Under Trump, American exceptionalism means poverty, misery and death

[Guno צְבִי]

No other nation has endured as much death from Covid-19 nor nearly as a high a death rate as has the United States.

With 4.25% of the world population, America has the tragic distinction of accounting for about 30% of pandemic deaths so far.

And it is the only advanced nation where the death rate is still climbing. Three thousand deaths per day are anticipated by 1 June.

No other nation has loosened lockdowns and other social-distancing measures while deaths are increasing, as the US is now doing.

No other advanced nation was as unprepared for the pandemic as was the US.

We now know Donald Trump and his administration were told by public health experts in mid-January that immediate action was required to stop the spread of Covid-19. But according to Dr Anthony Fauci, “there was a lot of pushback”. Trump didn’t act until 16 March.


Epidemiologists estimate 90% of the deaths in the US from the first wave of Covid-19 might have been prevented had social distancing policies been put into effect two weeks earlier, on 2 March.

No nation other than the US has left it to subordinate units of government – states and cities – to buy ventilators and personal protective equipment. In no other nation have such sub-governments been forced to bid against each another.

In no other nation have experts in public health and emergency preparedness been pushed aside and replaced by political cronies like Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who in turn has been advised by Trump donors and Fox News celebrities.


Why is America so different from other advanced nations facing the same coronavirus threat? Why has everything gone so tragically wrong?

Some of it is due to Trump and his hapless and corrupt collection of grifters, buffoons, sycophants, lobbyists and relatives.

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...e-unemployment

[Tacomaman]

The new blonde "liar" in the WH Press Office says RUMPS response to the CV was "unprecidented". Now, since we have never had a CV pandemic before, there is nothing to compare it to. If you simply compare the Administrations preparedness to address a national emergency, RUMP simply failed on a grand scale.

[StoneByStone]

The new blonde "liar" in the WH Press Office says RUMPS response to the CV was "unprecidented". Now, since we have never had a CV pandemic before, there is nothing to compare it to. If you simply compare the Administrations preparedness to address a national emergency, RUMP simply failed on a grand scale.

That's honestly one of the funniest attempts at spin I've ever seen. Trump did something that's never been done before in a situation that never existed before. It's like saying studies show that 100% of the people who aren't president right now aren't doing nearly as much as Trump is.

[Tacomaman]

That's honestly one of the funniest attempts at spin I've ever seen. Trump did something that's never been done before in a situation that never existed before. It's like saying studies show that 100% of the people who aren't president right now aren't doing nearly as much as Trump is.

I thought the same thing. It was the kind of dumb analogy that Sarah Palin used to utter. Mcenany wasnt the brightest of commentators during her CNN run, but she made nice "eye candy" at the RNC.

[saltydancin]

The new blonde "liar" in the WH Press Office says RUMPS response to the CV was "unprecidented". Now, since we have never had a CV pandemic before, there is nothing to compare it to. If you simply compare the Administrations preparedness to address a national emergency, RUMP simply failed on a grand scale.

So what are the odds of trying to make America great again from planning for decades after China started getting more & more of America's business shares in the global economy with a virus which would miraculously originate in China for the US to wage war in retaliation to collect from China just as this Christian Nation's thieving US Constitution - old glory - old testament - absentee voting ballot arsonists did as Christiananality pedophilia business megalomaniacal second coming crusade would collect to remain "man is God" as an all too dang lily brilliant white super ego cross higher than the flag monopoly.

[Trumpet]

So what are the odds of trying to make America great again from planning for decades after China started getting more & more of America's business shares in the global economy with a virus which would miraculously originate in China for the US to wage war in retaliation to collect from China just as this Christian Nation's thieving US Constitution - old glory - old testament - absentee voting ballot arsonists did as Christiananality pedophilia business megalomaniacal second coming crusade would collect to remain "man is God" as an all too dang lily brilliant white super ego cross higher than the flag monopoly.

This is quite the word salad.

[saltydancin]

This is quite the word salad.

Awe, some "man is God" sociopsychopathilogical human farming coronavirus culling of the human race for world salad is quite a master race tautology diatribe.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

So what are the odds of trying to make America great again from planning for decades after China started getting more & more of America's business shares in the global economy with a virus which would miraculously originate in China for the US to wage war in retaliation to collect from China just as this Christian Nation's thieving US Constitution - old glory - old testament - absentee voting ballot arsonists did as Christiananality pedophilia business megalomaniacal second coming crusade would collect to remain "man is God" as an all too dang lily brilliant white super ego cross higher than the flag monopoly.

all that prose just to emit a racist yelp...sad.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

That's honestly one of the funniest attempts at spin I've ever seen. Trump did something that's never been done before in a situation that never existed before. It's like saying studies show that 100% of the people who aren't president right now aren't doing nearly as much as Trump is.

and Jews only got to hollywood in the nineties. hilarious.

[StoneByStone]

and Jews only got to hollywood in the nineties. hilarious.

That's literally the opposite of what I was saying.

Jews became overrepresented in the media during the thirties. "Cultural Marxist" ideas didn't become common in the media until the late nineties.

[Trumpet]

Awe, some "man is God" sociopsychopathilogical human farming coronavirus culling of the human race for world salad is quite a master race tautology diatribe.

Are you all there????????????????

[Loving91390]

all that prose just to emit a racist yelp...sad.

Yup , angry black men do that .....

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

That's literally the opposite of what I was saying.

Jews became overrepresented in the media during the thirties. "Cultural Marxist" ideas didn't become common in the media until the late nineties.

oh ok. suuuuure it is.

[StoneByStone]

oh ok. suuuuure it is.

[Phantasmal]

The new blonde "liar" in the WH Press Office says RUMPS response to the CV was "unprecidented". Now, since we have never had a CV pandemic before, there is nothing to compare it to. If you simply compare the Administrations preparedness to address a national emergency, RUMP simply failed on a grand scale.

Kaylie said COVID wouldn’t come here.