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****Oval Office Address thread***** (Original Post) underpants Mar 2020 OP
Drugs, man.... PCIntern Mar 2020 #1
I think they drug him to stop him going off script Skittles Mar 2020 #19
Bigly! dhol82 Mar 2020 #81
I keep saying that... Pacifist Patriot Mar 2020 #68
have never watched a trump speech even once. thot Id tune in to this one tho nt msongs Mar 2020 #2
What drug is reading the teleprompter? hvn_nbr_2 Mar 2020 #3
Yup, that's about the size of it. dhol82 Mar 2020 #83
The motherfucker is on drugs. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #4
It's Europes fault too underpants Mar 2020 #5
No travel from Europe including goods for a month underpants Mar 2020 #6
That looks like a SNL skits for real n/t Claustrum Mar 2020 #7
Looks and sounds like crap. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #8
No kidding underpants Mar 2020 #10
Does he have a sore throat? He seemed to have borderline laryngitis. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #84
Sooooooo bad Olafjoy Mar 2020 #9
He can't go for water underpants Mar 2020 #15
"Trump Shit Show" would be a better title Skittles Mar 2020 #11
I think he is sick. EllieBC Mar 2020 #12
🤞🤞🤞 dewsgirl Mar 2020 #34
Kinda hoping MissB Mar 2020 #42
He can't read well so he's droning through the words uponit7771 Mar 2020 #13
Sort of looking off to the side in a weird way Olafjoy Mar 2020 #14
What is wrong with Red Don's right eye ? uponit7771 Mar 2020 #16
He refuses to wear his glasses when anyone's looking kskiska Mar 2020 #32
I wonder how big the letters are not fooled Mar 2020 #52
In Sinatra's last days performing kskiska Mar 2020 #92
I doubt trump has talked to ANY of our allies. spanone Mar 2020 #17
Do we have any left? Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #41
Yeah EndlessWire Mar 2020 #96
His pupils are way too dilated for being under bright camera lights. unitedwethrive Mar 2020 #18
He's never not high. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #40
He sounds a little short of breath Olafjoy Mar 2020 #20
yeah, definitely. A few sentences he was really having trouble pushing through to the end. fishwax Mar 2020 #86
My daughter is On a plane .com India to Abu Dhabi to chicae. I hope it's not too late. hedda_foil Mar 2020 #21
Yikes,. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #46
Friday night is when the ban starts, I think he said. nt Ilsa Mar 2020 #49
I can't take his damned lies, we are still on our own, there is nothing coming from him katmondoo Mar 2020 #22
Hey, can you throw me some toilet paper? IcyPeas Mar 2020 #23
What a liar! And he looks more like an oompa loompa than ever! Blaukraut Mar 2020 #24
He is talking fast to get it over. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #25
Am I seeing things, or are his knuckles are getting white? htuttle Mar 2020 #26
No, it's just that his face I So. Damn. Orange. SKKY Mar 2020 #38
Right eye weird for sure Olafjoy Mar 2020 #27
Trump sounds like shit. IluvPitties Mar 2020 #28
Shutting travel from Europe to USA? LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #29
it will crash. im checking the dow futures. drray23 Mar 2020 #50
Other than his bit of self-aggrandizing and exaggeration at the start... Roland99 Mar 2020 #30
Wtf is it with his right eye? PCIntern Mar 2020 #31
We have vast economic prosperity? LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #33
Not a financial crisis? Really? Olafjoy Mar 2020 #35
No shit. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #44
Is anyone able to keep up with what he is saying? LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #36
Temporary Moment of Time? Newest Reality Mar 2020 #37
He is such a fucking liar ... his administration hasn't done any of the things Greywing Mar 2020 #39
Can't watch the orange buffoon gademocrat7 Mar 2020 #43
SNIFF DesertRat Mar 2020 #45
Looking to the right Olafjoy Mar 2020 #47
I feel better now! bagimin Mar 2020 #48
He's not just sniffing...he's actually gulping at times. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #51
His focus is always on money, not people jmbar2 Mar 2020 #53
Too bad he's lied his ass off for all of his life...no way anyone believes a word he now says unitedwethrive Mar 2020 #54
He's the Little Boy Who Cried Wolf. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #89
The war Newest Reality Mar 2020 #55
Payroll tax cut doesn't help people who miss one or more paychecks either flibbitygiblets Mar 2020 #91
Yah, payroll tax holiday, my royal carpathian azz. sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #93
