THE PRESIDENT: Go ahead. In the back. You didn’t go. Go ahead.
Q Mr. President, thank you very much.
THE PRESIDENT: Who are you with?
Q I’m with the Salt Lake Tribune.
THE PRESIDENT: Okay. Good.
Q Thank you, sir. On Thursday, the White House announced a congressional task force for reopening America. It included every Republican senator but Mitt Romney.
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah.
Q Does that show that you’re still holding a grudge against Mitt Romney?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, it does. Yeah. No, I’m not a fan of Mitt Romney at all. No, I had 52 Republican senators.
Q He was a governor. You don’t want his advice?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I just don’t think — you know, I’m not a fan of Mitt Romney. I don’t really want his advice.
Go ahead, please.
Q Mr. President, why on that task force did you include Senator Kelly Loeffler? There’s some questions about whether she may have —
THE PRESIDENT: Well, because she’s the senator from a great state, a state that I love: Georgia.
Q But there’s some insider trading issues with her.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I — that, I don’t know. I really don’t know about that. But she’s a senator from Georgia, and she was included in the list, absolutely.
Go ahead. A couple of more. Go ahead, please. Yeah.
Q Have you thought any more about pardoning Paul Manafort or Roger Stone so they’re not exposed to coronavirus in jail?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I’ll just tell you this: Roger Stone was treated very unfairly. Paul Manafort — the black book turned out to be a fraud. We learned that out during the various last number of weeks and months. They had a black book that came out of Ukraine. It turned out to be a fraud. It turned out to be a fraud. They convicted a man; it turned out to be a fraud.
General Flynn was a highly respected person, and it turned out to be a scam on him. The FBI said he didn’t lie. And Mueller’s people wanted him to go to jail. Okay?
Q So why not issue a pardon?
THE PRESIDENT: So what am I going to do? You’ll find out what I’m going do. I’m not going to say what I’m going to do.
But I will tell you, the whole thing turned out to be a scam, and it turned out to be a disgrace to our country, and it was a takedown of a duly elected president.
And these people suffered greatly. General Flynn — I mean, what they did to him. And even the FBI said — and they had some — and nobody a bigger fan of the FBI than me, at the level of the people that really matter. But the top of the FBI was scum.
And what they did to General Flynn — and you know it, and everybody knows it — was a disgrace. He was in the service for over 30 years. He ends up being a general and respected. Respected. And almost his first day in office, they come in with papers; they want to investigate him. It never happened before. And now the tables are turned. Investigate the investigators, I guess.
These were crooked people. These are bad people. These are very dangerous people. You know what they are though? They’re scum. They’re human scum.
All right. Do you want to have one? In the back, please.
Q On President Xi, you now talk about the missteps that China made early on in this crisis and how it put you — put the United States behind the curve.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, based on an investigation. We’re going to find out, yeah. Sure.
Q So when you repeatedly praised Xi in January and February —
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, this guy doesn’t stop.
Q — you said he will “solve the problem.” You said he was doing a “great job.” Were you duped by President Xi?
THE PRESIDENT: No, no, no, no. I made a deal that’s phenomenal for the United States. No, you know who was duped? You —
Q This is after the deal.
THE PRESIDENT: You and the Obama administration were duped for years because China was ripping off this country. Like in the history of any country, nobody has been ripped off like the United States by China — and many other countries. And we stop it. And we’ve done —
Q (Inaudible) why you praised him at the time?
THE PRESIDENT: And we’ve done — we’ve done a deal where they’re paying us 250 — they are buying 250 — they didn’t do anything for us. You know, we didn’t even have a deal. It was so bad —
Q This is after the deal. These comments are after the deal.
THE PRESIDENT: No, no. No, no. It’s — it is about a deal, because the deal started a long time ago, before anybody heard about this. The deal was finished a number of months ago. Very happy — I was very happy. I hope they were happy.
