President Trump asked Alex Rodriguez for advice on fighting coronavirus

[babylonsister]

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/03/27/president-trump-asked-alex-rodriguez-for-advice-on-fighting-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR1mbhlGpUILG0hhpXI21yR-1xupmyaZTwZF67OLR1KWU1AeuhoA6IzIOtw




President Trump asked Alex Rodriguez for advice on fighting coronavirus
By Nick Stellini
Mar 27, 2020, 10:10 PM EDT


Noted sports fan Donald Trump reportedly reached out to Alex Rodriguez to seek advice on the fight against coronavirus. No, seriously.

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Multiple sources tell @ABC Pres. Trump turned to former Yankee Alex Rodriguez for advice this week. A source close to Rodriguez described the call as “pleasant” adding that Trump was seeking thoughts from ARod about the coronavirus response.
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A-Rod, who is not a medical professional, spent a long chunk of his career with Trump’s beloved Yankees and has become a fixture in the New York business scene when he’s not busy broadcasting games on national television. Rodriguez, who has never gone to medical school, has also been catching the camera’s glance on the arm of his better half Jennifer Lopez.

Why President Trump decided that Rodriguez, who is not an epidemiologist, would have answers on how to best curb the spread of COVID-19 is beyond me. It probably has to do with the fact that A-Rod, who does not own a doctor’s white coat, is wealthy and frequently on television. One can only hope that Rodriguez, who does not have a medical license, told the President that invoking the Defense Production Act to force manufacturers to make ventilators and PPE was a good idea.

Rodriguez, who is not a doctor, donated to Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016.

You can file this one under “Headlines I never thought I would ever write.” Good lord.

[cos dem]

1. I like the disclaimer after each mention of ARod

They should add one after Trumps name, "who is not a leader".

[Thomas Hurt]

2. I guess King Donnie thinks this is

his version of putting on a disguise and walking amongst us peasants?

Without the disguise and he only thinks he is a king.

Don't rely on experts and tens of years of experience of professionals if you a national disaster

Rely on impulsivity, ideology and an ongoing marketing campaign of self promotion.

True leadership that...

[CaptYossarian]

3. Can we use PEDs as a vaccine now?

That would qualify A-Roid to be an expert.

[lastlib]

4. Why doesn't he just consult witch doctors?

Is voodoo next? From voodoo economics to voodoo medicine......? --facedesk-- (for when facepalm isn't enough.)

[rockfordfile]

5. Because

Because he's thinking politically.

[nuxvomica]

6. Trump thinks he was thrown a curveball

So he asks advice from a baseball player. Am I serious? I don't even fucking know anymore.

[babylonsister]

7. ...