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A Trump a fireside chat for our times -- using entirely his own words: (Original Post) kpete Mar 2020 OP
Kick dalton99a Mar 2020 #1
K & R + 1k dweller Mar 2020 #3
Thanks so much kpete Mar 2020 #9
Which map to buy? bubbazero Mar 2020 #2
Mescal dweller Mar 2020 #4
(sigh) But where can you find that stuff anymore ? Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #7
liquid? dweller Mar 2020 #8
K&R Blue Owl Mar 2020 #5
Fireside chat in his own words struggle4progress Mar 2020 #6
Trump is such an imbecile, if he gave a fireside chat, he'd burn down the White House. sop Mar 2020 #10

dalton99a

(81,426 posts)
1. Kick
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 10:18 PM
Mar 2020

What President Donald Trump said:

The coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We have it totally under control. I’m not concerned at all. It’s one person coming in from China. We pretty much shut it down. It will all work out well. We’re in great shape. Doesn’t spread widely at all in the United States because of the early actions that myself and my administration took. There’s a chance it won’t spread. It’s something that we have tremendous control over.

Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away. One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear. Just stay calm. It will go away. The Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. This is their new hoax.

Whatever happens, we’re totally prepared. Totally ready. We’re rated number one for being prepared. We are so prepared like we never have been prepared. Taking early intense action, we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the United States. We’re very much ahead of everything.

This is a flu. I didn’t know people died from the flu. Here, we’re talking about a much smaller range. It is very mild. Some people will have this at a very light level. Some of them go to work.

The mortality rate is much, much better. In my opinion it’s way, way down. I think it’s substantially below 1 percent. A fraction of 1 percent. I think the numbers are going to get progressively better as we go along. This is just my hunch.

We have very little problem in this country. We only have five people. We only have 11 cases. Out of billions of people, 15 people. They’re getting better, and soon they’re all going to be better, hopefully. We’re going very substantially down, not up.

The United States, because of what I did and what the administration did with China, we have 32 deaths at this point. To this point, and because we have had a very strong border policy, we have had 40 deaths. As of this moment, we have 50 deaths. I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are just bigger than they’re going to be.

Frankly, the testing has been going very smooth. The tests are all perfect. Anybody that wants a test can get a test. The tests are beautiful. We have a tremendous testing setup.

I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. We are very close to a vaccine. A matter of months. You take a solid flu vaccine, you don’t think that could have an impact? Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. Based on very strong evidence.

I would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter. No way I’m going to cancel the convention. Stock Market starting to look very good to me!

We’re the ones that gave the great response. I’d rate it a 10. We’ve done a fantastic job. I think they should be appreciative. Gallup just gave us the highest rating. The highest on record.

I like this stuff. I really get it. Maybe I have a natural ability. We think it’s going to have a very good ending. We’re going to win faster than people think. I hope.

This blindsided the world! Who could have ever predicted a thing like this? This was something that nobody has ever thought could happen to this country.

I’ve always known this is a real, this is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic. I always treated the Chinese Virus very seriously.

If you’re talking about the virus, no, that’s not under control for anyplace in the world. I was talking about what we’re doing is under control, but I’m not talking about the virus. I didn’t say Easter. It was just an aspiration. I am giving consideration to a QUARANTINE.

So you’re talking about 2.2 million deaths. If we could hold that down…between 100,000 and 200,000, and we all together have done a very good job. START MAKING VENTILATORS, NOW!!!!!! FORD, GET GOING ON VENTILATORS, FAST!!!!!! Invoke “P”. I want our life back again.

It was nobody’s fault. No, just things that happened. I don’t take responsibility at all.

bubbazero

(296 posts)
2. Which map to buy?
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 10:24 PM
Mar 2020

people purchased world maps ahead of, and in prep for FDR's fireside chats. Do we purchase maps, or sharpies, or should we just picture Dinky's nirvana in our minds? If the latter what drugs do they suggest and in what quantity?

struggle4progress

(118,270 posts)
6. Fireside chat in his own words
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 10:35 PM
Mar 2020

Dana Milbank
March 31, 2020 at 5:18 p.m. EDT

... The coronavirus is very much under control in the USA ...

... We are so prepared like we never have been prepared ...

... We have a tremendous testing setup.

... We are very close to a vaccine ...

... We’ve done a fantastic job ...

... Who could have ever predicted a thing like this? ...

... I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic ...

... I don’t take responsibility at all.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/31/fireside-chat-trump-should-deliver/



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