Close up of President @realDonaldTrump notes is seen where he crossed out "Corona" and replaced it

[demmiblue]

Close up of President @realDonaldTrump notes is seen where he crossed out "Corona" and replaced it with "Chinese" Virus as he speaks with his coronavirus task force today at the White House. #trump #trumpnotes

Link to tweet

[Hekate]

1. Gotta get that racist dog whistle out there

[gratuitous]

4. His supporters expect nothing less

I'm sure this photo will be dismissed as fake news or something.

[dalton99a]

6. Yep.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. Steven Miller lives in his head.

[CaptYossarian]

26. It's roomy enough.

[DENVERPOPS]

61. Agree CY

If each atom of Trump's brain was a ton of steel, it would roll around his cranium like a bb in a dump truck......

[Fritz Walter]

47. Good point, but it raises another

Wasn’t this kind of blatant racism and hate-mongering a major strategy of Hair Furor’s role model — Der Führer (Hitler) — during his rise to power in the 1930s? But at that time, it was targeting the Jews, including Miller’s ancestors. I’m no historian, but this pattern seems oddly familiar to me.

I also recall reading that cadet bone spurs (at least Adolf did serve in uniform, whereas...) kept a copy of „Mein Kampf” at his bedside years ago.



The resemblance is astonishing, isn’t it?

[redstatebluegirl]

50. The minute heir Trumpus leaves office Fox hires Stephen Goebbels.

[otchmoson]

65. But . . . but . . . but

this assumes he can read with any degree of comprehension.

[keithbvadu2]

68. Joseph would gladly throw Stephen in the showers and the ovens.

Joseph would gladly throw Stephen in the showers and the ovens.

Trump's Nazis were proudly yelling about the ovens for the Jews in their Charlottesville march.

[Totally Tunsie]

62. Miller's fivehead must double as a solar panel.

[madaboutharry]

3. He is a hateful sick psychopath.

[Moostache]

5. WTF? Is that 48-pt. font? Can't this jackass just get glasses?

I loathe everything about his fake ass, EVERYTHING.

Can't take it much longer to be honest.

[northoftheborder]

18. Not surprised at the giant font. Refuses to wear glasses. Prob. why he can't read the teleprompter

...and doesn't read anything anyway, BECAUSE HE CANNOT SEE WITHOUT GLASSES. How vain can you get????? Has anyone seen him with glasses????

[Delmette2.0]

21. He has glasses, he just won't use them in public.

I didn't capture the photo of him in the "beast" before a State of the Union address, but I remember a video posted in 2026. It was a deposition that I found reducutious for all his lies. At one point he said he couldn't read the contract provided because he didn't have his glasses. Now he won't use glasses but will accept enlarged print.

[iluvtennis]

33. + 1. I loathe everything about his fake fat ass as well. nt

[NYC Liberal]

63. He does wear glasses but is too vain to wear them in public:

[xxqqqzme]

91. Oh, I get it now

President Obama didn't wear glasses. But President Obama didn't weigh 325 either or wear lifts of park a dead animal on his head.

[jcgoldie]

7. Do we know this is real?

Not that I put it past this racist ass clown, but I'm sceptical.

[demmiblue]

15. Jabin Botsford is a Staff Photographer at The Washington Post.

So, yeah.

[lunasun]

82. +1 reputable Although trump called WAPO

dishonest today

[cos dem]

8. I'm sure Miller took care of that bit of editing

I doubt dumbass can spell "Chinese".

[kag]

53. I was thinking the same thing. n/t

[relayerbob]

66. Yeah, and the writing was too neat

Stayed in the lines

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Keep the propaganda coming.

The point of this is to make sure there is some specific blame that can be placed on another country. Trump always needs someone else to blame. I have to wonder what he'd be saying, though, if the viruses' origin had been traced to Russia.

[UpInArms]

10. Dog, I hate him

[somaticexperiencing]

11. He just loves his Sharpie. Guess he thinks it has magic powers. Too bad it doesn't.

[IcyPeas]

12. real or fake?

who could've taken that picture at that angle? hmmmm? I am skeptical.

[dalton99a]

17. Jabin Botsford is staff photographer at the Washington Post

[malaise]

13. And that's his sharpie

Fucking racist

[magicarpet]

14. His red neck Fascists will go after,...

Japanese,
Koreans,
Taiwanese,
Vietnamese,
Cambodian,

And yes Chinese,

to seek retribution for this COVID-19 virus.

[CaptYossarian]

36. Wait until they learn Russia is in Asia too.

Mitch's $3.5 million in rubles carries the virus.

