'Play it down': Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book

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  1. (original)late

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    After we supposedly banned travel, we let 50K in from China. The crowded airports we would now call a super spreader event.

    That must be some definition of ban with which I was previously unacquainted...
     
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    Your being obtuse. FFS. Your EMBARRASSING yourself

    Travelers came from Europe, and many other places to China, then went from their to other countries to the US. ALSO, Americans were allowed to travel back from China. Apparently the "china virus" doesn't travel in americans, and it dies instantly once a traveler goes to another country
     
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    And Chinese nationals flew to Europe, then to the U.S.
     
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    Yeah, you cant debate with a cult ;)
     
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    So Trump who democrats called reactionary and xenophobic for the china travel ban should have banned all Chinese nationals from every country in the world based simply on the fact they are Chinese?
     
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    i talk to them on the phone. They are panic stricken.
     
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    No big news here. Trump openly stated in the covid press briefings he was downplaying covid to prevent panic. I posted the exact quote and date earlier.
     
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    Have evidence of this and numbers that did so and once again should Trump have banned all Chinese nationals no matter where they had been residing?
     
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    Nowhere did the article say anything about a broken leg, but adding to a story suggests you may be in the market for a bridge. ;)

    He was hospitalized for a car crash. Then he died of "Covid". It's not that the two are mutually exclusive, just interesting isn't it.
     
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    I doubt it. It's batshit crazy "progressives" who have been burning down our cities all year, not Trumpeteers.

    As for the pro-2A "gun rattlers", did they burn down Richmond when they held their protests at the Virginia State Capitol in January? Did they trash Broad Street and its Black-owned businesses while setting occupied apartment buildings on fire and blocking first responders from reaching the scene?

    Pro-gun rally by thousands in Virginia ends peacefully
    https://apnews.com/2c997c92fa7acd394f7cbb89882d9b5b

    Scary. :eek:

    Maybe they can teach LW wacktivists and Social Justice Warriors how to run a peaceful protest, instead of a "mostly peaceful protest" and a riot masquerading as a "protest"...
     
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    Keeping my job was a higher priority to having the government shut me in because other people might get ill if we keep the economy running with reasonable social distancing and hygiene. Thanks to my governor, I have been able to work as usual. The ability to make an a living and having cash flow to pay bills is personal to a lot of people. Trump made the right call to try to balance the economy with controlling the virus. He's done a great job. I feel sorry for the people whose moronic governors have had them on lockdown for almost 6 months with little end in sight.

    Trump doesn't use panic to get votes. Most legal migrants don't want millions of illegal migrants traipsing across the border. The people who viewed the Central American caravans as invaders might surprise you. Hint: It's not all "white people". Also, the suburbs are far more culturally diverse than they used to be. If you worked your way out of the ghetto and bought a nice suburban home for instance, you don't want your city building high-density Section 8 housing on the empty lot across the street in the name of "justice". The left is fixated on black and brown people. Their are a lot of brown and black people in middle- and upper-class neighborhoods these days. They also don't want "the ghetto" shoved into their back yard, regardless whether that is a black, white, or brown ghetto.

    I didn't say anything about "panics in other countries", so I don't know why you're asking me for "proof".
     
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    Yep. The right wing will defend property against violence, but no start violence, except for the infrequent lone wolf.

    Meanwhile, Kamala has promised the "protests" won't stop after election day. "Everyone should take note of that on both levels." Of course, "both levels" is open to interpretation, but I take that to mean "no matter who wins the election." Along with the left-wing protests come violent mobs of Far Left anarchists who hate Democrats almost as much as they hate Trump. They won't stop, and why should they when Democrat leaders coddle, make excuses, and bend their knee to them.

     
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    Sigh no point in continuing a dialogue with someone with no basis for reality.
     
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    We are talking to people who thought it was dangerous to visit Chinatown in US cities when there was a virus in mainland China.
     
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    You might want to read his entire quote on the matter......

