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Did I hear that correctly? Trump decided not to shut down virus task group because it's "popular"? (Original Post) TrogL May 2020 OP
he was called by "respected" people who told him to wake the eff up moron lol n msongs May 2020 #1
Their ratings were huge! Ilsa May 2020 #2
He also so said that he would be adding new staff procon May 2020 #3
Maybe.Trump will rent space on the podium for ads, charge CEOs to stand on stage to peddle sop May 2020 #8
that's why he decided to join the daily pressers in the first place IcyPeas May 2020 #4
Moron at work! imanamerican63 May 2020 #5
Just let him have his Nazi rallies captain queeg May 2020 #6
I Heard He Said 'People Enjoyed It'...... global1 May 2020 #7
He counts himselves lunatica May 2020 #9
It's not because it's "popular" Proud Liberal Dem May 2020 #10
I was listening on XM radio to a clip of Trump talking TrogL May 2020 #11
Oh I'm sure Proud Liberal Dem May 2020 #12
It's all about the ratings. Plus it jacks up the price of all the stolen PPE Jared wants to fence. lagomorph777 May 2020 #13
What would be the Nielsen rating if Pence, Birx, and Fauci were gone, ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2020 #14

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
2. Their ratings were huge!
Wed May 6, 2020, 03:14 PM
May 2020

They had the bigliest ratings!

I bet trump starts doing dailies again. I hope so, because it kills his polling.

procon

(15,805 posts)
3. He also so said that he would be adding new staff
Wed May 6, 2020, 03:28 PM
May 2020

to focus on reopening the country.

So the science guys are going to be muzzled while Trump's hand picked political operatives take over to push his economic agenda. He has to rebuild his one remaining chance at getting re-elected on a strong economy, and the virus task group was like a monkey wrench blocking his campaign messaging.

sop

(9,946 posts)
8. Maybe.Trump will rent space on the podium for ads, charge CEOs to stand on stage to peddle
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:05 PM
May 2020

their products, sell airtime to run commercials from the stage monitor, the My Pillow guy could even begin each briefing with a prayer.

IcyPeas

(21,747 posts)
4. that's why he decided to join the daily pressers in the first place
Wed May 6, 2020, 03:29 PM
May 2020

because he saw how popular (i.e., ratings) they were.


captain queeg

(10,036 posts)
6. Just let him have his Nazi rallies
Wed May 6, 2020, 03:56 PM
May 2020

It’ll feed his ego and keep him off the air. And his followers will be the most affected. On second thought the ones that survive will be exceedingly smug about it. They’d be the sorts to go around breathing on people and spitting at them. I could quickly lead to violence which trump would love and support. The best thing would be for trump and his inner circle to catch it.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
9. He counts himselves
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:07 PM
May 2020

He stuck three fingers up in the air and counted, “Me, myself and I”. That’s three people.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,355 posts)
10. It's not because it's "popular"
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:09 PM
May 2020

but because it's still needed. This whole thing isn't over by a longshot, even if Trump wants it to be.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
13. It's all about the ratings. Plus it jacks up the price of all the stolen PPE Jared wants to fence.
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:27 PM
May 2020

Definitely not about human lives.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,283 posts)
14. What would be the Nielsen rating if Pence, Birx, and Fauci were gone, ...
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:27 PM
May 2020

... replaced by Kushner and Mnuchin?

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