Ok everybody... Newest Reality Mar 2020 #98
No payroll tax deductions from me. On SS. sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #103
And he moves against social security. Nt avebury Mar 2020 #56
I don't believe a thing that comes out of his mouth. walkingman Mar 2020 #57
Liar. And they're cutting SNAP on 4/1 DesertRat Mar 2020 #58
He has his eyes SHUT....HOW CAN HE READ EVERYTHING.... onecent Mar 2020 #59
He Can't Resist Taking A Bow And Patting Himself .... global1 Mar 2020 #60
And...stock futures plunge jmbar2 Mar 2020 #61
S&P futures down 2.5% and declining. Recovered to down 2%. Long time till open tomorrow. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #74
I was going to to say a day late and a dollar short Tripper11 Mar 2020 #62
"We will all emerge..." Olafjoy Mar 2020 #63
And... Newest Reality Mar 2020 #64
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Mar 2020 #65
I picked up on the phrase customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #66
A virus with a nationality? MuseRider Mar 2020 #70
I've said for awhile now customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #72
Meadows MuseRider Mar 2020 #82
Pelosi also smacked Kevin McCarthy for calling it the Chinese virus. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #101
It's the racist push to call it Wuhan Virus in RW circles. They are hinting you have to have Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #85
GOP has been doing that the whole time. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2020 #79
Just think... Newest Reality Mar 2020 #87
The GOP are all using "Chinese virus" and "Wuhan virus" now. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #100
He sounds like he's sick. docgee Mar 2020 #67
half baloney and half reasonableness that anyone would say nt msongs Mar 2020 #69
My eyes are closed, I have my hands over my ears, MoonchildCA Mar 2020 #71
I'm recording it. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #76
It was short and you should watch it with your own eyes ... Greywing Mar 2020 #90
Okay. I'll try. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #95
Chocolate sounds perfect n/t Greywing Mar 2020 #97
IT IS! Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #99
I et a whole Cadbury Fruit 'n' Nut 🍫 one the other nite and damm proud of m'self! 🤣 sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #104
I have Girl Scout cookies in the house. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #110
Was scoping out some GS stands but dint see any where I traveled. sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #113
I couldn't find any last year. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #115
You so kind and thoughtful remembering me while you indulge! ☺ sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #117
I did it. Well, I took as much as I could stand. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #119
He sounded AWFUL budkin Mar 2020 #73
Maybe he has OhZone Mar 2020 #80
I hate him. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2020 #75
And he said he's going to ask congress madamesilverspurs Mar 2020 #77
Well, my kids' plans just got screwed. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #78
Tell your son todo some good research. My som works for Delta and they announced today that they napi21 Mar 2020 #102
Just texted with d-in-law, and it looks like their travel is off. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #106
The one thing I see in your favor is that this is a global problem so Sweeden is going to be going napi21 Mar 2020 #112
True. Sweden's CV numbers have been growing rapidly for the past few days. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #114
Sorry to hear about your kids' plans..What are all those college international students going to do? Farmgirl1961 Mar 2020 #107
Chump will let them leave. They just won't be able to get back. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #111
Travel to the UK is still unrestricted. They need to re-book to the UK Arazi Mar 2020 #116
They can't leave here that quickly, and Swedish contacts aren't ready for them to arrive. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #118
Given the drop in standards... Turbineguy Mar 2020 #88
Yeah it was. underpants Mar 2020 #109
My thanks to those watching. I simply can't. 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #94
roam halls, talk to all the portraits... eom sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #105
Notice he's still insisting that "the risk for most Americans is very, very low." nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #108

