Way over-the-top tweet, even for him...

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

[genxlib]

1. This tweet has "Mission Accomplished" written all over it

Let's see what things look like in a few weeks. Premature victory laps seem to be a GOP specialty.

I note that he did not actually link to the poll so it begs the question if it even says that.

[California_Republic]

5. ! You beat me to it!

[subterranean]

14. Here's the poll in question:

https://news.gallup.com/poll/286277/high-confidence-government-handle-coronavirus.aspx

And as you suspected, it does not say that. It merely asked Americans how confident they are in the government's ability to handle the outbreak. It was certainly NOT a rating of the job they are actually doing. But Trump can never resist an opportunity to pat himself on the back and denigrate others.

[HotTeaBag]

17. I hope people have high confidence in it's ability to handle the outbreak

that's normally what governments do.

Let's see if they repeat the poll in three weeks and if the results remain the same.

[uponit7771]

2. 750 million people in China were quarantined for weeks (link) that's a big hit to world GDP and this

... idiot is talking about what happened in 2009 !?!?!

just damn

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/18/806868972/coronavirus-lockdown-democratic-caucuses-and-primaries-ahead-weinstein-trial

[Mme. Defarge]

3. From «reckless disregard"

to “depraved indifference”.

[Hekate]

24. Indeed

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

4. Just talking about "the best" during this

Is insanity.

[hlthe2b]

6. It was from an old Feb3-16 poll just days after the first announcement of foreign entry restrictions

Totally meaningless. It likewise is responding to question of Federal Government ability to handle, not administration.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Gallup+poll+on+Coronavirus%3F

[Liberal In Texas]

7. Gallup has ratings for handling viral outbreak crisis? Who knew?

He's making shit up again.

[Baked Potato]

8. 9 months, MFer

[wishstar]

9. Reeks of WH desperation when Coronavirus in US just started

Obvious he didn't compose this tweet himself but has WH spin doctors working hard

[gratuitous]

10. Anything to distract from another bad day at the Dow Jones, eh Donny?

Needy Amin must be adored!

[malaise]

11. THIS

but note the dates.

[stillcool]

12. poor twit...

he thinks he's getting out in front of it, but it's going to run him over. His lies hardly register He's like a gnat that you can't swat.

[smirkymonkey]

13. FFS, this is not about your ego, you toxic POS!

People are getting sick and dying and this is just the beginning. You are the most worthless person on the planet!

[angstlessk]

15. Here ya go..some real stats

The CDC predicts that at least 12,000 Americans will die from the flu in any given year.

HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Folks fretting about the coronavirus are forgetting there's another virus already running rampant in the United States, one that's killed nearly 20 times as many people in this country alone.

Influenza has already taken the lives of 10,000 Americans this season, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 19 million have caught the flu, and an estimated 180,000 became so ill they landed in the hospital.

source: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-02-07/theres-a-virus-spreading-in-us-thats-killed-10-000-the-flu

[uponit7771]

18. I don't know where they're quarantining hundreds of millions of people off of flu virus like

... in China.

This looks and sounds different

I don't know where GDP predictions where slated to fall because of a virus even the H1N1

[uponit7771]

16. Swine Flu started in the US and Mexico and Obama admin responded to it immediately vs ...

... firing the pandemic response teams.

We would've been ahead of Cv-19 if these idiots would've had the gov infrastructure in place

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. Maggot is loving this. He really is a disgusting pos.

[PA Democrat]

20. That particular swine flu season in the US lasted from April 2009 until June 2010.

It's been what.... a week since the first community transmission of COVID-19 has been confirmed? We are still unable to do adequate testing.

And Trump is claiming bragging rights?

I'd say he suffers from premature adulation.

[Make7]

21. "The flu in our country kills from 25,000 people to 69,000 people a year, that was shocking to me."

"The April 2009-10 Swine Flu, where nearly 13,000 people died in the U.S., was poorly handled."

That tweet is coming from the same guy who apparently just learned that there are tens of thousands of flu deaths each year in the United States.

The CDC estimates there were 61,000 flu deaths during the 2017-2018 season - the worst toll in 40 years. Who was the President then?

[Totally Tunsie]

22. "HIGHEST RATING EVER"!! I feel so reassured now.

[ibegurpard]

23. He's a toddler

[EarthFirst]

25. If we got serious about testing and containment in the United States...

We would see the real numbers. Shocking numbers.

However they’ve decided that a half-assed response will prevail...

This Gallup poll is useless anyhow; as mentioned above.

In a few more weeks; after we have half a dozen (or more) cluster cities; after it starts affecting someone you know personally; they’ll be looking for heads on a pike pole.

Enjoy your disillusioned self-congratulatory ego trip; your trip is short...

[Olafjoy]

26. No one gives a crap about polls ya idiot

They care if there are enough kits for testing and if there will will be a ventilator available if they need it.

[Karadeniz]

27. Since China knows how to handle an epidemic, perhaps we could pay them to treat ours

If we ship them there. Just an idea, since we're not handling it well!

[Docreed2003]

28. You know one of his toadies had to have fed him this BS

This is insane and extraordinarily dangerous. A president who cares more for "ratings" than actually caring for the country. This has the potential to be disastrous