in truth FEMA was working w/local rescue teams to map out mode of rescue to neediest areas - they didn’t rush in, there was little immediate access to begin with

The national panic is on a fast track to hysteria - campaigning, conventions & voting will all be impacted

[Edited on 3/20/2020 by Stephen]

Nobody is looking for "a fresh material that provides another angle of attack on the presidency".

What the country is looking for is leadership and reassurance, and Trump is absolutely incapable of that. He doesn't have the ability, the humanitarian skills, nor the compassion. He was dealt a bad hand with a pandemic which was not his fault. The fault lies in his never accepting responsibility, not owning leadership, and blaming other administrations. Dismantling the NSC pandemic unit is squarely on him, yet he'll never admit it, because admitting errors makes him look weak, and he lives for power and strength even if facts are not on his side. Somehow the country will get beyond this in spite of Trump. The stock markets react to psychology, and when the markets hear him talk and realize he's failing at leadership and lacking credibility, the indices take a nose dive regardless of how much fiscal or monetary policy are thrown into the mix. Trump trumps all and on the negative side.

I wasn’t able to watch or listen today. Are you guys referring to the Peter Alexander NBC news moment? My wife tells me it was awful. I’ll have to watch after dinner. I heard yesterday his attacks on the press, which never stops, but right now at this moment he keeps it up! Trump shouldn’t be out front on this. Let Pence run these briefings.

We should probably just get rid of the press because they are getting in the way of Trump's narrative. Remember, he thinks the press is the enemy of the people. He should take his traveling show to Russia or North Korea. It would work well in those countries.

Wasnt this the guys network whose lead story became " Trump said Chinese virus?" There is some hard hitting journalism right there in the face of an enormous crisis.

I watched most of the entire thing.

Saw Sean Spicer again, that was unexpected.

The exchange between Alexander and Trump is bad. There were a lot of bad moments for normal times, let alone a time of crisis and distress and emergency. Trump didn't like the initial question about him giving a false sense of optimism the malaria drug might have for use on Coronavirus patients. So much that Alexander's final question, which was in fact a total soft ball, a gimme, an opportunity to address people's fears and apprehensions right now in this uncertain time and it went in one ear and out the other and instead answered with an insult.

I flipped back and forth between Maddow and Hannity this evening. Guess what...Hannity played the clip and loved it. So will his viewers. To Trump, that is the kind of "journalism" that Medal of Freedom recipients are made of, just ask Limbaugh. Unreal.

Trump also called himself a "smart guy" who has gotten "a lot of things right". He might've stressed the a lot or said it twice, or that might've been yesterday when he was patting himself on the back, which is every day.

Enough of that, 1500 person trial with the malaria drug at the University of Minnesota and the manufacture, a Swiss firm Novartis, says it will donate enough to treat several million if the FDA sees fit.

Related to today's press conference:

In Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump said during a news conference on Friday he is optimistic about the malaria treatment’s use against COVID-19.

Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, did not take issue with Trump’s optimism, but said the drug’s promise is based so far on anecdotal evidence in France and that more data is needed.

“What I’m saying is that it might - it might - be effective. I’m not saying that it isn’t,” Fauci said.

Fauci also said that while toxic reactions to the drugs are rare based on decades of patient use and can be reversible in many cases, that is not known for COVID-19.

“What we don’t know is when you put it in the context of another disease whether it’s safe. Fundamentally, I think it probably is going to be safe, but I like to prove things first,” Fauci said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/20/novartis-to-donate-malaria-drug-in-fight-against-coronavirus.html

So the PResident used the word hopeful about the new drug. Next thing this reporter wants President Trump to play FDA New Drug Approval guy. This reporter should never have seized on some hopeful comments and tried to turn the tables. Absolutely shameful. Focusing on peoples fears as well, afterwards?

Absolutely shameful. Focusing on peoples fears as well

It was a generous softball question! All he had to say was a reassuring one-liner! Are you a bot? I can't wait til Covid hits the St. Petersburg troll farms.

Exactly. I've wondered for quite some time if he or it is a bot. You wonder if the posts originate in St. Petersburg or more recently via Ghana or Nigeria.