Trump says he's 'in charge' of 'fast track' work to produce a coronavirus vaccine

[bucolic_frolic]

Source: CNBC

“I’m not overpromising,” he added. “Whatever the maximum is, whatever you can humanly do, we’re going to do.”

When asked by a reporter who is in charge of the vaccine operation, Trump said, “honestly, I am.”

“I’m really in charge of it,” he said. “I think probably more than anything I’m in charge.”

Hopes to get a vaccine to market are high, but scientists want expectations to be low for how quickly it can happen. Developing, testing and reviewing any potential vaccine is a long, complex and expensive endeavor that could take months or even years. U.S. health officials have repeatedly said it would take at least 12 to 18 months to produce a usable vaccine against the virus.

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Doesn't that give you confidence? Sounds like a Frankenstein vaccine.

[kairos12]

1. Thank you President Pinesol.

[onethatcares]

6. It's Commodore Clorox

to us mere mortals.

[kairos12]

8. Borax Boris.

[onethatcares]

10. Disinfectant Donnie

[kairos12]

11. Donald Urinal Cake "John" Trump

[ArizonaLib]

16. Der Failure

Seig Lysol

[MissMillie]

12. you mean "Comrade Chlorox"?

I hear that's what Putin calls him.

[onethatcares]

14. thanx, and remember

you can't spell toilet paper without t***p.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Someone needs to invent it first, genius.

[MissMillie]

3. doing his best Al Haig impersonation?

He's in charge of patting himself on the back. That's about it.

And he's likely to break his arm doing it.

[unblock]

4. "I think probably more than anything I'm in charge"

Yet again, spoken like a 5-year old trying to play president.

[yonder]

22. "I think probably more than anything..."

'I think probably more than anything' that there is enough wiggle room there to make it mean whatever he wants it to.

"I think": not likely.
"probably": weasel-ly.
"more than anything": what thing? and more of whatever that thing is. Or not. Probably.

[unblock]

23. and the last thing any president should ever wonder about

one of the few things a president should be unambiguously clear on is who's in charge of what.

there's room for doubt in any complex issue (not that donnie has any appreciation for complexity) but who's in charge of what is something that needs to be pretty damn clear in any organization.

[onethatcares]

5. "I'm really in charge of it," he said. "I think probably more than anything I'm in charge."

"a lot of people, the very best people, will hear from me in a week or two, or a while" Those words were mine, We've heard them often enough for them to be anthem.

Anyone seen his tax returns yet? Or the lovely letter from Kim?

[evilhime]

7. He's in charge?

I think I'll wait for one the doctors actually recommend . . .

[turbinetree]

9. I wonder if it is going to be called

Nuts for Lysol.......
UV light or bust.......
and then finally..........trumpshitvac-1.............

[TygrBright]

13. We're doomed. n/t

[tanyev]

15. And if anything goes wrong with the vaccine, it will be everybody's fault but his.

[Submariner]

17. On Monday November 2nd he will announce HE discovered the vaccine

in a desperate last minute stab at winning a 2nd term, but hopefully he will feel crushed because of the ballots mailed in days and weeks earlier kicking his butt to the curb.

[Grokenstein]

18. Take the credit but pass the buck!

[Kaiserguy]

19. Well so much for getting a vaccine

Trump will charge some ridiculers high price that only the 1% can afford. Or else the vaccine will be a scam with Trump claiming it works when in fact you are getting a shot of sugar water.

[Corgigal]

20. That's because he's

[Marthe48]

21. Hope not everything he touches dies

plus he enjoys torturing and tormenting humans so much.
If he were in charge, it would be a failure and probably kill more people than Covid-19

[russ1943]

24. What can possibly go wrong?

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The impeached Dunning Kruger speciman has certainly never heard of nor would he understand, Frankie Kelsey who saved this country from the thousands of deaths and deformities experienced by the rest of the world being prescribed thalidomide as a treatment for pregnant women.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/frances-oldham-kelsey-heroine-of-thalidomide-tragedy-dies-at-101/2015/08/07/ae57335e-c5da-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html

[Nay]

25. Trump, you jumped-up POS, you aren't in charge of a goddamned thing. You can barely

walk down the hallway.

But you still have the grifter's perennial instinct to steal, even if it's just credit for something.

Work is going to get done, but the only contribution you ever seem to make is to get in the way.

[muriel_volestrangler]

26. If he were really in charge of it, it would come to nothing

He does not have the faintest idea how to run something like that. There are plenty of politicians who I like who shouldn't be in charge of it, but they'd know it; the more that Trump sticks his fat arse on it (beyond the name - that could be Trump - he can stretch to basic Star Trek references), the more he'll ruin it.

Thankfully, we know he's lying. He doesn't know the difference between a virus and a bacterium; he thought injecting disinfectant would be safe. I wouldn't trust him to put a bandaid on someone. He doesn't have the patience to read one page summaries of basic intelligence, let alone hear the details of alternative vaccine strategies, trials and so on. Not even Ivanka would let him run it.

[Initech]

27. Seriously, I wouldn't trust Trump to give me an over the counter bottle of Advil.

[Cha]

28. Hey Idiotrump.. you were in Charge of calling the CV a "democrat hoax"

& wasting precious time for 70 days while playing golf and staging your stupid rallies.

[packman]

29. Trump is in charge of it?

Christ, we're screwed!

[Grasswire2]

30. Cue creepy voice.

"Take it.

Just take it.

What do you have to lose?"

[LeftishBrit]

31. Where did Trump get his medical degree?

[Marcuse]

32. He's not a doctor, but has a good whatever.

[Demovictory9]

33. when a vaccine is discovered, he'll claim credit.. of course