Ah, thought they might be the two. Good too see Janie working on the front lines in health care during the crisis - and not surprised at all to see her step up.
Trump Derangement Syndrome
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Ah, thought they might be the two. Good too see Janie working on the front lines in health care during the crisis - and not surprised at all to see her step up.
Coronavirus: What this crisis reveals about US - and its president
This is a very long article but very apt and very revealing of the US President's narcissism.
Not posting the entire article here...............just some highlights............or rather low-lights. ;-)
"Nations, like individuals, reveal themselves at times of crisis. In emergencies of this immense magnitude, it soon becomes evident whether a sitting president is equal to the moment. So what have we learnt about the United States as it confronts this national and global catastrophe? Will lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have been in a form of legislative lockdown for years now, a paralysis borne of partisanship, rise to the challenge? And what of the man who now sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, who has cloaked himself in the mantle of "wartime president"?
Of the three questions, the last one is the least interesting, largely because Donald Trump's response has been so predictable. He has not changed. He has not grown. He has not admitted errors. He has shown little humility.
Instead, all the hallmarks of his presidency have been on agitated display. The ridiculous boasts - he has awarded himself a 10 out of 10 for his handling of the crisis. The politicisation of what should be the apolitical - he toured the Centers for Disease Control wearing a campaign cap emblazoned with the slogan "Keep America Great".
The mind-bending truth-twisting - he now claims to have fully appreciated the scale of the pandemic early on, despite dismissing and downplaying the threat for weeks. The attacks on the "fake news" media, including a particularly vicious assault on a White House reporter who asked what was his message to frightened Americans: "I tell them you are a terrible reporter." His pettiness and peevishness - mocking Senator Mitt Romney, the only Republican who voted at the end of the impeachment trial for his removal from office, for going into isolation.
His continued attacks on government institutions in the forefront of confronting the crisis - "the Deep State Department" is how he described the State Department from his presidential podium the morning after it issued its most extreme travel advisory urging Americans to refrain from all international travel. His obsession with ratings, or in this instance, confirmed case numbers - he stopped a cruise ship docking on the West Coast, noting: "I like the numbers where they are. I don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn't our fault." His compulsion for hype - declaring the combination of hydroxycholoroquine and azithromycin "one of the biggest game-changers in the history of medicine," even as medical officials warn against offering false hope.
His lack of empathy. Rather than soothing words for relatives of those who have died, or words of encouragement and appreciation for those in the medical trenches, Trump's daily White House briefings commonly start with a shower of self-congratulation. After Trump has spoken, Mike Pence, his loyal deputy, usually delivers a paean of praise to the president in that Pyongyang-on-the-Potomac style he has perfected over the past three years. Trump's narcissistic hunger for adoration seems impossible to sate. Instead of a wartime president, he has sounded at times like a sun king.
Then there is the xenophobia that has always been the sine qua non of his political business model - repeatedly he describes the disease as the "Chinese virus". Just as he scapegoated China and Mexican immigrants for decimating America's industrial heartland ahead of the 2016 presidential election, he is blaming Beijing for the coronavirus outbreak in an attempt to win re-election.
His attempt at economic stewardship has been more convincing than his mastery of public health. A lesson from financial shocks of the past, most notably the meltdown in 2008, is to "go big" early on. That he has tried to do. But here, as well, there are shades of his showman self. He seems to have rounded on the initial figure of a trillion dollars for the stimulus package because it sounds like such a gargantuan number - a fiscal eighth wonder of the world.
Trump, in common with all populists and demagogues, favours simple solutions to complex problems. He closed America's border to those who had travelled to China, a sensible move in hindsight. However, the coronavirus outbreak has required the kind of multi-pronged approach and long-term thinking that seems beyond him. This has always been a presidency of the here and now. It is not well equipped to deal with a public health and economic emergency that will dominate the rest of his presidency, whether he only gets to spend the next 10 months in the White House or another five years."
More: www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52012049
There you go, Walter..........I await my reddie.
Yep, building four more hospitals would be very bright, especially as the crisis will be over before 3 of them get built!
You just can't fix f**kin' stupid!
Would you expect a pro Trump article from the BBC . Of course the Beeb hates Trump , they are the British version of CBC .Coronavirus: What this crisis reveals about US - and its president
This is a very long article but very apt and very revealing of the US President's narcissism.
Not posting the entire article here...............just some highlights............or rather low-lights. ;-)
"Nations, like individuals, reveal themselves at times of crisis. In emergencies of this immense magnitude, it soon becomes evident whether a sitting president is equal to the moment. So what have we learnt about the United States as it confronts this national and global catastrophe? Will lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have been in a form of legislative lockdown for years now, a paralysis borne of partisanship, rise to the challenge? And what of the man who now sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, who has cloaked himself in the mantle of "wartime president"?
Of the three questions, the last one is the least interesting, largely because Donald Trump's response has been so predictable. He has not changed. He has not grown. He has not admitted errors. He has shown little humility.
Instead, all the hallmarks of his presidency have been on agitated display. The ridiculous boasts - he has awarded himself a 10 out of 10 for his handling of the crisis. The politicisation of what should be the apolitical - he toured the Centers for Disease Control wearing a campaign cap emblazoned with the slogan "Keep America Great".
The mind-bending truth-twisting - he now claims to have fully appreciated the scale of the pandemic early on, despite dismissing and downplaying the threat for weeks. The attacks on the "fake news" media, including a particularly vicious assault on a White House reporter who asked what was his message to frightened Americans: "I tell them you are a terrible reporter." His pettiness and peevishness - mocking Senator Mitt Romney, the only Republican who voted at the end of the impeachment trial for his removal from office, for going into isolation.
