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President Trump Strikes Again!
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This time, he links the death of a murdered citizen, reactions to which are burning his country down around him, to his own self-aggrandisement about the unemployment figures.
He actually says that Mr Floyd will be 'looking down' on him, and that it's a 'great day for him ...'.
There are one or two possible holes in the President's reasoning I feel -
If Mr Floyd is looking down, he may be less inclined to be smiling about the employment figures, he might be pondering why he has been murdered, and what the President is actually going to do about the fallout from that.
Mr Floyd might also be wondering why the President thinks it's a 'great day' for him because … he is still dead!!
Of course, we should not be surprised at this latest nonsense from the President.
The simple fact, which he demonstrates time and time again is this -
President Trump cannot think on his feet - a pre-requisite for any politician at any level.
He is unable to stop what comes into his brain simultaneously coming out of his mouth, and sadly, what does come into his brain in unconnected random thoughts with no sense in them, or link between them.
You can see when he is doing this - first of all he looks right at the camera, which means (oh no!!!) - he has stopped reading the autocue, or any notes he has been given to prevent just such an occurrence as this.
Then his eyes glaze over as he launches into one of his stream-of-nonsense speeches, where he ceases to think at all, and simply says the random words that flit across his mind.
The clincher is the short pause, where even he realises that he has ceased to make any sense whatsoever, and he is simply babbling - again. But of course, he can't have silence, so his mouth starts up again with more of those unconnected meaningless words, and on he goes.
Someone in his administration should be saying "Read this - and only this - do NOT deviate from it in any way shape or form, and when you have read it, stop talking."
The chances are someone does this, but being Donald Trump, he knows better and takes no notice.
The USA is being run by a man whose brain simply does not function normally, and here is proof - again, as if we needed it.
This time, he links the death of a murdered citizen, reactions to which are burning his country down around him, to his own self-aggrandisement about the unemployment figures.
He actually says that Mr Floyd will be 'looking down' on him, and that it's a 'great day for him ...'.
There are one or two possible holes in the President's reasoning I feel -
If Mr Floyd is looking down, he may be less inclined to be smiling about the employment figures, he might be pondering why he has been murdered, and what the President is actually going to do about the fallout from that.
Mr Floyd might also be wondering why the President thinks it's a 'great day' for him because … he is still dead!!
Of course, we should not be surprised at this latest nonsense from the President.
The simple fact, which he demonstrates time and time again is this -
President Trump cannot think on his feet - a pre-requisite for any politician at any level.
He is unable to stop what comes into his brain simultaneously coming out of his mouth, and sadly, what does come into his brain in unconnected random thoughts with no sense in them, or link between them.
You can see when he is doing this - first of all he looks right at the camera, which means (oh no!!!) - he has stopped reading the autocue, or any notes he has been given to prevent just such an occurrence as this.
Then his eyes glaze over as he launches into one of his stream-of-nonsense speeches, where he ceases to think at all, and simply says the random words that flit across his mind.
The clincher is the short pause, where even he realises that he has ceased to make any sense whatsoever, and he is simply babbling - again. But of course, he can't have silence, so his mouth starts up again with more of those unconnected meaningless words, and on he goes.
Someone in his administration should be saying "Read this - and only this - do NOT deviate from it in any way shape or form, and when you have read it, stop talking."
The chances are someone does this, but being Donald Trump, he knows better and takes no notice.
The USA is being run by a man whose brain simply does not function normally, and here is proof - again, as if we needed it.
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Cassa's defence, incidentally, will run something like this:
The relevant passage about Floyd comes just after talking about the recent protests and riots, and in particular:
"Equal justice under the law must mean that every American receives equal treatment in every encounter with law enforcement, regardless of race, colour, gender, creed. They have to receive fair treatment from law enforcement. They have to receive it. We saw what happened last week. We cannot let that happen. Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying, 'there is a great thing happening in our country. It is a great day for him. It is a great day for everybody. This is a great day. This is a great, great day in terms of equality."
Presumably, cassa will point to the first sentence and explain that this is what Trump is talking about. It clearly is not. The only thing great about "this day" are the employment figures. That is the entire point of the speech, from the very first sentence:
"It is a big day for our country. It is affirmation of what we have been doing for three-and-a-half years..."
to the last:
"What happens to our country and what you now see is the greatest thing that could happen for race relations, for the African-American community... our country is so strong and that is what my plan is. We will have the strongest economy in the world. We had the strongest economy anywhere in the world and now we will have an economy that is even stronger."
Everything in Trump's speech is linked to the employment figures. Every. Single. Thing. Including Floyd. And the sentence before his reference was in any case a cue card, one of the few scripted parts of Trump's speech.
I know cassa goes to great lengths to defend the POTUS but this is a step too far and, what's more, I bet cassa knows that too. This was either thoughtless or deliberately trolling, and I'm not sure which is more disturbing, frankly.
The relevant passage about Floyd comes just after talking about the recent protests and riots, and in particular:
"Equal justice under the law must mean that every American receives equal treatment in every encounter with law enforcement, regardless of race, colour, gender, creed. They have to receive fair treatment from law enforcement. They have to receive it. We saw what happened last week. We cannot let that happen. Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying, 'there is a great thing happening in our country. It is a great day for him. It is a great day for everybody. This is a great day. This is a great, great day in terms of equality."
