Trump playbook. Play ONE. Define an enemy.I remain perplexed by the sudden focus on US v. China in addressing the issue of a virus.
If the MSM didn't have any bad news they'd have no news at all. MSM is lovin covid-19 and the market meltdown:/
You'd think folks would pick out the trend of where the hysteria-inducing stuff always seems to originate. Not once in awhile, and not from both sides. Every frickin' thing, every frickin' time. Everything is an "existential crisis", and the solutions always seem to be to give more power (and money) to the folks declaring the crisis.
Lets see how it plays out before you get all excited. My guess is it will prove to be garden variety flu and all blow over in time and the vaccine will be added to the vaccine soup we are all supposed to get each fall. You apparently think its precursor to the end of civilization.
I can't believe you didn't tell me about something in time, when after you told me about it I told my followers this was a Democratic LameStream Media hoax, overreaction, and did nothing for two months.
Just 20 days ago:
So I guess I'd ask you to reflect on why all of the responses to science were political push back about the LameStreamMedia, and even now we're on to more political talk about China. Has the Right become so anti-science that even objective science becomes suspect? I'd fear for a group that is so marginalized.
Trump playbook. Play ONE. Define an enemy.
If only we had an organization to investigate international happenings so that we didn't have to take a foreign government's assertion's at face value. Pretending they were dependent on Chinese press-releases for their knowledge of what was happening in China is nothing more than an abject lack of accountability...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...9d8cda-6ad5-11ea-b5f1-a5a804158597_story.html
"The intelligence reports didn’t predict when the virus might land on U.S. shores or recommend particular steps that public health officials should take, issues outside the purview of the intelligence agencies. But they did track the spread of the virus in China, and later in other countries, and warned that Chinese officials appeared to be minimizing the severity of the outbreak.
Taken together, the reports and warnings painted an early picture of a virus that showed the characteristics of a globe-encircling pandemic that could require governments to take swift actions to contain it. But despite that constant flow of reporting, Trump continued publicly and privately to play down the threat the virus posed to Americans."
Trump may have downplayed the virus early on based on erroneous numbers and erroneous information coming out of China. Apparently on January 14th the Chinese told the world there was no human to human spread of the virus. He quickly transitioned though and hit China with a travel ban on January 31st IIRC only to be branded a xenophobe.If only we had an organization to investigate international happenings so that we didn't have to take a foreign government's assertion's at face value. Pretending they were dependent on Chinese press-releases for their knowledge of what was happening in China is nothing more than an abject lack of accountability...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...9d8cda-6ad5-11ea-b5f1-a5a804158597_story.html
"The intelligence reports didn’t predict when the virus might land on U.S. shores or recommend particular steps that public health officials should take, issues outside the purview of the intelligence agencies. But they did track the spread of the virus in China, and later in other countries, and warned that Chinese officials appeared to be minimizing the severity of the outbreak.
Taken together, the reports and warnings painted an early picture of a virus that showed the characteristics of a globe-encircling pandemic that could require governments to take swift actions to contain it. But despite that constant flow of reporting, Trump continued publicly and privately to play down the threat the virus posed to Americans."
Trump may have downplayed the virus early on based on erroneous numbers and erroneous information coming out of China. Apparently on January 14th the Chinese told the world there was no human to human spread of the virus. He quickly transitioned though and hit China with a travel ban on January 31st IIRC only to be branded a xenophobe.
Xi downplayed it, yet the US intelligence community warned him.
Who can blame tD for trusting his good friend![]()
If only we had an organization to investigate international happenings so that we didn't have to take a foreign government's assertion's at face value. Pretending they were dependent on Chinese press-releases for their knowledge of what was happening in China is nothing more than an abject lack of accountability...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...9d8cda-6ad5-11ea-b5f1-a5a804158597_story.html
"The intelligence reports didn’t predict when the virus might land on U.S. shores or recommend particular steps that public health officials should take, issues outside the purview of the intelligence agencies. But they did track the spread of the virus in China, and later in other countries, and warned that Chinese officials appeared to be minimizing the severity of the outbreak.
Taken together, the reports and warnings painted an early picture of a virus that showed the characteristics of a globe-encircling pandemic that could require governments to take swift actions to contain it. But despite that constant flow of reporting, Trump continued publicly and privately to play down the threat the virus posed to Americans."
+1The same intelligence community peddling Russia, Russia, Russia after spying on and framing private citizens? The same 17 agenicies who confirmed that the solid, unbiased Dossier "intelligence" was on the straight up and up, and if you didnt believe it you were a neanderthal? That intelligence community, or the other intelligence community whom may be a bit more trustworthy? Yeah, how come Trump didn’t fully believe what they were saying, that is pretty dumb.![]()
Well that goes without saying...he felt it was all going to "miraculously disappear" etc. I realize he has taken a different stand (he has no choice) but he still undermines the situation in NYC as far as their request for ventilator needs and masks go with his comments.
Not to mention this Dan:
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/the-timeline-of-how-bill-de-blasio-prepared-new-york-city-for-the-coronavirus/
NYC Democrat Bill de Blasio and other NYC officials actually encouraged New Yorkers to go out and go about their business as usual.
NYC now the hotspot of the virus!
The same intelligence community peddling Russia, Russia, Russia after spying on and framing private citizens? The same 17 agenicies who confirmed that the solid, unbiased Dossier "intelligence" was on the straight up and up, and if you didnt believe it you were a neanderthal? That intelligence community, or the other intelligence community whom may be a bit more trustworthy? Yeah, how come Trump didn’t fully believe what they were saying, that is pretty dumb.![]()
That vaunted intelligence also told us that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. How'd that work out for us Mooks?Intel followed Russian agents. If those agents meet with trumpets, guess what?? Intel sees themcause tD is stupid
And Trump was found to obstruct justice by mueller. Pretty dumb
Suxs when "hoaxes" like this get started, eh!