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truthisfreedom

(23,113 posts)
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 12:53 AM Feb 2020

Trump calls coronavirus Democrats' 'new hoax'

Source: NBC News

Trump — who has been criticized for painting an overly rosy picture of the outbreak, often contradicting his own health officials — insisted on Friday that his administration was “magnificently organized” and “totally prepared" to address the virus.

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Trump again drew a misleading comparison between the coronavirus and the seasonal flu, telling his supporters that "35,000 on average each year die from the flu, that's a lot of people."

“So far we have lost nobody to coronavirus," Trump said, suggesting the growing global panic was due to the press being in a "hysteria mode."

Experts say that the coronavirus is significantly more contagious than the flu and a vaccine is at least a year to 18 months away.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-calls-coronavirus-democrats-new-hoax-n1145721



He’ll eat his words.
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Trump calls coronavirus Democrats' 'new hoax' (Original Post) truthisfreedom Feb 2020 OP
Hey mister brave and powerful winner man, why are you about to spend a few billion dollars Leghorn21 Feb 2020 #1
So will the MAGA's next have parties to infect themselves Liberty Belle Feb 2020 #2
Maybe cult45 members will kills themselves off. docgee Feb 2020 #26
I hope he eats his words and chokes on them. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #3
If the pandemic explodes in the US... Kablooie Feb 2020 #5
I'd rather he ate a Chinese bat Denis Enko Feb 2020 #4
Like looking into the eclipse. JudyM Feb 2020 #23
Oh, please, let that scientifically and historically illiterate POS get it Warpy Feb 2020 #6
no words except Randomthought Feb 2020 #7
"He'll eat his words." Maybe, maybe not. To be honest it is to early to predict if it will get much cstanleytech Feb 2020 #8
Just got the word that United is canceling all flights to Japan. mahina Feb 2020 #9
Eh, Mahina, how's the mood in the Islands? Shipping is everything to the 50th State... Hekate Feb 2020 #11
E Hekate! mahina Feb 2020 #14
Geez. I'm flying to Maui on Tuesday for 10 days. Do you think there will be a problem? catbyte Feb 2020 #21
Only if you're a Democrat running for Governor mahina Feb 2020 #39
This will be my 12th trip. catbyte Feb 2020 #41
Sounds like you'll have a lovely time. mahina Feb 2020 #42
The cats in the colony are all vaccinated and they TNR'd them. It was funded in large measure catbyte Feb 2020 #44
Great news mahina Feb 2020 #48
Hawii is not part of Japan so no problem at140 Feb 2020 #52
My company canceled all travel.... paleotn Feb 2020 #35
Wow. mahina Feb 2020 #40
Yep. But once all the hoopla is over.... paleotn Feb 2020 #55
0.005% of Italians infected is enough to cancel travel? at140 Feb 2020 #53
Maybe. Maybe not. paleotn Feb 2020 #54
The economic chain reaction is going to be brutal, entire service sectors, transportation sectors yaesu Feb 2020 #10
I want to ask the spineless & corrupt GOP senators if they have any regrets yet... Hekate Feb 2020 #12
Nah.... SergeStorms Feb 2020 #13
Exactly. mahina Feb 2020 #49
Trump is the biggest hoax ever perpetrated.... SergeStorms Feb 2020 #15
How are things where you are? Aussie105 Feb 2020 #16
A thousand times this. mahina Feb 2020 #50
This Will Damage Trump McKim Feb 2020 #58
This is a good reason we need duforsure Feb 2020 #17
Someone might want to inform his Wall Street buddies that it's just a hoax... nt EarthFirst Feb 2020 #18
They probably sold short two weeks ago. 33taw Feb 2020 #31
Grim Reaper ScienceTwist bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #19
He is an evil vindictive bully. gademocrat7 Feb 2020 #20
Um, yeah, the minority party in a hostile media environment picks up the phone and asks Wall Street Hugin Feb 2020 #22
Pity if it takes over Mar-a-Lago. JudyM Feb 2020 #24
Ironic, if it's spread there by bed bugs. Hugin Feb 2020 #28
Then you should go visit some of the hoax patients, Donald. keithbvadu2 Feb 2020 #25
he cant gaslight a virus drray23 Feb 2020 #27
Dems need to hang trump's 'hoax' claim around his neck like a SCARLET LETTER' empedocles Feb 2020 #29
Hmmm... all the other Democrats' hoaxes were spot on... not_the_one Feb 2020 #30
That he will and so will his old supporters..... paleotn Feb 2020 #32
I think we need to eradicate the MAGAvirus world wide wally Feb 2020 #33
+1 2naSalit Feb 2020 #37
Dramatically Mathematically Incorrect stopwastingmymoney Feb 2020 #34
Magnificently is a dictator-sounding adverb. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #36
This asshole rants just like Stalin, Hitler, Mao Zedong and other fucking depots................... turbinetree Feb 2020 #38
I love my Dems but never had any idea we were so powerful. efhmc Feb 2020 #43
WHAT A ___DAMNED IDIOT ! Firestorm49 Feb 2020 #45
Shut the fuck up Donnie!!!!! Initech Feb 2020 #46
Coming from the same guy who... duforsure Feb 2020 #47
Latest data of infections by country at140 Feb 2020 #51
Trump's presidency is a Russian hoax. olddad65 Feb 2020 #56
He gave such a thorough rebuke during the presser today, so.... Brainfodder Feb 2020 #57
There's a clip posted somewhere in which a white chunk fell out of his nose while talking captain queeg Feb 2020 #59

