Quotes that describe the hell that is Trump during a crisis:
[Trump is] so attentive to the scientific literature & the details & the data. I think his ability to analyze & integrate data that comes out of his long history in business has really been a real benefit.
from Dr. Deborah Birx, the response coordinator (2nd in charge behind Pence) for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Fri morning 27 Mar 2020
This— whatever they want to call it. You can call it a germ, you can call it a flu, you can call it a virus. You can call it many different names. I’m not sure anybody even knows what it is.
from Trump Fri evening 27 Mar 2020, not realizing that the word “virus” is in its name
What would you think if, when your governor asked the federal government for the disaster assistance that Congress has provided, the President responded, ‘I would like you to do us a favor.’ I’ll… send the disaster relief once you brand my opponent a criminal.
from Pamela Karlan 4 Dec 2019, during the impeachment hearings on the risks of not punishing Trump for using Presidential power to extort money from a foreign country in order to further his campaign
If they don’t treat you right, I don’t call.
from Trump Fri 27 Mar 2020, complaining that Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were not deferential enough to deserve the federal government assistance, and proving how wretched and cowardly every Republican Senator is
[Y]our Governor, Gretchen ‘Half’ Whitmer is way in over her head, she doesn’t have a clue. Likes blaming everyone for her own ineptitude!
from Trump Fri 27 Mar 2020, projecting his failings on another
A complete-ish list and counter to all of Trump’s lies on COVID-19 is in the Times article Analyzing the Patterns in Trump’s Falsehoods About Coronavirus.
The US surpassed all other countries on the number of cases (we’re at 104,865 as of this morning, with Italy at 86,498 and China at 81,996).
Be glad you’re employed. Previous high in Oct 1982 was 695,000, 1/5th of the 3,280,000 now. US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross on 30 Jan 2020: “I think it will help to accelerate the return of jobs to North America”.
Jobless claims soar past 3 million to record high from CNBC, 26 Mar 2020
The brilliant layout of The New York Times:
Midtown residents cheer out of our windows and from our balconies every night at 8 PM as the doctors and nurses change shifts at Emory. Lisa heard from a nurse friend-of-a-friend that it makes her tears up as she goes to work. It’s small–very small–but one of many acts we must perform to help them. The stories on Twitter from healthcare providers are harrowing. Once again: “If they don’t treat you right, I don’t call.”
