Poll of the Day > Trump caught on tape admitting to downplaying COVID 19 back in February

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https://youtu.be/ZmLswjprmD4

Wow.

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His cult members dont care and the rest of us already know

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zeus will defend this till the day he dies, he has no pride, ok?

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Mead posted...

His cult members dont care and the rest of us already know

Already seeing his cultists claiming he did it to prevent a panic as if downplaying a deadly disease and lying about it to everyone is the perfect solution for that. XD

I guess when the next hurricane hits the US, the weatherman should just tell us its going to be sunny all day.

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But look at that tan bro

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CDC recently updated their website to show that the actual figures were being up-played.

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zebatov posted...

CDC recently updated their website to show that the actual figures were being up-played.

wonder who ordered them to do that

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Fake News!

Even if you have Trump on tape saying it, it was all just concocted by the democrats and the news networks to make him look like he said it.

Monopoman posted...

Fake News!

Even if you have Trump on tape saying it, it was all just concocted by the democrats and the news networks to make him look like he said it.

it doesnt matter because Hilary did an emails!

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Mead posted...

it doesnt matter because Hilary did an emails!

BENGHAZI!!!!

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SeahorseCpt89 posted...

Already seeing his cultists claiming he did it to prevent a panic as if downplaying a deadly disease and lying about it to everyone is the perfect solution for that. XD

Bonus points because they'll then turn around and demand Xi's head on a platter for downplaying it in China.

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Mead posted...

it doesnt matter because Hilary did an emails!

Hopefully someday Trump remembers to lock her up. I think there was some sort of chant about that back in 2016 that was shouted incessantly.

Seriously, the Republicans absolutely flipped their shit because four Americans died in the Benghazi attack.

190,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, and "It is what it is"

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Because the #nevertrump cult can't limit its propaganda to one topic:

Zeus posted... There's certainly no bottom to your hatred for Trump. His full statement is about concerns of creating a panic, which -- considering the reaction we saw early on which was bad enough as is -- seems understandable.

Zeus posted...

Because there's any parallel between suppressing all information regarding COVID, arresting doctors (and journalists) who tried to raise alarms (some of whom died in prison due to COVID), using connections at the WHO to spread misinformation regarding the severity of COVID, etc, vs not trying to incite further panic when we already fucking knew that it was dangerous (and when we ALREADY were running into massive issues with people panicking, including shortages of essential supplies due to hoarding). Do you honestly believe the two are comparable or are you just massively fucking trolling yet again? Even by the standards of your usual massive fucking trolling, this is pathetic.

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zeus go dickride trump somewhere people actually give a shit

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Homeboy says he doesnt want a start a panic but then says that theres a huge caravan of bad hombres coming to the border, and within it theres terrorists.

And lets not forget BLM will destroy the suburbs if Biden wins.

And that cities are literally burning as we speak due to the socialist, radical, Marxist, communist Antifa folks.

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captpackrat posted...

Seriously, the Republicans absolutely flipped their shit because four Americans died in the Benghazi attack.

190,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, and "It is what it is"

Or, in other words: "Why are Americans losing their shit because a US diplomat was murdered in office for the first time in over 50 years because a secretary of state -- who withheld a direct means of communication to her diplomats -- ignored repeated warnings and then tried to blame a Youtube video for the attack? This unrelated pandemic that we weren't prepared for because China was arresting doctors in December for trying to warn the public is totally the same thing and, despite the fact that our national supply of PPE & other supplies was greatly depleted under Obama and previous administritations who didn't bother restocking stuff, this is completely Trump's fault!"

Because, you know, those are EXACTLY the same things! >_> And for his next trick, cat will ask, "Why were Americans flipping their shit just because JFK was assassinated when it was just one guy?"

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Mead posted...

wonder who ordered them to do that

Wonder who ordered them to say vaccines dont cause -isms.

And I mean, we knew the figures were incorrect. Numerous nurses and other medical persons had come forward saying they were recording non-COVID deaths as COVID deaths if the patient was found to have had it, regardless of how they died.

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zeus is pathetic lmao

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Theres certainly no bottom to your hatred for Trump. His full statement is about concerns of creating a panic, which -- considering the reaction we saw early on which was bad enough as is -- seems understandable.

Remember kids; lying and letting a disease kill hundreds of thousands is always the answer. Ignorance is bliss, there was certainly no other way Trump could have possibly handled the situation. /s

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Fastest_Spartan posted...

Remember kids; lying and letting a disease kill hundreds of thousands is always the answer. Ignorance is bliss, there was certainly no other way Trump could have possibly handled the situation.

i personally think its completely valid to hate someone with this much power when they botch something this serious and deadly but hey, thats just me.

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Fastest_Spartan posted...

Remember kids; lying and letting a disease kill hundreds of thousands is always the answer. Ignorance is bliss, there was certainly no other way Trump could have possibly handled the situation.

