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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts) Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:55 PM Sep 2020

Has Any American Killed More Americans Than Donald Trump?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/has-any-american-killed-more-americans-than-donald-trump

So Donald Trump copped to it. He told Bob Woodward that he knew how deadly the virus was—and downplayed it anyway, encouraging MAGA nation to act as if COVID-19 was a cheap Chinese knockoff of the flu.

“It’s remarkable that in these interviews, the president of the United States confessed to fucking manslaughter,” Molly Jong-Fast says on the latest episode of The New Abnormal.

The lawyers might debate whether Trump has any criminal culpability. But to Rick Wilson, there’s no question about Trump’s moral responsibility.

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Has Any American Killed More Americans Than Donald Trump? (Original Post) SheltieLover Sep 2020 OP

One part wants to say no, another part says yes (see Civil War) sakabatou Sep 2020 #1

But is says any American, singular SheltieLover Sep 2020 #4

Off the top of my head, can't think of anyone even close. Karadeniz Sep 2020 #2

Me either SheltieLover Sep 2020 #5

Like the world has never seen. dchill Sep 2020 #3

Most successful kill with bio weapon SheltieLover Sep 2020 #7

*Dishonorable Mention* dchill Sep 2020 #8

Absolutely! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #9

Jefferson Davis DBoon Sep 2020 #6

I was gonna say Robert E Lee KatyMan Sep 2020 #11

If you add up all the dead from the war in Iraq, I think Bush/Cheney may have him beat. cayugafalls Sep 2020 #10

Phillip Morris needledriver Sep 2020 #12

sakabatou

(42,177 posts)

1. One part wants to say no, another part says yes (see Civil War)

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:58 PM

Sep 2020

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

4. But is says any American, singular

Reply to sakabatou (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:59 PM

Sep 2020

Presumably.

Karadeniz

(22,574 posts)

2. Off the top of my head, can't think of anyone even close.

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:58 PM

Sep 2020

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

5. Me either

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:00 AM

Sep 2020

dchill

(38,547 posts)

3. Like the world has never seen.

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:58 PM

Sep 2020

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

7. Most successful kill with bio weapon

Reply to dchill (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:01 AM

Sep 2020

dchill

(38,547 posts)

8. *Dishonorable Mention*

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #7)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:02 AM

Sep 2020

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

9. Absolutely!

Reply to dchill (Reply #8)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:03 AM

Sep 2020

DBoon

(22,399 posts)

6. Jefferson Davis

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:01 AM

Sep 2020

You can claim he wasn't really an American, but you can claim Trump isn't either

KatyMan

(4,211 posts)

11. I was gonna say Robert E Lee

Reply to DBoon (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:12 AM

Sep 2020

But Davis works.

cayugafalls

(5,645 posts)

10. If you add up all the dead from the war in Iraq, I think Bush/Cheney may have him beat.

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:03 AM

Sep 2020

Taking ORB’s estimate of 1.033 million killed by June 2007, then applying a variation of Just Foreign Policy’s methodology from July 2007 to the present using revised figures from Iraq Body Count, we estimate that 2.4 million Iraqis have been killed since 2003 as a result of our country’s illegal invasion, with a minimum of 1.5 million and a maximum of 3.4 million.

https://www.salon.com/2018/03/19/the-staggering-death-toll-in-iraq_partner/

needledriver

(836 posts)

12. Phillip Morris

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 08:31 AM

Sep 2020

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