Clown Car V: 2020 version!

[Estebonrober]

I know, I know but seriously, did he put any videos out yesterday?

Someone pointed out early on that his telepresence (or lack thereof) is a good indicator of his health. I know he rage tweeted yesterday a bit when calling off stimulus talks, but those messages were too well put together to have been by him even though it had ALL CAPS RAGE (IMO). And not putting out a video after his team said they'd do one every day is also indicative.

I have no idea man. For all my pontificating I try to ignore this president as much as possible. I get very little video of anything.

 

[Gori the Grey]

I think no video yesterday or yet today. This is going to be a problem for them. He's only been able to muster rather subdued > 5min videos. With ALL CAPS EVEN WHEN HE SPEAKS Trump, that means he's unwell.

We're used to seeing him standing at a rally for about an hour delivering his unfunny stand-up routine. When he isn't doing that any more, that means he's unwell.

And he's trained his followers to mock the weak.

Edit: now they've released today's (though he speaks of being released from the hospital one day ago rather than two). Five minutes. He's mostly his usual self. Rambling. Desperate for an out-of-the-park homerun cure-all (hydroxichloroquine, bleach, UV light, etc). Now its the drug they gave him: Regeneron. Regeneron. Regeneron. Blaming China. His accordion hands thing.

Just shows they know they need to release something daily. So any day that they don't release a video, it means he's not healthy enough to film a five minute video.

Second edit: So, it took me three viewings to figure out what was a little off about it. Here's what it is. The bulk of it is addressed to people suffering from Covid. He's almost never, or never, addressed them, and this is addressed mostly to them: I'll get you the drug (for free) and make you feel better. Now, of course, that's just the narcissism thing: only now that I've had it can I put myself in the shoes of people who have it. It doesn't come across as sympathetic, in large part because it's in his usual braggadocious voice, and in large part because, I think, it's not. What's remarkable is the narrowing of focus. He's got a campaign to try to salvage, and the only people he's appealing to in this video are people who presently have the illness. Again, this is (imho) narcissism: because he's just experienced it, now all he can think about is people who are experiencing it. (Not people who've lost loved ones to it. not people who don't want to catch it in the first place).

 

[hobbsyoyo]

He put out a video after he went back to the Oval office. I skimmed it and he looked and sounded fine though media sources point out it has a lot of edits in it. He's in full makeup again and I've heard everyone around him has to be in basically hazmat suits.

 

[Takhisis]

He's gone full platinum blond himself! Check the pic from the article below!

Trump calls Covid diagnosis 'blessing from God' amid false treatment claims
President returns to Oval Office despite concerns he should be self-isolating as virus spreads in White House

Spoiler :

Donald Trump has called his Covid-19 infection “a blessing from God” as he returned to the Oval Office on Wednesday despite concerns that he should be self-isolating, as the virus continued to spread among senior White House figures.

In a video message posted to Twitter, Trump said that an experimental drug cocktail from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals was key to recovering from his infection. He said it was his suggestion to be treated with the drug, which has rarely been used outside clinical trials.

“I feel great. I feel, like, perfect,” the president says in the video. “I think this was a blessing from God, that I caught it. This was a blessing in disguise. I caught it, I heard about this drug, I said let me take it. It was my suggestion.”

The president also promised to bring the drug to the American people for free, hawking it – falsely – as a “cure”. There is no cure for Covid-19.

Trump’s latest claims echoed his previous endorsements of unapproved treatments – from hydroxychloroquine to bleach. Even if the drug is effective, it has not yet been granted emergency authorization for use by the general public.

Trump, recently returned from several days at Walter Reed national military medical center, was back in the Oval Office for the first time on Wednesday, where he received a briefing about Hurricane Delta, which has been belting Mexico and is heading for the US later this week, and on economic stimulus prospects.

A coronavirus outbreak among numerous figures in the president’s orbit has created a dramatic situation in the Trump administration. At least 27 people across the White House, election campaign and military leaders have tested positive for the virus. One of Trump’s closest advisers, Stephen Miller, was diagnosed on Tuesday.

Questions were raised about the safety of the president’s decision to return to the Oval Office despite having announced a positive test less than a week ago. Speaking to reporters, the deputy White House press secretary, Brian Morgenstern, cited “CDC guidelines” as being among tools available to make sure his presence in the office was safe.

“Well, we can do it in a safe way, we can disinfect regularly,” said Brian Morgenstern. “We have PPE that we can use. And we can interact with him standing back.”

According to CDC guidelines, it would seem Trump should not be in the Oval Office. The CDC has that anyone “sick or infected” with Covid-19 “should separate themselves from others by staying in a specific ‘sick room’” – meaning they should not go to and from an office in which they interact with others.

