Trump says push for less coronavirus testing was sarcasm

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Politico

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had “sarcastically” claimed that a decrease in coronavirus testing would lower U.S. infection rates, adding a new twist to the weeklong scramble by the White House to clarify the president’s comments on virus testing.

“Sometimes I jokingly say, or sarcastically say, if we didn’t do tests we would look great,” Trump said in an interview during a Fox News town hall with Sean Hannity. “But you know what? It’s not the right thing to do.”

The president’s comments come nearly a week after he claimed at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., that he’d ordered a slowdown in coronavirus testing. Trump on Tuesday insisted he was serious in slowing down testing, even after senior White House officials said the president made the comment in jest.

“I don’t kid,” Trump said when pressed by reporters on Tuesday. “Let me make it clear.”

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-push-for-less-coronavirus-testing-was-sarcasm/ar-BB15YZZz?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP

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Make up your fucking mind.

[JenniferJuniper]

1. So what was "I don't kid" then?

Just a regular lie, I guess?

[maxsolomon]

8. He draws a line between kidding and sarcasm.

Sarcasm is not kidding, it's... um...

[fleur-de-lisa]

30. He was kidding when he said he doesn't kid. Or something.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Prove it

If you were joking, prove it by conducting more testing. It’s obvious that we’re not doing enough now.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. If "all lives matter" prove it by wearing a mask. . . . nt

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Hes so full of shit, why even bother listening?

[underpants]

5. I'm sure Hannity nodded and laughed

What a stooge show

[ace3csusm]

6. Realized that message didnt gain any support

so he needs to fall back on the joking....just throwing spaghetti on the wall...SAD

[dalton99a]

7. Tomorrow: "Let me make it very clear. It wasn't REAL sarcasm. I know more about sarcasm than anybody

[maxsolomon]

9. He thinks he's Don Rickles.

But he doesn't understand Comedy.

He OBVIOUSLY "kids", he's OBVIOUSLY sarcastic, he's OBVIOUSLY bullshitting and gaslighting and slandering and belittling anyone and everything that does not glorify him.

He is overmatched by the position. It calls for actual work, and he has always assigned that to someone else.

[agingdem]

11. He's lying about telling the truth for once..

I don’t kid..true.. it was a joke..no it wasn’t ..comedy is all about timing.. that asshole’s time is up

[maxsolomon]

14. Meh, I think the opposite.

He was being sarcastic, but lied about it because he didn't know to what bullshit the question was referring to.

He might also draw a distinction between "sarcasm" and "kidding" in his rusty-hamster-wheel brain.

[agingdem]

20. when he said I don't kid

that was true...kidding requires a degree of connection...he is totally disconnected from reality so when he said I don't kid...he wasn't "kidding"...and sarcasm?...he wouldn't know sarcasm if it bit him on his fat ass...my 14 year old granddaughter knows kidding..eye roll, hair flip, "seriously, like when you kidded about wanting to date your daughter?..that's not kidding dude, that's just sick!"...

[sop]

10. Trump has completely lost the plot, he can't even keep his lies straight, he lies about lying now.

[padah513]

12. I'm dropping the funding for federal test centers so there's less testing

But I was being sarcastic about doing less testing. Huh?

[OverBurn]

13. He just lies, that's what he does, lies about lies, then lies again.

[maxsolomon]

15. By lying on all sides of any issue, he destroys the truth.

Which is Putin's technique as well.

When Truth is delegitimized, no decision needs to be justified.

[RussBLib]

26. and then he lies some more

what the fuck kind of person does that?

Someone who should NOT be president, that's one.

[C_U_L8R]

16. It's not sarcasm when you actually do it.

This clown is insufferable

[yaesu]

17. but, but, but he said he never kids, was he lying like whenever he opens his mouth. nt

[procon]

18. Dope can't even keep his own lies straight.

And to think that some people actually thought he was capable of running the country...

[NCjack]

19. Too late joke-boy. Your campaign is damaged.

[Dios Mio]

21. Not intelligent enough to understand sarcasm.

[progree]

22. VIDEO - There's no doubt in this one minute video that he was serious (from the Tulsa "rally")

https://news.yahoo.com/tulsa-rally-trump-suggests-u-145354962.html

It's clear from this that he is totally serious about what he considers too much testing being a bad thing and all's it does is find more cases

The only humor he attempted was ridiculing testing a 10 year old "with the sniffles who will recover in about 15 minutes", and they find he tests positive, and "that's a case, that's a case" as if that's somehow ridiculous and somehow shouldn't be counted as a case,

and though there may be very little likelihood the 10 year old will suffer and die, there is a substantial chance that he will spread it to someone directly or indirectly who will.

And this is on top of many other occasions where he's complained that we're doing too much testing and it makes us look bad.

"Uhh, if it did slow down, frankly, I think we're way ahead of ourselves if you want to know the truth. We've done too good a job."

[Stuart G]

23. Well I got it half right.... 50% ain't bad... He did admit he was wrong on something...

I wrote this yesterday..take a look at the link below.


Imagine if you can the following:Trump admits he was wrong, say's he's sorry, starts wearing a mask! (Trump didn't say he was sorry, but did admit he was wrong...(oh he was being sarcastic)


https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213652717

[riversedge]

24. NO Trump-you can NOT wiggle out of this one, you lying SOB!

[riversedge]

25. Cnn just showed Trump saying it again last night at his Townhall in Milwaukee...clip.......

Link to tweet

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Link to tweet

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[qwlauren35]

27. Wouldn't it be great

If the Lincoln Project made an ad about this!

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

28. Can we hear about the bunker and the glass of water again? It's been a few days since we've heard

about that.

[jcgoldie]

29. Let's see that ramp walk!

Thats destined to become one of your all time great routines... can't wait to see a couple thousand magats doing the Geriatirc Trump Ramp Shuffle in red hats to get into the next nazi fest!

[marie999]

35. My mind works kind of funny sometimes.

When I read your post, the first thing that came to mind was the movie Cadence and Sam Cooke's Chain Gang video. I know, way off point.

[mahina]

31. What's confusing about that? Less tests, less cases. I'm kidding, I don't kid, I was kidding.

Come on people. Catch up.

[lettucebe]

32. Went from "I don't kid" to "it was sarcastic" in less than a week

F him. Really just F him

[myohmy2]

33. trump...

...says a lot of things and it all means shit...

...all you need to know is Republican politics kills innocent Americans...

...Republicans...

[Solly Mack]

34. Liars lie. It's right there in the definition.

[keithbvadu2]

36. Trump just makes up whatever lie he needs at the moment.