This Incompetent Administration's Response to Coronavirus

[Chicks]

This wouldn’t have happened if Hillary Clinton had won
By Max Boot

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...inton-had-won/

The coronavirus is the most foreseeable disaster in history — and so is President Trump’s inability to rise to the occasion.

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Because of Trump’s negligence, the United States lost two months of response time — precious days that should have been used to test the population, produce more N95 masks and ventilators, and build new hospital beds. This past week, the Pentagon finally announced that a Navy hospital ship would be heading to New York — but it will take at least two weeks to get ready. Why wasn’t the deployment order given sooner? Even now, with the crisis upon us, Trump hesitates to use his full authority to order wartime production of ventilators needed to keep thousands of patients alive.

Utterly lacking in empathy, Trump is incapable of rallying a shell-shocked nation. When asked on Friday, “What do you say to Americans who are watching you right now who are scared?,” Trump launched into a tirade against the reporter who asked the question. Like the snake-oil salesman that he is, his version of reassurance is to tout miracle cures that have not been verified by medical science.

I weep in anger and frustration imagining what might have been if Hillary Clinton — a sane, sensible adult — had won. We couldn’t have avoided the coronavirus, but we could have ameliorated its effects. We could be South Korea (102 deaths) rather than Italy (4,825 deaths and counting).

It took no foresight to predict that Trump would be a catastrophe in a crisis. It was close to the conventional wisdom. Yet nearly 63 million voters chose to disregard such warnings.

There were many reasons Trump won. Ironically, one of the most oft-cited was the desire to blow everything up, because Trump voters were convinced that things couldn’t get any worse than they were in 2016. As they shelter in their homes and the economy grinds to a halt, I wonder if perhaps they now realize how good they had it under President Barack Obama?

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[Chicks]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

China, China, China, China! Bah!

Everything falls on those who sold out the US to Trump.

A powerful nation gives out critical production to its 1%. WTF

A sign of our time...when Trump shut down virus intelligence he was attacked, rightly so.

It is obvious that Faux is a pr institution for Trump.

Fixed it for you. F'ing moron.

[HarmanKardon]

Latest news from Germany:

Chancellor Angela Merkel got the Covid virus.

[Chicks]

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

Latest news from Germany:

Chancellor Angela Merkel got the Covid virus.

Sad news.


Hope you staying safe and sound.

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by Chicks

Mods had to close the thread on AK. MAGAMorons there, particularly one who was apparently banished for life from this forum, simply wouldn’t STFU.

Who got the boot?

[Dondilion]

The virus has illuminated and substantiated the main planks of Trump's campaign platform.

It is obvious that the present global model with China as the main center of the supply chain has been severely discredited. Risk managers in western democracies will now have to stand up.

Now look for hard lobbying from China and its associates as it tries to outmaneuver its critics.

[donquixote99]

Xenophobia seems validated, but only if you want to think so. Otherwise one realizes the actual danger isn't from foreigners, it's from a novel species of microbes.

As for China being shown to be bad, supply-chain wise, I need to ask you to spell out why so? The Pandemic is a natural disaster, not China's fault and not permanent

[Chicks]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

The virus has illuminated and substantiated the main planks of Trump's campaign platform.

It is obvious that the present global model with China as the main center of the supply chain has been severely discredited. Risk managers in western democracies will now have to stand up.

Now look for hard lobbying from China and its associates as it tries to outmaneuver its critics.

Nonsense. The “Spanish Flu” originated in Kansas, Ebola in The Congo, etc. These viruses can originate anywhere, at any time. Your brain is damaged by constant exposure to the hate-monger Fucker Carlson. You’re beyond repair.