Per the President he wasn’t kidding when he said slow the testing down

[Fanatical Meat]

I don’t know how anyone can tolerate a boss who is so incompetent to work for that perpetually undermines them.

Trump now says he wasn't kidding when he told officials to slow down coronavirus testing, contradicting staff

President Donald Trump now says that he was not kidding when he told rallygoers over the weekend that he asked staff to slow down coronavirus testing, undercutting senior members of his own administration who said the comment was made in jest.

www.cnn.com

 

[jmagg]

Dumbest thing he said that night.

 

[fskimospy]

So now we have the president on record saying that he’s deliberately impeding efforts to combat a deadly pandemic because he thinks it makes him look bad.

Hey Trumpkins, he’s literally getting you and your families killed.

 

[hal2kilo]

So now we have the president on record saying that he’s deliberately impeding efforts to combat a deadly pandemic because he thinks it makes him look bad.

Hey Trumpkins, he’s literally getting you and your families killed.

Task force testifying today says they were never asked to slow it down. Just saying.

 

[brycejones]

So now we have the president on record saying that he’s deliberately impeding efforts to combat a deadly pandemic because he thinks it makes him look bad.

Hey Trumpkins, he’s literally getting you and your families killed.

My guess is many of them are like the poster here (can't remember who) who kept railing against the "lock down" and people needed to get in and work while that poster was working from home and ordering everything online for touch less pickup or delivery only so they could stay safe. Its the height of FYGM.

 

[fskimospy]

Task force testifying today says they were never asked to slow it down. Just saying.

I’m not sure how much better it is that the president would think it would be good to lie about impeding efforts to fight a deadly pandemic.

 

[brycejones]

Task force testifying today says they were never asked to slow it down. Just saying.

He never said who he told. For all we know he told Baron to do it.

 

[brycejones]

I’m not sure how much better it is that the president would think it would be good to lie about impeding efforts to fight a deadly pandemic.

I think he did tell someone to do it, but it was someone who didn't actually have the ability to do it. Trump is that lazy and incompetent.

 

[interchange]

So now we have the president on record saying that he’s deliberately impeding efforts to combat a deadly pandemic because he thinks it makes him look bad.

Hey Trumpkins, he’s literally getting you and your families killed.

Just imagine if a hospital CEO went on record saying he deliberately created a testing shortage because the number of positive cases were making him look bad. And the board found 2 million dollars stashed away which they had allocated specifically for tests.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

He never said who he told. For all we know he told Baron to do it.

Realistically the request was made in some kind of pseudo Mafia way and educated people like Fauci don’t speak moron.

 

[fskimospy]

Just imagine if a hospital CEO went on record saying he deliberately created a testing shortage because the number of positive cases were making him look bad. And the board found 2 million dollars stashed away which they had allocated specifically for tests.

I think it is abundantly obvious at this point that Trump would have been fired a long time ago if he were running a business he didn’t own like this.

 

[K1052]

I’m not sure how much better it is that the president would think it would be good to lie about impeding efforts to fight a deadly pandemic.

His refusal to back down on this is just amazing for the tenacity and willful self destruction he's demonstrated.

 

[FaaR]

I’m not sure how much better it is that the president would think it would be good to lie about impeding efforts to fight a deadly pandemic.

Dumpy basically always seems to walk back any excuses or apologies he is coerced into making, regardless how inadvisable that is. Because he literally cannot ever be wrong, his narcissism compels him into claiming his way is always the correct way, the best way, smartest, most beautiful, most luxurious way. Strongest. He's right, very very strongly. How you can ever be "strongly" right he is it - he's simply THAT awesome!

 

[interchange]

I think it is abundantly obvious at this point that Trump would have been fired a long time ago if he were running a business he didn’t own like this.

Getting the boot would probably be just the tip of the iceberg for this hypothetical CEO...

 

[vi edit]

Ok, when he's joking he's being serious.
And when he's serious he's really being sarcastic.
The president doesn't kid.
Or lie.
Ever.

What in the ever loving covfefe.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Dumbest thing he said that night.

I think it's one the dumbest things he's ever said. And that's saying A LOT.

 

[woolfe9998]

Funny, just watched that interview with Bolton on ABC, where he says that literally every single thing Trump does is all about media optics and maximizing his chances of re-election, without any consideration ever of helping the American people. He has an ex staffer gone rogue out there saying this about him and then he goes and says things like this.

The man truly is an idiot.

 

[allisolm]

He wasn't kidding. Today's tweet:

"Cases are going up in the U.S. because we are testing far more than any other country, and ever expanding. With smaller testing we would show fewer cases! "

and here's one way he's going to make it happen:

"The Trump administration is ending funding and support for local COVID-19 testing sites around the country this month, as cases and hospitalizations are skyrocketing in many states."

