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"We are very prepared to handle it." - Donald Trump (Original Post) kentuck Apr 2020 OP
He's barely prepared to take a shit. TreasonousBastard Apr 2020 #1
Lie now. Place the blame later. Repeat. Solly Mack Apr 2020 #2
Yeah, we've seen this movie before. kentuck Apr 2020 #3
He's a sham artist. Con-all Trump. He's all lies and ego. Solly Mack Apr 2020 #12
"Whatever happens, we're totally prepared." - Donald Trump, 2/26/2020 Make7 Apr 2020 #4
Nothing demonstrates what a batshit crazy, lying POS Trump is like transcripts of his own words. sop Apr 2020 #7
You know how to tell when Trump is lying? Jamastiene Apr 2020 #5
Sadly, it looks like 38% of the country (mostly in rural areas) think he is. Lock him up. Apr 2020 #15
He Said That Before ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #6
Indeed. kentuck Apr 2020 #9
I'll Buy That ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #11
Incompetence is never wanted in a leader. kentuck Apr 2020 #16
Not Sure ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #18
They were cut from the same cloth. kentuck Apr 2020 #22
When C-19 comes back in the Fall, the POS will accuse Biden of orchestrating an October surprise, sop Apr 2020 #8
6 months in we still don't have tests. Or PPE. Squinch Apr 2020 #10
Trump is all posturing and appearances... Fyrefox Apr 2020 #13
Decode: expect the worse. GeorgeGist Apr 2020 #14
The only thing Trump is prepared for is eat and shit dalton99a Apr 2020 #17
Malignant Narcissist says what? SammyWinstonJack Apr 2020 #19
You omitted the rest of trump's statement. jaxexpat Apr 2020 #20
It doesn't change the context of what he was saying. kentuck Apr 2020 #23
60,000 Dead & 1,000,000 cases of C-19 Botany Apr 2020 #21
15 cases and going down to zero. That's his baseline. keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #24
he gets an F minus. worst president in our history. NRaleighLiberal Apr 2020 #25

Make7

(8,543 posts)
4. "Whatever happens, we're totally prepared." - Donald Trump, 2/26/2020
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 06:17 AM
Apr 2020
February 26, 2020

Q    Mr. President, the CDC said yesterday that they believe it’s inevitable that the virus will spread in the United States, and it’s not a question of “if” but “when.” Do you agree with that assessment?

THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I don’t think it’s inevitable. It probably will. It possibly will. It could be at a very small level or it could be at a larger level. Whatever happens, we’re totally prepared. We have the best people in the world. You see that from the study. We have the best prepared people, the best people in the world.

Congress is willing to give us much more than we’re even asking for. That’s nice for a change. But we are totally ready, willing, and able. It’s a term that we use. It’s “ready, willing, and able.” And we have — we have — it’s going to be very well under control.

Now, it may get bigger, it may get a little bigger. It may not get bigger at all. We’ll see what happens. But regardless of what happens, we are totally prepared.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members-coronavirus-task-force-press-conference/

"... fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." - Another Failed President

sop

(10,102 posts)
7. Nothing demonstrates what a batshit crazy, lying POS Trump is like transcripts of his own words.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 06:28 AM
Apr 2020

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
5. You know how to tell when Trump is lying?
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 06:21 AM
Apr 2020

His lips are moving.

He is a blowhard. Everything out of his mouth is a lie followed by illusions of grandeur. Someone at some point needs to point out to him if he has got to toot his own horn that much, it means no one else thinks he is as great as HE thinks he is. It means he sucks so bad that ONLY HE thinks of himself as great.

I'm so sick of his illusions of grandeur. The reality is so much worse than having NO leadership at all.

Lock him up.

(6,918 posts)
15. Sadly, it looks like 38% of the country (mostly in rural areas) think he is.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 07:31 AM
Apr 2020

Unbelievable, but true.

After all the lies and the silly brags, and the failures, and the tens of thousands dead, 38% still think he's the Second Coming...

ProfessorGAC

(64,852 posts)
6. He Said That Before
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 06:27 AM
Apr 2020

He was wrong about it. No reason to think he'll be any more accurate this time, except...
People are more attuned on how to respond, no matter what PINO says.
Incompetence is a dangerous element in high office.

kentuck

(111,052 posts)
9. Indeed.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 06:35 AM
Apr 2020

If it was just incompetence and he would listen to others for advice, we could handle that. But his incompetence is coupled with all these other negative traits, including the belief that he knows more than anybody else about everything.

ProfessorGAC

(64,852 posts)
11. I'll Buy That
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 06:52 AM
Apr 2020

But, I think incompetence in high office is directly coupled to the hubris displayed.
If someone with typical self awareness were under review, they're unlikely to always think they're the smartest one in the room, all the time, when it's unwarranted.
So, kind of part & parcel!

kentuck

(111,052 posts)
16. Incompetence is never wanted in a leader.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 07:43 AM
Apr 2020

But we have survived incompetence before. Trump has a unique incompetence.

kentuck

(111,052 posts)
22. They were cut from the same cloth.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:20 AM
Apr 2020

But I doubt that George W would have contradicted the scientists and the doctors during a pandemic?

sop

(10,102 posts)
8. When C-19 comes back in the Fall, the POS will accuse Biden of orchestrating an October surprise,
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 06:34 AM
Apr 2020

and claim Joe personally sent Hunter to bring back the disease from China to make him look bad.

Fyrefox

(300 posts)
13. Trump is all posturing and appearances...
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 07:08 AM
Apr 2020

Trump’s understanding of science and history is grossly inferior to that of a substandard high school student, so how could he be prepared for anything? He’s only adept at manipulating and tapping into the emotions of his base, who form a disturbing percentage of the population...

jaxexpat

(6,802 posts)
20. You omitted the rest of trump's statement.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:16 AM
Apr 2020

"We are very prepared to handle it, but that's not our responsibility, that's fake news. So we probably won't, it could happen, we'll have to see, nobody could predict such a thing. Next question." - Donald Trump

keithbvadu2

(36,655 posts)
24. 15 cases and going down to zero. That's his baseline.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:25 AM
Apr 2020

15 cases and going down to zero.

That's his baseline.

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