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EarlG

(21,894 posts)
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 09:32 AM Aug 2020

Pic Of The Moment: Callous Trump Reacts To The News That 1000 Americans Are Dying Of COVID Every Day



Trump on Covid death toll: 'It is what it is'


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Pic Of The Moment: Callous Trump Reacts To The News That 1000 Americans Are Dying Of COVID Every Day (Original Post) EarlG Aug 2020 OP
Thoughts and prayers.... lapucelle Aug 2020 #1
It's far worst than it would have been if we had only had a better leader. One who didn't lie ... In_The_Wind Aug 2020 #2
The monster must be evicted. dalton99a Aug 2020 #3
The manhas NO understanding how pandemics work. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2020 #4
That interview is the worst of him I've seen yet. hamsterjill Aug 2020 #5
Person Woman Man Camera TV. SammyWinstonJack Aug 2020 #16
That's what millions will say come Election Day Dukkha Aug 2020 #6
Heartless schmuck. calimary Aug 2020 #7
The grade school math class 'intro to bar graphs' page in his hand crickets Aug 2020 #8
Just musclecar6 Aug 2020 #9
It's. Your. Fault. cp Aug 2020 #10
You know, Earl, I'm a big LOTR fan, and this weekend my daughter and I watched all the movies. PatrickforO Aug 2020 #11
If you haven't seen it already EarlG Aug 2020 #12
Thanks. I had not seen it. I closed out my twitter account a while ago. PatrickforO Aug 2020 #14
Clear evidence of the correctness of Mary Trump's diagnosis benfranklin1776 Aug 2020 #13
That's the reason I recommended the movie to so many people, family, etc. Ilsa Aug 2020 #30
Yes! You're exactly right. benfranklin1776 Aug 2020 #33
Yeah, uncanny parallels. Those Ilsa Aug 2020 #35
Indeed. benfranklin1776 Aug 2020 #36
That puts it in perspective. CaptYossarian Aug 2020 #15
It's the same as saying "So what?". louis-t Aug 2020 #17
Just imagine - packman Aug 2020 #18
Ali Velshi did something like this tonight at the start Ilsa Aug 2020 #31
BE BEST? No compassion for dead Americans, troop bounties & there's Melania's nasty jacket... Illumination Aug 2020 #19
2009: Obamacare is coming to kill your grandma! Initech Aug 2020 #20
They say what they need to say to win DSandra Aug 2020 #23
Trump 2020: Who Cares If Your Kids Die? louis-t Aug 2020 #21
Imagine this. "It is what it is, Trey!" ffr Aug 2020 #22
America is not being run by humans, it is being run by sociopaths DSandra Aug 2020 #24
Sociopaths Talk Alike heckles65 Aug 2020 #25
Earl... What software do you use to create these? Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2020 #26
Photoshop (nt) EarlG Aug 2020 #27
Yeah, the Fucker Dead eyes has said that before.. he must think Cha Aug 2020 #28
But you don't tell it like it is. You lie. Marcuse Aug 2020 #29
He Is What He Is...an yuiyoshida Aug 2020 #32
He's making America great again so bigly IronLionZion Aug 2020 #34

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
2. It's far worst than it would have been if we had only had a better leader. One who didn't lie ...
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 09:42 AM
Aug 2020

... about the need for mask and social distancing.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,482 posts)
4. The manhas NO understanding how pandemics work.
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 10:09 AM
Aug 2020

Over 1,000 people dying are dying a day and that adds up quickly. The rate of infection is the highest in the world. The number of deaths and cases are the highest for any given country. Trump has no idea that this is NOT under control. Rural communities are at a higher risk due to community hospitals will be overwhelmed with cases.

hamsterjill

(15,214 posts)
5. That interview is the worst of him I've seen yet.
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 10:32 AM
Aug 2020

He’s getting worse. He’s obviously not mentally competent to understand the questions. That is frightening.

But more frightening is that no one is stopping him.

I fear for my country.

Dukkha

(7,341 posts)
6. That's what millions will say come Election Day
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 10:43 AM
Aug 2020

When the White House is fumigated and cleaned of its virus.

calimary

(80,693 posts)
7. Heartless schmuck.
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 10:55 AM
Aug 2020

He is a waste of all our time.

And he’s already wasted more than 150-thousand lives.

crickets

(25,896 posts)
8. The grade school math class 'intro to bar graphs' page in his hand
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 11:09 AM
Aug 2020

just underlines how low his comprehension level is. Yikes.

musclecar6

(1,680 posts)
9. Just
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 11:10 AM
Aug 2020

A wildly insecure sociopath/psychopath who happens to be PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Nothing to worry about.

cp

(6,543 posts)
10. It's. Your. Fault.
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 11:15 AM
Aug 2020

Not Covid19 itself, but your rotten failure to respond. Still ongoing, by the way!

PatrickforO

(14,516 posts)
11. You know, Earl, I'm a big LOTR fan, and this weekend my daughter and I watched all the movies.
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 11:17 AM
Aug 2020

As to the books, I've read each one maybe a dozen times.

I watched this whole interview with Trump and you know what it reminded me of?

The Axios guy probably felt like Aragorn did when he was trying to interview Gollum over 'many weary hours.'

Trump is our Gollum, and the presidency is 'his precious.'

