Trump Presidency

[madhatter]

gee what a shock, more nothingburger...

Jake Tapper
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A national security official I know and trust pushes back on the way the briefing/ODNI story is being told, and others with firsthand knowledge agree with his assessment.

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2/ "What's been articulated in the news is that the intelligence community has concluded that the Russians are trying to help Trump again. But the intelligence doesn't say that,” the official says...

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3/ “The problem is Shelby" -- Pierson, the elections threats executive in the intelligence community -- "said they developed a preference for Trump. A more reasonable interpretation of the intelligence is not that they have a preference, it's a step short of that....


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4/ “It's more that they understand the president is someone they can work with, he's a dealmaker. But not that they prefer him over Sanders or Buttigieg or anyone else. So it may have been mischaracterized by Shelby" at the House Intel briefing last week...

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5/ "And by the way,” the official says, “both Democrats and Republicans were challenging this at the briefing."

Then there’s the matter of the tense meeting between President Trump and erstwhile Acting Director of National Intelligence Admiral Maguire...


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6/ “The President was upset that he had to hear about an intelligence conclusion from a Member of the House Republicans rather than from the intelligence community. So he was out of joint with Maguire on that process."

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Tapper hedges at the end - noting that none of this disputes that Russians (and others) are attempting to interfere in the 2020 election.


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7/ None of this disputes that Trump desires to replace those who have Intel expertise with partisan loyalists, or dismisses the larger issues and concerns about Russia and how the president seeks help from abroad.

Just that there seems to be more to this particular story.


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8/ ALSO none of this disputes that the Russians (and others) are attempting to interfere in the US election again.

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[madhatter]

apparently nothingburgers contain so little substance that many of you can consume them endlessly and still remain rabidly hungry for your next feeding...


ya gotta do what they tell you...

[WeekendWarrior]

I got nothin’. Literally and figuratively.

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[Guy in Shorts]

I got nothin’. Literally and figuratively.

https://twitter.com/nyinla2121/status/1 ... 24160?s=21" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

From the retiree standpoint too young to collect SS I can tell you life under the Trump economy has been pretty sweet. My 401K produces a nice income for a ski bum lifestyle and it has continued to grow. Are you looking for some financially ignorant zoner to sell you wares?

[XtremeJibber2001]

I got nothin’. Literally and figuratively.

https://twitter.com/nyinla2121/status/1 ... 24160?s=21" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

From the retiree standpoint too young to collect SS I can tell you life under the Trump economy has been pretty sweet. My 401K produces a nice income for a ski bum lifestyle and it has continued to grow. Are you looking for some financially ignorant zoner to sell you wares?

S&P500 up 10% / year over his presidency. He’s catching up to Obama who saw around 18% / year.

[madhatter]

I got nothin’. Literally and figuratively.

https://twitter.com/nyinla2121/status/1 ... 24160?s=21" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

From the retiree standpoint too young to collect SS I can tell you life under the Trump economy has been pretty sweet. My 401K produces a nice income for a ski bum lifestyle and it has continued to grow. Are you looking for some financially ignorant zoner to sell you wares?

S&P500 up 10% / year over his presidency. He’s catching up to Obama who saw around 18% / year.

yes because growth and recovery are the same thing...TDS much? zzzzzz...

[Highway Star]

THIS IS REALITY:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 1595066373" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(going to need a fact check on this one, could be some photoshop at play here)

[madhatter]

meanwhile in the real world...

https://news.gallup.com/poll/287633/app ... wMn7n2W8AY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More Americans approve of the job congressional Republicans are doing than of congressional Democrats' performance -- 40% vs. 35%. The rating for Republicans in Congress has risen six percentage points since late October, before the impeachment of President Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives. Over the same period, congressional Democrats' approval rating has edged down three points and disapproval has climbed five points, from 57% to 62%.

stay stupid TDS crowd, stay stupid...HILLARYOUS...

[madhatter]

[SnoBrdr]

[madhatter]

Ratings For Trump’s Press Conferences Are Simply Staggering — As High As ‘The Bachelor,’ ‘Monday Night Football’

[madhatter]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... =919825544" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


ABC/WP 3/22 - 3/25 840 RV 49 47 +2


good luck w that TDS narrative...

[madhatter]

meanwhile despite the non-stop hysteria Trump is seeing his highest approval in the RCP to date...


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[XtremeJibber2001]

Trump’s Wasted Briefings
The sessions have become a boring show of President vs. the press.

By The Editorial Board
April 8, 2020 7:37 pm ET

A friend of ours who voted for President Trump sent us a note recently saying that she had stopped watching the daily White House briefings of the coronavirus task force. Why? Because they have become less about defeating the virus and more about the many feuds of Donald J. Trump.

