10/6/20: President Trump might not care if Americans are still getting sick and dying in droves. He does care if he thinks his prospects for winning in November are on life support.
Today, he complained about a decision by the FDA to tighten up rules for approving any new COVID-19 vaccination. It was, he whined, “another political hit job.” This struck many rational humans as odd, since Commissioner Stephen Hahn, head of the FDA, was appointed by the Whiner-in-Chief, himself.
In a recent poll, respondents were asked, “Would you get a vaccination if…
…your doctor said it was safe?”
More than 6 in 10 (62%) said it was “very/somewhat likely” they would.
…the cost were completely covered by insurance?
(56% said they would.)
…you were paid $100 to receive the vaccine?
(44%)
And coming up in last place, eighth out of eight choices on the list,
…President Trump said it was safe?
Only 19% of Americans said they would take the Orange Buffoon’s word.
In fact, fresh out of the hospital, the president proves he is just as clueless as ever, and apparently incapable of learning. He knows, if the country can’t open up, he’s likely to go down to defeat in November. That means, if thousands more have to die, he’s willing. It won’t be him.
Like a fish taking to water, Trump took to Twitter, and with about as much brainpower. “Flu season is coming up! Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu,” he tweeted. “Are we going to close down our Country? No, we have learned to live with it, just like we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal!!!”
Trump is so far off you wonder if the coronavirus fried what few brain cells he ever devoted to the study of complex problems.
CDC says that in the last ten years, the worst flu season (2017-2018) saw 45 million Americans infected, with 61,000 deaths. We have done this before on this blog. Whereas Mr. Trump is too lazy to do even the simplest math. You don’t have to use a calculator, either. Just knock off three zeroes from 61,000 and three off 45,000,000. That means you had 61 deaths for every 45,000 persons infected.
That means 1 in every 736 patients died. And we all know how much Trump likes to brag. I’m surprised he didn’t brag about how he lowered the death rate in 2019-2020: only 1 death per 1,727 flu infections.
This virus is far more deadly.
BLOGGER’S NOTE: On October 21 the same White House Idiot will claim that his swift actions saved two million American lives.
Fifteen days prior, as seen above, the president is insisting that ordinary flu was, “in most populations, far more lethal” than the coronavirus. This is what we refer to as “Trump Math” at this blog. It’s mathematically impossible that both statements can be true. The claims are false on their face.
Yet his fans still believe him.
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STILL, TRUMP WILL always have Hogan Gidley! Today, the White House aide responded to a question about the president and masks. Would Trump now wear a mask regularly, Gidley was asked.
“This president has led on the issue at every single turn and right now is no different,” Gidley said on Fox News. “He pulled out a mask at the [most recent] debate and said, ‘Here, I have mine, I wear mine, we socially distance inside the White House.’”
Gidley then cast his eyes skyward, realizing lightning might strike him dead for uttering such a whopper.
To get a true idea of Trump’s “leadership” on this question of masks, feel free to consult photos of the crowds at his most recent campaign rallies.
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YOU COULD SAY the pressure is starting to get to Trump, who’s not all that stable even under ideal conditions. Joe Biden now leads nationally among voters, by an average of 9.7 points in the polls. Older voters, who went for Trump by seven points in 2016, prefer Biden by 20.
No doubt, much of their disgust comes from the fact that Trump keeps insisting it’s safe to go out and lead normal lives…because only geezers get sick and die from the coronavirus scourge.
Even Rasmussen, the poll Trump and looney Lou Dobbs love to cite, has Biden ahead by 12 points.
President Trump has another snit today and announces he will be pulling out of negotiations with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. There will be no new stimulus spending until after the election.
Naturally, Trump blames Democrats. He also makes it clear that as president he only likes to give money to red states. “Nancy Pelosi is asking for $2.4 Trillion Dollars to bailout poorly run, high crime, Democrat States, money that is in no way related to COVID-19,” he tweets. “We made a very generous offer of $1.6 Trillion Dollars and, as usual, she is not negotiating in good faith. I am rejecting their…request, and looking to the future of our Country.”
Yes. The future of our country. (See: 10/7/20.)
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TODAY, we were treated to another dose of “Fake News,” when the president retweeted a story from a QAnon source. That source claimed the raid that killed Osama bin Laden was staged, and a “body double” was involved.
Former Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill, who helped kill the terrorist leader, responds with a tweet of his own: “Very brave men said [goodbye] to their kids to go kill Osama bin Laden. We were given the order by President Obama. It was not a body double. Thank you Mr. President. Happy birthday @USNavy.”
Add SEAL Team 6, who carried out the raid, to the men and women serving in uniform that the non-serving-bone-spurs-limping pussy in the White House has insulted in just the last four years.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY releases a report on domestic threats in this country, and “white supremacists” come in at #1 on the list.
If you are a Trump fan, you expected the list to read something like this:
#1. Antifa types
#2. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
#3. Hunter Biden
#4. Transgender people pee-peeing
Nope. Nope. Nope. And don’t be a dope.
“I am particularly concerned about white supremacist violent extremists who have been exceptionally lethal in their abhorrent, targeted attacks in recent years,” Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf writes. “I am proud of our work to prevent terrorizing tactics by domestic terrorists and violent extremists who seek to force ideological change in the United States through violence, death, and destruction.”
FUN FACT: You may recall that Trump has promised to get rid of all the bad trade deals, and slap the Chinese silly with tariffs, and wipe out our entire trade deficit with that country. According to the latest report by the Commerce Department, the U.S. trade deficit with China set a new record in August.
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