President Trump: “So, when we have a lot of cases I don’t look at that as a bad thing. I look at that, in a certain respect, as being a good thing because it means our testing is much better…I view it as a badge of honor. Really it’s a badge of honor…” pic.twitter.com/fUJJ2gQ2Ry
— CSPAN (@cspan) May 19, 2020
Courtesy of USA Today:
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States – the highest in the world – a “badge of honor,” arguing the still-increasing number of cases is simply evidence the country is testing more people.
“By the way, you know, when you say that we lead in cases, that’s because we have more testing than anybody else,” the president said at the White House. “When we have a lot of cases, I don’t look at that as a bad thing. I look at that in a certain respect as being a good thing, because it means our testing is much better. So, if we were testing a million people instead of 14 million people, it would have far few cases, right?
“So, I view it as a badge of honor. Really, it’s a badge of honor,” Trump said.
The U.S. has performed more than 12 million tests, according to the Covid Tracking Project. However, the country still faces testing shortages after months of hurdles in development and access.
At a Senate hearing last week, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said U.S. testing for coronavirus is “nothing to celebrate” because the country “treaded water” during the early stages of the pandemic while other countries such as South Korea tested people aggressively to curb the outbreak.
Romney said by March 6, the U.S. had conducted only 2,000 tests while South Korea had completed 140,000. Romney He said more aggressive testing was part of the reason why South Korea has had more success in fighting the virus.
South Korea has had 263 COVID-19 deaths, while the U.S. surpassed 92,000 Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Just imagine bragging publicly that your bumbling response to a pandemic had contributed to the loss of almost 94,000 American lives.
Those are the rantings of a madman or a serial killer.
Let’s do the math, shall we????
Tell that to a front line worker, asshole.
lol. You are all such a bunch of pansy ass weenie whiner libs!
Still working on that ED problem mr. anon@7;45am?
Keep on stroking, you’ll get the hang of it , or not.
The perfect POS
Notches on a bedpost for the whores* he’s “fucked”.
Notches in his copy of Mein Kampf for the 94k people he has killed**.
*see Melania, et al.
**not only on Manhattans 5th Ave, but every Ave in America
Only a cult leader would say something Hing like that. The deplorables make up the cult, and so they DO NOT SENSE that they are in a cult.
Dr Fauci has found a unique way to get information out to as many people as possible. By passing the mic.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-julia-roberts-celebrities-passthemic-fauci-experts_n_5ec56fcbc5b689d9f14be4c9
“Celebrities really are just like us — they are not experts on the coronavirus pandemic.
That’s why Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and member of the White House coronavirus task force, has teamed up with actors Julia Roberts, Hugh Jackman, Millie Bobby Brown and other self-aware A-listers for the #PassTheMic campaign.
As part of the campaign, each participating celebrity will hand over their social media accounts to a COVID-19 expert for a day so you can hear important facts about how to end the pandemic from “people who actually know what they’re talking about,” according to the promotional video below.”
So Trump can try to fire or silence Fauci and others, but he won’t succeed.
The campaign is going to start Thursday with Fauci taking over Julia Roberts account. Kudos to Julia and all of the other celebrities handing over their accounts and their many followers to such a worthy cause.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=s-nD1QIwviU&feature=emb_logo
Excellent.. I sorta implied this weeks ago when I posted Fauci needs to quite the Trump circus and go solo before he loses his reputation. He should quit before he is fired now.
trump can’t fire Fauci, he works for NIH, not trump
What an sicko, you don’t need a test to make a diagnosis., the test just CONFIRMS the diagnosis.
Now I know why he was bragging about taking the malaria drug, the side effect is mental changes, so he is going to blame his mental illness on the drug even though he has been loony toons for years.
If he hadn’t been so incompetent we could have been LAST in the world in the number of cases, that would have been something to brag about.
Next he will be bragging we have the most DEATHS in the world.
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/05/21/democrat-amy-klobuchar-jokes-that-trump-is-having-hallucinations-from-hydroxychloroquine.html
WHAT A COVIDICK
Per capital measurements do not exist in Trump’s world view. He makes little to no sense.
When Melania tries to say “coronavirus,” it comes out sounding like “cououuooooooowouuurouooonaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAaaaAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaàaaaveeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwusssssssssssssssshhhhhshshshshshshXXX”.
Next dilemma for the Orangecicle: does he continue to threaten Michigan over vote by mail v. refuse federal $$$$ flood relief in Lower Michigan (8″ of rain over 2 days, 2-3 dam failures, thousands evacuated) v. say the likely uptick in Covid-19 among evacuees is because of too little bleach in their diet?
