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demmiblue

(36,821 posts)
Fri Mar 6, 2020, 08:13 AM Mar 2020

Trump's excuse for not visiting the CDC: ...the President does not want to interfere with the CDC's

Trump is no longer traveling to Atlanta today. “The CDC has been proactive and prepared since the very beginning and the President does not want to interfere with the CDC’s mission to protect the health and welfare of their people and the agency,” White House says.




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Trump's excuse for not visiting the CDC: ...the President does not want to interfere with the CDC's (Original Post) demmiblue Mar 2020 OP
He would fuck things up even more, thats a fact GusBob Mar 2020 #1
I liken him to a spraying diarrhea hose, everyone around him gets crap on em. uponit7771 Mar 2020 #2
Translation: "We do not want the president to say stupid things in public" USALiberal Mar 2020 #3
After he's done everything possible to gut the CDC. Paladin Mar 2020 #4
So he disrupts Nashville's cleanup effort. SmartVoter22 Mar 2020 #5
Translation: He'd behave like a complete fool. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2020 #6
I mean, yay? blogslut Mar 2020 #7
Trump just undercut the White House statement, saying he scrapped the trip because... demmiblue Mar 2020 #8

SmartVoter22

(639 posts)
5. So he disrupts Nashville's cleanup effort.
Fri Mar 6, 2020, 08:29 AM
Mar 2020

He has his priorities. Go make things worse, regardless of location.

I am beginning to have sympathy for golf courses Trump plays on.

blogslut

(37,981 posts)
7. I mean, yay?
Fri Mar 6, 2020, 08:46 AM
Mar 2020

He's not going to go physically crap all over the CDC facility. Instead, he's going to go screw up the recovery efforts of tornado-devastated Tennessee. Everybody wins! :/

demmiblue

(36,821 posts)
8. Trump just undercut the White House statement, saying he scrapped the trip because...
Fri Mar 6, 2020, 10:39 AM
Mar 2020
Trump just undercut the White House statement, saying he scrapped the trip because “they had one person who was potentially infected, and speaking of that I’d like to go...because of the one person they didn’t want me going, but I would prefer going.”


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