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Remember kids; when you're going to troll, jump on an alt (and then be sure to use a semi-colon where a comma or colon should be). And if ignorance was bliss, you'd be the happiest man on the planet. Not only did Trump acknowledge that COVID was a thing and not only were resources being mobilized at the federal level at his instruction to battle COVID, but COVID was universally acknowledged and already being combated while the ensuing panic was ensuring that things were way, way, way worse because people who actually needed supplies -- including frontline workers -- weren't able to get it because the public was whipped into mass hysteria. But apparently suggesting that "We're going to have this under control" -- words almost any politician would say to reassure the public -- is lying to them which is the worst thing ever.

But if Trump had taken your idiotic advice, the death toll would be substantially higher because you'd have additional runs on supplies and massive unrest over the shortages caused by the panic.

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zebatov posted...

Numerous nurses and other medical persons had come forward saying they were recording non-COVID deaths as COVID deaths if the patient was found to have had it, regardless of how they died.

and many other people have died without covid being cited as the cause of death either because it wasnt overtly apparent that covid is what killed them or because they were never even tested. Many postmortem tests have revealed people have died with covid in their system but they were never diagnosed.

Get outta here with your facebook bullshit

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Zeus posted...

His full statement is about concerns of creating a panic, which -- considering the reaction we saw early on which was bad enough as is -- seems understandable.

Man, if only there were some sort of medical and/or public health professionals somewhere in his administration that could have advised him that completely undermining the public's trust in said professionals and openly discouraging them from taking any of the precautions that were actually necessary would do more harm than some vague notion of "creating a panic." Then maybe poor ol' Donnie wouldn't have bungled the situation by acting in such profound ignorance.

You know the best way to avoid inciting panic during an emergency situation? Give people as much information as possible and advise them on how best to handle it so they know how to respond instead of panicking. Telling them there is no emergency and undermining the advice they need to handle it just means more people get hurt and ultimately end up panicking because they don't know what to do when the fire reaches their door. This is something anyone who's ever participated in a fire drill knows. The goddamn President of the United States should certainly understand it, such that any claims he makes of "trying to prevent a panic" are either completely clueless (in which case he's horribly suited for the job) or a flimsy excuse he's trying to use to cover up the fact that he was actually just trying to protect his image (in which case he's horribly suited for the job).

Zeus posted...

despite the fact that our national supply of PPE & other supplies was greatly depleted under Obama and previous administritations who didn't bother restocking stuff, this is completely Trump's fault!

You're still beating that horse? Yes, Obama should have restocked those supplies. So should Bush. So should Clinton. And so should Trump. He had 3 years in which to do so (roughly half of the time between the end of the H1N1 epidemic and the end of Obama's last term, that being one of the major factors in the stock's depletion). The fact that he didn't even try means he can't blame Obama (or Bush, or Clinton) for them being depleted.

If he'd tried and been unable to find the funding to pull it off? Sure, maybe. If he'd made partial progress but not enough? He'd deserve kudos for that and more of the blame would fall on Obama for leaving such an insurmountable problem. But no, he ignored it, and he needs to take responsibility for that decision.

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Mead posted...

and many other people have died without covid being cited as the cause of death either because it wasnt overtly apparent that covid is what killed them or because they were never even tested. Many postmortem tests have revealed people have died with covid in their system but they were never diagnosed.

Get outta here with your facebook bullshit

Doesnt change the fact that the CDC quietly changed their numbers. This was nowhere near pandemic-state. You cant retroactively record numbers. Good for you if you trust anything any government entity tells you.

Like Kon, Im Here to Stay.

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zebatov posted...

Doesnt change the fact that the CDC quietly changed their numbers. This was nowhere near pandemic-state. You cant retroactively record numbers. Good for you if you trust anything any government entity tells you.

Like Kon, Im Here to Stay.

Dont trust the government! Btw look the government changed their numbers, proving that Im right!

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Not the Trump tape we've been waiting for, but not one anyone is surprised by.

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adjl posted...

Telling them there is no emergency

Well, that's just flat-out bullshit.

adjl posted...

undermining the advice they need to handle it

That likely had nothing to do with his talk of "downplaying it" because he's still undermining that advice. And bearing in mind that the advice isn't even being followed by the people who give it, which is what's really undermining it... as is promoting widescale protests when people are supposed to be social distancing.

adjl posted...

they don't know what to do when the fire reaches their door.

...because suggesting people stay calm while they try to get a handle on things is apparently worse than causing mass panic that kills more people than any fire would. In a fire, you can either evacuate in an orderly manner or you can trample each other to death. Trump was trying to reduce the panic. Everybody in the building already knew for at least a month about the proverbial fire.

adjl posted...

