President Trump contradicts HIMSELF! He cannot have "absolute power" and "take no responsibility at all!"
Trump has absolute power, but can he make a rock he cannot lift?
Here's how stupid this is in April 2020:
Trump’s media critics silent on Cristina Cuomo’s ‘BLEACH BATH’ Covid-19 tip, after tearing into president for ‘disinfectants’ line
25 Apr, 2020 03:02 / Updated 3 hours ago
Russia Today (ludicrous funny propaganda - very weak, dumb stuff in fact!)
https://www.rt.com/usa/486863-cristina-cuomo-bleach-bath/
"While media critics were busy mocking US President Donald Trump’s recent musings about Covid-19 treatments, the wife of a top CNN anchor offered her own novel therapy: bathing in bleach – drawing silence from the same detractors. "
This is one of the most incredibly stupid false equivalencies I have ever read. Does RT not realize a newscaster, Chris Cuomo, wife, Mrs C., is not the symbol of the PRESIDENT? Does RT know the difference between INJECTING BLEACH AND A BATH IN BLEACH?
Does RT think any fool will buy THEIR silly written comparison when the "Leader of the Free World" speaks of bleach and light treatments while he is saying, "I'm not a doctor, but . . . ?" try killing yourself for me.
Trump Claims His Comments about Disinfectant and Coronavirus Were ‘Sarcastic’
By Mairead McArdle About Mairead McArdle April 24, 2020 3:10 PM
"Trump on Friday said he was being “sarcastic” during the previous day’s press conference when he expressed interest in exploring whether light, heat and disinfectants could be potential for coronavirus patients.
“I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office as he signed the fourth coronavirus aid package passed by Congress.
More BULL SHIT from our Chief Bull Shitter! I can't believe how boldly Trump lies!
LOL!!! OK, if Trump supporters want to believe their Dear Leader King Trump was joking to test the media, I have land in the desert to sell you. Just send me $10,000 in cash to me, and when I have a total of $1M I will show you where it is, and sell it cheap, good deal only another $10,000!
Let's talk responsibility. RESPONSIBILITY.
Pontius Pilate Trump washes his hands of America, abdicates leadership, takes no responsibility at all, when he acted it was slow and the absolute minimal he could to protect the stock market, then he asserts absolute power to order states to work?
You could not write a script like this for a bad Hollywood movie!
Whenever Obama explained why he got it wrong, it was unacceptable. Whenever Trump explains why he got it wrong, it is always someone else's fault. Why is there any difference?
Trump wants Americans to focus on a couple of his January "actions." Why just two?
Here's a few dates for you to think about. Then, of course, we can look at his COMPLETE public announcements to get the whole picture.
Jan. 17: The CDC begins monitoring major airports for passengers arriving from China.
Jan. 22: Trump makes his first comments about the coronavirus, saying he is not concerned about a pandemic. “No. Not at all. And we have it totally under control. … It’s going to be just fine.”
Jan. 30: Trump says of the threat: “We think it’s going to have a very good ending for it. So that I can assure you.”
Jan. 31: Trump announces travel restrictions from China after three major airlines announced they had halted flights.
Let's look at more dates.
Two months in the dark: The increasingly damning timeline of Trump’s coronavirus response
By Aaron Blake - 13 April 2020
Coronavirus: Trump berates media at jaw-dropping briefing
Jon Sopel North America editor@bbcjonsopel on Twitter
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52276004
"There are more than 23,000 Americans dead because of coronavirus and more than half a million infected - and remember that, in early March, Donald Trump was saying there were a handful of cases, but that would soon be down to zero.
Yet Donald Trump walked into the briefing room with scores to settle with the media. This wasn't about the dead, the desperately sick, the people fearful of catching the virus. This was about him. And more particularly his profound sense of grievance that the media has been critical of his handling of Covid-19.
"If you were watching the news conference on TV, you would have seen the film. But in the briefing room, where I had my vantage point, Donald Trump was alternately scowling at us, then pointing and smiling derisively and then smirking, as if to say, "Look at all you losers - I've nailed you with this".
Contempt seemed to ooze out of every pore. Central to the president's argument is that at the end of January he stopped a lot of flights coming from China and that had saved countless thousands of American lives. [ACTUALLY MAYBE 40,000 AMERICANS CAME IN FROM CHINA AFTER TRUMP'S WEAK AND LATE RESPONSE.]
Paula Reid from CBS pushed back forcefully, arguing that, bold move though that was, it wasn't followed through with any meaningful action in February, when testing was minimal and precious time was lost.
