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brooklynite

(94,597 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:15 AM Mar 2020

NBC News: Trump had to be talked into giving the Oval Office Address on COVID-19

...no doubt explaining the hostage video tone.

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NBC News: Trump had to be talked into giving the Oval Office Address on COVID-19 (Original Post) brooklynite Mar 2020 OP

Of course! Now he has someone to blame for that debacle GusBob Mar 2020 #1

It wasn't the lackeys. 3Hotdogs Mar 2020 #7

Yep he don't need help being an idiot GusBob Mar 2020 #8

Probably someone that wanted to see the market tank. Renew Deal Mar 2020 #2

Someone should talk him into resigning Blues Heron Mar 2020 #3

It might have been hard to convince him he couldn't triple down and claim democrat brewens Mar 2020 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author patricia92243 Mar 2020 #5

It was more a reverse hostage video maxrandb Mar 2020 #6

Someone forgot to give him a plan C_U_L8R Mar 2020 #9

GusBob

(7,286 posts)

1. Of course! Now he has someone to blame for that debacle

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:19 AM

Mar 2020

He should stick to game shows on TV

Trump will just fire the lackeys who he will claim made him look like an idiot last night

3Hotdogs

(12,391 posts)

7. It wasn't the lackeys.

Reply to GusBob (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:50 AM

Mar 2020

He does it good enuf, all by himself.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)

8. Yep he don't need help being an idiot

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:52 AM

Mar 2020

His bootlickers should know better!

Renew Deal

(81,861 posts)

2. Probably someone that wanted to see the market tank.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:22 AM

Mar 2020

It loses 1000 points each time he talks.

Blues Heron

(5,938 posts)

3. Someone should talk him into resigning

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:24 AM

Mar 2020

maybe Mr. Pretzel

brewens

(13,595 posts)

4. It might have been hard to convince him he couldn't triple down and claim democrat

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:30 AM

Mar 2020

hoax, fake news and say it's till locked down.

I talked to a woman last night that is convinced it's "just the flu" and it's all media trying to incite panic and get Trump. She even went into the most people will be just fine, it's only old people with medical conditions that need to worry. I told her that's the problem. We can't have all the young healthy people treat it like it's just another cold and flu season because it will kill many of those old people. It's like not a bit of real information is getting to her. She's not a FOX "News" viewer, but gets her information from various other crackpot sites.

Response to brewens (Reply #4)

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maxrandb

(15,334 posts)

6. It was more a reverse hostage video

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:46 AM

Mar 2020

I felt like I was tied to a chair with my eyes propped open, being made to realize this ignorant assclown was elected president of the United States.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)

9. Someone forgot to give him a plan

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 08:06 AM

Mar 2020

Instead we got this weird substance-free ramble punctuated with post-hamberder acid reflux gasps that all amounted to no help for our healthcare system at all. Oh and there's that idiotic unworkable travel ban (that's not a travel ban) that doesn't help anyone at all either.

In a strange turn of events, the stock market is speaking for all of us with its repeated vote of 'no confidence'. But Mike Pence blew it a 'decisive' ass kiss so we're all supposed to fuggetaboutit. What a world.

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