Billions of dollars came in, in tariffs. Billions of dollars. They’re going to be purchasing billions. And then, all of a sudden, long after that, I find out about this.
And I told you —
Q Right. But why, on February 23rd —
THE PRESIDENT: I told you I’m not —
Q — did you say, “I think he’s doing a very good job —
THE PRESIDENT: Listen. Listen, CNN.
Q — it’s a big problem, but” —
THE PRESIDENT: Listen, CNN. I told you I’m not happy about it. And this was after the deal. So we have this wonderful deal. And I was very — nobody has been tougher before the deal ever, on China, than Trump. Then I made a deal. I was very happy with the deal. It’s a great deal. Great for our farmers. The farmers have been paid a fortune already. Then what happened —
Q Was it a mistake to take his word for it?
THE PRESIDENT: Then what happened — no mistake. We made a great deal.
Now I find out after the deal — after the deal, not — after the deal —
Q Right. I’m talking about February 23rd.
THE PRESIDENT: I find out that I’m not happy — you people are so pathetic at CNN. Let me just tell you —
Q I have the quote here from February 23rd.
THE PRESIDENT: Sure. I was very happy with the deal, very happy with everything. Then we find out about the plague, right? The plague. And since we found out about that, I’m not happy.
But I closed it up long before Pelosi —
Q Right. This is after the —
THE PRESIDENT: Listen. Long before Pelosi. You know, she was having parties in San Francisco. “Let’s all go to Chinatown.” And that was a long time after the first —
Q This was after the travel restriction, sir. This was on February 23rd.
THE PRESIDENT: Go ahead, please.
Q The first — the first of the month is next week —
THE PRESIDENT: That’s why your ratings are so bad, because you’re pathetic.
Go ahead. Let’s go.
Q I’m reading you your quote, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Your ratings are terrible. You got to get back to real news.
Pathetic. And nearly half of Americans think he’s a god. What is it about? Owning the libs?
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Pathetic. And nearly half of Americans think he’s a god. What is it about? Owning the libs?
Owning the libs is all that matters to the modern right. They stand FOR nothing, they only stand AGAINST anything connected to the left.
The most amazing thing that could happen would be for hipsters and (what they think are millennials, but actually aren't) LGBTQ advocate youth to start talking about fiscal responsibility, small government, and gun rights. Their heads would spin so violently it would cause tornaders!
Imagine making 18 bucks an hour, scraping together a few hundred dollars to donate to the Trump campaign, learning that some of that money pays his sons’ significant others, and being OK with it. To steal a phrase from another poster here...suckers.
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I don’t know about you but I’m still waiting for a repub health care plan to replace Obamacare. It’s only been 10 years. And only 5 years since Team Trump Treason promised a better, more beautiful, less expensive plan than Obamacare. Both sides are the same, suckers.
Wonder how all those folks out of work with no employer based health plan are faring? Particularly if they have a health issue that’s not covid-19 related?
“Get sick and die,” is the repub health care plan, I guess, because I sure as hell haven’t seen them put forth any meaningful legislation to address the issue of Americans without health insurance. Someone should ask Team Trump Treason at his next covid-19 propaganda rally when we can expect something from his administration or the repubs. Quote his multiple declarations of “something bigger, better, more beautiful and cheaper than Obamacare.” That’d be a very nasty question.
I don’t know about you but I’m still waiting for a repub health care plan to replace Obamacare. It’s only been 10 years. And only 5 years since Team Trump Treason promised a better, more beautiful, less expensive plan than Obamacare. Both sides are the same, suckers.
Wonder how all those folks out of work with no employer based health plan are faring? Particularly if they have a health issue that’s not covid-19 related?
“Get sick and die,” is the repub health care plan, I guess, because I sure as hell haven’t seen them put forth any meaningful legislation to address the issue of Americans without health insurance. Someone should ask Team Trump Treason at his next covid-19 propaganda rally when we can expect something from his administration or the repubs. Quote his multiple declarations of “something bigger, better, more beautiful and cheaper than Obamacare.” That’d be a very nasty question.
