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madaboutharry

(40,209 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:16 PM Mar 2020

A Normal President Would Have Addressed The Nation.

Any one of the previous American presidents in modern times would have already given a prime time address to the nation in which truths would have been told and in which a plan for going forward would have been explained.

We are without leadership. We have been without leadership for three years.

This is a fact equally as frightening as the virus itself.



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A Normal President Would Have Addressed The Nation. (Original Post) madaboutharry Mar 2020 OP
All he cares about is winning the election, not the country, not the people nothing else. redstatebluegirl Mar 2020 #1
My mum was just saying that.. HipChick Mar 2020 #2
trump/pence, administration, as key CV 19 people - incredible incompetence empedocles Mar 2020 #3
If he did, people would be even less informed, since he just lies. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #4
Well, my preference would be that he would make MissMillie Mar 2020 #5
I'm just as happy he's not. My blood pressure couldn't take it. Hekate Mar 2020 #6
We're better off without some big prime time White House address. calimary Mar 2020 #21
Even worse... pat_k Mar 2020 #7
That is very true. madaboutharry Mar 2020 #8
He is addressing his nation. Meeting with the stock brokers for lunch. LiberalArkie Mar 2020 #9
Shitler is incapable of calming us. He is the source of our anxiety. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #10
I'll gladly take an address laden with gaffes IronLionZion Mar 2020 #11
"laden with gaffes" sucks too Skittles Mar 2020 #31
Truths? surely you jest. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #12
I said in "normal" times. madaboutharry Mar 2020 #13
More frightening to me, actually relayerbob Mar 2020 #14
Exactly this. nt a la izquierda Mar 2020 #16
He would only tell us it's a beautiful virus...a perfect virus. YES, we are without leadership. spanone Mar 2020 #15
What is McConnell doing now? Lamar Alexander? Patty Murray? Ford_Prefect Mar 2020 #17
Golf or address the nation, it was a tough decision! Canoe52 Mar 2020 #18
THIS -- is exactly why we have the CoVID-19 KPN Mar 2020 #19
He's truly a menace to us all-- a national security threat LymphocyteLover Mar 2020 #20
Forget about the "president" title, this guy is not normal. Perseus Mar 2020 #22
Who is he siding with...... Traildogbob Mar 2020 #23
It's worse than that, this was done on purpose to profit drumpf & oligarchs. lark Mar 2020 #24
I did hear that Trump has an True Blue American Mar 2020 #27
Chump thinks he is only president of Fox News viewers. Initech Mar 2020 #25
Trump only met with Republican Senators today True Blue American Mar 2020 #26
This malaise Mar 2020 #29
He is such a POS. Initech Mar 2020 #30
Unfortunately, this president is an idiot. nt ooky Mar 2020 #28

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
1. All he cares about is winning the election, not the country, not the people nothing else.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:21 PM
Mar 2020

HE is the only thing he cares about. I swear I don't think he would care of one of his children got the virus and got seriously ill. He just cares about Donald.

MissMillie

(38,553 posts)
5. Well, my preference would be that he would make
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:25 PM
Mar 2020

a VERY short statement, and then introduce some doctors and some disease prevention experts, who would do the explaining and take questions from the press.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
21. We're better off without some big prime time White House address.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 03:32 PM
Mar 2020

It wouldn’t matter WHAT he’d say. Cuz he’s nothing but That Guy Who Lies All The Time. Who’s willing to risk believing him anymore? (Except maybe in that part of the country which is often referred to here as Dumbfuckistan.)

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
10. Shitler is incapable of calming us. He is the source of our anxiety.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 02:25 PM
Mar 2020

Just seeing him raises my blood pressure.

IronLionZion

(45,433 posts)
11. I'll gladly take an address laden with gaffes
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 02:27 PM
Mar 2020

over the cold callous disregard we are currently getting. Trump and his administration don't want the truth coming out because it makes them look incompetent and useless. America needs new leadership.

When the stock market and jobs and whatever were up, it's easy to miss. But when our country is in a crisis, then more voters notice that the people in charge have no idea what they're doing and can't handle it.

relayerbob

(6,544 posts)
14. More frightening to me, actually
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 02:32 PM
Mar 2020

You can avoid people, wash hands, etc., to try to fend off a disease. We can't do shit to fend off a Trump, except VOTE!!!

KPN

(15,643 posts)
19. THIS -- is exactly why we have the CoVID-19
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 03:15 PM
Mar 2020

situation and Wall Street reaction we now have. These situations are both of tRump’s own making as well as all of those serving in appointed federal positions under him. We are living with the chaos created by the vast incompetence of our pResident. We wouldn’t be dealing with or experiencing either the Coronavirus scare or Wall Street collapse if we had a reasonably normal President. We don’t. Instead, we have a crooked incompetent who surrounds himself with other crooks and total incompetents so that he can feel like he’s in charge. This was totally avoidable. It was created by him personally, by his sheer incompetence. I so hope he ultimately pays for it.

LymphocyteLover

(5,643 posts)
20. He's truly a menace to us all-- a national security threat
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 03:30 PM
Mar 2020

He tweeted that COVID19 is just like the flu, FFS. It's sick!

Traildogbob

(8,726 posts)
23. Who is he siding with......
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 03:58 PM
Mar 2020

In the Saudie/Russia oil war. Both his LOVERS. Or, are they uniting to crash us further by making our oil worthless. Would be a great way to destroy our economy, they already destroyed our democracy. We are down on the mat, the ref is counting and is up to number 8. Our enemies threw a massive upper cut, set up the many chins of trump and then landed a POWERFUL RIGHT. We are nearly out for the count. A DOWN goes Frazier, I MEAN MURKKKa. MAGA. All the winning, Be Best. Least the trumps are fine, playing golf and tennis with our cash, and we pay for the courts. Like their new shirts say, "In God We Trump"? God be blessin us!

lark

(23,097 posts)
24. It's worse than that, this was done on purpose to profit drumpf & oligarchs.
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 10:14 AM
Mar 2020

There's a cure used widely around the world, but no, drumpf wouldn't allow that - no profit. So CDC started to "develop" their own test, using his preferred vendor I'm positive, ensuring profits for him. So we are 2 months behind the curve due to drumpfs' killing greed and concern for no one or nothing but himself (Russia is now part of "him" because they own him). He's so stupid and incurious, I wonder if this was done to kill us or just out of greed and ignorance? With him it could be either or even both.

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
27. I did hear that Trump has an
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 02:09 PM
Mar 2020

Interest in the company. He was getting angry at the end of his short PC!

Initech

(100,068 posts)
25. Chump thinks he is only president of Fox News viewers.
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 02:04 PM
Mar 2020

Ugh... imagine the progress we could have been making in the last 20 years without that POS network.

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
26. Trump only met with Republican Senators today
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 02:08 PM
Mar 2020

Without House Democrats nothing can happen. Trump is afraid to face Pelosi and Schumer!

He is not only a liar but is also a blooming coward.

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