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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (156540)	3/19/2020 9:38:20 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Recommended By CentralParkRanger Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 364331

>>Government is a sack of shit. But it is all we have right now so we damned well ought to accept it for what it is.<< LOL! It's the 'sack of shit' YOU voted for! Trump owns this, and YOU own Trump. We're Americans - we VOTE. We don't have to accept the 'sack of shit' most of us had the good sense not to vote for!

To: i-node who wrote (156540)	3/19/2020 10:33:04 PM
From: epicure	3 Recommendations Recommended By CentralParkRanger Ivan Inkling Sawdusty Respond to of 364331

No we haven't "done more". You know who has? South Korea: reuters.com Read that and you'll see what leadership looks like. It sure has hell isn't here in the Trump administration.

To: i-node who wrote (156540)	3/20/2020 9:17:44 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 364331

How the hell is it a failure of Trump's if people who support him have a different belief from yours? Well, that's a good point. He has been effective in promulgating his beliefs. Kudos for that. That the belief on the table here, when held and acted upon by 40% of R's in our national community, besides being irrational, is a threat to national security, well, that is beside the point, surely.

To: i-node who wrote (156540)	3/20/2020 9:23:21 AM
From: Sam	Respond to of 364331

Actually, that too is BS. If we, as a country, are unable to get control of this virus it will not have been Trump's fault. He's done more than any world leader to try and stop it. The United States is throwing everything it has at this. We, as a country, have done more than any other to try and stop it. Here is just one example. There are others that i could give. With Odds Against It, Taiwan Keeps Coronavirus Corralled March 13, 20205:19 PM ET The challenges that COVID-19 poses for governments around the world are formidable. For Taiwan, there have been additional hurdles. Experts say the island's response to the novel coronavirus has been remarkably effective so far, despite many serious challenges, starting with its close links to China, and may even hold lessons for others to follow. "Taiwan is sort of a positive deviant," said Jason Wang, a pediatrician who heads the Center for Policy, Outcomes and Prevention at the Stanford University medical school. "It did really well when they were not expected to do so well." As of Friday, Taiwan has reported 50 confirmed cases of coronavirus, and one death, out of a population of around 23 million. The island has seen a relatively low spread of the novel coronavirus despite its proximity and numerous links to China, where the virus was first detected and has infected more than 80,000 people. Taiwan has also had to contend with political pressure and possible misinformation from China. In a paper this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, Wang and two colleagues listed 124 actions that Taiwan's authorities took starting in December when they sensed the looming threat — and the rest of the world seemed to be looking the other way. continues at npr.org

To: i-node who wrote (156540)	3/20/2020 12:52:42 PM
From: Alighieri	9 Recommendations Recommended By bentway CentralParkRanger combjelly epicure Ivan Inkling and 4 more members Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 364331

I’m a little sick of the us vs. them mentality. This is rich...trump is the emperor of us vs them...I have a Korean son who is feeling the effects of the "chinese virus" terminology he uses...he is a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, a hot shot and smokejumper fireman...and now he has to be very careful with his ethnicity even within the government entities in which he works... Watching the degree to which people had to laud him on the stump this morning just to get fundamental messaging about the virus crisis response makes me sick to my stomach...I truly detest this man... Al