The goddamn President of the United States should certainly understand it, such that any claims he makes of "trying to prevent a panic" are either completely clueless (in which case he's horribly suited for the job) or a flimsy excuse he's trying to use to cover up the fact that he was actually just trying to protect his image (in which case he's horribly suited for the job).

First, you don't know to what he specifically referred when he was talking about downplaying it. Second, the panic WAS ALREADY causing substantial problems which were costing countless lives, considering doctors were sometimes stuck wearing cloth masks because people who were staying home anyway (because panic) were stockpiling PPE in a panic.


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faramir77 posted...

Not the Trump tape we've been waiting for,

Wow, you're really waiting for that Trump x Stormy Daniels sex tape? You know Stormy Daniels has been in other stuff, right?

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Zeus posted...

Wow, you're really waiting for that Trump x Stormy Daniels sex tape? You know Stormy Daniels has been in other stuff, right?

That's not the one.

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Mead posted...

Dont trust the government! Btw look the government changed their numbers, proving that Im right!

Shit I did say all that.

Dont trust anything you read from any government entity!

Squared. Id rather us both be wrong than you think youre right.

While were on the clarification thing, if anyone has any other questions regarding inaccuracies/hypocrisies Ive made, Id be willing to explain them.

Zeus posted...

Wow, you're really waiting for that Trump x Stormy Daniels sex tape?

*raises hand*

Yeah I got problems.

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

i personally think its completely valid to hate someone with this much power when they botch something this serious and deadly but hey, thats just me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roNlgIY9QKw

Oh shit, it's a precursor for Trump.

Stole my topic

Rude

Still, it's absolutely shameless that the same posters who spent months ragging on China for downplaying the virus fall over themselves to justify this.

And that these same posters spent months screaming about Hong Kong, and then flipped around to screaming for the cops to murder BLM protesters.

Every time Zeus and his crew rant about how tough on China Trump is, remember that they take absolutely no issue with anything China does.

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Oh and "you hate Trump" being thrown around like some kind of gotcha is just shamelessly stupid.

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"He's denying the virus"

Zeus: "He's right! It's not a threat!"

"He admitted he downplayed the virus"

Zeus posted...

There's certainly no bottom to your hatred for Trump. His full statement is about concerns of creating a panic, which -- considering the reaction we saw early on which was bad enough as is -- seems understandable.

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There wouldn't be a panic if he admitted it, there would be damage reduction. Half the country absolutely panicked because he downplayed it. The other half did as much as they could to oppose any kind of damage reduction.

He's just saving face. Fascists rely on denying problems and being a cheerleader for their country. he even admitted to being a "cheerleader". Some people are deaf.

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Its true what they say

Trump really is a dumb bitch

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https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1303797608318631944

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https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1303879572933419008

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Blightzkrieg posted...

Oh and "you hate Trump" being thrown around like some kind of gotcha is just shamelessly stupid.

Seriously Zeus riding Trumps dick is nauseating and shameless.

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Soooooooo, is there anything Trump could do that cant be defended? Could you imagine if Obama did 1/16th of what trump has done in the past 3 3/4 years? That's why I can never take trump supporters seriously, they are absolute hypocrites and they know it.

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And also, remaining calm is better than pulling up your Pampers and responding correctly to a deadly pandemic? If that's his line of thinking he is GROSSLY unqualified to run a fucking 5 guys, let alone a country.

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Its like running on-site. You dont do it because it can create a panic. Anyone whos done actual work knows this.

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Nightwish posted...

Soooooooo, is there anything Trump could do that cant be defended? Could you imagine if Obama did 1/16th of what trump has done in the past 3 3/4 years? That's why I can never take trump supporters seriously, they are absolute hypocrites and they know it.

There was once a time when I believed that dialogue between people with different ideologies, political leanings, etc., was important.

And I still do. But when it comes to republicans, that is a big Nope from me. Theyre beyond hypocrites. Theyre bad faith actors and the biggest sheeps Ive ever seen.

Theres nothing to discuss with them. Only way to handle them is to either ignore them or ridicule them.

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There's a Trump tweet for everything these days: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/307582196196188160

Nightwish posted...

Soooooooo, is there anything Trump could do that cant be defended? Could you imagine if Obama did 1/16th of what trump has done in the past 3 3/4 years? That's why I can never take trump supporters seriously, they are absolute hypocrites and they know it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-cZG81-MPQ

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Didn't we do already do this topic in like March?

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Im not shocked or surprised this happened, Im angry it wont matter.

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papercup posted...

Im not shocked or surprised this happened, Im angry it wont matter.

This is the best summary of ANYTHING Trump does.

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Here I thought he might actually be humble and plainly admit wrongdoing, but of course he spins it in a way to make himself look good. Why am I not surprised. Still can't believe this joke of a man is the president, but hell I didn't like Hillary either. I wouldn't have been happy either way.

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