Leghorn21

(13,520 posts)
1. Hey mister brave and powerful winner man, why are you about to spend a few billion dollars
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 01:00 AM
Feb 2020

on this HOAX



LOOOOOOSER

Liberty Belle

(9,528 posts)
2. So will the MAGA's next have parties to infect themselves
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 01:10 AM
Feb 2020

like the chicken pox parties people used to have?

MAGA RALLY!

Darwinism at its finest.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
3. I hope he eats his words and chokes on them.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 01:32 AM
Feb 2020

The fucking moron never listens to anyone since he knows more than anybody in the history of the planet, just ask him.

Kablooie

(18,571 posts)
5. If the pandemic explodes in the US...
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 01:44 AM
Feb 2020

He'll just say the Democrats deliberately spread it around to make him look bad.

And the miserable magats will believe him.

Warpy

(110,910 posts)
6. Oh, please, let that scientifically and historically illiterate POS get it
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 02:18 AM
Feb 2020

Preferably from the token black or Hispanic they stand behind him while he's blabbering as proof of how diverse a party that looks like a bloody box of mushrooms is.

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
8. "He'll eat his words." Maybe, maybe not. To be honest it is to early to predict if it will get much
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 02:21 AM
Feb 2020

Last edited Sat Feb 29, 2020, 01:19 PM - Edit history (1)

worse or if it will get better.
I lean towards the get worse camp though which is why it makes sense to try and take some basic precautions like washing my hands more often and being more careful about touching my face as those two things can go a long way in helping to reduce the chance of catching it and most other viruses really.
That aside I do not think think it will rise anywhere near the level of the fictional virus Captain Tripps that some are behaving and its why I am not going to build up a stockpile of food and water like a number of people did for the Y2K bug or the 2012 end of the world doomsayers did.

Hekate

(90,192 posts)
11. Eh, Mahina, how's the mood in the Islands? Shipping is everything to the 50th State...
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:47 AM
Feb 2020

I hope the governor and legislature have some good plans.

mahina

(17,506 posts)
14. E Hekate!
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 04:30 AM
Feb 2020

I’m not too sure, I live in a little bubble. We got sideswiped by Il Douche choosing Hawai’i as a quarantine site for travelers testing positive and that def felt like a petty vindictive move. We had minutes heads up before that was announced.

I see one out of maybe 100 people with a mask on, none more than the norm so I’m guessing those folks are ill and are protecting others (to the degree that even is possible)

Lots of animosity built up against Gov Ige for being pro-TMT. You’ve probably seen that. Not a lot of sympathy for his predicament. Lots of anti- dem feeling building up as a result to my sorrow.

I was near the airport last night before Costco’s closing time so thought I’d stop by for a small pickup. Jaysus, big mistake. The parking lot looked like a scene from Mars Attacks. A couple was stuffing huge piles of tp into their little car.

I remember the dock strike so I understand about the tp but still, hoarding is such an unflattering look.


The virus is all anyone’s talking about. I cad to call my insurance agent today and she said, when I asked, that she just hopes they will be able to continue doing their work. Same here.


Nobody’s testing and we have lots of folks from Japan and Korea.

Do I need to say that the lack of effective leadership and values in the White House and half the Senate is at least half the problem?

How are things where you are? Hoping very well.

mahina

(17,506 posts)
39. Only if you're a Democrat running for Governor
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 11:41 AM
Feb 2020

Enjoy Maui, it is so lovely. Have you been before?

If not, pick up some bottled water when you land because I don’t know why but the water on Maui tastes very funky.

