Grading Trump's Pandemic Leadership

[F250 28682]

On a serious note. Regardless of any political affiliation, can we all agree that this is an epic fuck up by POTUS? This is Charlie Strong level failure that should bring everyone together demanding an immediate termination.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

In the future when kids research COVID-19, Donald Trump’s negligence will be a big part of the story, so it’s almost a win for him.  

[Woland 729]

Anecdotally, there are a lot of people who think he is doing an outstanding job. I don’t agree.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

2 minutes ago, Woland said:

Anecdotally, there are a lot of people who think he is doing an outstanding job. I don’t agree.

The consequences have not yet been realized.

[ChiTownDoc 21101]

The stupid motherfucker just said 'why do they need so many ventilators now?'  

He is literally the dumbest motherfucker that has ever walked through the white house.  That includes all the 350lb tourists who rolled their rascals through there.  

[Dnaguy 11775]

1 minute ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

The consequences have not yet been realized.

So the it hasn’t been priced into the market?

[Junior Miller 1502]

I'm not seeing the option for "put gun to his head and pull the trigger until it goes click"

 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

Just now, Dnaguy said:

So the it hasn’t been priced into the market?

Correct 

[RomaVicta 29784]

He should be dragged before the World Court for crimes against humanity.

Or put in a rough iron cage.....

[henrygandorf 29175]

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 943]

Is this on an absolute or relative scale? 
 

When my 7 yo writes a story for class, I don’t get mad that it’s not Shakespeare.

[Pig Bellmont 8691]

Who isn’t inspired by the President tweeting at windmills: “ invoke ‘P’ “? I swear the man is a moron 

[F250 28682]

11 minutes ago, Kringelbert Fishtybuns said:

Is this on an absolute or relative scale? 
 

When my 7 yo writes a story for class, I don’t get mad that it’s not Shakespeare.

No curve allowed. Just because he has the mind of a toddler doesn't lower the bar. He should be judged as if he was an actual adult who happens to in charge of the United States.

[jimmyjazz 45557]

34 minutes ago, F250 said:

On a serious note. Regardless of any political affiliation, can we all agree that this is an epic fuck up by POTUS? This is Charlie Strong level failure that should bring everyone together demanding an immediate termination.

Not to derail (oh who am I kidding), but Donald Trump makes Charlie Strong look like Nick Saban by comparison.

[TexLonghorn 5590]

After a number of lies from the administration, and a number of tweets blaming the governors/others who need help, Trump has been a complete failure in this situation.  But if anyone still thinks he hasn’t lied, or that the petty insults are just in good fun, there was a clear moment where Trump outright declared that he is a failure in leadership:

[ndawg 1242]

2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Not to derail (oh who am I kidding), but Donald Trump makes Charlie Strong look like Nick Saban by comparison.

I mean, it's not even a comparison, because Charlie Strong rose through the coaching ranks and built a resume strong enough for consideration.

The closest analogy would be if an actor who played a high school coach in a bad TV show suddenly became the head coach for the Green Bay Packers.

[Anastasis 23395]

The testing strategy was a huge bed shitting and clearly aligned with the lack of seriousness he approached the threat. The ventilator production appears to be the next bed shitting in play. The foolish insistence that there is a pill that is going to solve all of this feeds into the general medical ignorance of the American public. Oh don't worry about all that COVID (Big Macs) and lack of ventilators (exercise), we got a solution sitting at the bottom of this pill bottle for you. 

[F250 28682]

3 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

The testing strategy was a huge bed shitting and clearly aligned with the lack of seriousness he approached the threat. The ventilator production appears to be the next bed shitting in play. The foolish insistence that there is a pill that is going to solve all of this feeds into the general medical ignorance of the American public. Oh don't worry about all that COVID (Big Macs) and lack of ventilators (exercise), we got a solution sitting at the bottom of this pill bottle for you. 

Good point. It does seem that a large portion of the public is expecting a cure like if this was an episode of Homeland and a syrum is massed produced at the end of an episode. Then Carrie Mathison stares at a mirror crying before running off to have sex with some dude at a bar.

[jimmyjazz 45557]

3 minutes ago, F250 said:

Good point. It does seem that a large portion of the public is expecting a cure like if this was an episode of Homeland and a syrum is massed produced at the end of an episode. Then Carrie Mathison stares at a mirror crying before running off to have sex with some dude at a bar.