kskiska

(27,045 posts)
92. In Sinatra's last days performing
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:29 PM
Mar 2020

the song lyrics were huge and projected against the back wall of the theater.

EndlessWire

(6,460 posts)
96. Yeah
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:31 PM
Mar 2020

But my first thought was, oh, do we have any?

He only talks to countries I think of as contrary to our interests.

katmondoo

(6,454 posts)
22. I can't take his damned lies, we are still on our own, there is nothing coming from him
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:07 PM
Mar 2020

that will help us in any way.

Blaukraut

(5,693 posts)
24. What a liar! And he looks more like an oompa loompa than ever!
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:07 PM
Mar 2020

And what good is suspending travel from Europe going to do when it's already here?

drray23

(7,616 posts)
50. it will crash. im checking the dow futures.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:11 PM
Mar 2020

at 849pm it was forecasted to be -154. I will see at the next update.. (I dont have a bloomberg terminal so its delayed)

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
30. Other than his bit of self-aggrandizing and exaggeration at the start...
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:08 PM
Mar 2020

it’s actually not that bad

even tho he reads horribly off a teleprompter


Ok. Now he’s back on the self aggrandizing about the economy

Greywing

(1,124 posts)
39. He is such a fucking liar ... his administration hasn't done any of the things
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:09 PM
Mar 2020

he claims. ABSOLUTE LIES! And blaming "foreigners" for the spread. He only cares about talking about the economy. No compassion ... no concern about the American people. I despise this SOB!

unitedwethrive

(1,997 posts)
54. Too bad he's lied his ass off for all of his life...no way anyone believes a word he now says
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:11 PM
Mar 2020

even his supporters. (They are hoarding more than anyone.)

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
55. The war
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:11 PM
Mar 2020

The war on SS and Medicare is still on! Payroll tax.

That's not really going to help people on SS, with low wages, or the homeless who are going to be impacted.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
91. Payroll tax cut doesn't help people who miss one or more paychecks either
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:29 PM
Mar 2020

0% of $0 is still $0. How does this help people who live paycheck to paycheck, with no sick leave stay home if they're sick (or quarantined)?

As for low-interest small business loans, this is also not particularly helpful. My husband has a small business (40 employees). It's construction, so they can't work from home. He offers a week of sick pay, anything more than that he'll have to absorb, or start laying people off. If he gets a loan, he's still paying for people not working. We need FEDERAL PAID SICK LEAVE, STAT. Not a fucking loan.

And banning people from Europe, that's not helping either. The virus is already here. What's being done to test people to find out who fucking has this thing, which schools and companies etc. need to close temporarily? What's being done to get food and medical supplies to people who are quarantined (including the elderly and immunosuppressed, like my mother)?

sprinkleeninow

(20,217 posts)
93. Yah, payroll tax holiday, my royal carpathian azz.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:29 PM
Mar 2020

Screw that.

Like I read, payroll taxes contribute to SS [and Medicare?]. Not doing anyone favors. FoS. Full of hovno, as expected.

"Be gone, demonic virus and all other workings of the devil!"



sprinkleeninow

(20,217 posts)
103. No payroll tax deductions from me. On SS.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:49 PM
Mar 2020

But the empty headed orangeous one..

Well, let me retract that. Full of something. Could that be 💩?

Twisted announced decisions/'orders' based in GUVNO...

Tripper11

(4,338 posts)
62. I was going to to say a day late and a dollar short
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:12 PM
Mar 2020

But these idiots are more than a month behind

Lies..lies and words that mean zero to this shitflinging orange orangutan

Response to underpants (Original post)

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
66. I picked up on the phrase
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:13 PM
Mar 2020

"foreign virus". He's already laying the groundwork for blaming anything that goes wrong on China.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
72. I've said for awhile now
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:16 PM
Mar 2020

that he will blame this on China. His speech tonight fell right in line with that.

MuseRider

(34,095 posts)
82. Meadows
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:19 PM
Mar 2020

got it trouble for saying that, not with Trump of course but the Dems were upset about it and made it known. It will pass back and forth among them until others start saying it. God it makes me sick.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,964 posts)
85. It's the racist push to call it Wuhan Virus in RW circles. They are hinting you have to have
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:21 PM
Mar 2020

... some Chinese genes to get infected.

Wait till they have to go to a closed casket funeral of someone they know, closed due to contamination.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
87. Just think...
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:23 PM
Mar 2020

Just think how that will go with his base. I hear that our Chinese citizens are already rather nervous and even buying weapons, at least from an article I read.

You simply don't attach a nationality to a virus if you don't want to encourage that.

MoonchildCA

(1,301 posts)
71. My eyes are closed, I have my hands over my ears,
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:15 PM
Mar 2020

...and I’m singing la la la la.

Can someone tell me when it’s over?

Dem2theMax

(9,641 posts)
76. I'm recording it.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:18 PM
Mar 2020

But from the descriptions on here, I think I'll just delete it without watching. Hopefully someone will post a picture of how weird he looks. I don't think my blood pressure can take five seconds of him.

Joining you. La la la la.

Greywing

(1,124 posts)
90. It was short and you should watch it with your own eyes ...
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:28 PM
Mar 2020

I did and actually made it thru with out screaming at the tv. Just has to be seen to be believed.

Dem2theMax

(9,641 posts)
99. IT IS!
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:36 PM
Mar 2020


It's my go-to food for everything.
Having a good day? Make it even better. Chocolate.
Having a bad day? Drown my sorrows. Chocolate.
Having a normal day? A normal day consists of chocolate somewhere in that day.
See a pattern here?

