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At the next briefing, a reporter should ask Trump what Easter represents. n/t (Original Post) LuckyCharms Mar 2020 OP
He wouldnt have a clue Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #1
"That's a nasty question." NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 #2
Oooo.... that's below the belt. Turbineguy Mar 2020 #3
Now, this is just my thinking . . . Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #4
He always enjoyed Easter as a child when Poiuyt Mar 2020 #5
Welp. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #6
Here's what I'd imagine he'd say customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #7

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
1. He wouldnt have a clue
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 09:30 PM
Mar 2020

What people need to understand is unless the topic impacts his pocketbook, he wont know what it means, and he wont care that he doesnt know.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
4. Now, this is just my thinking . . .
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 09:33 PM
Mar 2020

But when I heard that he wanted to see the US "open" on Easter, it immediately hit me that he would use that as his "resurrection" of the economy and himself back in control and dominating the news cycles. Kind of like: "Just as christ rose on easter, so did the economy AT MY COMMAND."

Don't for a minute think that the timing is a coincidence.

Like Malcolm Nance often says, "Coincidence takes a lot of planning."

Poiuyt

(18,117 posts)
5. He always enjoyed Easter as a child when
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 09:35 PM
Mar 2020

his father's financial advisor would hide Easter eggs for him.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
7. Here's what I'd imagine he'd say
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 11:54 PM
Mar 2020

"Jesus dies, Jesus is buried, Jesus rises from the dead, comes out of the cave where he is buried, and if he sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter."

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