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Has anyone started calling it the Trump virus yet? (Original Post) evemac Mar 2020 OP
We should. redstatebluegirl Mar 2020 #1
It's the one thing he doesn't want to brand, Lars39 Mar 2020 #2
Trumpandemic spanone Mar 2020 #3
That's what I've been calling it. blueinredohio Mar 2020 #4
Lots of people are calling it "Captain Trumps," but this only makes sense if GreenPartyVoter Mar 2020 #5
And the Trump Crash. Sneederbunk Mar 2020 #6
Some columnists are rightly calling it the Trump pandemic. Hortensis Mar 2020 #7
COVFEFE-19 phatkatt Mar 2020 #8
I like Trump's virus Chainfire Mar 2020 #9
Yes duforsure Mar 2020 #10
I, and others here, have been calling it "The Trump Virus" for some time now. Brother Mythos Mar 2020 #11

Lars39

(26,108 posts)
2. It's the one thing he doesn't want to brand,
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 09:09 AM
Mar 2020

so we should do it!
His attempts to brand this the "Chinese" virus is twofold:
Trying to beat China while they're down, and to avoid it being labeled Trump virus.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
5. Lots of people are calling it "Captain Trumps," but this only makes sense if
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 09:21 AM
Mar 2020

you’ve read Stephen King’s “The Stand.” (And if you haven’t, do yourself a favor and wait a decade.)

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. Some columnists are rightly calling it the Trump pandemic.
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 09:35 AM
Mar 2020

Only, "Republican pandemic" would be even more appropriate.

They didn't create the virus but they created the pandemic. Remember SARS and MERS? Both are big killers that broke through our offshore containment, arrived here, and were stopped cold by the systems in place.

The Trump admin dismantled those where they could and otherwise defunded, gutted and broke. Almost all of it was supported and supplemented by the Republican leadership, who could have applied existential-level pressure on Trump to stop COVID-19 before it got loose.

But chose not to. It's very important for Americans to realize that.

Chainfire

(17,519 posts)
9. I like Trump's virus
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 09:59 AM
Mar 2020

To show ownership.

But yes, I do refer to it as the Trump's virus and everyone else should.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
10. Yes
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 10:19 AM
Mar 2020

And calling it the trump depression coming too if trump short changes the American people, which he will, then he'll devise ways to get it into his pockets. The small amount they're suggesting won't come close to stopping the economy's free fall from trump.it'll just make people more desperate than even.

Brother Mythos

(1,442 posts)
11. I, and others here, have been calling it "The Trump Virus" for some time now.
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 10:41 AM
Mar 2020

And, unfortunately, it will be followed by "The Trump Recession," and perhaps even "The Great Trump Depression."

"So much winning."

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