 

[ChiTownDoc 21101]

34 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

The testing strategy was a huge bed shitting and clearly aligned with the lack of seriousness he approached the threat. The ventilator production appears to be the next bed shitting in play. The foolish insistence that there is a pill that is going to solve all of this feeds into the general medical ignorance of the American public. Oh don't worry about all that COVID (Big Macs) and lack of ventilators (exercise), we got a solution sitting at the bottom of this pill bottle for you. 

He finally evoked the Defense Production Act.  Of course he wasted 2 weeks negotiating because he assumed his superior skills would prevail.  

Really tired Narrator:  They didn't

[babysdaddy 2718]

I am offended.  It's 'bizness skillz'.  

[Bullneck 18987]

1 hour ago, F250 said:

On a serious note. Regardless of any political affiliation, can we all agree that this is an epic fuck up by POTUS? This is Charlie Strong level failure that should bring everyone together demanding an immediate termination.

Strong beat OU one year.  Don't forget that.

[UpperWestside 6136]

1 hour ago, ChiTownDoc said:

The stupid motherfucker just said 'why do they need so many ventilators now?'  

He is literally the dumbest motherfucker that has ever walked through the white house.  That includes all the 350lb tourists who rolled their rascals through there.  

I stopped being amazed by his ridiculously high level of pure idiocy. We have a 73 year old child making decisions of a life and death nature. A child doesn't realize the ramifications of inaction and neither does this narcissistic imbecile.

Actually I think a child would do better than this so we are apparently being governed by one of those lizard people that the Q conspiracy contingent believes in.

[Bullneck 18987]

1 hour ago, Junior Miller said:

I'm not seeing the option for "put gun to his head and pull the trigger until it goes click"

 

Jesus.

[DDD Dad 14251]

1 hour ago, Pig Bellmont said:

Who isn’t inspired by the President tweeting at windmills: “ invoke ‘P’ “? I swear the man is a moron 

I believe the correct term is "fucking moron." /tillerson

[TexArcher 37508]

If the Titanic had unprotected sex with the Hindenburg and they made a baby and named it Fuck Up and it somehow was put in charge, I would have more faith that the sinking, burning ship-baby of failure might say something intelligent at the next presser.

 

Edited March 27, 2020 by TexArcher

[hpslugga 4044]

1 hour ago, Kringelbert Fishtybuns said:

Is this on an absolute or relative scale? 
 

When my 7 yo writes a story for class, I don’t get mad that it’s not Shakespeare.

Yeah but you would be if your 7 yo wrote “I be pre-zo-dent”

[Pig Bellmont 8691]

46 minutes ago, F250 said:

Good point. It does seem that a large portion of the public is expecting a cure like if this was an episode of Homeland and a syrum is massed produced at the end of an episode. Then Carrie Mathison stares at a mirror crying before running off to have sex with some dude at a bar.

Would watch

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

This is the natural result of putting a carnival showman as president.  He has never said "things aren't perfect" in his life.  He can only deliver news that is "we are either doing great now," or "things are going to be great very soon."  

[TexLonghorn 5590]

1 hour ago, F250 said:

Good point. It does seem that a large portion of the public is expecting a cure like if this was an episode of Homeland and a syrum is massed produced at the end of an episode. Then Carrie Mathison stares at a mirror crying before running off to have sex with some dude at a bar.

If a syrum is a cross between a serum and a syrup, then you've got America pegged! 

"I need you to take this medicine."  

"No, thank you."

"Well, then I need you to drink this syrup directly from the bottle..."

"Bring it on!!"

[F250 28682]

1 hour ago, Bullneck said:

Strong beat OU one year.  Don't forget that.

Yeah, that was the time he made all the women folk blush when he revealed the size of his finger.

 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33843]

sorta surprised to see 90% of the folks here aren't completely regarded. figured it would track closer to national average. guess there is something to a good education after all

[henrygandorf 29175]

petition to edit thread title to put the word "leadership" in quotes.

[Goredho 17348]

I give his crisis management a solid...

 

[gmr548 16511]

Yeah, that was the time he made all the women folk blush when he revealed the size of his finger.

 

That's the polar opposite of Trump.