    Names begin with a Capital letter.. I have noticed the radical left is so bitter they cant even follow that with orange man bad.
     
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    Yes....as usual, you spent your time "educating" yourself by listening to the purveyors of fear. You have blinders on.

    I think it is funny. There are countries, like Uganda where Malaria is prevalent. Very large segments of those countries take Hydroxychloroquine for preventive measures. There is hardly a trace of Chinavirus in those countries. You only listen to the scientists that are in the pocket of Big Pharma and the left wing media. That is how you get your education. All we needed to do in the United States was to guard those with compromised health. The rest of the population could run this thing out. I know young people that stay house bound because of the promoted fear. You need to examine the other side and at least take left wing media with less than a grain of salt!
     
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    And when you take off your mask.....Chinavirus will still be there.
     
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    You're right - they won't stop, and because Democrat leaders coddled, made excuses, and bent their knees to them, they're only going to get more violent and more demanding.

    It's obvious to me that a lot of Dems had no idea who and what they were dealing with in those Nihilists. They thought they could control them but they can't, and when the mob showed up outside their door they got a rude awakening. Now, cowardly Ted Wheeler in Portland has fled his home and on the other side of the country Levar Stoney is hiding behind a security detail that is going to cost the taxpayers of Richmond, VA a cool $500,000 a year. Meanwhile, they've lost control of their streets, and Richmond is on its third police chief in three months.

    Idiots. They thought they could ride the tiger but they got themselves and their cities mauled instead.
     
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    Ponder no longer. Woodward saved it for his own profit. He knew there was nothing to it like most of us that don't suffer from TDS. He knew both that Trump took all the precautions he could and that Democrats would reward him big to release it at the right time adding a twist to make it seem scandalous.
     
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    WTF are you on about? Who are these purveyors of fear you are bringing up? I don't watch CNN, FOX, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC .... I watch none of that. I don't listen to talking heads; ANY of them.

    My husband and I educate ourselves by reading white papers, scientific journals, credible news sources, etc. We've no desire to watch or listen to spin on television.

    If you think I've been over here, trembling in fear for all these months, then you truly need to get yourself some better mind reading skills.

    I wear a seat belt, yet do not tremble in fear for my life when driving.
    I wear shoes when I garden, yet I do not tremble in fear of stepping on a broken piece of glass.
    I brush my teeth, but do not live in fear of a cavity.
    I get an annual mammogram, but don't focus on breast cancer 24/7.

    Sigh. We take sensible cautions to minimize risk. This is how sane people react to potential threats.
     
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    But he has the tapes.

    Trump can’t lie his way out of this one
     
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    Exactly. In NY when most restaurants switched to take out and delivery, Chinese restaurants all had to close down out of fear . They were being blamed for the virus.

    Pizza parlors however kept chugging along. Most of those by the way were Italian... ya know... where the virus was raging
     
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    If you are going to bring a charge like that against Cuomo you better cite it

    The ships were sent to NY with orders to serve nonCOVID patients only. With the halting of discretionry medical procedures that required hospital beds, the number served by the ships was not that large.

    Almost every state and country has shown reductions in COVID due to actions taken, followed by a relaxation of those actions that has resulted in COVID taking off again.

    Suggesting that the varying degree of adherence to actions prescribed by medical science is not the reason for reductions followed by increases is absurd.

    NYC and NJ are the locations where COVID entered America. Only two states have had a significant percent of COVID cases that came from exposure to those who came directly from China. ALL other states have the vast majority of their COVID coming from Europe.

    The fact of NY and NJ being major ports of entry and the fact that those ports remained open to foreign travel made those states ground zero for the COVID assault on America.

    Attempting to blame that on state officials is pure political garbage.
     
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    I posted MULTIPLE links.

    And, having you simply suggest that disagreeing with your preconceived ideas is grounds for being considered fake is a serious reflection on you.

    And, it seems to me it is strongly linked to your inability to cite evidence to support any claim you make.
     

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