[dalton99a]

16. It's the new marching order for Republicans

(Botsford is staff photographer at the Washington Post)

[budkin]

19. If he says it enough people will just accept that he is not to blame for lack of response

Instead, he is a hero protecting us from a Chinese attack.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

49. One off the Fox & Friends hosts said, "Has China apologized for their China flu?"

It's not Fat Donnie's fault that he disbanded the NSC pandemic response team. Even though he did.

Besides, he knew it was a pandemic before anyone else!

#FakeHistory

[UTUSN]

20. K&R

[FailureToCommunicate]

22. Ha! And notice that the pages are in plastic sleeves, in case Trump drools or slobbers on

them!

[Chicagogrl1]

23. He is

So ugly & sickening. It is breathtaking. I hate him so much!!!!

[Scarsdale]

48. Inside and out.

Repulsive. I loathe seeing his photo on EVERY TV, computer screen and anywhere else his ugly mug shows up. Here is something someone said "We know how to practice keeping our distance from people. Maleria tRump has been doing that for years, with her husband." I wonder how much taxpayers are paying her to stick around, pretending their "marriage" is normal?

[NoMoreRepugs]

24. Despicable.

[coti]

25. There's no way he read his speech beforehand. Have to think this was one of his handlers/

collaborators pushing this. Care to take a guess which one?

[lunasun]

83. My $ on Miller

[SWBTATTReg]

27. What a scumbag. Pointing fingers at anyone isn't going to solve any problems other than ...

one thing, get rid of trump. A worthless POS, as he amply proved.

[Sloumeau]

28. Trump wanted to make sure to include the xenobic racism.

He's a piece of garbage.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. Sharpie prez knows better than scientists, he thinks. Political gain over health of nation.

Calling it Chinese virus will make people take it less seriously. People will die.

[PatSeg]

30. He is just being hateful

and mean-spirited on purpose. He used that press conference to attack and antagonize every chance he got.

Its like a perverse contest to be worse than the day before.

[Botany]

31. China Virus is a Russian talking point.

Russia deploying coronavirus disinformation to sow panic in West, EU document says

WORLD NEWS MARCH 18, 2020 / 5:28 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russian media have deployed a “significant disinformation campaign” against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus, generate panic and sow distrust, according to a European Union document seen by Reuters.

The Kremlin denied the allegations on Wednesday, saying they were unfounded and lacked common sense.

The EU document said the Russian campaign, pushing fake news online in English, Spanish, Italian, German and French, uses contradictory, confusing and malicious reports to make it harder for the EU to communicate its response to the pandemic.

“A significant disinformation campaign by Russian state media and pro-Kremlin outlets regarding COVID-19 is ongoing,” said the nine-page internal document, dated March 16, using the name of the disease that can be caused by the coronavirus.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-disinformation/russia-deploying-coronavirus-disinformation-to-sow-panic-in-west-eu-document-says-idUSKBN21518F

[DonaldsRump]

32. IT IS CALLED THE "TRUMP VIRUS" n/t

[warmfeet]

34. This is not my America.

Holyfucknuts! Disgusting.

[nevergiveup]

35. I am shocked that the word "Chinese"

is spelled correctly.

[woodsprite]

46. Probably proof that Steven Miller did it. Trump would have spelled it Jine-eez. nt

[SBoy]

37. A reporter asked him about using that term and another one even more racist

Used by some on his staff, (that is too disgusting to repeat), and he refuses to back away. He’s the absolute worst human being. No wonder we’re heading to both a fiscal and psychological Depression, he doesn’t give a shit about anything but how it affects him.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

38. I despise that Grotesque Orange Pustule and all his minions.

[OhZone]

39. You know he's just pissed he can't call it the -

Kung Flu!

[Roland99]

40. 96pt font because he refuses to wear reading glasses

[dustyscamp]

41. I reject your reality and substitute my own

[littlemissmartypants]

42. Because he's a psychopath, he will continue to use the word Chinese

To refer to the virus expressly because so many have expressed criticism about the use of the word. If someone tells him we hate his red tie you can bet that's all you'd see him wear.

The psychopath's design makes them zero in on just exactly those things that make us upset or cause hardship, even pain and use them to no end to inflict and exacerbate that pain.

To love is to hurt is the first rule of being a psychopath. One must use trickery to get around that fact and for self-preservation. It's a mentality twisted beyond words.

[gollygee]

43. He and his Sharpie cause way too much trouble. nt

[RockRaven]

44. LOOK HOW BIG THEY HAVE TO PRINT STUFF FOR HIM BECAUSE HE WON'T WEAR GLASSES

All because of his stupid bullshit insecurities and ego. God I hate everything about this idiot.

