Sprintcyclist wrote on Dec 21
st, 2023 at 5:12am:
Dnarever wrote on Dec 21
st, 2023 at 12:18am:
Bobby. wrote on Dec 20
th, 2023 at 10:50pm:
.................. Except for Covid, the USA was doing well under Trump.
Including covid the US have done much better under Biden.
Almost all indicators performed better under Biden including covid than under Trump excluding covid or before covid.
The only real substantial thing done by Trump was his unfunded tax cuts for the wealthy and that came back to bite the US on the arse in the form of inflation - Trump was a failure.
I give Trump mixed marks on covid. He rushed in the vaccinations, called it 'Warp Speed.'
For this alone, he gets an A+. He did really well there, some things he warrants praise for.
He also gave every state the right to make their own decisions, correct call.
Then, he said 'the experts said to wear masks, but I am not going to wear a mask, so you make your own mind up on that one.'
Going against experts during a pandemic is foolhardy.
From then on, anyone who knew someone who died from covid had reason to vote against Trump.
I believe had he encouraged americans to wear a mask and worn one himself he wold have won the 2nd election.
Americas death rate during covid were far worse than average on a world stage.
The unvaccinated states were very bad.
And not only. Mr Trump managed the biggest covid hotspot in the country: the White House. Multiple people died directly from meetings there. His own brother died of covid.
At one event, Mr Trump's pick for the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, caught covid, along with a number of generals and journalists. Not swayed by this, Mr Trump met with the families of dead veterans, where he went around maskless, kissing them. He boasted that he couldn't stop them from hugging him, people loved their president so much.
When he subsequently caught covid at this event, he recieved his test results: positive. At first, he didn't feel so bad, so he flew off to a debate with Joe Biden. Mr Trump lied on his declaration, and again, refused to wear a mask.
He ordered his daughter and son-in-law to go maskless too, despite strict rules for all audience members. They removed their masks and were the only attendees to do so. Mr Trump stood a few metres from Joe Biden, then 78, knowing he'd tested positive and was at the height of the phase of contagion.
When he was hospitalised, he nearly died. He was pumped with hormone injections, which added to his delusions of grandiosity. He sat with his advisors and plotted his return.
Mr Trump planned a helicopter arrival back at the White House. He would exit the chopper, and stride triumphantly across the South lawn. He would then take the steps up (no leather soled shoes this time), appear at the balcony and stand firm, victorious over death, basking in the cameral flashes of the world. He would remove his shirt and tie - like a male stripper, teasing the crowd - and reveal it to the world: a Superman costume.
Mr Trump knew what covid was doing. He was warned of the dangers of covid before anyone else. The buck stops with him, but do you know?
Forget the absence of leadership. Forget the fake cures, the hydroxychloraquine, the Ivermectin, the fake Physicians For America, the injections of disinfectant to do a number on the lungs and the attempt to turn federal public health briefings into celebrity reality TV. Forget even the thousands of people who died from attending his maskless political rallies.
While we were holed up, socially isolating,
especially if we ever, God forbid,
caught covid, the big fella was personally, directly infecting people, adding new numbers to the US death toll.
Needless to say, it was the highest death toll in the world. No other country even came close.
Ever wonder why?