The briefings began as a good idea to educate the public about the dangers of the virus, how Americans should change their behavior, and what the government is doing to combat it. They showed seriousness of purpose, action to mobilize public and private resources, and a sense of optimism. Mr. Trump benefitted in the polls not because he was the center of attention but because he showed he had put together a team of experts working to overcome a national health crisis.

But sometime in the last three weeks Mr. Trump seems to have concluded that the briefings could be a showcase for him. Perhaps they substitute in his mind for the campaign rallies he can no longer hold because of the risks. Perhaps he resented the media adulation that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been receiving for his daily show. Whatever the reason, the briefings are now all about the President.

They last for 90 minutes or more, and Mr. Trump dominates the stage. His first-rate health experts have become supporting actors, and sometimes barely that, ushered on stage to answer a technical question or two. Vice President Mike Pence, who leads the task force, doesn’t get on stage until the last 15 minutes or so. That becomes the most informative part of the session, since Mr. Pence understandably knows details the President doesn’t.

Mr. Trump opens each briefing by running through a blizzard of facts and numbers showing what the government is doing—this many tests, that many masks, so many ventilators going from here to there, and what a great job he’s doing. Then Mr. Trump opens the door for questions, and the session deteriorates into a dispiriting brawl between the President and his antagonists in the White House press corps.

One of the ironies of this Presidency is that Mr. Trump claims to despise the press yet so eagerly plays its game. Every reporter knows the way to get a TV moment, and get a pat on the back from newsroom pals, is to bait Mr. Trump with a question about his previous statements or about criticism that someone has leveled against him. Mr. Trump always takes the bait.

On Tuesday Mr. Trump was asked, in a typically tendentious question, why he had compared the coronavirus to the flu. Instead of saying he had been hoping for the best but was wrong when he'd said that, he got into a fight over the severity of the flu. This sort of exchange usually devolves into a useless squabble that helps Mr. Trump’s critics and contributes little to public understanding.

The President’s outbursts against his political critics are also notably off key at this moment. This isn’t impeachment, and Covid-19 isn’t shifty Schiff. It’s a once-a-century threat to American life and livelihood.

The public doesn’t care who among the governors likes Mr. Trump, or whether the Obama Administration filled the national pandemic stockpile. There will be time for recriminations. What the public wants to know now is what Mr. Trump and his government is doing to prevent the deaths of their loved ones or help the family breadwinner stay employed.

If Mr. Trump thinks these daily sessions will help him defeat Joe Biden, he’s wrong. This election is now about one issue: how well the public thinks the President has done in defeating the virus and restarting the economy. If Americans conclude he succeeded in a crisis, they will forgive him for reacting more slowly than he and many others might have in January. But on that score, voters will be persuaded by what they see in their lives and communities come the autumn. They will judge Mr. Trump by the results, not by how well he says he did.

If Mr. Trump wants to make his briefings more helpful to the country, here’s our advice. Make them no more than 45 minutes, except on rare occasions. Let Mr. Pence lead them each day, focusing on one issue or problem. Mr. Pence can take the questions, and Mr. Trump can show up twice a week to reinforce the message. Maybe then our friend who was a Trump voter might start watching again.

Edit: Thought it was worth including Trump’s response to the above about press briefings ratings during a global health crisis brag.

The Wall Street Journal always “forgets” to mention that the ratings for the White House Press Briefings are “through the roof” (Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale, according to @nytimes) & is only way for me to escape the Fake News & get my views across. WSJ is Fake News!

[madhatter]

Trump’s Wasted Briefings
The sessions have become a boring show of President vs. the press.

By The Editorial Board
April 8, 2020 7:37 pm ET

A friend of ours who voted for President Trump sent us a note recently saying that she had stopped watching the daily White House briefings of the coronavirus task force. Why? Because they have become less about defeating the virus and more about the many feuds of Donald J. Trump.

The briefings began as a good idea to educate the public about the dangers of the virus, how Americans should change their behavior, and what the government is doing to combat it. They showed seriousness of purpose, action to mobilize public and private resources, and a sense of optimism. Mr. Trump benefitted in the polls not because he was the center of attention but because he showed he had put together a team of experts working to overcome a national health crisis.

But sometime in the last three weeks Mr. Trump seems to have concluded that the briefings could be a showcase for him. Perhaps they substitute in his mind for the campaign rallies he can no longer hold because of the risks. Perhaps he resented the media adulation that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been receiving for his daily show. Whatever the reason, the briefings are now all about the President.

They last for 90 minutes or more, and Mr. Trump dominates the stage. His first-rate health experts have become supporting actors, and sometimes barely that, ushered on stage to answer a technical question or two. Vice President Mike Pence, who leads the task force, doesn’t get on stage until the last 15 minutes or so. That becomes the most informative part of the session, since Mr. Pence understandably knows details the President doesn’t.