The president was enraged. You could see the fury coursing through him as he was extremely rude to her (he didn't answer the detail of her arguments, though). He called her a "fake" and "disgraceful"."
Trump talks like he is King, but he is only "King" of the Executive Branch. The courts stop many of his attempts to be King.
While a President has great power in national emergencies, that power is not unlimited and is not a license to kill; acting like ISIS in a bacterial war is not a good thing!
Trump: “When Somebody’s President of the United States, the Authority is Total’
By Jonathan Chait
Court throws out Trump rollback of school nutrition rules
By CANDICE CHOI - April 14, 2020 GMT
https://apnews.com/32bb555a12fd6f98abe29e2f22e7324f
Thank our Constitution Trump does NOT have "absolute power?' Kid lunches are safe.
Trump inspires deceitful denial of the threat of covid-19 to the point of people like CANDACE OWENS acting like a spoiled brat.
Candace goes into Wash DC says the death count is not high enough to wear a mask. Candace will comply with the scientist and governmental DC leaders warnings and orders in Whole Foods grocery store when "enough" people die?
She is modeling Trump's behavior and misinformation, making her opinion more important than anyone else's because she is a Trump BOT.
She says WTF? I say WTF to her! She dumb! She tone deaf!
'SPIRAL INTO TYRANNY’ Republican activist Candace Owens fumes after being ‘stopped by cops for not wearing a coronavirus mask in Wholefoods’
Kassidy Vavra, New York - Apr 14 2020, Updated: Apr 14 2020
""We have not seen an outbreak of COVID-19. We have not seen an increase in deaths.
"This is just erratic. This is just a game of Simon Says," she added, noting that the death toll in Washington D.C. is 69 – which she said is "extremely, extremely low."
With a population of roughly 702,000, D.C. has confirmed 2,058 cases of coronavirus.
As of Tuesday, the U.S had registered more than 589,000 cases of the virus. More than 25,000 Americans have died.
Despite the numbers, Owens said having to wear a mask was "absolutely crazy."
Candace is the crazy one.
How many dead does Candace feel makes it time to put on her mask? Perhaps Candace is spreading covid-19? Does she know if the has it? Has she been tested?
Did Candace go to Whole Foods LOOKING for a public embarrassment?
Does Candace follow the local news about covid-19?
Has she been tested?
Is Candace intentionally ignoring the pandemic experts? Does she think Dr. Fauci is a Hillary plant to undermine Trump (BTW, Trump undermines Trump with no help from Fauci.)
Which conspiracy is Candace advocating? Perhaps she likes the notion of the Deep State is causing the covid-19 pandemic?
Trump inspires uninformed / misinformed Americans, Trump BOTs, cult followers to protest stay at home orders even if these orders save lives.
Coronavirus stay-at-home orders stir protests nationwide amid fears of economic collapse
By Andrew O'Reilly - 14 April 2020
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/coronavirus-stay-at-home-orders-protests-economy
Trump will try to skip necessary safety measures in a desparate attempt to help his election trhu re-staring work. He will chair a panel and then do whatever he wants despite what they advice.
CDC, FEMA have created a plan to reopen America. Here’s what it says.
Document is part of White House plan being drafted to allow Trump to reopen parts of the country within weeks
By Lena H. Sun, National reporter focusing on health - Josh Dawsey, Reporter covering the White House - William Wan, National correspondent covering health, science and news - April 14, 2020
"“We think we’re going to be able to get them open very quickly,” Trump said.
He added: “We will hold the governors accountable. But again, we’re going to be working with them to make sure it works very well.”
This would be funny if it was not so full of irony and absurdity.
If Trump is going to hold Governors accountable, what part of the accountability does he retain if he "orders" the states back to work? lol! NONE!
Trump has no idea how complex the restart of work will be, NONE!
"The plan lays out three phases: Preparing the nation to reopen with a national communication campaign and community readiness assessment until May 1. Then, the effort through May 15 would involve ramping up manufacturing of testing kits and personal protective equipment and increasing emergency funding. Then staged reopenings would begin, depending on local conditions. The plan does not give dates for reopenings but specified “not before May 1.”"
Trump’s propaganda-laden, off-the-rails coronavirus briefing
By Aaron Blake - Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix, April 13 at 8:24 PM
"It was soon noted that the video Trump had cued up left out a significant chunk of time in February — after the China travel ban and before Trump acknowledged the severity of the situation in mid-March — in which he didn’t take significant steps.
“What did you do in February?” CBS News’s Paula Reid asked.
