The Presidency of Donald J. Trump, Episode VII: We Are All Going To Die, Thanks Obama!

3pm presser. What could go wrong.

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They will call it part three of his two year annual physical and take him to Walter reed

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If he had remotely competent advisers theyā€™d at least move that speech til after the market closed, lol.

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Heā€™s intentionally trying to tank the markets.

Time to get those shorts in now.

In this media environment? With this much uncertainty? With a president with this kind of cult-like following?

There no precedent for this at all.

There no president for this at all, either.

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I agree. Based on what we know, that timeline matches. Bolsonaro and his press sec were at Mar-A-Lago over the weekend, news of them being tested came out Wed/Thurs. Thatā€™s 4 or 5 days from when they met with Trump.

Iā€™ve thought Trump had it since he let Gaetz into his office or whatever on Air Force One after knowing Gaetz had tested positive. A notorious germaphobe wants to be in an enclosed roomā€¦ on a planeā€¦ with a guy who has this scary new disease?

Fuck no, he doesnā€™tā€¦ unless he already has it so it doesnā€™t matter.

A notorious germaphobe is doing handshake lines with somewhat random supporters during a pandemic? Fuck no, he isnā€™tā€¦ unless he already has it so it doesnā€™t matter.

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Well, we donā€™t want to have a big celebration in an enclosed space and we need to maintain social distancingā€¦ So maybe a very well spaced out block party?

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Last time he said we had ~40 deaths from something that he royally fucked up, we had 3,000.

This time itā€™s going to be a lot worse.

The Trumps and Kushners got their money out on the bounce, 3pm is not an accident.

BTW market was up about 3% before that tweet, itā€™s now up 1%. I think the market is pricing in the likelihood that this speech sends them into a panic.

Not according to him

There is at least a 20% chance Trump is infected, maybe higher.

Itā€™s way higher. Closer to 90% imo.

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1238485355998973953?s=20

Title VII gives the President the authority to determine any rule or regulation that may be necessary to carry out the powers that he is given in the Act. This can be either through a federal agency, or any other means the President sees fit.

What could go wrong?

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The federal aid will be targeted at red states and (especially) swing states, guaranteed.

Meanwhile, blue states like CA/WA/NY will be blasted for how poorly their governors are handling things.

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and to cancel elections

Nothing contains a Coronavirus outbreak likeā€¦A WALL

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Everything?

I imagine this has to be about some sort of bailout of large corporations and banks, people dying in the street is no big deal in America but a stock market sell off justifies whatever amount of money is needed.

That type of speech scratches deplorables right where they itch. The dogwhistle xenophobia really got them excited that things were gonna get better. Or at least that was the case with my mother.

Took long enough. Should have been declared two weeks ago.