Why is Trump so insistent on calling it the "Chinese Virus"?

[kentuck]

What does he hope to accomplish?

He has recruited FOX News hosts and other to promote his new name for the coronavirus?

Is it SOP for Donald Trump to always find a way to blame someone else for his own deficiencies?

He cannot accept responsibility or blame for anything.

Whatever happens in the future will be the fault of the Chinese, not Donald Trump.

[malaise]

1. Campaign slogan n/t

[Claustrum]

3. Make America Great Depression Again n/t

[spanone]

2. Because as he said the other day, he takes responsibility for nothing.

It's how he blames them to take it off him.

He's unable to handle the job. Plain and simple.

[kentuck]

11. Yep.

He's doing the best he can do, I have no doubt, it's that he is so incompetent, he cannot do the job.

[Hoyt]

4. His racist/bigoted supporters love it, and trump thinks the American name still

stands for something since he took office. Screw him and them.

[Walleye]

5. I think he wants to bomb China so he can be a wartime president

[redstatebluegirl]

6. Racist dog whistle to his slimy base.

[nature-lover]

23. He said the other day that Chinese propaganda was that the virus was caused by Am. soldiers.

He inferred that this is his payback for that allegation. He was angry when he said this in response to a reporter's question about why he was using the term. Such a petty, racist man.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Because he has to have someone to blame.

He doesn't want the virus to be just some unfortunate development that could have originated anywhere. He wants to be able to blame someone so he can hold himself up as being better. He has to be able to point to somebody else as being at fault. But I have to wonder how he would have reacted if the virus had originated in Russia.

[OnDoutside]

52. Bingo !

[Different Drummer]

70. Good point.

DD

[dalton99a]

8. To scapegoat Asians and Asian-Americans

[Hekate]

9. The Yellow Peril Returns

[lastlib]

48. Orange Peril is FAR worse than any yellow peril.

[Hekate]

73. True dat, and no sarcasm.

[empedocles]

10. trump thought China's virus trouble would enable trump to 'beat' china somehow.

trump hasn't yet been told that China has turned a corner on the virus [NY Times today].

China getting the upper hand now.

[FiveGoodMen]

12. Remember that, to his base, any sign of racism is a plus.

[RT Atlanta]

13. to distract all the rubes

it's really that simple in my opinion

'pay no attention to that curtain over there.....'

[Sneederbunk]

18. +1

[Cosmocat]

53. Put the idiot base into the position to have to defend it

It is how he, and the conservative propoganda machine long before have controlled "the base." Nonstop putting them at odds with reality and decency.

[ibegurpard]

14. Because he's a racist xenophobic piece of shit

And that's what racists and xenophobes do... blame the "other" for their problems.

[Pacifist Patriot]

37. Ding, ding, ding!

[lastlib]

50. I must take issue with that "piece of shit" remark...

He's a whole f*cking trainload of shit.

[GeorgeGist]

15. It distracts from

TrumpsDisaster.

[GoCubsGo]

62. We have a winner!!!

That's EXACTLY why he keeps saying it.

[Croney]

16. Because he heard the term Trump Virus and is terrified

it will stick.

[empedocles]

29. It is sticking.

[smb]

31. CaptainTrumps nt

[bdamomma]

64. put that on a billboard

tRump Virus has infected America, I wonder how much money he is getting from Putin on bringing us down on our knees.

[hlthe2b]

17. Fits with his anti-immigrant premise that the "other" is invading us and poses a big threat.

[winetourdriver01]

19. Why?

Because he is an ignorant racist asshole, as are his cult followers.

[Moostache]

20. Step 1 - Bungle something, anything...

Step 2 - Claim it is a hoax. Offer no proof or evidence or reason, just claim "hoax"...
Step 3 - Pretend to know nothing about anything.
Step 4 - Blame Obama. (or Hillary...or Democratic Party...or press...or all in order)
Step 5 - Claim no one could have ever predicted the utterly obvious outcomes
Step 6 - Scream racist shit to calm his moron base and soothe their need to blame others.

Lather.
Rinse.
Repeat.

[dalton99a]

21. It's for November: "The Chinese Virus Caused The Recession"

"The Chinese Virus Caused The Stock Market Crash"

"The Chinese Virus Made You Miss Your Graduation"

"The Chinese Virus Killed Your Grandma"

etc.

