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And no, he didn't say anything about student loan payments. He also didn't say anything about medical bill payments, insurance payments, house or rent payments or car, credit card, utilities etc. So what?
Stopping the interest accruing will ease the amount needed to be repaid.
originally posted by: proximo
My god, people are holding Trump to a ridiculous standard.
How many people at first minimized this,
...and now are taking it very serious?
He is just a human, he doesn't have the ability to see the future.
As for him proposing stuff before talking it over with every one - Guess what that is the fastest way to get stuff accomplished - get it out there, and if the public supports it - it goes along way towards making it happen - or stopping it if it's a bad idea.
originally posted by: jjkenobi
Trump and this administration are showing what real leadership looks like.
The facts for rates and transmissions for Covid19 will be far far less than occurred from Obama and his administration's inaction on H1N1 Swine Flu.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: fencesitter85
Yay!
More blamestorming.....
I'm going to love watching the tears for the next 4 year's.
originally posted by: fencesitter85
This is after 24hrs of yet again totally failing to take responsibility for anything. This guy- the guy so many of you support without question under any circumstances- is incapable of owning it, ever.
originally posted by: fencesitter85
Those of you who have backed him relentlessly while he lines the pockets of his and his family's pockets are your expense are part of the problem.
originally posted by: 1947boomer
originally posted by: jjkenobi
Trump and this administration are showing what real leadership looks like.
The facts for rates and transmissions for Covid19 will be far far less than occurred from Obama and his administration's inaction on H1N1 Swine Flu.
You appear to have no clue as to what you are talking about. The facts are already in and they totally contradict your mistaken belief.
Here is a pointer to an analysis of the H1N1 epidemic done at Imperial College, London:
www.who.int...
The important point is on page 6, which is the discussion of transmission rate (R) and speed of growth (doubling time) in the US. I'll quote:
"Growth rate slow – doubling time never got below 17 days, and has now reduced. Consistent with R~1.2."
Here is a pointer to a recent analysis of the outbreak of COVID-19 on the Diamond Princess:
www.ijidonline.com...(20)30091-6/fulltext
It showed a transmission rate of 2.28--nearly twice as high as the H1N1 rate.
Here's an article in the Lancet that modeled the early outbreak of COVID-19 in China:
www.thelancet.com...(20)30260-9/fulltext
They showed a slightly higher R of 2.68 and a doubling time of 6.4 days.
COVID-19 is moving much faster than H1N1 and is infecting many more people.
originally posted by: Byrd
I have to raise the question, though, of "how real is this?" From his February tweets that we had it all under control (link to DJT tweet on this twitter.com...) to his statements about waiving copays on insurance (which left the insurance industry going "huh?") he has shown a tendency to talk first and plan later, assuming everyone will go along with whatever he has in mind.
So how much of this IS real? We'll see over the next few weeks. The US response has fallen way behind that of the rest of the world. If what happens is just that he made things up to reassure the public, we'll see more failures and confusion in the response and a real burden on our health care system as people who are ill can't get treatment.
originally posted by: Byrd
originally posted by: proximo
My god, people are holding Trump to a ridiculous standard.
I don't see how holding him to the same standard as the rest of the world leaders is "ridiculous"... unless you have some sort of belief that the US Presidency is only an honorary post.
How many people at first minimized this,
Not the pandemic team of the CDC... that he fired back in 2017, declaring it an "unnecessary waste" of the Obama administration. The WHO and other organizations have been urging action since December.
World leaders kept their eye on things and started making plans to roll out various stages (testing kits, quarrantine, etc, etc.) Trump only moved when the stock market went into freefall.
...and now are taking it very serious?
I'm still not convinced that he's taking it seriously. He's still doing the big rallies and
He is just a human, he doesn't have the ability to see the future.
He doesn't seem to have the ability to listen to advisors.
As for him proposing stuff before talking it over with every one - Guess what that is the fastest way to get stuff accomplished - get it out there, and if the public supports it - it goes along way towards making it happen - or stopping it if it's a bad idea.
Management by blue-sky guesswork is a terrible idea... as you might know if you've ever had someone like that as your manager. Wastes money, wastes resources.
originally posted by: Byrd
originally posted by: proximo
My god, people are holding Trump to a ridiculous standard.
I don't see how holding him to the same standard as the rest of the world leaders is "ridiculous"... unless you have some sort of belief that the US Presidency is only an honorary post.
How many people at first minimized this,
Not the pandemic team of the CDC... that he fired back in 2017, declaring it an "unnecessary waste" of the Obama administration. The WHO and other organizations have been urging action since December.
World leaders kept their eye on things and started making plans to roll out various stages (testing kits, quarrantine, etc, etc.) Trump only moved when the stock market went into freefall.
...and now are taking it very serious?
I'm still not convinced that he's taking it seriously. He's still doing the big rallies and
He is just a human, he doesn't have the ability to see the future.
He doesn't seem to have the ability to listen to advisors.
As for him proposing stuff before talking it over with every one - Guess what that is the fastest way to get stuff accomplished - get it out there, and if the public supports it - it goes along way towards making it happen - or stopping it if it's a bad idea.
Management by blue-sky guesswork is a terrible idea... as you might know if you've ever had someone like that as your manager. Wastes money, wastes resources.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
Everyone can agree that the one serious flaw of Trump is he will say whatever comes into his head at the moment. This has taken away from some great things he has accomplish.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: Anathros
Seriously..aren't some of you the least bit curious as to what the plan (if any) they have for actually keeping us safe?
It's NOT the job of government to keep us safe!
WE have the responsibility to keep ourselves safe.