His continued attacks on government institutions in the forefront of confronting the crisis - "the Deep State Department" is how he described the State Department from his presidential podium the morning after it issued its most extreme travel advisory urging Americans to refrain from all international travel. His obsession with ratings, or in this instance, confirmed case numbers - he stopped a cruise ship docking on the West Coast, noting: "I like the numbers where they are. I don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn't our fault." His compulsion for hype - declaring the combination of hydroxycholoroquine and azithromycin "one of the biggest game-changers in the history of medicine," even as medical officials warn against offering false hope.
His lack of empathy. Rather than soothing words for relatives of those who have died, or words of encouragement and appreciation for those in the medical trenches, Trump's daily White House briefings commonly start with a shower of self-congratulation. After Trump has spoken, Mike Pence, his loyal deputy, usually delivers a paean of praise to the president in that Pyongyang-on-the-Potomac style he has perfected over the past three years. Trump's narcissistic hunger for adoration seems impossible to sate. Instead of a wartime president, he has sounded at times like a sun king.
Then there is the xenophobia that has always been the sine qua non of his political business model - repeatedly he describes the disease as the "Chinese virus". Just as he scapegoated China and Mexican immigrants for decimating America's industrial heartland ahead of the 2016 presidential election, he is blaming Beijing for the coronavirus outbreak in an attempt to win re-election.
His attempt at economic stewardship has been more convincing than his mastery of public health. A lesson from financial shocks of the past, most notably the meltdown in 2008, is to "go big" early on. That he has tried to do. But here, as well, there are shades of his showman self. He seems to have rounded on the initial figure of a trillion dollars for the stimulus package because it sounds like such a gargantuan number - a fiscal eighth wonder of the world.
Trump, in common with all populists and demagogues, favours simple solutions to complex problems. He closed America's border to those who had travelled to China, a sensible move in hindsight. However, the coronavirus outbreak has required the kind of multi-pronged approach and long-term thinking that seems beyond him. This has always been a presidency of the here and now. It is not well equipped to deal with a public health and economic emergency that will dominate the rest of his presidency, whether he only gets to spend the next 10 months in the White House or another five years."
More: www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52012049
There you go, Walter..........I await my reddie.
Trump supporters like Trump calling out and being critical of lying sleazy journalists .
Smart enough to realize that America dodged a bullet when they elected Trump . And smart enough to know that Canadian liberals thrive on the anti Trump and anti American sentiment . They rode it to re-election .
Yep, building four more hospitals would be very bright, especially as the crisis will be over before 3 of them get built!
How China built 2 - in 10 days.
Trucks line up for the construction site of a field hospital in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. The builders will complete the 1,000-bed hospital by Feb. 3 to cope with the surge of 2019-nCoV patients in the city.
Getty Images
An engineering contractor walks in front of 35 excavators
Workers driving bulldozers smooth out the ground for construction
Aerial view of excavators working at the site
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, (center) wearing a green mask, talks with staff members as he visits the site
A massive undertaking as workers and machinery work to complete the hospitals in weeks
Workers unload materials
Rolling out damp-proof lining
An aerial photo shows excavators and trucks around the construction site as the foundation takes shape
Hundreds of workers and heavy machinery erect the frame for the hospitals
Modular pieces are maneuvered into place
The second story nears completion
Aerial view of the nearly completed hospitals
Finishing touches
I'd have more respect for you, Walter should you ever decide to reply with a cogent rebuttal rather than then this juvenile 'prog shit'.
Took less time for them to spread the virus.How China built 2 - in 10 days.
Trucks line up for the construction site of a field hospital in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. The builders will complete the 1,000-bed hospital by Feb. 3 to cope with the surge of 2019-nCoV patients in the city.
Getty ImagesAn engineering contractor walks in front of 35 excavators
Workers driving bulldozers smooth out the ground for construction
Aerial view of excavators working at the site
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, (center) wearing a green mask, talks with staff members as he visits the site
A massive undertaking as workers and machinery work to complete the hospitals in weeks
Workers unload materials
Rolling out damp-proof lining
An aerial photo shows excavators and trucks around the construction site as the foundation takes shape
Hundreds of workers and heavy machinery erect the frame for the hospitals
Modular pieces are maneuvered into place
The second story nears completion
Aerial view of the nearly completed hospitals
Finishing touches
I didn't expect anything, actually. Came across the article whilst browsing bbc online - which to my taste is much more palatable than the TV version as you can breeze by all the dreck instead of having it in your face. Read the article. Felt it well written and researched and decided to share. Not a word of a lie in it, pgs.
I know, I know...........reality sucks.
Try getting the environmental approvals .How China built 2 - in 10 days.
Trucks line up for the construction site of a field hospital in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. The builders will complete the 1,000-bed hospital by Feb. 3 to cope with the surge of 2019-nCoV patients in the city.
Getty Images
An engineering contractor walks in front of 35 excavators
Workers driving bulldozers smooth out the ground for construction
Aerial view of excavators working at the site
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, (center) wearing a green mask, talks with staff members as he visits the site
A massive undertaking as workers and machinery work to complete the hospitals in weeks
Workers unload materials
Rolling out damp-proof lining
An aerial photo shows excavators and trucks around the construction site as the foundation takes shape
Hundreds of workers and heavy machinery erect the frame for the hospitals
Modular pieces are maneuvered into place
The second story nears completion
Aerial view of the nearly completed hospitals
Finishing touches