[C_U_L8R]

22. Misdirection.

He pulls out that old trick every time the heat is on. It works well on suckers and bumpkins.

[RT Atlanta]

26. so true

it's the magician waving their left hand and wand while calmly sliding the items into their pocket with their right hand.

[Yonnie3]

24. There always has to be a "them" against "us"

It really doesn't matter who the "them" are it could be press, Democrats, immigrants, welfare recipients etc.

Always affix the blame for bad things, real, perceived or fabricated, on "them." It is the standard play book for the Trump camp and Republican Party.

[smirkymonkey]

45. +1000

Bingo! Red meat for the base.

[mathematic]

25. To shift the conversation to the name of the thing rather than the thing itself

The more people talk about how racist it is, the less people talk about how a week ago he was calling it a hoax. And besides, it's not like being seen as racist is bad for Trump. That's his primary appeal.

I think people should just ignore it when it comes from trump or his cultists and correct it if you hear it in everyday conversation with regular people. Criticism of trump should be laser focused on his inadequate response and how he insisted it was a hoax right until he declared it a national emergency.

[Laelth]

28. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[samnsara]

27. its a control thing

[Midnightwalk]

30. It started when trump virus trended

I’d say don’t complain just keep using trump’s virus.

[d_b]

32. its Still the MAGAvirus to me

[GulfCoast66]

33. Because it gets everyone talking about something

Most Americans don’t give a shit about and takes the talk off the colossal fuck up he has made of the response.

Apparently it is working.

[jberryhill]

51. +1

[Maru Kitteh]

34. Because he's 12 and somebody told him not to.

[stopdiggin]

35. this one's easy! it's a dog whistle

and it will be (modestly) effective with the same crowd that goes for other racist dog whistles.
It's the Republican playbook. Right?

[gratuitous]

36. It appeals to his base of cretins and distracts decent people with irrelevancies

I'm not saying Trump shouldn't be called out on it, but we don't need to waste any time explaining the whole racist rationale behind it.

[Freethinker65]

38. Rebranding. Anything positive gets Trump's name, anything negative gets an opponent's

If Trump could find any way to tie it to Biden, Obama, immigrants, Muslims, etc. Trump would give it his best.
Now, he will repeat it to distract conversation from what an incompetent job he is doing and to rally his base.

[zackymilly]

39. Because it rile people up. He's all about that. nt

[fleur-de-lisa]

40. So we talk about THAT instead of his horrible and unprepared response to the virus.

[Crunchy Frog]

41. It gives him a scapegoat and absolves him of any responsibility.

It also gives his base some xenophobic and racist red meat.

[Merlot]

42. You really have to ask?

[meadowlander]

43. He's going to say China is backing Biden

the way Russia is actually backing him.

He's priming the pump for racism and hysteria which he can unleash in the campaign.

[LanternWaste]

44. It's almost impossible to 'hate' a virus.

But getting people to hate and blame other people to better avoid the consequences of an abject failure of a reponse... well that's just effective politics.

[relayerbob]

46. Maybe he has data that the virus originated here and was only found there?

Not trying to start tumors, just sayin - usually whatever he says, the opposite is true

[colsohlibgal]

47. It Is Classic Trump

It’s a dog whistle for his racist xenophobic base and a way to shift blame away from himself.

It seems like he doesn’t realize he is on videotape calling it a Democratic hoax then saying the cases would quickly dwindle then magically disappear. Of course he knows his hard base slurps up his lies no matter how ridiculous.

Had he taken it seriously from the start we would be in a better place now.

[Qutzupalotl]

49. So we'll take the bait.

Don’t, by the way.

Keep the heat on Trump for his failure to take this seriously. He was still calling it a hoax about a week ago. Idiots who believed him are helping to spread the pandemic.

[The empressof all]

54. Because he's a Fricken ASSHOLE

That's it...

[SWBTATTReg]

55. He's calling it this because he knows he royally screwed up, big time. His name is written in blood

literally all over this issue. The Chinese still had nothing to do w/ his handling of the crisis still, here in the US. It's all on him.

[dustyscamp]

56. It's funny that he called Covid19 the "Chinese Virus", but way back then he called Anthrax & Ebola

by their scientific names. It's more proof that he is just a attention-seeking racist asshole

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[bdamomma]

57. of course

he does not take responsibility for anything he does. He is POS who is always placing blame on others, he's a fucking racist.