Presumably, cassa will point to the first sentence and explain that this is what Trump is talking about. It clearly is not. The only thing great about "this day" are the employment figures. That is the entire point of the speech, from the very first sentence:
"It is a big day for our country. It is affirmation of what we have been doing for three-and-a-half years..."
to the last:
"What happens to our country and what you now see is the greatest thing that could happen for race relations, for the African-American community... our country is so strong and that is what my plan is. We will have the strongest economy in the world. We had the strongest economy anywhere in the world and now we will have an economy that is even stronger."
Everything in Trump's speech is linked to the employment figures. Every. Single. Thing. Including Floyd. And the sentence before his reference was in any case a cue card, one of the few scripted parts of Trump's speech.
I know cassa goes to great lengths to defend the POTUS but this is a step too far and, what's more, I bet cassa knows that too. This was either thoughtless or deliberately trolling, and I'm not sure which is more disturbing, frankly.
One other thing, the entire tone of the speech just feels off. Seeing the US add 2.5 million jobs instead of, as was feared, losing that number is welcome news, but it's just the start of a recovery that may take months or years, and may yet be set back by a second Covid-19 wave/continued high levels of Covid-19 deaths and cases. Moreover, it is odd that figures that saw unemployment increase slightly among Black Americans at the same time as the massive job gains is seen as "a great day for equality".
Any, finally, what is with Trump's obsession of speaking about everything as if it's now over? It's stupid. Monumentally stupid. And yet that's all he's done throughout the pandemic and throughout, well, I suppose his entire Presidency. In a speech that touched on equality and policing why did that only afford a single paragraph? Does he have anything to say about the signs of police brutality? Is he horrified by them? What action is he going to take on that?
Of course the answer to all of this is that Trump's re-election chances weigh, he has decided, on the economy. So that's all that matters and all that he'll talk about, and everything is linked to that. Everything is linked to the economy. The big economy. Greatest in the world ever. Or something.
Any, finally, what is with Trump's obsession of speaking about everything as if it's now over? It's stupid. Monumentally stupid. And yet that's all he's done throughout the pandemic and throughout, well, I suppose his entire Presidency. In a speech that touched on equality and policing why did that only afford a single paragraph? Does he have anything to say about the signs of police brutality? Is he horrified by them? What action is he going to take on that?
Of course the answer to all of this is that Trump's re-election chances weigh, he has decided, on the economy. So that's all that matters and all that he'll talk about, and everything is linked to that. Everything is linked to the economy. The big economy. Greatest in the world ever. Or something.
//I well expect to wake one morning, and the news being he's taken a bullet to the head, one can live in hope.//
You are clearly a nasty piece of work with limited intelligence and worthy of contempt and disregard in any of your future posts. I often wonder why people on AB feed you with the oxygen to contribute such nonsense. You are truly a bitter and sad person.
You are clearly a nasty piece of work with limited intelligence and worthy of contempt and disregard in any of your future posts. I often wonder why people on AB feed you with the oxygen to contribute such nonsense. You are truly a bitter and sad person.
//Does he have anything to say about the signs of police brutality? Is he horrified by them? What action is he going to take on that? //
To be fair to President Trump. Yes. He has stated he was horrified and sick to see the arrest of Floyd and how it was done and he felt bad about it. Please be less selective in your criticism and try to keep up.
To be fair to President Trump. Yes. He has stated he was horrified and sick to see the arrest of Floyd and how it was done and he felt bad about it. Please be less selective in your criticism and try to keep up.
I was meaning all of the other dozens of incidents of police brutality that have happened in the last week, eg the man pushed over in Buffalo who suffered a head injury, or the old man in Salt Lake City who was walking away from police with a cane and was still shoved over, or the police who drove their cars into a crowd, or...
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//23.30 post by tea cake. I don’t think what she said has not been voiced many times in the last 3/ years //
If you support those sentiments asquith ,then. as an alleged ex nurse you are no better than teacake and also a disgrace. Angel of mercy pfft. Another bitter old lady who wishes someone dead.
If you support those sentiments asquith ,then. as an alleged ex nurse you are no better than teacake and also a disgrace. Angel of mercy pfft. Another bitter old lady who wishes someone dead.
Why do wrongs have to be somehow excused by pointing to other examples? Violence against the police is wrong, violence by the police is wrong. Officials can be, and should be, held to higher standards, especially because their role is to "protect and serve", and there are clearly far too many US police who fail to understand their role.
You cannot watch the officer shove a man to a ground, and you cannot watch the dozens of others who just walk past him while he's bleeding -- and even interfering with those trying to come to his aid -- and in any sense justify it. And then see the colleagues resign en masse in protest not as the incident but at the suspension of the officers involved. Because, and I kid you not, they were "simply following orders". Because that's always been highly regarded as a defence.
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None of this is to mitigate the violence police officers suffer, but it is a separate issue and should not be used as a distraction.
You cannot watch the officer shove a man to a ground, and you cannot watch the dozens of others who just walk past him while he's bleeding -- and even interfering with those trying to come to his aid -- and in any sense justify it. And then see the colleagues resign en masse in protest not as the incident but at the suspension of the officers involved. Because, and I kid you not, they were "simply following orders". Because that's always been highly regarded as a defence.
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None of this is to mitigate the violence police officers suffer, but it is a separate issue and should not be used as a distraction.
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