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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's being reported--and CLAIMED by GOP sycophants--that Trump just didn't want to cause a
panic, but that's not quite true. What he wanted to avoid was panicking the stock market, because that could hurt his reelection chances.
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It's being reported--and CLAIMED by GOP sycophants--that Trump just didn't want to cause a (Original Post)
tblue37
Sep 2020
OP
You nailed it. His concern isn't with real, live human beings other than himself or maybe family,
yonder
Sep 2020
#2
He didn't downplay the seriousness....He fucking called it a hoax...a political ploy.
Nevilledog
Sep 2020
#4
If I remember right, Feb 7th gave weeks for certain people to position their stock portfolios.
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2020
#11
nolabear
(41,960 posts)1. And get good prices on ventilators!
yonder
(9,664 posts)2. You nailed it. His concern isn't with real, live human beings other than himself or maybe family,
it is with perceptions and how that affects him and his wealth. Always has been and always will be until we can figure out how to stop him.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)3. If he doesn't want to panic people
Why is he trying to panic suburban housewives about how Marxists, antifa arsonists and, even worse, Black people will destroy their neighborhoods and lawns if Biden wins.
Riddle us that.
world wide wally
(21,743 posts)8. Not to mention the dreaded caravans from Mexico.
Nevilledog
(51,101 posts)4. He didn't downplay the seriousness....He fucking called it a hoax...a political ploy.
Those are two very different propositions and they need to be distinguished.
spanone
(135,831 posts)5. the bullshit is sooooo thick
crickets
(25,976 posts)6. *ding!* Winner. nt
world wide wally
(21,743 posts)7. I want someone to explain exactly what a panic would look like.
WTF.
Everyone stampeding to their couches?
tblue37
(65,340 posts)9. To Trump it would look like a drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. nt
Tribetime
(4,695 posts)10. Exactly 100%
TheBlackAdder
(28,193 posts)11. If I remember right, Feb 7th gave weeks for certain people to position their stock portfolios.
brewens
(13,583 posts)12. "Never sit around discussing things rationally when the situation calls for panic"-George
Steinbrenner. That may not be a good practice, but Trump was not the person to make that judgement.