The republican health plan is simple....
If your wealthy white Male Christian republican we got your back.
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I don’t know about you but I’m still waiting for a repub health care plan to replace Obamacare. It’s only been 10 years. And only 5 years since Team Trump Treason promised a better, more beautiful, less expensive plan than Obamacare. Both sides are the same, suckers.
Wonder how all those folks out of work with no employer based health plan are faring? Particularly if they have a health issue that’s not covid-19 related?
“Get sick and die,” is the repub health care plan, I guess, because I sure as hell haven’t seen them put forth any meaningful legislation to address the issue of Americans without health insurance. Someone should ask Team Trump Treason at his next covid-19 propaganda rally when we can expect something from his administration or the repubs. Quote his multiple declarations of “something bigger, better, more beautiful and cheaper than Obamacare.” That’d be a very nasty question.
No doubt GOP & Baffoon have never had a plan they want most Americans to not be covered at all specially minorities ..
Of all the loathsome Trumpisms, his obsession with "ratings" is the one I find most insufferable. He probably really thinks that people are more entertained by him than Monday Night Football or the Bachelor. In reality, people tune into these press conferences because they're led to believe that they're going to get important information....considering it's the "president" talking about a national/global crisis. Now THAT'S fake news.
Fascinating, highly recommend reading all 3 parts if you have the time.
It makes for a very compelling case and makes a lot of sense, particularly when taken in the context of what is known about Team Trump Treason and his ties to dirty Russians and how the repub establishment didn’t go after him during the campaign, particularly the Bush campaign. Are you going to tell me that Bush, McCain and some of the other candidates didn’t know the dirt going back decades? The Bush family and their connections had no clue? Yea, right. It also explains why so many establishment repubs have stepped away, resigned and gone into hiding, I’m looking at you Paul Ryan, Cryin’ John Boehner and the others. They know they’ve sold their souls. The comparison to Whitey Bulger and how you can’t say Team Trump Treason is “your” guy makes sense as well.
wikkileaks, if you’re listening, release the Team Trump Treason CI file.
I wonder what kind of response I’d get if I wrote to my congressional delegation asking them to let me know if a CI file exists on Team Trump Treason or if I filed a FOIA request?
Fruit from the poisonous tree indeed. Helsinki makes that apparent. Very apparent.
Of all the loathsome Trumpisms, his obsession with "ratings" is the one I find most insufferable. He probably really thinks that people are more entertained by him than Monday Night Football or the Bachelor. In reality, people tune into these press conferences because they're led to believe that they're going to get important information....considering it's the "president" talking about a national/global crisis. Now THAT'S fake news.
Plain and simple, these fill his rallies void. After his presidency is over, guaranteed he finds a way to keep having rallies. He is Commodus. If only there was a Maximus.
This is all just beyond belief... The President of the United States of America is a complete and utter lunatic.
I only hope we can survive this assault and rape of our country..
Meanwhile, on the Left - Pelosi's "Democrats" are doing exactly what insurance companies want by expanding COBRA... HAHAHAHA There's Leadership! No one can afford COBRA and the benefits are usually 60% of the normal insurance.. It's a JOKE!
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This is all just beyond belief... The President of the United States of America is a complete and utter lunatic.
I only hope we can survive this assault and rape of our country..
Meanwhile, on the Left - Pelosi's "Democrats" are doing exactly what insurance companies want by expanding COBRA... HAHAHAHA There's Leadership! No one can afford COBRA and the benefits are usually 60% of the normal insurance.. It's a JOKE!
Yeah why don't the Pelosi Democrats write and sign into law M4A? They could voted on it yesterday and it would be in place today! Corporatists!
Oh the horror, having 100% of your health insurance costs paid for during a pandemic via COBRA. Perfect? Not by a long shot. Better than nothing? Yes. Better than what repubs have proposed, if anything? Absolutely.