Trump responded, “What do you do when you have no cases in the whole United States?” Reid rightly noted that there were actually cases in February, but Trump ignored it, refocusing on the lack of cases in mid-January. Pressed, he assured that the administration had in February done “a lot, and in fact we’ll give you a list.""
Donald Trump continues incessant manipulation of facts to make himself look good.
Andrew Cuomo: Trump 'just wrong' on power to reopen states
By Rebecca Klar - 04/14/20
Trump uses coronavirus briefing to fire back at critics
By Brett Samuels - 04/13/20
""We really have done this right. The problem is the press doesn’t cover it the way it should be," Trump said.
The president's opening remarks appeared to be an extension of his weekend Twitter storm in which he stewed over a New York Times story that said he was warned repeatedly about the threat of a potential pandemic in January and February. The White House first imposed social distancing guidelines in mid-March."
FACTS ARE FACTS. TRUMP GAVE AMERICA A BAND AID FOR A HEART ATTACK!
Doctor In White House ‘Propaganda’ Video Fires Back At Trump
Dr. David Agus said he was wrong to trust what he had been told about the nation’s ability to test and quarantine to stop the spread of COVID-19.
By Ed Mazza - 13 April 2020
"Many (inc @POTUS) have mentioned that on Feb 8 on @CBSThisMorning I said I didn’t think #CoronaVirus would be a major issue in the US, as I was told we had adequate virus testing & would quarantine those infected & control the virus before it was able to terrorize the country.
— David Agus (@DavidAgus) April 13, 2020
We have the best epidemiology teams in the world after all. I was wrong to accept this as fact, and have learned to question not trust.
— David Agus (@DavidAgus) April 13, 2020"
Fauci says 'rolling reentry' of US economy possible in May
Fauci said a gradual process will be required based on the status of the pandemic in various parts of the U.S
By Ken MartinFOXBusiness 13 April 2020
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/fauci-says-rolling-reentry-of-us-economy-possible-in-may
The reality is that Trump has verbally promised relief and help for the covid-19 pandemic and delivered very little PHYSICAL relief and help. The PPE is NOT arriving as Trump says. The respirators are not arriving as Trump says. The Governors are not failing as Trump says.
A Month After Emergency Declaration, Trump's Promises Largely Unfulfilled
April 13, 20205:01 AM ET - Heard on Morning Edition
Tim Mak - Sacha Pfeiffer - Huo Jingnan - Robert Benincasa
Ask the hospitals and Governors, and even local fire chiefs in Massachusetts, if Trump has delivered anything he says he has, or if he delivered what he promised in the numbers they needed.
Trump sent Arizona a fraction of the ventilators it sought. Republicans still framed it as a big win.
Martha McSally is the latest GOP senator to crow about a ventilator deal that’s less than it appears.
By Aaron Rupar - Apr 13, 2020
https://www.vox.com/2020/4/13/21218938/trump-martha-mcsally-arizona-ventilators-coronavirus
What does Tweety expect the media to report if what they report is what he said and did? How does the media tell his story without the facts and truth?
After Trump takes over command of the States, what is next? Will he start arresting and jailing his enemies, which is anyone not loyal to him, anyone who criticizes or questions his decisions, and anyone that proves actions and words were not "perfect" like the call to Ukraine? Bill Barr is asking the courts to allow Trump to do away with habeas corpus?
Trump if firing impeachment witnesses, which in my opinion is criminal, so why wouldn't he arrest his enemies?
Were Trump's January actions and his downplaying covid-19 comments the best things to do, and were they timely?
Did Trump seek medical advice, or financial advice about the stock market to decide what to do to respond to covid-19?
Was trump worried about offending the negotiations with China seeing covid-19 thru the prism of a trade war?
Did Trump listen to anything the WHO advised?
Did Trump do what pandemic experts advised, AND WHAT SCIENCE DICTATED?
Did Trump roll out massive testing and order PPE from the Nationals Strategic Reserves be distributed to the needy states?
Did Donald Trump do what military generals would do to prepare for a war?
Did Trump gather Governors and ask them what they needed?
Did Trump read intel report sin November 2019?
Did Trump listen to Obama's warning in 2014 and in 2016 when Trump took office?
BTW, our Government is based on the Constitution which separates the Executive powers and makes Congress and the Judiciary CO-EQUAL, not subservient.
Article II, Section 1
The Text
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
[The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted.
The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice.
In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.]6
The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States. No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
[In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice-President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.]7
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them. Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
https://www.annenbergclassroom.org/article-ii-section-1/