Gorgeous island with wonderful people.

catbyte

(34,170 posts)
41. This will be my 12th trip.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 12:05 PM
Feb 2020

I'm going to scatter my mom's and my late husband's ashes there. It was our favorite place on earth and it's still mine. My dad's ashes are already there and I've got instructions in my will that's where I want to end up. I love it so much. To just pull off the highway at Olowalu and snorkel with the turtles, watch humpback mamas teach their babies how to be a whale in Maalaea Bay, the rainbows over the West Maui Mountains, the nene geese and silverswords on Haleakala. Bringing food to the cat colony near the Iao Needle. The Maui Swap Meet on Saturday. The Thai Mee Up food truck by the airport and this time my friend and I are finally going to eat at Mama's Fish House to see if it's all it's cracked up to be. I could only get a reservation at 2:30 pm because I waited too long, lol. I always stay in either Unit A-3 or A-4 at Napili Point condos which has the most amazing view of Molokai. We always would say that we'd try another island, but we'd always end up on Maui, lol. I've never noticed the water tasting funky, but then I'm not much for tap water. Sorry, I'm babbling. It truly is paradise.

mahina

(17,506 posts)
42. Sounds like you'll have a lovely time.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 12:11 PM
Feb 2020

Peace to your Mom and husband. There has been more research showing that the diseases killing the native monk seals are coming from feral cat populations. I hope whoever is taking care of them is neutering them. Poor little kitties.
Here’s the latest, sounds encouraging

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/02/28/breaking-news/gov-david-ige-holding-news-conference-on-coronavirus/

Thanks for loving Maui. I do too.

Aloha.

catbyte

(34,170 posts)
44. The cats in the colony are all vaccinated and they TNR'd them. It was funded in large measure
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 01:34 PM
Feb 2020

by Eldad Hagar and Hope for Paws so it's a healthy community. Mahalo and have a great weekend! I live in Michigan and I just got an alert from a weather app that there's a Winter Storm Watch for Haleakala. I guess I'll be staying below 5,000 feet.

paleotn

(17,781 posts)
35. My company canceled all travel....
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 10:52 AM
Feb 2020

to Japan, South Korea, Italy and several others last week. Word is, all international travel will be canceled starting this coming week.

mahina

(17,506 posts)
40. Wow.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 11:43 AM
Feb 2020

That’s going to jam Hawai’i up huge.

I’m sure the airlines won’t make that decision unless it was necessary. Upside for the planet.

paleotn

(17,781 posts)
55. Yep. But once all the hoopla is over....
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:28 PM
Feb 2020

COVID-19 will be just one of a host of human pathogens that on occasion kills people, the old and very young primarily. In perspective, this bug is way less lethal than hantavirus and many others.

paleotn

(17,781 posts)
54. Maybe. Maybe not.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:22 PM
Feb 2020

It's not who's diagnosed that's the issue. Your figure is those diagnosed. At the beginning of a pandemic there's far, far more infected that don't know or figure they just have a normal cold than those who've been diagnosed. They're taking no chances with their peeps.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
10. The economic chain reaction is going to be brutal, entire service sectors, transportation sectors
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 02:40 AM
Feb 2020

shutting down which means people wont be shopping, which means factories wont be producing, taxes wont be paid and add the fear factor disruption to that. At this point I would be surprised if we didn't see a world wide 1929 type of depression.

Hekate

(90,192 posts)
12. I want to ask the spineless & corrupt GOP senators if they have any regrets yet...
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:53 AM
Feb 2020

...about not throwing his sorry ass out months ago when Mme Speaker gave them the chance.

Mitch? Lindsay? .... Susie C and Lisa M? .... Does anything haunt you in the wee hours?

SergeStorms

(18,898 posts)
13. Nah....
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 04:24 AM
Feb 2020

the vast majority of them are just as stupid and corrupt as their hero. As goes Trump, so goes the GOP.

SergeStorms

(18,898 posts)
15. Trump is the biggest hoax ever perpetrated....
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 04:52 AM
Feb 2020

on the United States. The guy will nearly 3 million fewer votes wins. That isn't right, and Trump is an illegitimate, hoax of the president.

Aussie105

(5,214 posts)
16. How are things where you are?
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 05:57 AM
Feb 2020

Hello from Australia!

Wish I could send good news, but alas . . .

Lady went overseas - won't mention where, not China - came back, did her job, felt ill, went to check with doctor, yep, quarantine her quick!
But she saw 40 customers (hair dresser/beauty shop, breathing on her customers all the while) before she took ill, so authorities are frantically trying to track them down.
Same story as elsewhere, not much chance of containing it.

And our Fearless Leader, Scott Morrison, is doing a Trump, ie full denial, don't scare the locals . . . not to worry he says, all under control, he says, we can cope, he says.
Seeing our hospitals are overflowing and not coping every flu season, I have my doubts.