He will NOT keep clean on this one, Americans will die because of this ass wipe. Yes, I am angry. Our drs and nurses are NOT getting the supplies either.

Fuck him and this chaos.

[Beringia]

58. Caption bubble for his stupid followers

I actually have been influenced by trump in his nickname habit. I named someone who was a jerk named Dembo and I called them Dumbo. I would never have done that before.

[Midnight Writer]

59. It's a propaganda technique. When USA is attacked by "outside threat" folk rally around the leader.

Look at 9-11.

[mcar]

60. Gotta keep up the dog whistles to the base

They need to be angry at someone who doesn't look like them.

[doc03]

61. Well he can't blame Democrats or fake news anymore so now he is blaming China.

That gives the Trumplicans someone else other than their Dear Leader to blame, can't be his fault.
Just like Trump put Pence in charge, if it doesn't work out he will fire Pence and call him low IQ
and a loser.

[Laffy Kat]

63. Simply to stoke hate. That's all.

The usual.

[stopbush]

65. The tRump Virus. The tRump Plague.

These are the words we should be using when discussing this virus.

[kentuck]

68. The "Trump Plague" upon our nation.

I think I shall use that from this point forward.

[VarryOn]

66. This isnt an issue I'm that passionate about...

While a few of the last pandemics over the years have bren given non-origin monikers (e.g. MERS, SARS, H1N1, etc), we've had the Spanish flue, Asian flu, Zika, and Ebola. A couple were admittedly misnomers. Personally, I calll our current crisis COVID-19.

I think Trump being the asshole he is, calls it the "China virus" because many get their panties in a wad. And many on the right are calling it the "Wuhan virus" or "WufFlu" for the same reason. I'm guilty of calling it the "Wuhand flu" at first. I was just follwing many in the media. When "COVID-19" was first being used, I remember having to looking i up.

A more mature President would respect that "China virus" has been deemed to be problematic and refrain from using it. Not this asshole.

Ignore them, and it will go away.

[mainer]

82. Easy to ignore if you're not the target of assaults.

But that’s not something whites think about.

[Turbineguy]

67. So nobody could possibly get the idea

to call it the Trump Virus. And indeed that seems to be working. Nobody has ever called it the Trump Virus.

Calling it COVID-19 sounds too sciency. Kind of make you think of going to the Doctor instead of what you should do and that is to gather in a crowded fundie church and give the pastor all your money.

[handmade34]

69. retaliation

for perceived wrongs... it is really the "Batshit Crazy 45 Virus"

[customerserviceguy]

74. It's all about

the blame game. Trump has always looked for someone else to use as a scapegoat for any of his life's failures.

Clearly, this virus arose in China, from eating habits that most Americans consider repulsive (eating snakes and bats) and they lied about the situation when it was first known to the Chinese government. Also, attempts to blame the virus on the US military have to rub a lot of Americans the wrong way.

I can't tell you how many times over the last four years I've said, "Ok, now he's screwed himself!" only to be proven wrong.

[Marrah_Goodman]

75. because he is an asshole n/t

[DinahMoeHum]

76. He's doing the only things he knows how to do. . .

Distraction and projection.






#newrostrong

[DonaldsRump]

77. It's the Trump Virus, the Trump Pandemic etc

Just make sure that in all your oral and written communications it has (a) the word "Trump" and (b) some kind of illness carrying thing like "virus", "germ" or something indicating widespread contagion like "pandemic"

I like "Trump Virus", but let's social media this as far as we can!

After all, what better way is there to remember the "man" that singlehandedly allowed the Trump Virus to spread in this country because of his utter failures?!?

[kairos12]

78. Speaking to his base without his Brownshirt Rallies. Distracts from all his screwups.

[Greywing]

79. He loves spreading hatred, disharmony and chaos

Gives his base innocent people to target

[Beartracks]

80. Deflection from his culpability in crippling the USA's pandemic response capability...

... and undercutting the danger by lying about its existence for so long.

He wouldn't want it called the Trump Virus at all.

Because Trump Virus sounds like he bears some responsibility for the deaths in this country that are caused by the Trump Virus.






Trump Virus.

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[mainer]

81. Has to blame someone else. Hitler did it too.

Now the result is Asian Americans getting attacked. But he only stokes more hatred.