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Are America, and Trump, being played? America has never been brought to her knees to the level happening right now,
American Thinker ^ | 03/21/2020 | By Eric Georgatos

Posted on 03/21/2020 7:42:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: Alberta's Child

Well said, that’s what this looks like.


61 posted on 03/21/2020 10:01:01 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: CodeToad

Wake up

The Dems are the Chinese do gooders

They take their orders from Beijing

The enemy is within


62 posted on 03/21/2020 10:02:45 AM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: Trump.Deplorable

“Wake up

The Dems are the Chinese do gooder”

So? Who doesn’t know that?


63 posted on 03/21/2020 10:03:53 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: Old Yeller
Ceaușescu'd.
64 posted on 03/21/2020 10:09:29 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: GOPJ

Temps don’t detect enough and people are passing it around to each other in the meantime.

I think we have to shut down but also wait for the warmer weather in a month to help us.


65 posted on 03/21/2020 10:10:46 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Alberta's Child
President Trump is not being played......What HAS happened is that political considerations have forced him to react to a ridiculous, infantile public hysteria that has been fanned by the media.

Why would Pres Trump go along with something like this? Something that would completely devastate a roaring economy and shutter small biz?

That would mean he is playing us.

And, I don't think he is.

66 posted on 03/21/2020 10:11:10 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: F450-V10
Re: An enemy destroying itself as the Democrats have demonstrates the nature of spiritual retribution better than anything originating directly from Trump (not to ignore Trump’s refusal to acquiesce and the prayers of tens of millions of Americans past and present). I still fear that the innocent are harmed along with the bad, but I’m somewhat heartened by the belief that a better good may come from it.

Bravo!!! I couldn't have said it better!!!

67 posted on 03/21/2020 10:25:51 AM PDT by Sons of Union Vets (Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory!)
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To: SeekAndFind
As I've posted on other threads, this is nothing more than a bailout of failed U.S. States such as California, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

The Socialist "Democrats" in these states don't care what they do to the economy - they haven't been a part of it since Trump kickstarted it in 2016 and they're are not showing any signs of rejoining it as anything other than outright thieves.
Even if they do succeed in grabbing a trillion dollars two trillion dollars of others’ money, what are they going to do next time?

You can see why these unmasked communists in the U.S. and other countries committed crimes so willingly to try and stop President Trump and other Deplorables. They can't have their gravy train end as THEIR bills, especially their unfunded pensions roll, in.

Let's hope President Trump has all the right strings attached to the bailout. I hope the New Yorker in him comes through; "Yeah, we'll help you out with your debt problem but Tony here will hold onto the note. We sure wouldn't like to see something happen to this place. "

BTW - the Flugaloo has begun.

68 posted on 03/21/2020 10:31:21 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Jane Long
He’s “going along with this” because the political consequences of NOT doing anything would be devastating. An elected leader can’t possibly get up there and tell people that they’re a bunch of hysterical morons, and that they should stop panicking and get on with their lives.

But notice HOW Trump is going along with this. He is showing leadership, he’s being transparent about the process, and he’s letting medical professionals explain to the public those things that a medical professional would know better than Donald Trump.

Importantly ... every measure he is announcing as a Federal response to this situation is one that BENEFITS American citizens.

And measures that restrict or constrain people in any way all fit into one of two categories: (1) they are imposed by state or local government officials, or (2) they are imposed by the Federal government but only apply to foreigners (travel restrictions and border closures, for example).

The more I think about it, the more I realize President Trump’s performance may damn well be 100% perfect on this. There isn’t a single thing he’s done here that I can fault.

69 posted on 03/21/2020 10:37:45 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Oh, but it's hard to live by the rules; I never could and still never do.")
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To: Jane Long

P.S. — I forgot one important thing. The economic devastation is NOT being caused by President Trump. It was caused by the same silly hysteria that he is being forced to deal with.


70 posted on 03/21/2020 10:39:38 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Oh, but it's hard to live by the rules; I never could and still never do.")
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To: SeekAndFind; All

Finally, people are waking up and realizing that China has, in a way which allows them to disclaim responsibility, waged war against the U.S. and all countries having the same, or similar, cultural, political, and social genome (”We”).

“We” are uniquely vulnerable to this virus because, unlike Chinese institutions and their government, “We” are unable to take adequate draconian measures, and more importantly, “We” have an immune system comprised of a voting population which has a tendency to over react and hurt itself. I’d blame the media for complicity here, but, they go part and parcel with “We”. Where China can control a media gone crazy, “We” cannot.

Purposeful or not, the release of this chimeric virus by China, has dealt us a blow on par with Pearl Harbor. Trillions. Trillions vanished, Countries brought to standstills, Institutions destroyed. The list goes on here.

I applaud China for their ingenuity, or stupidity, depending upon how the virus found itself free to roam the world.