Actively working to downplay the virus and delay testing, lying constantly to the American public, pushing to ignore experts and "restart" the economy in a week, fumbling away the chance to mass produce ventilators and PPE while there's still time for it to make a difference, withholding aid from states whose governors don't flatter him enough...

F- would be way too high and you're a fucking idiot, full stop, if you think anything else.

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

3 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Not to derail (oh who am I kidding), but Donald Trump makes Charlie Strong look like Nick Saban by comparison.

Keep the fucking football out of the CR, asshole.

[Goredho 17348]

6 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

That's the polar opposite of Trump.

Actively working to downplay the virus and delay testing, lying constantly to the American public, pushing to ignore experts and "restart" the economy in a week, fumbling away the chance to mass produce ventilators and PPE while there's still time for it to make a difference, withholding aid from states whose governors don't flatter him enough...

F- would be way too high and you're a fucking idiot, full stop, if you think anything else.

and that finger scoffs at Trump's little pudgy fingers.

[jimmyjazz 45557]

2 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Keep the fucking football out of the CR, asshole.

Well played, my friend.  Well played.

[Pancho 44475]

If Govs of states that need help aren't nice to him, he's telling them "oh well, your people are going to die."

Seriously.  Is that leadership? Is that American? 

[TwiceHorn 31272]

2 hours ago, ChiTownDoc said:

He finally invoked the Defense Production Act.  Of course he wasted a month being a fat twat and then 2 weeks negotiating because he assumed Kush's superior skills would prevail and somehow enrich the Trump Organization.

Really tired Narrator:  They didn't

Fify.

[Mole 4320]

3 hours ago, Kringelbert Fishtybuns said:

Is this on an absolute or relative scale? 
 

When my 7 yo writes a story for class, I don’t get mad that it’s not Shakespeare.

Agreed. In objective terms, it's been pretty terrible, but this is simultaneously the high point for his leadership. It's the best we've seen him.

[DDD Dad 14251]

1 hour ago, Goredho said:

I give his crisis management a solid...

 

The aristocrats!

[Upgrayedd 5805]

1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

petition to edit thread title to put the word "leadership" in quotes.

Seconded 

[JimmyJames 12271]

3 hours ago, Anastasis said:

The testing strategy was a huge bed shitting and clearly aligned with the lack of seriousness he approached the threat. The ventilator production appears to be the next bed shitting in play. The foolish insistence that there is a pill that is going to solve all of this feeds into the general medical ignorance of the American public. Oh don't worry about all that COVID (Big Macs) and lack of ventilators (exercise), we got a solution sitting at the bottom of this pill bottle for you. 

In every modeling of a flu pandemic (they thought it would be the flu) every single one assumed proper testing in the US because we obviously have the means to do it. The fact that this failed is Zimbabwe level bullshit and cannot ever be forgiven. The fact that it continues to be a failing can be laid squarely at the feet of our deranged narcissistic president. He needs to be removed immediately.

[Goredho 17348]

You know how I know there is no deep state and Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone?

Trump is still a living President.

[Anastasis 23395]

36 minutes ago, JimmyJames said:

In every modeling of a flu pandemic (they thought it would be the flu) every single one assumed proper testing in the US because we obviously have the means to do it. 

I'd sincerely like to see those models and the underlying assumptions to see how applicable the assumptions are to a novel coronavirus situation. 

Here is one from the institute of disease modeling in 2016 that predicted 1MM deaths by month 2 and 10MM by month 3 from a novel airborne flu virus.  I didn't do a lot of searching though. 

http://www.idmod.org/news/node/296

 

[Biff Tannen 45494]

4 hours ago, babysdaddy said:

I am offended.  It's 'bizness skillz'.  

Bizness Socks?

[Bama Chick 28596]

Agreed. In objective terms, it's been pretty terrible, but this is simultaneously the high point for his leadership. It's the best we've seen him.

His “high point” is proclaiming that federal help to states is dependent on governors appreciation and praise for him?

And if they aren’t sufficiently sycophantic then those citizens will pay the price?

I mean, wow.

[Nivek 16859]

Needs an "I am a stupid idiot for making this poll" option. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

51 minutes ago, Goredho said:

You know how I know there is no deep state and Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone?

Trump is still a living President.

I just went on a Secret Service watchlist for liking this. Worth it.