Trump Now Saying 100,000 US deaths would be evidence that he has been successful

[kpete]

Trump has come a long way from the 15-cases-but-we're-going-down-to-zero. He's now saying that keeping this to 100,000 US deaths would be evidence that he has been successful.

@ddale8
Trump, reframing the crisis, says he's now seen a study that shows 2.2 million people could've died if they did nothing, so "if we can hold that down to 100,000...maybe even less," it'd show they did a "good job."

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[Chemisse]

1. Add that to the political ad!! n/t

[eleny]

18. +1!

[kimbutgar]

2. He is just creating more commercials to be used against him to demonstrate he screwed up

The response.

I heard him talk like it was a corporate business deal, not people’s lives. And nothing about being safe and taking care of your loved ones.

[Lock him up.]

22. Orangevirus 3AM call rang and he ignored it. n/t

[HarlanPepper]

3. If we have anywhere near that or more he's toast.

Pillory me all you want, pessimists. It’s not survivable politically.

[Iliyah]

4. He is preparing his cult for . . .

ok 100,000 died but hey I stopped it before it got to 1 million.

This man is sick.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Only 100,000? No big deal. Winning!

That fucker isn't even human.

[SheltieLover]

6. Is that his bonus minimum from Putin?

[uponit7771]

7. 60 million people got swine flu and Obama was competent. 120 million will get CV19

... and Red Don is a fuckin idiot.

There's no way the number stops at 200,000 unless there's there's an aggressive open testing regime on the federal level.

[dalton99a]

8. People mean nothing to him.

[cayugafalls]

9. Except HE is not doing anything...it's the governors and mayors!

He is the one who fucked this up from the beginning.

100,000 dead? He actually said that? I can't even imagine the blow back he is going to get, or SHOULD get, if we had a media that actually pushed back.

[Miigwech]

10. Fucker of the American people

We will never forget!

[Historic NY]

11. WTF

[WyattKansas]

12. Then someone needs to publicly tell him what President Obama's success rate was...

Against infectious virus' entering the United States and damage done.

Then run like hell as he explodes.

[treestar]

13. It's always about how it affect him

Even this. It's astounding. He cannot see things from any other standpoint.

[Baclava]

14. Yes, he actually said it..." If we can hold the deaths down to 100,000 we have done a very good job"

[abqtommy]

15. I'll say it again: we can survive this virus but there's no surviving tRUMP!

[gratuitous]

16. There's the over/under

When the death toll passes 100,000 -- and if Trump continues to fuck around like he's been fucking around for the last 10 weeks, it will -- Trump will deny ever saying this, and he will continue to claim success as the number of dead mounts.

[CanonRay]

17. I guess it acceptable for a "hoax"

[global1]

19. It Sounds Like A Car Salesman Con Job To Me....ny

[Igel]

20. And here's the study.

If nothing's done--that includes no hospitalization, no mitigation strategies, no testing or anything based on testing, you get the 2.2 million #.

It's a dismal article. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf

Worth reading, but only if there are at least 3-4 ounces of pure ethanol in some sort of tasty solution nearby for easy consumption.

[Victor_c3]

21. If the growth trend we've seen for the last week holds true, we'll be there by the 14th

Day over day growth in deaths has been an average of 45% since 28 feb and averages out to be 30% growth per day in reported deaths since last week. At the lower rate, we could reach 100,000 dead Americans as early as the 14th of April and 1/2 million dead Americans by about the middle of May. However, I suspect the growth trend in deaths won’t continue on at the rate I mentioned - or at least I hope not.

[Flaleftist]

23. Don't be surprised when the goalposts change.

[Tanuki]

24. South Korea, where the first case was diagnosed on the same day as the U.S.'s first case,

has only had 152 deaths to date (March 29), and the rate of new recoveries is double that of new infections.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-korea/

"Coronavirus Cases:

9,583

Deaths:

152

Recovered:

5,033

ACTIVE CASES

4,398

Currently Infected Patients

4,339 (99%)

in Mild Condition


59 (1%)

Serious or Critical



CLOSED CASES


5,185

Cases which had an outcome:

5,033 (97%)

Recovered / Discharged


152 (3%)

Deaths