The Latest Drive to Blame Trump

[mystery-ak]

April 8, 2020
The Latest Drive to Blame Trump
By Mario Alexis Portella

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates appeared on Fox News Sunday in which he reiterated his 2018 statement that the world should be “preparing for a pandemic in the same serious way it prepares for war.” Gates, whose foundation -- the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -- has invested heavily in global health, suggested staging simulations, war games, and preparedness exercises to simulate how diseases could spread and to identify the best response.  The concluding analysis, as per the mainstream media (and certain social/online communications), is that the Trump administration has done exactly the opposite.

Among the evidence to prove their argument has been Trump’s cutting funding for the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention and its infectious disease research.  For fiscal year 2020, Trump proposed cutting the CDC budget by US $1.3 billion, nearly 20% below the 2019 level. This is a complete falsehood.

While it is true that among the president’s budget proposals was one to reduce funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Congress never enacted those cuts.  Some Democrats, such as former Vice President Joe Biden went so far as to say at a CNN townhall on February 26 that Trump “tried to defund the CDC.”  Again, President Trump proposed reducing the CDC budget -- some years by double-digit percentages -- not completely defunding it.  Incidentally, Democrats, including Biden, have since dropped the qualifier “tried” from their claims, saying that Trump had reduced the CDC funding.  On ABC’s “This Week” on March 1, Biden said: “They’ve cut the funding for the CDC.”

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[Chosen Daughter]

Trump does deserve plenty of blame. He knew quite early.   But even at his rallies he continues to make fun of the situation like a clown.  No matter whether he was calling Democrats blaming him a hoax it still sent a message.  The message to everyone there, and everyone who is watching his rallies live or on youtube later would say the Democrats are making a big deal of nothing.  Because he seriously downplayed it.  He now says his job was to be a cheerleader.  No, that isn't how it is.  Many believe everything Donald Trump says.  And what he was saying mid February to early and mid March is don't worry.  We have it under control.

What he is now going to have to cover for is that people in the government knew in December.  And Trump knew by the first week of January for sure.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Trump+coronavirus+hoax&docid=608033335681941753&mid=A04C66BA1848691C9B97A04C66BA1848691C9B97&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

[PeteS in CA]

Trump does deserve plenty of blame. He knew quite early. 1   But even at his rallies he continues to make fun of the situation like a clown. 2  No matter whether he was calling Democrats blaming him a hoax it still sent a message. 3  The message to everyone there, and everyone who is watching his rallies live or on youtube later would say the Democrats are making a big deal of nothing.  Because he seriously downplayed it.  ...

1 Trump acted quite early, within days of China telling WHO they had had an outbreak of unknown cause (though they knew far more than they admitted). That Trump acted early can be seen in one of my timelines linked below, and that China held out on the world can be seen in the other timeline.

2 "Continues"? Trump is still holding rallies? Where? Give the schedule. Without word games.

3 Fact: Trump did not call the coronavirus a hoax. Fact: Trump called the Dems' politicization of the coronavirus a hoax. Fact: Trump did not minimize the coronavirus, as proven by the timeline of Trump Administration actions, linked below.

[skeeter]

Trump does deserve plenty of blame. He knew quite early.   But even at his rallies he continues to make fun of the situation like a clown.  No matter whether he was calling Democrats blaming him a hoax it still sent a message.  The message to everyone there, and everyone who is watching his rallies live or on youtube later would say the Democrats are making a big deal of nothing.  Because he seriously downplayed it.  He now says his job was to be a cheerleader.  No, that isn't how it is.  Many believe everything Donald Trump says.  And what he was saying mid February to early and mid March is don't worry.  We have it under control.

What he is now going to have to cover for is that people in the government knew in December.  And Trump knew by the first week of January for sure.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Trump+coronavirus+hoax&docid=608033335681941753&mid=A04C66BA1848691C9B97A04C66BA1848691C9B97&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

How would you know. Back when this virus situation was developing and Trump was restricting travel from affected areas, to the outraged screams from the media, you were still giggling about phone calls to Ukraine.

[goatprairie]

Trump does deserve plenty of blame. He knew quite early.   But even at his rallies he continues to make fun of the situation like a clown.  No matter whether he was calling Democrats blaming him a hoax it still sent a message.  The message to everyone there, and everyone who is watching his rallies live or on youtube later would say the Democrats are making a big deal of nothing.  Because he seriously downplayed it.  He now says his job was to be a cheerleader.  No, that isn't how it is.  Many believe everything Donald Trump says.  And what he was saying mid February to early and mid March is don't worry.  We have it under control.

What he is now going to have to cover for is that people in the government knew in December.  And Trump knew by the first week of January for sure.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Trump+coronavirus+hoax&docid=608033335681941753&mid=A04C66BA1848691C9B97A04C66BA1848691C9B97&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

From HOT AIR.com today "Pentagon Blasts ABC: No, We Didn’t Warn White House Of COVID-19 In November"

[Cyber Liberty]

How would you know. Back when this was virus situation was developing and Trump was restricting travel from affected areas, to the outraged screams from the media, you were still giggling about phone calls to Ukraine.

