Trump declares coronavirus national emergency, says he will most likely be tested

[alanrchase]

6 minutes ago, UbonThani said:

No buddy. Just an old number.

 

The bogus figures are in the death cult models.

 

Let's get real champ. Get off yr Trump hate train.

An old number that you posted 2 hours ago. Finger on the pulse?

[Skallywag]

To be fair, I dont think any president is ever prepared for a pandemic. 

A "pandemic" is a viral outbreak, of an unknown strain, etc... 

You cannot prepare for the unknowable

Bureaucracy and federal money distribution have always been a bit slow during emergencies in America I believe

 

Panic serves no purpose, being cautious is absolutely necessary though.  That is up to us, not a president.  We have necessary info from WHO and CDC, and need to follow it. 

 

Peace

 

 

[Tug]

Looks like the trump supporters are retreating to there safe spot you know the same old thing anyone who criticizes or disagrees = hate oh well if it’s all ya got and makes you feel good or rite oh well

[animalmagic]

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Trump shrugged off a question about whether he was responsible for what many experts have said was slow progress toward expansion of tests to track the virus. "I don't take any responsibility at all," he said.

Truman -  the buck stops here.

45 - the buck stops here...….but only if it's green!

[Nyezhov]

5 minutes ago, Tug said:

Looks like the trump supporters are retreating to there safe spot you know the same old thing anyone who criticizes or disagrees = hate oh well if it’s all ya got and makes you feel good or rite oh well

No dude, a safe spot would be if all the Trump haters would just go find a new echo chamber to make their smarmy comments in. Nobody cares anymore except you guys.

 

Hey, Im still looking for you in a Thailand topic.

[Chiphigh]

1 hour ago, alanrchase said:

I will bite. How did the current regulations prevent testing and kits being avaliable? 

Here is one example... 

https://buffalonews.com/2020/03/13/cuomo-feds-will-allow-state-to-oversee-testing/

[Nyezhov]

2 minutes ago, candide said:

Are you arguing there is no need for a national emergency?

I dont think anyone argues that a "national emergency" is unecessary. It frees up funds.

[candide]

1 hour ago, Chiphigh said:

the restructuring and changing of the regulations for testing and test kits should have been done years ago

How did regulation prevent producing test kits? What has been changed? Do you have anything to substantiate your claim, apart from Trump's tweets?

[lannarebirth]

8 minutes ago, Skallywag said:

To be fair, I dont think any president is ever prepared for a pandemic. 

A "pandemic" is a viral outbreak, of an unknown strain, etc... 

You cannot prepare for the unknowable

Bureaucracy and federal money distribution have always been a bit slow during emergencies in America I believe

 

Panic serves no purpose, being cautious is absolutely necessary though.  That is up to us, not a president.  We have necessary info from WHO and CDC, and need to follow it. 

 

Peace

 

 

 

Absolutely, but at the very least you'd expect the president not to gaslight the public with lie upon lie, wouldn't you? Transparent, good faith dissmination of factual information provide in a timely way by professionals. Trump could have come out of this looking like a hero, but his first reaction to anything, always, is to lie. And badly, I would add.

[Nyezhov]

5 minutes ago, animalmagic said:

45 - the buck stops here...….but only if it's green!

Bet you couldnt point to one concrete example of President Trump putting his own financial interest over the health of America.

 

He and his family made his money before he became President or even involved in politics. Unlike Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, barack Obama, Hillary Clinto and Hunter Biden, all of whom became wealthy after "public service".

[Chiphigh]

8 minutes ago, Tug said:

Looks like the trump supporters are retreating to there safe spot you know the same old thing anyone who criticizes or disagrees = hate oh well if it’s all ya got and makes you feel good or rite oh well

Nope, we just don't have any reason to panic, overreact or use it as a cudgel to feed a narrative. 

 

But not to worry, this event has highlighted even further the decades of previous administration disastrous policies that jeopardized the critical supply chain of pharmaceutical and medical supplies,among others. 

 

Have a nice day in your safe space. 

