Trump: "If we can stay substantially under 100,000" deaths, "I think we did a very good job"

[Miles Archer]

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar

TRUMP: "If we can stay substantially under 100,000 [American deaths] -- which was the original projection -- I think we did a very good job."

Link to tweet

[democrattotheend]

1. But Obama's H1N1 response was a disaster because 13,000 people died

Sure, that makes sense.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. said projection was cherry picked as a good bet to make the pig look good.

[Ohioboy]

3. He can't recall being briefed?????

That means he doesn't know what going is on and shouldn't be president.

[liberalmuse]

4. What a low fucking bar.

But that's low-bar Trump for you.

[underpants]

9. He's not moving the goalposts, he's cutting them down

[sop]

5. Trump's previously projected death toll numbers will give him something to crow about if the

actual numbers fall short. I can already see Trump staging some ghastly self-congratulatory victory rally when "only" sixty or seventy thousand people die.

[HarlanPepper]

12. We'll have more deaths and cases than any country in the world

That is a lock now. So if he wants to crow that’s a pretty easy retort. And one that is easy for most to understand. Mosts cases. Most deaths. Over and over again.

[Alacritous Crier]

6. What timetable...

does this jackass think he's using?? These deaths are going to be going on for a long, long time and they are going to keep adding up.

[HarlanPepper]

7. We will have more cases and deaths than any country in the world

That is a very simple metric everyone can understand and one that he is scared shitless of because it’s so simple.

[durablend]

8. "They died to save the economy"

(and my re-election)

"GOD BLESS THEM ALL"

[underpants]

10. The look on Acosta's face in the still (1st one) is priceless

[Funtatlaguy]

14. He's one of the few REAL reporters we have.

[uponit7771]

11. if we can have nearly 2 Vietnam war total deaths in less than 6 months than we've done good / sarc

[totodeinhere]

13. Here is my biggest fear. The pandemic will ebb eventaully for whatever reason, and when it does

Trump will take credit for it and many low information voters will go along with it. Of course if the pandemic peters out that is good news, but if Trump can take credit for it that's bad news.

[bdamomma]

15. He needs to drop

off the face of the earth. He is a sick MF'er.

He does not care about anything but his miserable self. He needs to feel the wrath of his hate.

He is a criminal and murderer. He should be arrested. Period

[Mc Mike]

16. If he can hold down the death toll to 25,000 Benghazis worth, he'll grade his performance as an A+.