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Miles Archer

(21,992 posts)
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 10:04 AM 3 hrs ago

A potentially catastrophic storm on the way with "President Sh*t Happens & It's Not My Fault" at Mar-a-Lago

I live in the South. I am expecting the same concern and compassion from Trump that he showed while 400,000 died of COVID on his watch.

Timeline of Trump’s Coronavirus Responses
March 2, 2022
Blog Post

https://doggett.house.gov/media/blog-post/timeline-trumps-coronavirus-responses

Jan. 22, 2020

“We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”

March 7, 2020

“No, I’m not concerned at all.

March 13, 2020

“I don’t take responsibility at all.”


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A potentially catastrophic storm on the way with "President Sh*t Happens & It's Not My Fault" at Mar-a-Lago (Original Post) Miles Archer 3 hrs ago OP
I found some math that many may find interesting SalamanderSleeps 2 hrs ago #1

SalamanderSleeps

(974 posts)
1. I found some math that many may find interesting
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 10:31 AM
2 hrs ago

1,123,836 American died as a result Covid 19. That's about 1.1% of our total population, but when you consider that about 1/3rd of us had the virus we got off lucky. Sudan on the other hand lost about 20% of their people.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality

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