Dem2theMax

(9,641 posts)
115. I couldn't find any last year.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:06 PM
Mar 2020

I'm embarrassed to admit that I made up for it this year.

I promise to think of you when I'm eating my cookies tonight

sprinkleeninow

(20,217 posts)
117. You so kind and thoughtful remembering me while you indulge! ☺
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:18 PM
Mar 2020

Really, enjoy! I got a stash of other goodie substitutes.😄

Stay safe and be well in your neck of the woods! 💜

Dem2theMax

(9,641 posts)
119. I did it. Well, I took as much as I could stand.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:42 AM
Mar 2020

Physically, what the hell is wrong with him? He could barely get out three words at a time, he had such a breathing issue.

Right eye half-closed, all puffed up. Slurring words. Words jumbled together.

The fact that he barely has a functioning brain is bad enough. There's definitely something physically wrong with him. And then there's the fact that he was totally drugged up.

So I learned that I need to wash my hands, and it's everybody's fault but his. Young people who get it have no worries at all. He said they will all get over it.
That was about all I could take.

He's blaming Europe, while he wouldn't allow researchers to test in this country. How do we know it didn't start here?

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
75. I hate him.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:17 PM
Mar 2020

I do not say that lightly. So please no comments on wasting my energy, hatred only diminishes me, etc. Like grief, I need to deal with this on my own terms and in my own time. Right now I hate him.

madamesilverspurs

(15,799 posts)
77. And he said he's going to ask congress
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:18 PM
Mar 2020

to do something they just blocked in the senate. Not to suggest that he EVER pays attention, but criminy!


.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
78. Well, my kids' plans just got screwed.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:18 PM
Mar 2020

They were to leave for Sweden for March 21-30, so will be within the travel restriction. My son and his fam are in the process of moving there, and they were to fly over to find housing. My son's new position kicks in on June 1, so he has to be there even if it means leaving the family behind.

This was to be a great opportunity for my son, and we're all very excited for him, but the COVID-19 situation is overshadowing what should be a great time for their family.

Of course, their well-being is #1.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
102. Tell your son todo some good research. My som works for Delta and they announced today that they
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:44 PM
Mar 2020

are canceling 25% of international flights & 10% of domestic ones. His new employer may be forced to suspend the plans until this is all over.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
106. Just texted with d-in-law, and it looks like their travel is off.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:57 PM
Mar 2020

It's son's old employer, new job - movin' on up to a global position from the national he is doing now. Hopefully, this will be merely a delay for them, but it changes the progression in his company. The guy waiting for his old job here will have to wait also, and so on, and so on.

I'm trying to fathom how much life for all of us is going to change for the coming future. These few weeks have changed the structure of everyone's life, and not for the better.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
112. The one thing I see in your favor is that this is a global problem so Sweeden is going to be going
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:02 PM
Mar 2020

through similar problems so everything may be suspended for a time and out into motion again when this is all over.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
114. True. Sweden's CV numbers have been growing rapidly for the past few days.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:06 PM
Mar 2020

It started very slowly, then BOOM! I've been watching the CV map, and growing more concerned by the day.

It really looks like the world will be at a standstill for quite awhile.

Farmgirl1961

(1,493 posts)
107. Sorry to hear about your kids' plans..What are all those college international students going to do?
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:59 PM
Mar 2020

So many colleges across the country are moving to online courses and having their students leave ASAP. Where are all those international students going to go? I assumed they were going to head back to their homeland...if they could even make it there, but now what happens?

What a f*ckin' mess!

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
111. Chump will let them leave. They just won't be able to get back.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:02 PM
Mar 2020

It's Chump's dream, really - get all them foreigners outta' here!

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
116. Travel to the UK is still unrestricted. They need to re-book to the UK
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:12 PM
Mar 2020

Then go to Sweden from there.

Also the travel ban doesn't start until Friday. Or they can re-book to go within the next 48 hours

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
118. They can't leave here that quickly, and Swedish contacts aren't ready for them to arrive.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:27 PM
Mar 2020

Company has concierge lined up to show them housing, schools, etc. They're still doing the legwork for them there. Swedish paperwork is still in the works.

Who knows what the picture will look like when they're trying to return. UK might be shut down by then also.

Does Chump think UK took COVID-19 with them during Brexit?

Thanks for the thought.

3catwoman3

(23,950 posts)
94. My thanks to those watching. I simply can't.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:29 PM
Mar 2020

Can’t stand to look at him. Can’t stand to listen to him. Can’t stand to think of him being in the Oval Office.

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