"The federal government will stop providing money and support for 13 sites across five states which were originally set up in the first months of the pandemic"

EXCLUSIVE: Feds About To Bail On Supporting COVID Testing Sites In Texas And Other States

The Trump administration is ending funding and support for local COVID-19 testing sites around the country this month, as cases...

talkingpointsmemo.com

 

[VRAMdemon]

When you always have to tell people you are joking, you suck at humor.

This "I was kidding" shit is part of his old tired playbook. To deflect from the comments he makes when he is in his showman/conman mode.

 

[Stokely]

He's not the idiot, that's on we the people for electing the most unqualified person in the history of the position (and that's saying a lot).

What in Trump's background would lead anyone to think he'd handle a crisis well? His solution to any problem: sue. He's trying to do the same thing here by blaming the pandemic and anyone and everyone,with bonus racist points for "kung flu" but end of the day he's up against something that screwing over his business partners for decades and putting out fraudulent products and services didn't prepare him for.

He is what he is and always has been, a fraudulent lying ignorant bully with shady connections and dad's money. We are reaping what we sowed by electing him. Guarantee Hillary for all her faults (imagined or real) would be listening to science and working with other leaders through this.

Just let it sink in: The President of the US has just reiterated that the solution for more cases is less testing.

Whee! Barring a vaccine, there's going to be the rest of the world getting back on track and deciding where to spend tourist dollars...it ain't gonna be in Brazil, and it won't be in the US.

 

[woolfe9998]

He wasn't kidding. Today's tweet:

"Cases are going up in the U.S. because we are testing far more than any other country, and ever expanding. With smaller testing we would show fewer cases! "

and here's one way he's going to make it happen:

"The Trump administration is ending funding and support for local COVID-19 testing sites around the country this month, as cases and hospitalizations are skyrocketing in many states."

"The federal government will stop providing money and support for 13 sites across five states which were originally set up in the first months of the pandemic"

EXCLUSIVE: Feds About To Bail On Supporting COVID Testing Sites In Texas And Other States

The Trump administration is ending funding and support for local COVID-19 testing sites around the country this month, as cases...

talkingpointsmemo.com

Trump may not be the first president to do bad things for political reasons, but he's certainly the first to announce it to a wide audience. "Hi, I'm Donald Trump and I'm going to do the wrong thing for the wrong reason."

And his people will say: "well at least he's honest about being a scuzzy piece of shit!"

 

[brycejones]

He wasn't kidding. Today's tweet:

"Cases are going up in the U.S. because we are testing far more than any other country, and ever expanding. With smaller testing we would show fewer cases! "

and here's one way he's going to make it happen:

"The Trump administration is ending funding and support for local COVID-19 testing sites around the country this month, as cases and hospitalizations are skyrocketing in many states."

"The federal government will stop providing money and support for 13 sites across five states which were originally set up in the first months of the pandemic"

EXCLUSIVE: Feds About To Bail On Supporting COVID Testing Sites In Texas And Other States

The Trump administration is ending funding and support for local COVID-19 testing sites around the country this month, as cases...

talkingpointsmemo.com

The increase in hospitalizations shows the argument that there are only "more cases because we're doing more testing" is bull shit. If the increase in identified cases was solely due to more testing and not more people actually getting sick then the hospitalization rate would remain the same as before.

 

[hal2kilo]

Trump may not be the first president to do bad things for political reasons, but he's certainly the first to announce it to a wide audience. "Hi, I'm Donald Trump and I'm going to do the wrong thing for the wrong reason."

And his people will say: "well at least he's honest about being a scuzzy piece of shit!"

What's really sad is that his sycophant's (Navarro) go out of their way to defend him, then Trump just cuts the legs out from under his friend? Of course I understand that a person with the mental illness that Trump has can have no real friends.

 

[Jaskalas]

Trump said. "We've done too good a job."

My feelings are less than civil at this point.

 

[cytg111]

He wasn't kidding. Today's tweet:

"Cases are going up in the U.S. because we are testing far more than any other country, and ever expanding. With smaller testing we would show fewer cases! "

and here's one way he's going to make it happen:

"The Trump administration is ending funding and support for local COVID-19 testing sites around the country this month, as cases and hospitalizations are skyrocketing in many states."

"The federal government will stop providing money and support for 13 sites across five states which were originally set up in the first months of the pandemic"

EXCLUSIVE: Feds About To Bail On Supporting COVID Testing Sites In Texas And Other States

The Trump administration is ending funding and support for local COVID-19 testing sites around the country this month, as cases...

talkingpointsmemo.com

Trump logic : More will die but they wont know its from covid19 so it doesnt hurt my reelection campaign as much. Plus I can campaign on fewer cases.
More will die but better for my campaign.
More will die...

Sucks to be you what can I say...