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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2020 17:10:53 GMT
If ever there was a good example of the loose cannon, he's it.
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Post by perrykneeham on Mar 7, 2020 18:57:53 GMT
I'm tempted to say a loose cannon aimed at his own foot, but it doesn't seem to matter how ridiculous his statements are as they chime with his electorate either way.
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Post by flatandy on Mar 7, 2020 20:52:02 GMT
I'm glad Trump is trying to down play this some, think the panic over C19 is bigger problem then C19 I'm not convinced I want my government looking at a highly infectious disease with a mortality rate of 0.7% and shrugging their shoulders. The public might need to stop freaking out about toilet paper, but I kind of want my government to be seriously concerned about something like this.
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Post by Marshall on Mar 8, 2020 2:15:13 GMT
Did you actually hear him talking from the CDC? Jesus what a self-obsessed ignoramus. Plus his vocabulary is down to about 50 words now.
Trump's biggest concern over the virus is the fallout it's having on the stock market.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 7:49:11 GMT
With a bit of luck the stockmarkets'll crash. That'll sort the men from the boys.
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Post by flatandy on Mar 8, 2020 13:23:40 GMT
The US stockmarket has been storming way ahead of anyone else's. That's because of the Republicans' massive tax-break to corporations which has mostly led to a ton of share buy-backs. The US stockmarkets in particular are artificially inflated beyond the fundamentals. The share prices aren't based on actual value, on efficiency or productivity improvements, nor increases in sales or turnover. So they're even more susceptible to shocks than European or Asian markets.
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Post by jimboky on Mar 8, 2020 15:18:34 GMT
I'm not convinced I want my government looking at a highly infectious disease with a mortality rate of 0.7% and shrugging their shoulders. The public might need to stop freaking out about toilet paper, but I kind of want my government to be seriously concerned about something like this.
8 and a half billion is not shrugging shoulders, it is more like keeping calm and covering all bases, this is still tiny in comparison to flu, cold, or other problems, but something to be dealt with,, Trump has drs and others dealing with this, while he is calming the masses,
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 16:01:03 GMT
... and the media's winding them up.
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Post by mids on Mar 8, 2020 16:08:35 GMT
In the UK, the BBC/Guardian are trying to wind the public up as an angle to attack the Tories.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 16:27:13 GMT
Probably. Good.
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Post by flatandy on Mar 8, 2020 20:33:23 GMT
this is still tiny in comparison to flu... Yes and no. Total deaths from the flu are higher. But if this infects as many people as flu does (and there's nothing to suggest it wouldn't if left to spread freely) then it would be worse than flu.
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Post by jimboky on Mar 8, 2020 21:03:55 GMT
really don't know how many people are affected by C19, we have had about 500 known cases with 20 deaths, the deaths are likely pretty much right, however the unknown is the number of people with C19, I suspect more likely 5000, hard to project any meaningful predictions with so much unknown,, it's odd though that most have been in Washington State at a Nursing home
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Post by jimboky on Mar 8, 2020 21:09:30 GMT
how long before some Dem suggests to stop having Trump rallies??? for the public health of course
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Post by voice on Mar 8, 2020 21:13:50 GMT
good god, can you imagine the meltdown if that was ever suggested, your lot would be all stroking out, the outrage level would be so high if anyone ever suggested Trump stop his ego boost cult gatherings.
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Post by flatandy on Mar 8, 2020 21:16:06 GMT
The more Trump rallies the better. Killing off huge swathes of his base of voters while leaving non-idiots unaffected seems perfect.
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Post by voice on Apr 4, 2020 12:42:27 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Apr 4, 2020 12:56:14 GMT
Few were looking? It's on the BBC.
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Post by voice on Apr 4, 2020 13:28:06 GMT
Few in the US my man, few in the US.
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Post by flatandy on Apr 21, 2020 19:34:32 GMT
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Post by Marshall on Apr 21, 2020 20:31:45 GMT
They've said that for a long time. Quite a few of them also agreed that Donnie tried extorting Ukraine for his own personal benefit.
They just don't care.
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