Seems to me I remember some “candidate” in 2016 bragging about the best infrastructure projects he was going to make happen when elected. Was that the same person who stomped out of a meeting with lawmakers who were actually doing some work towards that end? Like a petulant child who hadn’t done their homework.Probably afraid that people would realize he couldn’t read. Hope the flooded michiganders are paying attention now.
The Michigan Secretary of State just handed Trump his lunch. Not once but twice.
Check it out on line.
Hello.
Something some of us have been aware of for a long time.
1) A thread about Sarah Palin, who in many ways was the key figure in the transformation of the Republican Party into the know-nothing, anti-science, conspiracy-theory-loving, cultishly authoritarian Party of Trump it is today. W/ video. https://twitter.com/DavidNeiwert/status/1263271502536822784
2) I’ve been thinking a lot about Palin in no small part because of the way Trump-hating Republicans like @MeghanMcCain
are rewriting history by trying to blame Barack Obama for Trump, because apparently _he_, not the GOP, stoked America’s culture wars when he was president. https://twitter.com/DavidNeiwert/status/1263272155250188288
Do click on thru because there plenty moar on the gun hugging friend of the gun thuggin militias Wasilla Wendingo.
lol the photo!
https://twitter.com/DavidNeiwert/status/1263271502536822784/photo/1
Whatcha doin to Dat tongue Serror?!
3) Let’s be clear: the GOP has been stoking these culture wars as a means of winning election since at least the days of Ronald Reagan and his presidency. But they embraced it openly beginning in 1992 with Pat Buchanan’s “cultural war” speech.
5) I became intimately familiar while on assignment in Alaska to examine Palin’s connections to the extremist right, mainly the “Patriot”/militia movement, during her time on the Wasilla city council and then as the city’s mayor. She had a fondness for the John Birch Society.
REDRUM
She got swept away by her Jesus bullshit. And before that, the normalized dysfunction of family incest. Crazy zombie.
😂🤣😂
I hear the city of Houston is being sued. Something about a road? I guess her claws went far out. Is Vergie still trying to get someone to grow weed for her?
Hard to believe Meghan is pregnant. Harder to believe a guy would get her pregnant.
Shout out to all of us here who know who built this mess.
I still scream at my TV when Schmidt and Wallace wring their hands over where we are now. Culpable pieces of shit.
July 3, 2009.
She thought she could get away with it, “But in the end truth will out.”
Truths that will tank all the global economies. I hear ‘I really don’t care’.
We had said all there is to say to each other. 1971?
oh,God. is there any thing he wont brag about?
He bragged about boning his daughter. So, no.
I’m sure the families of the 93,000 Americans who have died from Covid-19, do not consider it a badge of honor. Most of their loved ones died alone, separated from their families. Stephen Colbert called Trump’s Badge of Honor the “Purple Heartless”.
I’m sick of that orange, MoFo buffoon.
Wow! I would be pissed if my loved one died and that unfeeling asshole bragged on it.
Deaths as of May 20. 94,948
It was about 91,000 on Monday.
I was wrong. I admit it.
We will reach 100,000 before Memorial Day.
We may reach 250,000 by Labor Day if the states succeed in reopening and forcing everyone back to work under threat of taking away their unemployment and stimulus money.
You get first glimpse of another drumpf milestone… Last updated: May 21, 2020, 13:34 GMT
United States
Coronavirus Cases:
1,595,081
Deaths:
95,016
drumpf said we might hit 100k by August.
Trump is a solid number one!
Like you need the plumber or a poop knife for.
OH yes, what happened to his LIE it will disappear in April?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-symone-sanders-interview_n_5ec5ac52c5b6a1d715c45063
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidmarkowitz/2020/05/05/trump-is-lying-more-than-ever-just-look-at-the-data/#1a4ea9ca1e17
milestone? Call it ‘malfeasance’
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/trump-faces-nearly-insurmountable-odds-of-being-reelected-thanks-to-covid-19-recession-forecasting-model/
NO major party nominee has ever received just 35 percent of the vote, as even Herbert Hoover in 1932 managed to get 40 percent of the popular vote in the middle of the Great Depression. 2020,30,40…
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/overwhelmed-losing-trump-is-melting-down-in-a-narcissistic-rage-reports/
IMpunity always breeds more lawlessness…The $hitgibbon simply cannot fathom why he shouldn’t hold rallies if it’s safe for him to do so. He’s incapable of even acknowledging that other people exist…
“According to The Mayo Clinic, those suffering from narcissistic personality disorder “have an exaggerated sense of self-importance [and] a sense of entitlement” and “require constant, excessive admiration.” They “expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it.” But they also “have secret feelings of insecurity, shame, vulnerability and humiliation,” which makes them prone to stress and depression and leads them to “have trouble handling anything they perceive as criticism.” When they do encounter negative feedback, they “become impatient or angry” and “have difficulty regulating emotions and behavior.”