71 posted on 03/21/2020 11:08:41 AM PDT by Nogara
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To: Alberta's Child

And measures that restrict or constrain people in any way all fit into one of two categories: (1) they are imposed by state or local government officials, or (2) they are imposed by the Federal government but only apply to foreigners (travel restrictions and border closures, for example).

The more I think about it, the more I realize President Trump’s performance may damn well be 100% perfect on this. There isn’t a single thing he’s done here that I can fault.

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The constraints, while forced/authorized by state/local authorities, will be assigned to Trump, unfortunately.

I agree that he’s been 100%, on this...although, we’ll have to agree to disagree that this is a performance. I don’t think he’s faking or covering anything.

And...I agree that the economic devastation is NOT his fault.

I blame it on the ChiComs and Dems....one and the same, I know.


72 posted on 03/21/2020 11:12:05 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: SeekAndFind

has biden shown up in public lately? is biden going to hide until the worst is over and then resurface and blame trump?


73 posted on 03/21/2020 11:12:17 AM PDT by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: 9YearLurker

14 day shutdown followed by temp checks isn’t totally perfect - but what is?

As far as summer helping, the biggest reason summer helps with everyday flu is people are outside and not packed into close places. It’s a numbers thing - some will still be packed in but the others spread out contact. Our bodies raise our temp to 104 to 105 to try to kill this virus... and that doesn’t work. Even in Florida our summers aren’t that hot.

Maybe the CDC can help - tell us what temps kill the virus on cloth, stainless steel, plastic etc. Every idea needs to be on the table. Every flaw challenged. And defended.


74 posted on 03/21/2020 12:22:13 PM PDT by GOPJ ( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfeZlKu8M7A)
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To: SeekAndFind
Hard to say either way. But if you look at what this virus scare (and it is being overhyped) has done to our economy in 3 weeks, this appears to me to be part 3 of Russia Russia Russia.

All the economic gains in the last 3 years are completely wiped out. Employment was on fire; now some outlets are saying to expect as much as 20% unemployment. We've got quantitative easing, zero interest rates, and the federal government pumping out money to people in need, businesses in need, and we are talking about bailouts of the airlines (again), and other industries.

Further, no more Trump rallies to keep us pumped up. Meanwhile, "refugees" continue to be allowed to pour in. Just disastrous. IMHO, seems awfully opportune that this happens so soon after the whole Ukraine thing gets wrapped up.
75 posted on 03/21/2020 1:03:33 PM PDT by softengine
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To: Savage Beast

“Donald Trump is a profoundly moral man!”

and all three of his wives agree.


76 posted on 03/21/2020 3:50:13 PM PDT by FewsOrange
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To: Jane Long
I blame it on the ChiComs and Dems....one and the same, I know.

China Collusion. Been saying it for weeks.

77 posted on 03/21/2020 6:11:07 PM PDT by Dahoser (Not separation of church and state, but The President looked and sounded good to of media and state.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes. We’re all being played. I’m disgusted with every level of government from DC right down to city hall. I’m also disgusted with how many Americans are just going right along with it.


78 posted on 03/21/2020 7:51:20 PM PDT by zeugma (I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
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To: 2banana
I do agree to some extent. South Korea has basically beaten this virus with none of the draconian measures of Italy or America.

That is simply not true. They simply took action quicker and in a more intrusive way.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/italy-south-korea-differ-tackling-coronavirus-outbreak-200313062505781.html

They aggressively tested and tracked anyone who tested positive. They quarantine those who test positive and monitor them electronically to ensure they don't break quarantine. They publish their names and addresses and have an app that tells people when they are near.

"This approach comes at the cost of some privacy. South Korea's system is an intrusive mandatory measure that depends on people surrendering what, for many in Europe and the US, would be a fundamental right of privacy."

"Traditional responses such as locking down affected areas and isolating patients can be only modestly effective, and may cause problems in open societies, says South Korea's Deputy Minister for Health and Welfare Kim Gang-lip.

So they are being just as draconian, but in a different way. You have no privacy. The government has free access to every aspect of your private and electronic life. There are lockdowns when infected appear. Etc etc.

79 posted on 03/21/2020 8:03:38 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Alberta's Child
What HAS happened is that political considerations have forced him to react to a ridiculous, infantile public hysteria that has been fanned by the media.

I'm sorry but that is a ridiculous thought process. He had NO problem at all taking on the entire political system and calling it what it was. He had no problem taking on the entire corrupt structure of Washington. He fought against every plot and lie against him and won. And now you're positing that a fake virus has somehow made him wreck everything he's been working for years to fix?

Or maybe the threat is real. Every press conference he holds shows that he totally believes that this is a war. The whole WORLD is fighting this battle.

80 posted on 03/21/2020 8:07:24 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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