Same Fearless Leader has decided we need the money from Chinese fee paying University students so welcome back, fly back in please students!

But Trump is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Single handedly improved the economy, stock market way up, 401(k) blossoming, all due to him. Now he needs to own the downwards slide of the last week too.

How long do Trump followers need to look at their shrinking 401(k) balances over the next few weeks/months before they realize they were sold a confidence trick or two?


McKim

(2,412 posts)
58. This Will Damage Trump
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 07:20 PM
Feb 2020

This will damage Trump because his followers and founders care more about money than anything else. Their motto is : “Screw you, I got mine!”. When their friends or family members die it will hit home again.

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
19. Grim Reaper ScienceTwist
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 08:00 AM
Feb 2020

Sleep-depraved Dementia fueled by hamberders and covfefe.

Is the damn secret sauce ever going to coagulate?

gademocrat7

(10,623 posts)
20. He is an evil vindictive bully.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 08:07 AM
Feb 2020

The coronavirus has become a pandemic and all the orange buffoon has done is lie about it. No daily briefings from The CDC doctors or scientists. Every state should have assistance from the federal government to combat this disease. He is despicable.

Hugin

(32,778 posts)
22. Um, yeah, the minority party in a hostile media environment picks up the phone and asks Wall Street
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 09:25 AM
Feb 2020

To kindly shed around Four Trillion ( with a "T" ) Dollars in value just because, Trump. They do it.

Cool story, Dude.

drray23

(7,587 posts)
27. he cant gaslight a virus
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 10:09 AM
Feb 2020

Eventually, even his rabid followers will realize that when the virus starts spreading wide and making their family members sick or worse, causing them to lose their jobs, etc..

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
30. Hmmm... all the other Democrats' hoaxes were spot on...
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 10:16 AM
Feb 2020

I'm thinking this one will be, too.

No one wishes sickness for anyone, but IF the pandemic occurs, I hope it IS the turd's Katrina.

paleotn

(17,781 posts)
32. That he will and so will his old supporters.....
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 10:42 AM
Feb 2020

Mark my words.....every single American will be touched by this virus in one way or another. A family member, friend or acquaintance dies or becomes critically ill. And it isn't going way. Ever. This mutation is in the human populace from now on. Welcome to a new human pathogen. We've been warned about this for decades now, but few took it seriously. Obama did. Reason 2,679,345 why he is one of our best.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-28/california-reports-second-coronavirus-case-of-unknown-origin

stopwastingmymoney

(2,027 posts)
34. Dramatically Mathematically Incorrect
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 10:47 AM
Feb 2020

Last edited Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:12 AM - Edit history (1)

Is what Rachel said on Thursday.
I had to run it back and take note.

I love her when she’s containing anger.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
36. Magnificently is a dictator-sounding adverb.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 11:28 AM
Feb 2020

Or he just watched the Wizard of Oz.

With all his sexual assault accusations, he's the Wizard of Ooze.

This disease sounds like something created by President Travel Ban.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
38. This asshole rants just like Stalin, Hitler, Mao Zedong and other fucking depots...................
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 11:37 AM
Feb 2020

and the assholes standing behind all have keys sticking out of there backs like fucking idiots believing this shit..................while Brad Parscale winds them up with his fucking disinformation bullshit over there in Roslyn, Virginia just putting out this misinformation...............bullshit....................

duforsure

(11,882 posts)
47. Coming from the same guy who...
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 02:44 PM
Feb 2020

Accused President Obama of not being born in the USA. The same guy who ran a crooked foundation while claiming President Clinton and Hillary did. The same guy who claimed he hasn't hasn't worked for Putin for help getting elected while he tried to get a Moscow tower deal done. The same guy running on making America great while doing everything he can to destroy our Democracy. The same guy who has lied over 20,ooo times since entering office, and now wants people to believe his latest bs claim others caused his firing of the pandemic group, or fired others in that area just because it was something President Obama had. Trump is attacking America, and Americans and our ally's, while going out of his way to please Putin, and be friends with Kim of NK. To top all that off he promoted science denier pence to oversee the virus crisis , which is really telling us they will hide the truth on this and lie , and how little they care about us, which is why the markets have zero confidence and dropped worse then normal. Trump not being trusted is hurting us all.Anything bad happens he always blames others for all his failures, and never himself.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
57. He gave such a thorough rebuke during the presser today, so....
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:37 PM
Feb 2020

Ofc that too is a lie.

He had gaffes on that whole subject.

Someone ask him: What happened to your nose?

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