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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 11:15 AM Mar 2020

According to the WP, Trump wants to discourage social distancing because it's hurting the economy





The Washington Post
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Trump is signaling interest in scaling back "social distancing" and other steps promoted by health officials as a growing number of conservatives argue that impact on the U.S. economy has become too severe https://wapo.st/3blnfxK
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According to the WP, Trump wants to discourage social distancing because it's hurting the economy (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Mar 2020 OP
Wow. I guess he thinks of America as just an economy not a society. FM123 Mar 2020 #1
We're not even an economy. We're just the DOW JHB Mar 2020 #8
Dead employees can't make or buy shit. NightWatcher Mar 2020 #2
He didn't notice it would hurt the economy means he's completely brain dead. uponit7771 Mar 2020 #3
He should have Rand Paul over for lunch. C_U_L8R Mar 2020 #4
He's the mayor of shark city Mendocino Mar 2020 #5
This Guy RobinA Mar 2020 #7
Just make it spread faster, Donald. keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #6
We're making him look bad by trying to save ourselves from him 2naSalit Mar 2020 #9
He doesn't care how many die. The idea we Phoenix61 Mar 2020 #10

FM123

(10,053 posts)
1. Wow. I guess he thinks of America as just an economy not a society.
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 11:19 AM
Mar 2020

We're not real people to him, just numbers that make him look good or bad. He is worse than any virus.

JHB

(37,160 posts)
8. We're not even an economy. We're just the DOW
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 11:50 AM
Mar 2020

Up = Good, Down = Bad

There are jellyfish that process information about their surroundings with more depth.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
2. Dead employees can't make or buy shit.
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 11:21 AM
Mar 2020

If/when he tells people that quarantine is over, he will put into place a death spike that not even Italy saw. He's going to kill a million people. Guess what, it will still kill his great big beautiful economy.

Phoenix61

(17,003 posts)
10. He doesn't care how many die. The idea we
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 12:56 PM
Mar 2020

can save many by “slowing our roll” doesn’t matter to him. In his twisted excuse for a brain, homeless dying is a good thing, solves that problem. The people who won’t be able to get care aren’t “his people.” They are replaceable little worker bees. “His people” will be able to buy whatever they need because they always have. He doesn’t seem to understand that even with the best of care, people will still die.

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