Trump continued to be dishonest on the critical subject of coronavirus testing, wrongly claiming he "inherited" faulty tests -- they were developed this year, during his presidency -- and painting an overly rosy picture of the US testing situation. He also repeated several of the false claims he likes to make at his campaign rallies.

Here's a rundown of the claims and the facts.

 

 

https://us.cnn.com/2020/04/18/politics/fact-check-coronavirus-briefing-april-18/index.html

 

 

 

 

Delays were all caused by CDC sloppy workmanship, poor lab practice that allowed cross contamination, and not following their own protocol.

 

https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/contamination-at-cdc-lab-was-likely-cause-of-critical-early-delays-in-rolling-out-coronavirus-testing/

 

Trump will now have to roll up his sleeves and do it the right way.

 

1 minute ago, rabas said:

Trump will now have to roll up his sleeves and do it the right way.

Really? Is that within his capability?

A troll post using a trolling reference to Mr. Trump has been removed. 

After having survived Covid1 to Covid18, Covid19 should be no challenge

"Trump is insane: And it's time for leading Democrats to say that out loud "

https://www.salon.com/2020/04/18/trump-is-insane-and-its-time-for-leading-democrats-to-say-that-out-loud/

CNN is fake news. Not a news outlet at all. They only produce propaganda for the Democrat party. I wouldn't open a link to them here as I don't want them to get a half cent of ad revenue. Enemy of the People!

10 minutes ago, sirineou said:

"Trump is insane: And it's time for leading Democrats to say that out loud "

https://www.salon.com/2020/04/18/trump-is-insane-and-its-time-for-leading-democrats-to-say-that-out-loud/

As a counter to Biden's apparent senility this is all they can Muster. The Joke of a party becomes even more ridiculous. 

13 minutes ago, WalkingOrders said:

CNN is fake news. Not a news outlet at all. They only produce propaganda for the Democrat party. I wouldn't open a link to them here as I don't want them to get a half cent of ad revenue. Enemy of the People!

CNN is quoting trump's own words - trump is his own worst enemy, not CNN.

 

"enemy of the people" why on earth are you echoing trump's words to attack Freedom of the Press. trump swore to protect Freedom of Speech / Freedom of the Press by way of his Oath to protect the Constitution did he not.

26 minutes ago, simple1 said:

CNN is quoting trump's own words - trump is his own worst enemy, not CNN.

 

"enemy of the people" why on earth are you echoing trump's words to attack Freedom of the Press. trump swore to protect Freedom of Speech / Freedom of the Press by way of his Oath to protect the Constitution did he not.

I wasn't clear? Let this sink in and believe that I mean it. CNN is NOT a news organization. They do not have reporters. It's a mouthpiece for the Democrat party.

 

Never the less,

 

And let me explain futher, in the History of the USA, Presidents have regularly attacked media outlets. From the very begining of our Republic. Some of our greatest Presidents. They said things far far worse about the press then Donald Trump ever has.

 

Specifically, they attacked media outlets they felt were treating them unfairly. As this is the Constitutional right of free speech that every President has. This is nothing new under the sun.

 

You are exhibiting a feigned pretend outrage which is fed to you by a propaganda machine. And likely serve antiAmerican interests anyway in my view.

 

This is something I assign to everyone who attacks the President of the USA while supporting totalitarian regimes. Don't take it personally.

 

I hope you learned something and won't respond by trying to teach me how the USA works, or claim a deep knowledge of the U.S. Constitution coupled with a wiki link.

 

Thank you

Paleo conservative isolationist leaning American Vet.

17 minutes ago, WalkingOrders said:

CNN is NOT a news organization. They do not have reporters. It's a mouthpiece for the Democrat party. 

CNN quoted trump's own words, not a democrat. CNN has a reporter allocated to WH briefings -   Acosta - though trump did at one time try to ban him for asking relevant questions which trump found uncomfortable.

 

Suggest you put a stop to personal attacks.

10 minutes ago, simple1 said:

CNN quoted trump's own words, not a democrat. CNN has a reporter allocated to WH briefings -   Acosta - though trump did at one time try to ban him for asking relevant questions which trump found uncomfortable.

Quite how these people believe their own rubbish is alarming, almost like a sect preaching that the earth is flat, whereas we know it is not, and I quote this because it seems right on the button......

 

British writer Andrew O'Hagan said of Trump, "What we're witnessing is a supernatural communal turn towards something deeply sinister. He summons everything that's worst about the American character and sells it back to them as virtue....They could really go for this guy. He appeals directly to something vengeful and self-loathing in the American character. They look at that guy and see a reflection of something very essential to themselves. That is a frightening energy. And it could get out of control”.

