I doubt trump was speaking to his base. That would have required thinking a step ahead, He was merely going tit for tat with China. Getting down in the dirt sometimes works for him. Whatever. Doesn’t matter. He’s ours for at least 10 months.
Paul > On Mar 27, 2020, at 10:46 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > Trump called it the "Chinese Virus" because he's a racist asshole and was > dog-whistling to his "base". > >> On 3/27/2020 19:57:54, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> “Asian” is a race BTW. And of course we have German Measles. >> Trump called it “Chinese Virus” because he was angered by China’s feeble >> attempt to blame the outbreak in the US military. He wasn’t pleased with the >> regime’s early attempt to pretend it wasn’t happening. He still should have >> behaved better, but his anger was understandable. >> Paul >>>> On Mar 27, 2020, at 7:52 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 3/27/2020 5:11 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >>>>>> On 27 Mar 2020, at 16:52, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Here in the USA we get almost daily appearances by Trump in the briefing >>>>> room at the White House, or in the Rose Garden. He (and the particular >>>>> accompaniment of the day) are standing practically shoulder-to-shoulder >>>>> at the podium. >>>>> >>>> An interesting piece about these from the New Yorker: >>>> https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/the-trump-oclock-follies?source=EDT_NYR_EDIT_NEWSLETTER_0_imagenewsletter_Daily_ZZ&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_032720&utm_medium=email&bxid=5db45bed954fcf222d3c4940&cndid=59016074&esrc=&mbid=&utm_term=TNY_Daily >>>> “ respondents were asked what sources of information about the coronavirus >>>> they found most credible. Democrats rated medical professionals and the >>>> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention most highly. Trump came in last >>>> among this group, at fourteen per cent. But, for Republicans, Trump came >>>> in at the top, with ninety per cent saying that they trusted the >>>> President’s information about the coronavirus, making him tied for first >>>> place with medical professionals. The poll shows that, even when their own >>>> lives are literally at stake, a significant subset of the American >>>> population no longer believes in almost anything other than the President.“ >>> >>> That is truly sad. I expect there will be many, many less republicans >>> voting in November because of this. >>> >>> bill >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