The guidelines add that those who test positive for Covid can be with others “at least 10 days since symptoms first appeared and after at least 24 hours with no fever without fever-reducing medication and if other symptoms of Covid-19 are improving”.

Access to Trump for White House aides has been extremely limited since his discharge. The White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and senior adviser Dan Scavino were among those with the president in the Oval Office. Those meeting with Trump are required to wear full personal protective gear to minimize their risk.

Trump could have received his briefings elsewhere in the complex, but the president believed it was important that he be seen working from the office, according to a White House official who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Dr Sean Conley, the White House physician, said Trump had declared: “I feel great!”

Conley added in a memo that Trump had been symptom-free for over 24 hours, and that his oxygen saturation level and respiratory rate were normal. The memo also said a blood test on Monday showed Trump had coronavirus antibodies. However, some were swift to point out that Trump recently received a large dose of the Regeneron cocktail, which contains such antibodies.

Regeneron says it is not possible for this type of blood test to distinguish between antibodies Trump’s body may be making and those supplied by the company’s drug. Most likely, the ones detected in the Monday test are from the drug, the company said.

 

[IglooDame]

He's gone full platinum blond himself! Check the pic from the article below!

I wonder how many other infected folks in the White House hotspot are also getting that Regeneron cocktail?

 

[innonimatu]

Saying this under clown car because it's about political marketing. I've been wondering if 2020 will the the year of one of those rare political inversions in the US. In the event of a Biden win the republicans are perhaps preparing for a future where the remaining business interests desert to the democrats' field, by attacking them "from the left"?

As I've commented I can't pay close attention to politicians there but the strategy would make sense, in terms of positioning within that duopoly of power...

 

[Lexicus]

 

[Kyriakos]

The problem is that many liked that tweet...
It seems he is one of those masterminds who thinks the US isn't a democracy cause it is a "republic"

 

[Gori the Grey]

prospefity

Dude can't even effin' spell.

 

[Sommerswerd]

prospefity

Tastes good with covfefe

 

[Gori the Grey]

covfefe

Dude can't effin' spell.

 

[Sommerswerd]

covfefe

Dude can't effin' spell.

Got me fixed.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Didn't get you good enough. Should have quoted you so the original misspelling couldn't disappear into the internet ether.

A limerick on the fly

Two places for flies are most fit.
In a month we will know which is it.
A corpse is the worst.
If it isn't the first,
Then it's only a pile of [bleep].

 

[Sommerswerd]

Didn't get you good enough. Should have quoted you so the original misspelling couldn't disappear into the internet ether.

That was the point of me admitting it, jeez

That last limerick was one of your best BTW

 

[Gori the Grey]

I'm glad you like it. I think absurdities like that are more fun to work through than just the day-to-day Trump horror.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Why dont Republican just register as a Foreign agent ?
Oh right that would have looked bad.

Elliott Broidy, a Top Trump Fund-Raiser, Charged in Foreign Influence Case
Federal authorities accused him of violating lobbying laws in his unsuccessful efforts to resolve an investigation into the embezzlement of the Malaysian investment fund 1MDB.
Elliott Broidy already had a record when he became a major fund-raiser for the Trump campaign in 2016. Now he has become the latest Trump ally to face criminal charges, this time accused of evading foreign lobbying laws while trying to make money off his access to the administration.
The case centers on an accusation that Mr. Broidy accepted $6 million from an unnamed foreign client to lobby administration officials to end a federal investigation related to the looting of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund,
They include a promised $75 million “success fee” from Mr. Low and discussions about arranging for Malaysia’s prime minister to play golf with President Trump

People who had backgrounds or were pursuing business that was likely to have raised red flags in other campaigns and administrations marketed themselves
He had been a top Republican fund-raiser for years, but he had retreated from politics after pleading guilty in 2009 to a charge, later reduced to a misdemeanor, in an unrelated pension fund bribery case.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/...tion=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

[Takhisis]

Ow ow OW all the punches Don Lemon's throwing live on CNN right now. He's called Donald Trump a liar, a snake oil salesman, a bigot and a racist all in the past few minutes.

 

[Kyriakos]

"Should people get more welfare the longer they are on welfare?"

 

[Sommerswerd]

The ones I talk to call him Papa.

Papa Franco for us.

Pence won't use a plexiglass barrier at the debate but Harris will have one installed around herself.​

I admit being disappointed by the glass barriers. I was half expecting Harris to be up there in a Pope-mobile style bullet-proof bubble... and Pence to be ranting about how extreme it was. That would have been quite a spectacle... but no, they went with some boring, normal sneeze-guards-between-cubicles setup.

Kind of a metaphor for the whole debate... now that I think about it.​

 

[Cutlass]

The racism doesn't even pretend it's not anymore.