PatrickforO

(14,516 posts)
14. Thanks. I had not seen it. I closed out my twitter account a while ago.
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 11:35 AM
Aug 2020

Pretty funny, but this is how Trump will be on the stand too, (if) when he goes to trial on some of the numerous charges the Mueller investigation devolved onto states Attorney Generals. Bunch of stuff still alive in NY, and Trump can call that 'fake news' as much as he wants, but that jail cell will be real.

Especially now that the Kushner news came out about why there was not a coordinated national response. That was truly despicable.

benfranklin1776

(6,427 posts)
13. Clear evidence of the correctness of Mary Trump's diagnosis
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 11:34 AM
Aug 2020

Only a true sociopath would blithely say mass needless death is just “what it is.”
I’m sure the dead and their suffering families have a quite different and more negative opinion of that matter. What it is is horrific, but to him it’s just we the expendable dying.

As for his absolutely insane claim “it’s under control” this is the exact same denial of catastrophic reality that we saw depicted so masterfully in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. The corrupt collapsing Soviet regime insisted to its people and the world that “it was all under control” never mind the meltdown was about to kill an entire continent. That regime’s denial of reality, suppression or facts, ignoring, silencing,
and threatening scientists strenuously warning of the danger, and refusal to protect its population is exactly what this murderously incompetent cabal is doing in response to this pandemic. As a result this plague has become OUR Chernobyl and the death toll is mounting-indeed it’s now many times the number who died in that catastrophe, and until these people are driven from their positions of power over our lives and now deaths it will only escalate. Once they are gone they need to be held accountable for their crimes against humanity. Only then will the dead and the suffering have true justice.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
30. That's the reason I recommended the movie to so many people, family, etc.
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 11:16 PM
Aug 2020

A lot of young people look derisively at the former USSR because of the economics of Communism, not the actual power structure that had party pols telling scientists how to do their jobs, denying there is a problem, etc. To me, the biggest impact of the movie was in seeing how their political structure ruined critical thinking, denial of reality, etc.

The best part was the miners, I think. They were a tribe of workers willing to do what was needed.

benfranklin1776

(6,427 posts)
33. Yes! You're exactly right.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 09:43 AM
Aug 2020

The brilliance of the miniseries was, in part, in how it depicted the abominable manner in which life and death decisions were being made with everything focused on preserving the image of the regime and those in power with the health and welfare of the people not being of any concern. The admonition by the party apparatchik in the first episode to lie to the people and keep them in the dark about the scale of the disaster and it’s threat to their lives and have them focus only on “their work“ reminded me of the rancid bleatings of the lieutenant governor of Texas the Rethuglican apparatchik Dan Patrick who was pushing to force businesses to open and herd people back to work that “senior citizens will be willing to die for the economy” 🤬 That’s what gives the miniseries such relevance to the current catastrophe we are experiencing as we see the EXACT same attitude being exhibited by the Trumpists who, I might add, would fit neatly into that corrupt decaying regime as they are comfortable with suppressing truth, muzzling scientists, and letting large numbers of people die in order to cling to their rapidly slipping stranglehold on power and control of we the people.

Yes I LOVED the miners! They had a tremendous spirit of selflessness and willingness to tackle the problem head on in order to save lives despite the incompetence and criminality of the regime which is the spirit we see today being exhibited by the front line health care workers dealing with the death and suffering caused by this regimes criminal mismanagement of this crisis. The leader of the miners was great wasn’t he? Basically told the apparatchiks to their face “don’t BS me, and your threats are meaningless: I’m going to protect my people and do what’s best for them” Exactly who you want in a leader which is in stark contrast to Mr “it is what it is” 🤬

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
35. Yeah, uncanny parallels. Those
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 01:26 PM
Aug 2020

trumpers sure like their daddy/dictator figure, too. They want a benevolent dictator, but they can't see thar trump is not.

benfranklin1776

(6,427 posts)
36. Indeed.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 01:51 PM
Aug 2020

And they never seem to grasp that a “Benevolent dictator” is an oxymoron: never has been such a thing, never will be. But I guess drinking all that bleach interferes with proper neuron functioning!

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
15. That puts it in perspective.
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 11:41 AM
Aug 2020

The GOP doesn't care about 1,000 Americans dying per day. This includes the Congress and the state lackeys as well.

The Democrats were fighting tooth and nail to reduce the 114 Americans dying per day before the ACA and the 94 Americans dying per day through guns.

Remind those non-voters who say there's no difference between the parties.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
31. Ali Velshi did something like this tonight at the start
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 11:20 PM
Aug 2020

of The Last Word. What if great presidents replaced "Four score and seven years ago," or "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself," etc. with "It is what it is."?

Initech

(99,914 posts)
20. 2009: Obamacare is coming to kill your grandma!
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 01:44 PM
Aug 2020

2020: We must kill the olds to save the economy for the younger generation! Also, you're all expendable to us, so ha ha suckers!

Wow, times have changed!

DSandra

(999 posts)
23. They say what they need to say to win
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 02:43 PM
Aug 2020

They are agenda driven and anything else is just tactics needed to fulfill the agenda.

Anyone notice that what they are doing is quite similar to the m.o. of a sociopath? Use and discard people when convenient.

DSandra

(999 posts)
24. America is not being run by humans, it is being run by sociopaths
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 02:47 PM
Aug 2020

Sociopaths are not human, they are a cancer disguised as human.

heckles65

(544 posts)
25. Sociopaths Talk Alike
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 04:24 PM
Aug 2020

"It is what it is" -Trump

"You found what you found" -Ira Einhorn, when police found the remains of his girlfriend in a trunk

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