Trump is a masterful Bull$hitter and a virtuoso at working the media, but those are his only talents. He was a millionaire at age 8, and went on to bankrupt six companies. Never considered a high-end real estate developer by his New York peers, much of his business experience entailed slapping his last name on a bunch of sleazy scams and crappy products. His persona as a crafty deal-maker and savvy businessman was crafted by ghostwriters and the producers of his reality-TV show.”
“Trump has immense power and is as dangerous as a cornered animal.”
“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert mocked the president Wednesday, saying he was willing to take a drug that could kill him, but he’s unwilling to wear a mask that could actually protect himself and others.
“However, Ford is supposed to follow its safety rules, which happen to be embodied in state law. So Trump will not only model dangerous behavior but will also flout the law if he goes maskless,”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/conservative-columnist-explains-how-trump-has-become-a-danger-to-himself-and-others/
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/fox-news-sean-hannity-trump-can-take-hydroxychloroquine-because-he-built-the-hospitals/
“Trump built the hospitals, manned the hospitals and sent them all the medical equipment they needed,” Hannity said. “Now, the president himself — he’s made the decision along with his doctors to take hydroxychloroquine as a preventative treatment.”
Hannity also took a shot at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who said she was concerned about Trump’s use of the drug because he was “morbidly obese.”
“But then you get Nancy Pelosi, ‘Oh, the president — it’s risky, it’s dangerous, it’s morbidly obese,’” Hannity said. “Well, some people can be morbidly stupid.”
“The president says he’s fine,” he said. “How about we let him make the choice himself. Let every American make the choice.”
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/05/21/democrat-amy-klobuchar-jokes-that-trump-is-having-hallucinations-from-hydroxychloroquine.html
‘They say that hydroxychloroquine can lead to hallucinations.’
tinydjt tweets>
Crazy Bernie Sanders is not a fighter. He gives up too easy! The Dem establishment gets Alfred E. Newman (Mayor Pete) & @amyklobuchar
to quit & endorse Sleepy Joe BEFORE Super Tuesday, & gets Pocahontas to stay in the race, taking thousands of votes from Bernie. He would have….
…beaten Sleepy Joe in a LANDSLIDE, every State, if these events didn’t happen. Even if Warren just dropped out, he would have easily won. Dems did it to him with Crooked Hillary and now, even more so…and Bernie doesn’t even complain. VOTE for Trump on TRADE, better than BS!
+_____________
China is on a massive disinformation campaign because they are desperate to have Sleepy Joe Biden win the presidential race so they can continue to rip-off the United States, as they have done for decades, until I came along!
Alfred E. Neuman = Alfred E. Newman < WRONG
L osing
S ucks
D onny boy
Wanna Bet when will that blondish RaT on his head starts falling out?
Ivana?
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/05/21/pelosi-and-schumer-request-trump-lower-flags-when-coronavirus-deaths-reach-100000.html
“Respectful of them and the loss to our country, we are writing to request that you order flags to be flown at half-staff on all public buildings in our country on the sad day of reckoning when we reach 100,000 deaths,” they continued. “It would serve as a national expression of grief so needed by everyone in our country.”
TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN TOO!
That would be the appropriate display.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/former-white-house-employee-dies-coronavirus_n_5ec64e15c5b6862881e075d4
He was 91.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/frankline-ndifor-pastor-cameroon_n_5ec60a00c5b6dfc078e0f7ee
at the age of 39.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-symone-sanders-interview_n_5ec5ac52c5b6a1d715c45063
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/wisconsin-woman-kind-of-mad-at-trump-after-she-gets-covid-19-despite-taking-hydroxychloroquine/
“When they gave the diagnosis, I felt like it was a death sentence. I was like, ‘I’m going to die,’” Kim said.
“I’m like, ‘How can I be sick? How? I’m on the hydroxychloroquine.’ They were like, ‘Well, nobody ever said that was the cure or that was going to keep you safe’ and it definitely did not.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/michigan-attorney-general-to-trump-wear-a-mask-in-our-state-or-youll-be-asked-not-to-return-to-indoor-areas/
https://news.yahoo.com/trumps-factory-tours-could-putting-083126981.html
“The White House is a potential hot zone for COVID — aides and valets close to the president are diagnosing positive,”
said Dr. Vin Gupta, a pulmonologist and global health policy expert who is an NBC News and MSNBC contributor.
“If I’m a factory owner, do I really want a large group of visitors from the West Wing visiting me now under these circumstances, just to snap a few pictures? No,”
It would be just like hiring Sarah Palin and Bristol to improve your factory organization.
Wait, is there video of that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkQ58I53mjk