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Cobra is bs unless you have deep pockets.. The fact that the only way most Americans can afford to be insured is by having employer subsidized health care is a joke. I don’t understand why there is such a push back for m4a, or at least the option...I would much rather have some health care based on me paying taxes than paying thousands a year for very little coverage tha5 does nothing but make insurance companies money.
This is all just beyond belief... The President of the United States of America is a complete and utter lunatic.
I only hope we can survive this assault and rape of our country..
Meanwhile, on the Left - Pelosi's "Democrats" are doing exactly what insurance companies want by expanding COBRA... HAHAHAHA There's Leadership! No one can afford COBRA and the benefits are usually 60% of the normal insurance.. It's a JOKE!
you know COBRA is retroactive, right? you do not need to sign up for it immediately upon losing your insurance. and if something happens to you and you have not completed the forms or paid your premium, you can do so after the fact.
i changed careers in october 2019. i had to go without insurance until 12/1. i did not sign up or pay for COBRA because i did not need it.
the sales distributor i worked for from 10/19 got terminated on 2/29, so i got hired on direct from the manufacturer. i had to again go without insurance until 4/1. it is all in the risk that you are comfortable taking.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
Cobra is bs unless you have deep pockets.. The fact that the only way most Americans can afford to be insured is by having employer subsidized health care is a joke. I don’t understand why there is such a push back for m4a, or at least the option...I would much rather have some health care based on me paying taxes than paying thousands a year for very little coverage tha5 does nothing but make insurance companies money.
Because M4A = SOCIALISM And SOCIALISM = SOCIALISTS And SOCIALISTS = libs And Libs are BAD
COBRA in normal times may not be affordable. Those do nothing dems are proposing that COBRA cover 100% of premiums while the nation reopens. But fuck those 4 million Americans because we can’t have M4A. Sounds about right.
WAPO: "The report, while not unexpected, is nonetheless a milestone — the first extensive bipartisan congressional affirmation of the intelligence agencies’ conclusion, which continues to be at odds with President Trump’s oft-stated doubts about Russia’s role in the 2016 race."
COBRA in normal times may not be affordable. Those do nothing dems are proposing that COBRA cover 100% of premiums while the nation reopens. But fuck those 4 million Americans because we can’t have M4A. Sounds about right.
When you say we do you include yourself. So how would this work anyway. If I got laid off in March and I couldn’t afford to keep my health care because cobra is cost prohibitive, Is the dem plan that I can just re sign up and cobra will pay for my health care? I read the article and it doesn’t explain anything very clearly. At any rate if you can move the numbers around to pay for cobra why not just forgo that and pledge to cover the cost of all covid care instead?
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President Trump’s Swift Coronavirus Response Continues
March 2, 2020
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Q A question on that —
Q On President Xi —
Q Mr. President —
THE PRESIDENT: Go ahead.
Q On President Xi, you now talk about the missteps that China made early on in this crisis and how it put you — put the United States behind the curve.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, based on an investigation. We’re going to find out, yeah. Sure.
Q So when you repeatedly praised Xi in January and February —
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, this guy doesn’t stop.
Q — you said he will “solve the problem.” You said he was doing a “great job.” Were you duped by President Xi?
THE PRESIDENT: No, no, no, no. I made a deal that’s phenomenal for the United States. No, you know who was duped? You —
Q This is after the deal.
THE PRESIDENT: You and the Obama administration were duped for years because China was ripping off this country. Like in the history of any country, nobody has been ripped off like the United States by China — and many other countries. And we stop it. And we’ve done —
Q (Inaudible) why you praised him at the time?
THE PRESIDENT: And we’ve done — we’ve done a deal where they’re paying us 250 — they are buying 250 — they didn’t do anything for us. You know, we didn’t even have a deal. It was so bad —
Q This is after the deal. These comments are after the deal.
THE PRESIDENT: No, no. No, no. It’s — it is about a deal, because the deal started a long time ago, before anybody heard about this. The deal was finished a number of months ago. Very happy — I was very happy. I hope they were happy.