Giggling and rooting for Impeachment with Conviction.  Now opposes Impeachment because the evil McConnell won't let Dems call the shots in the Senate.

[TomSea]

Trump rallies in 2020, I couldn't find a list but here are a few:

January 28th, 2020, Wildwood New Jersey

Okay, a few others that I am not sure about but probably happened:

Las Vegas (Feb. 2020) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/02/21/trump-vegas-president-fire-up-supporters-before-nevada-caucuses/4816526002/
South Carolina (Feb. 2020) https://heavy.com/news/2020/02/trump-south-carolina-rally-crowd-photos/
Milwaukee  (March 2020)  https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/03/10/donald-trump-rally-milwaukee-campaign-event-set-march-19/5016490002/
Iowa (Jan. 30) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-trump-holds-campaign-rally-in-iowa-despite-no-major-rival
New Hampshire (Feb. 2020) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-new-hampshire-rally-shake-up-democrats
Arizona (Feb. 2020) https://www.newsweek.com/trump-rally-phoenix-arizona-live-stream-how-watch-presidents-2020-campaign-stop-1487874

So, apparently, these were held.  So, that's around 6 or 7.

[TomSea]

As of now, I'm not seeing Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, etc. getting a whole lot of blame and they'd seem to be in the same boat. I'm waiting to see how the dust settles on this.

[PeteS in CA]

From HOT AIR.com today "Pentagon Blasts ABC: No, We Didn’t Warn White House Of COVID-19 In November"

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/04/09/pentagon-blasts-abc-no-didnt-warn-white-house-covid-19-november/

Pentagon Blasts ABC: No, We Didn’t Warn White House Of COVID-19 In November
ED MORRISSEY  Posted at 8:41 am on April 9, 2020

Not only is it rare for intelligence agencies to issue public comments on its operation, it’s even rarer to have them do so to claim they missed a major issue. Yesterday, ABC News claimed that the DIA had warned the White House about the coronavirus outbreak in “late November.” The alleged report from the National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI), based on “wire and computer intercepts, focused on the threat to US forces in the Asia theater.

There’s only one problem, the NCMI late yesterday. They’ve looked all over for this alleged document, and it doesn’t exist:

Even without this categorical denial, ABC Skews' claim has an apparently anachronistic flaw. Per the best information we currently have (first entry or three in the timeline linked in my signature), the first Covid-19 (as we now call it) patients showed up at Wuhan hospitals in late November and early December. In late November, there were not enough patients and too many different doctors (and hospitals? Wuhan is a city of 11 million people, IIRC) for a pattern to be recognized, let alone be reported by intelligence people.

Just another example of MSM playing games based on people not knowing the history of this.

[PeteS in CA]

Trump rallies in 2020, I couldn't find a list but here are a few:

January 28th, 2020, Wildwood New Jersey

Okay, a few others that I am not sure about but probably happened:

Las Vegas (Feb. 2020) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/02/21/trump-vegas-president-fire-up-supporters-before-nevada-caucuses/4816526002/
South Carolina (Feb. 2020) https://heavy.com/news/2020/02/trump-south-carolina-rally-crowd-photos/
Milwaukee  (March 2020)  https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/03/10/donald-trump-rally-milwaukee-campaign-event-set-march-19/5016490002/
Iowa (Jan. 30) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-trump-holds-campaign-rally-in-iowa-despite-no-major-rival
New Hampshire (Feb. 2020) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-new-hampshire-rally-shake-up-democrats
Arizona (Feb. 2020) https://www.newsweek.com/trump-rally-phoenix-arizona-live-stream-how-watch-presidents-2020-campaign-stop-1487874

So, apparently, these were held.  So, that's around 6 or 7.

If you look again at @Chosen Daughter's post, she said "continues", a present tense verb. February 28th is almost 7 weeks ago (the March 10 Milwaukee rally was cancelled).

[Cyber Liberty]

If you look again at @Chosen Daughter's post, she said "continues", a present tense verb. February 28th is almost 7 weeks ago (the March 10 Milwaukee rally was cancelled).

That's the way I read it.  She says Trump is having rallies right now, and I haven't heard of them.  It's reasonable to ask for examples of recent rallies, they'd be in all the papers.

[PeteS in CA]

Giggling and rooting for Impeachment with Conviction.  Now opposes Impeachment because the evil McConnell won't let Dems call the shots in the Senate.

Speaking of the shampeachment, having to hold full Senate hearings on Pelosi's and Schifftyroo's Folly precluded the Senate holding hearings about this coronavirus for all on January and into the first week of February. Meanwhile in the House, despite only a few members being involved in the shampeachment, the House did not hold any hearings on this coronavirus during January.

So, who in the US government took action - multiple actions - concerning this coronavirus during January, and who in the US government kept Congress from taking ANY action?