 

And CNN has over 180 reporters and correspondents!

1 hour ago, WalkingOrders said:

As a counter to Biden's apparent senility this is all they can Muster. The Joke of a party becomes even more ridiculous. 

You are insane too

15 hours ago, simple1 said:

CNN quoted trump's own words, not a democrat. CNN has a reporter allocated to WH briefings -   Acosta - though trump did at one time try to ban him for asking relevant questions which trump found uncomfortable.

 

Suggest you put a stop to personal attacks.

Acosta is not a reporter he is a Democrat propagandist working for a provider of propaganda. Review him over 3 years or so and this becomes painfully obvious. He is not an independent minded objective journalist. Not a Reporter. 

15 hours ago, sirineou said:

You are insane too

If I was I suppose I would just swallow the three year illegal attempt to remove a President from office as normal.

 

I would considered faked Dossiers normal

 

I would consider the Speaker of the House claiming the President is a Russian agent as Normal

 

I would think that former heads of intel services being on the CNN MSNBC payroll as normal

 

I would think spying on a presidential campaign normal

 

I would think a predawn CNN FBI raid on Roger Stone is business as usual and normal

 

I would think no found correspondance between Clinton and Stevens in Bengazzi is normal

 

I would think that a political party calling a Supreme Court nominee a serial gang rapist without evidence as normal.

 

Nah I am quite sane and cogent in my thinking.

15 hours ago, xylophone said:

Quite how these people believe their own rubbish is alarming, almost like a sect preaching that the earth is flat, whereas we know it is not, and I quote this because it seems right on the button......

 

British writer Andrew O'Hagan said of Trump, "What we're witnessing is a supernatural communal turn towards something deeply sinister. He summons everything that's worst about the American character and sells it back to them as virtue....They could really go for this guy. He appeals directly to something vengeful and self-loathing in the American character. They look at that guy and see a reflection of something very essential to themselves. That is a frightening energy. And it could get out of control”.

 

And CNN has over 180 reporters and correspondents!

The British writer should worry about Britain and the rebuilding of the British Navy

 

12 minutes ago, WalkingOrders said:

Acosta is not a reporter he is a Democrat propagandist working for a provider of propaganda. Review him over 3 years or so and this becomes painfully obvious. He is not an independent minded objective journalist. Not a Reporter. 

Disagree. Extremist partisan commentary

16 hours ago, simple1 said:

Suggest you put a stop to personal attacks.

I should not be threatened by another poster because that poster considers it personal to see CNN attacked, which is exactly what you quoted from me. 

 

So please do not threaten me about personal attacks, presumably for moderator benefit, because you feel personally threatened by my clear negative views on the worthiness of CNN as a news organization.

 

That is not a personal attack against you. To attempt to frame it as such with a warning - to me - is simply wrong!

26 minutes ago, simple1 said:

 

Disagree. Extremist partisan commentary

The view is reflected and believed by one half, at least, of the USA. Not an extremist belief. In fact not a belief at all. Easily observed from data.

4 minutes ago, WalkingOrders said:

I should not be threatened by another poster because that poster considers it personal to see CNN attacked, which is exactly what you quoted from me. 

 

So please do not threaten me about personal attacks, presumably for moderator benefit, because you feel personally threatened by my clear negative views on the worthiness of CNN as a news organization.

 

That is not a personal attack against you. To attempt to frame it as such with a warning - to me - is simply wrong!

No threat, just a suggestion. Your words are below which IMO are a personal attack - no further comment on this matter.

 

You are exhibiting a feigned pretend outrage which is fed to you by a propaganda machine. And likely serve antiAmerican interests anyway in my view.

7 minutes ago, simple1 said:

No threat, just a suggestion. Your words are below which IMO are a personal attack - no further comment on this matter.

 

You are exhibiting a feigned pretend outrage which is fed to you by a propaganda machine. And likely serve antiAmerican interests anyway in my view.

You didnt quote me with proper quotes - and that is not what you quoted in your original post which exists for all to see.... a quote directly on my CNN view. so cut the <deleted> man!

6 minutes ago, gargamon said:

You best run back to Fox News then, really accurate information there. Hahahaha

Yeah if fox put Hannity into the White House pool it would be on par with CNN having Acosta in there.  Obvious right?

3 hours ago, WalkingOrders said:

Yeah if fox put Hannity into the White House pool it would be on par with CNN having Acosta in there.  Obvious right?

Hannity is a talk show host. Acosta is a journalist. Hannity has his head so far up Trump's a** he wouldn't be able to speak if he were in the White House pool.

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