[Champp]

45. No doubt the Russians told the Republicans to do that

[alfredo]

51. He just can't play it straight.

[mikelgb]

52. the letters are too small, I need a magnifying glass

[rickford66]

54. Everything "Trump" should be Sharppied out to say "Russian"

[MineralMan]

55. Racist, Warmongering Asshole!

November cannot come soon enough.

[SpankMe]

56. Whose Twitter account is this? I don't think even Trump would do this.

Seems like a planted, fake story to rile up us libs and give the cons a talking point - projecting though it is.

[demmiblue]

70. Jabin Botsford, a staff photographer at the Washington Post. n/t

[kimbutgar]

57. So now Chinese, Mexicans and Muslims are those he is encouraging his cult followers to hate ?

[Kablooie]

58. FAKE!

The marker lettering is too dark, sharp and bold even though it's supposed to be on top of the plastic cover.
Also it's just too obvious.

Be careful what you believe in posts.

[klook]

67. Jabin Botsford is a Washington Post staff photographer.

He took the photo, he posted it on Twitter, and it accompanies a Washington Post article today, titled "The official White House defense of labeling it ‘Chinese’ coronavirus."

[Kablooie]

93. Really? I'm glad to know I'm wrong. I hated the idea of Dems spreading a fake around.

And Trump is shitty a pig to specifically do that.

[onecaliberal]

59. Racist piece of shit gonna be a racist piece of shit.

[Bluesaph]

60. Stop playing into his trap!

He does this shit on purpose to get us talking about this instead of his failures!

Will we ever learn?

[guillaumeb]

64. That looks like a 24 font size.

He is so vain.

[yaesu]

69. him and fox news are pushing that in order to reflect the blame for his disgusting job. nt

[Firestorm49]

71. So infantile. Another day of embarrassment for the USA.

[yuiyoshida]

72. bY LABELING THIS THE "CHINESE" VIRUS

He just put a target on the backs of every Asian-American.

[C Moon]

73. I think Trump is frustrated because wants the media and the nation to call it the Chinese virus,

so it looks like he actually did something early on with his lame travel restrictions from China—which was not a travel ban as he now claims.

He's going to need all the help he can get come election time.

[Alwaysna]

74. He reminds me of a small cactus-a little prick

[Ferrets are Cool]

75. He is such a lowlife MF'er. A 3 year old would be more mature. nt

[mahina]

76. Stay classy you fucking bonehead

Who can make ventilators and masks fast? Not us. Nice move Ill Douche

[LakeArenal]

77. He's dense, too.

How many times do we see the real Con in his notes? You’d think he’d be a little more circumspect by now.

[Under The Radar]

78. Damn

[DesertRat]

79. What an ass

[rocktivity]

80. Has this been "Snoped?"

You know what they say about something sounding to good to be true!


rocktvitity

[lunasun]

85. WAPO staff photographer

He has taken close ups before like pence thoughts 3/9

Link to tweet

?s=21

[rocktivity]

90. It's been "Snoped!"

Was ‘Coronavirus’ Replaced with ‘Chinese Virus’ in Trump’s Notes?

Those images were authentic. The original, official photograph was taken by Botsford himself and published by the Getty Images agency on March 19. The website described the image as follows:

“A close up of President Donald J. Trump’s notes shows where Corona was crossed out ‘Corona’ and replaced with ‘Chinese’ Virus as he speaks with his coronavirus task force in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during a briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Thursday, March 19, 2020 in Washington, DC.”

rocktivity

[Grammy23]

81. He lower than snake shit.

That is all.

[Nululu]

84. Too vain for glasses, believable

Haven't snoped it but it's believable. Giant print so he can avoid wearing glasses. Another racist dog whistle he's tweeting.

[spanone]

86. And I'll bet that was his only contribution to that text.

[Evolve Dammit]

87. He desperately needs to create an enemy in hopes of being (gack) re-whatever.

Can't bring myself to say it. He is disgusting and "we" know that. Without an enemy, liberals, democrats, media (so unfair), Congress, Mueller, Judges including Supremes, Rosie O'Donnell, Obama, blah fucking blah. Hope he's overcome with some instant karma real soon.

[customerserviceguy]

88. I've been saying for weeks

that if this thing blew up in his face, that he would blame the Chinese.

And it will probably work.

[stillcool]

89. side-liner. The Republicans like this narrative..

anything that diverts attention away from them.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

92. Kick

[coeur_de_lion]

94. I say it is a distraction

Lets get people talking about how racist I am so they won't talk about how fucking incompetent I am.

[Aristus]

95. He's such a stupid racist, he has to remind himself to be a racist!