 

 

[BritManToo]

3 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

 

Absolutely, but at the very least you'd expect the president not to gaslight the public with lie upon lie, wouldn't you? Transparent, good faith dissmination of factual information provide in a timely way by professionals. Trump could have come out of this looking like a hero, but his first reaction to anything, always, is to lie. And badly, I would add.

Name any politician that doesn't lie?

[lannarebirth]

1 minute ago, Nyezhov said:

Bet you couldnt point to one concrete example of President Trump putting his own financial interest over the health of America.

 

He and his family made his money before he became President or even involved in politics. Unlike Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, barack Obama, Hillary Clinto and Hunter Biden, all of whom became wealthy after "public service".

Not only "after". Many, during".

[lannarebirth]

Just now, BritManToo said:

Name any politician that doesn't lie?

 

Andrew Yang

[Chiphigh]

6 minutes ago, candide said:

How did regulation prevent producing test kits? What has been changed? Do you have anything to substantiate your claim, apart from Trump's tweets?

https://buffalonews.com/2020/03/13/cuomo-feds-will-allow-state-to-oversee-testing/

[BritManToo]

2 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

Andrew Yang

Has he ever been elected to anything, anywhere?

Edited March 14, 2020 by BritManToo

[lannarebirth]

Just now, BritManToo said:

Has he ever been elected?

No. And Ralph Nader, and again, no.

[Nyezhov]

4 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

 

Andrew Yang

Becasue he has never said anything of note. 

[Nyezhov]

1 minute ago, lannarebirth said:

No. And Ralph Nader, and again, no.

My how soon we forget the Corvair.

[candide]

7 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

I dont think anyone argues that a "national emergency" is unecessary. It frees up funds.

My mistake! I would have thought that a national emergency would have been justified by current and expected numbers.

[ravip]

39 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Im increasing my ignore list every day. Its sad that one cant even have a political debate without reading all the screeching hate.

By using the 'ignore list' are you not blinding yourself to different opinions? True, some comments makes one mad, but that too has some substance in it.

One need to increase one's tolerance level to learn from other peoples opinions.

[Chomper Higgot]

I watched Trump’s announcement, he doesn’t look or sound at all well, he’s visibly struggling to breath.

 

 

 

 

[alanrchase]

3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

True leadership - 555

 

A clip that says it all.

Me? Me? Maybe the administration did something, I don't know what this administration is doing, maybe we can ask someone. 

 

[lannarebirth]

4 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Becasue he has never said anything of note. 

Everything thing he says politically is of note and is spot on. But it doesn't translate to soundbites. It requires a tiny amount of commitment from the listener. It's worth it though.

 

Edited March 14, 2020 by lannarebirth

[UbonThani]

1 minute ago, ravip said:

By using the 'ignore list' are you not blinding yourself to different opinions? True, some comments makes one mad, but that too has some substance in it.

One need to increase one's tolerance level to learn from other peoples opinions.

You dont learn from haters except hate. You learn from facts not opinions.

 

The opinions from Pattaya bar stools arent worth 5 baht.

[candide]

4 minutes ago, Chiphigh said:

https://buffalonews.com/2020/03/13/cuomo-feds-will-allow-state-to-oversee-testing/

Ok. So Trump is taking credit for something proposed by a Dem politician.

[Rimmer]

Off topic post removed

[ravip]

2 minutes ago, UbonThani said:

You dont learn from haters except hate. You learn from facts not opinions.

 

The opinions from Pattaya bar stools arent worth 5 baht.

Up to you

[UbonThani]

2 minutes ago, alanrchase said:

A clip that says it all.

Me? Me? Maybe the administration did something, I don't know what this administration is doing, maybe we can ask someone. 

 

Yes Trump makes fun of an idiot with a microphone.

 

 

[welovesundaysatspace]

30 minutes ago, Skallywag said:

To be fair, I dont think any president is ever prepared for a pandemic. 

And it gets even worse when you don’t even have a leader but The Chaos Family on the top.