Mr. Trump opens each briefing by running through a blizzard of facts and numbers showing what the government is doing—this many tests, that many masks, so many ventilators going from here to there, and what a great job he’s doing. Then Mr. Trump opens the door for questions, and the session deteriorates into a dispiriting brawl between the President and his antagonists in the White House press corps.

One of the ironies of this Presidency is that Mr. Trump claims to despise the press yet so eagerly plays its game. Every reporter knows the way to get a TV moment, and get a pat on the back from newsroom pals, is to bait Mr. Trump with a question about his previous statements or about criticism that someone has leveled against him. Mr. Trump always takes the bait.

On Tuesday Mr. Trump was asked, in a typically tendentious question, why he had compared the coronavirus to the flu. Instead of saying he had been hoping for the best but was wrong when he'd said that, he got into a fight over the severity of the flu. This sort of exchange usually devolves into a useless squabble that helps Mr. Trump’s critics and contributes little to public understanding.

The President’s outbursts against his political critics are also notably off key at this moment. This isn’t impeachment, and Covid-19 isn’t shifty Schiff. It’s a once-a-century threat to American life and livelihood.

The public doesn’t care who among the governors likes Mr. Trump, or whether the Obama Administration filled the national pandemic stockpile. There will be time for recriminations. What the public wants to know now is what Mr. Trump and his government is doing to prevent the deaths of their loved ones or help the family breadwinner stay employed.

If Mr. Trump thinks these daily sessions will help him defeat Joe Biden, he’s wrong. This election is now about one issue: how well the public thinks the President has done in defeating the virus and restarting the economy. If Americans conclude he succeeded in a crisis, they will forgive him for reacting more slowly than he and many others might have in January. But on that score, voters will be persuaded by what they see in their lives and communities come the autumn. They will judge Mr. Trump by the results, not by how well he says he did.

If Mr. Trump wants to make his briefings more helpful to the country, here’s our advice. Make them no more than 45 minutes, except on rare occasions. Let Mr. Pence lead them each day, focusing on one issue or problem. Mr. Pence can take the questions, and Mr. Trump can show up twice a week to reinforce the message. Maybe then our friend who was a Trump voter might start watching again.

Edit: Thought it was worth including Trump’s response to the above about press briefings ratings during a global health crisis brag.

The Wall Street Journal always “forgets” to mention that the ratings for the White House Press Briefings are “through the roof” (Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale, according to @nytimes) & is only way for me to escape the Fake News & get my views across. WSJ is Fake News!

wait so the WSJ is saying stop doing the briefings they are hurting you and trump says actually the ratings are very high and that he needs them to escape the "orange man bad" filter ( ya know the one you apply to everything trump)...and that's a brag? besides Biden is up by huge margins in every poll...he's gonna win a in a landslide...

At one point Gardner said, "Mr. Vice President, obviously this crisis has upended this campaign. It has made it difficult for you to be heard the way you ordinarily would be under normal circumstances. And obviously President Trump has a daily forum that is watched by millions of Americans. To what degree has this pandemic hurt Joe Biden politically?"

"Based on the polling data it's helped me," Biden replied. "The more he speaks, the more my numbers go up. I'm not being facetious."

DAVE URBANSKI
Joe Biden said in an interview earlier this week that the coronavirus crisis has "helped" his presidential campaign.

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Biden — the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee following Sen. Bernie Sanders' exit from the race, which now leaves the former vice president under Barack Obama alone in the field — spoke Tuesday on video to Jim Gardner, veteran anchor of WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, about the coronavirus and President Donald Trump.

At one point Gardner said, "Mr. Vice President, obviously this crisis has upended this campaign. It has made it difficult for you to be heard the way you ordinarily would be under normal circumstances. And obviously President Trump has a daily forum that is watched by millions of Americans. To what degree has this pandemic hurt Joe Biden politically?"

"Based on the polling data it's helped me," Biden replied. "The more he speaks, the more my numbers go up. I'm not being facetious."


Anything else?
During the interview Biden also criticized Trump for reacting "incredibly too slowly" to the coronavirus outbreak and added that he wrote a Jan. 17 "article" saying the pandemic is "coming" and that "we should be doing something about it." (Actually Biden's op-ed was published Jan. 27, and his gaffe on the date has been pointed out before.)

But Biden left his flip-flop regarding Trump's Jan. 31 China travel ban over the pandemic. At first, Biden indirectly characterized it as "hysterical xenophobia and fearmongering" — but then last week came out in support of the travel ban.

And while Biden criticized Trump for "failing to prepare our nation to respond" to the coronavirus, it's been repeatedly fact-checked as true by multiple news outlets that the Obama administration depleted and never replenished the federal supply of emergency gear, including N95 respirator masks, during the H1N1 flu, or swine flu epidemic, in 2009.

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