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comment by steve

    Cases are going up in the U.S. because we are testing far more than any other country, and ever expanding. With smaller testing we would show fewer cases!

I mean... he's not incorrect... it's an asinine thing to say... but it's accurate. I mean... If I don't open my eyes, I can't see the train coming.





Foveaux  ·  1605 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I honestly didn't believe he said that, initially. Surely he wouldn't say something like that.

But he did.

I mean, it's possible he was trying to say "Of course numbers are going up, we're testing more and more. If we didn't test the cases wouldn't increase the way they are". But he's just done an absolutely awful job of conveying his thoughts? God that almost sounded like I defended him but I really want to know how that lil tumbleweed thinks.

kleinbl00  ·  1605 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The way to frame everything Trump says is "does this get a reaction in the moment?" If you think of things in terms of "does this sound like a policy statement from a world leader?" you will never grasp the man. It's entirely about immediate, quantifiable reaction in the moment. And, since he is never held accountable for anything that he says, he has no reason to approach any public appearance using any metric other than what causes him immediate, quantifiable gratification.

b_b  ·  1605 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's as if he's writing Biden's commercials for him. Dems might have to hire Trump as their top consultant.

user-inactivated  ·  1605 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    It's as if he's writing Biden's commercials for him.

He's not a whiny bitch

user-inactivated  ·  1605 days ago  ·  link  ·  
ooli  ·  1605 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I despise everything that Trump represent.

But the more I see him, the more fun and self-deprecating he seems. Totally the opposite of what I expected from a self aggrandizing untitled son of a billionaire.

I get why he won. I can see why he could win again, and that video , and how relatable he appears in it, is more a Trump ads than a Biden one's

ButterflyEffect  ·  1605 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is this real?

user-inactivated  ·  1605 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's not from the Biden campaign if that's what you mean.

ButterflyEffect  ·  1605 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No I meant the speech itself.

user-inactivated  ·  1605 days ago  ·  link  ·  
OftenBen  ·  1604 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I could straight up have a stroke and it would be impossible to tell it from my regular experience of reality.

This is where we are folks. This is real.

b_b  ·  1605 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I am awestruck.