Billions of dollars came in, in tariffs. Billions of dollars. They’re going to be purchasing billions. And then, all of a sudden, long after that, I find out about this.
And I told you —
Q Right. But why, on February 23rd —
THE PRESIDENT: I told you I’m not —
Q — did you say, “I think he’s doing a very good job —
THE PRESIDENT: Listen. Listen, CNN.
Q — it’s a big problem, but” —
THE PRESIDENT: Listen, CNN. I told you I’m not happy about it. And this was after the deal. So we have this wonderful deal. And I was very — nobody has been tougher before the deal ever, on China, than Trump. Then I made a deal. I was very happy with the deal. It’s a great deal. Great for our farmers. The farmers have been paid a fortune already. Then what happened —
Q Was it a mistake to take his word for it?
THE PRESIDENT: Then what happened — no mistake. We made a great deal.
Now I find out after the deal — after the deal, not — after the deal —
Q Right. I’m talking about February 23rd.
THE PRESIDENT: I find out that I’m not happy — you people are so pathetic at CNN. Let me just tell you —
Q I have the quote here from February 23rd.
THE PRESIDENT: Sure. I was very happy with the deal, very happy with everything. Then we find out about the plague, right? The plague. And since we found out about that, I’m not happy.
But I closed it up long before Pelosi —
Q Right. This is after the —
THE PRESIDENT: Listen. Long before Pelosi. You know, she was having parties in San Francisco. “Let’s all go to Chinatown.” And that was a long time after the first —
Q This was after the travel restriction, sir. This was on February 23rd.
THE PRESIDENT: Go ahead, please.
Q The first — the first of the month is next week —
THE PRESIDENT: That’s why your ratings are so bad, because you’re pathetic.
Go ahead. Let’s go.
Q I’m reading you your quote, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Your ratings are terrible. You got to get back to real news.
Go ahead.
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“Get sick and die,” is the repub health care plan, I guess, because I sure as hell haven’t seen them put forth any meaningful legislation to address the issue of Americans without health insurance. Someone should ask Team Trump Treason at his next covid-19 propaganda rally when we can expect something from his administration or the repubs. Quote his multiple declarations of “something bigger, better, more beautiful and cheaper than Obamacare.” That’d be a very nasty question.
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https://gregolear.substack.com/p/give-me-secrecy-and-give-me-death
Fascinating, highly recommend reading all 3 parts if you have the time.
If your wealthy white Male Christian republican we got your back.
Everyone else can fuck off and die.
Just like all their plans for everything
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wikkileaks, if you’re listening, release the Team Trump Treason CI file.
I wonder what kind of response I’d get if I wrote to my congressional delegation asking them to let me know if a CI file exists on Team Trump Treason or if I filed a FOIA request?
Fruit from the poisonous tree indeed. Helsinki makes that apparent. Very apparent.
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https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/timeline-the-trump-administrations-decisive-actions-to-combat-the-coronavirus/
February 4: President Trump vowed in his State of the Union Address to “take all necessary steps” to protect Americans from the coronavirus.
I only hope we can survive this assault and rape of our country..
Meanwhile, on the Left - Pelosi's "Democrats" are doing exactly what insurance companies want by expanding COBRA... HAHAHAHA There's Leadership! No one can afford COBRA and the benefits are usually 60% of the normal insurance.. It's a JOKE!
https://www.vox.com/2020/4/14/21219461/democrats-new-plan-keep-laid-off-workers-insured
But both sides are the same.
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i changed careers in october 2019. i had to go without insurance until 12/1. i did not sign up or pay for COBRA because i did not need it.
the sales distributor i worked for from 10/19 got terminated on 2/29, so i got hired on direct from the manufacturer. i had to again go without insurance until 4/1. it is all in the risk that you are comfortable taking.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
And SOCIALISM = SOCIALISTS
And SOCIALISTS = libs
And Libs are BAD
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