We're all Zelensky now
Source: Washington Post
Were all Zelensky now
By Catherine Rampell
Columnist
April 30, 2020 at 6:18 p.m. EDT
Do us a favor though: Before we provide lifesaving equipment, praise the president.
Do us a favor though: Before we rescue the U.S. Postal Service, raise postage prices on the presidents perceived political enemies.
Do us a favor though: Before we assist states in fiscal crisis, reopen your economies when we say so. Oh, and hand over your immigrants.
A more public-service-oriented president might view a viral pandemic as a time to prioritize saving lives and providing services and funds wherever needed. But to President Trump, the coronavirus outbreak is just another opportunity for a shakedown.
This should have been obvious, given how he exploited another countrys crisis.
Last summer, as Ukraine was desperate for aid that Congress had appropriated but that the Trump administration had frozen, Trump held his perfect phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump told Zelensky, per the rough transcript: I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it.
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Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)And thats how he runs the country. Thats a nice state you got there. It would be a shame if something...happened to it.
IronLionZion
(45,457 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Dead or in prison.
overleft
(356 posts)rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)Trump is enabled by those who worship cruelty and unfettered power, as he does: McConnell, Barr, Kavanaugh, Prince, DeVos, and all the rest. The entire deplorable basket full of all the whining, snarling rats who demand we bow to his perfect wisdom and who viciously attack anyone who doubts our Dear Leader.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)receive should be sent directly to Fox News. That way, we will be sure HE reads them, or at least is told about them. He does not get into "work" until noon, and has no time for reading reports, unless they are condensed into 2 sentences or less.
marble falls
(57,106 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,182 posts)The Press is being manipulated into investigating Joe Biden with innuendo, rumor, and fake news. That's what a fishing expedition on Joe Biden's papers is all about ... creating doubt so they can plant, manufacture dirt. Same game plan, another method.