Why do people want Trump?

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Streaming services?

But I think "cable" is still the term I hear most. A bit like saying "Kleenex" for tissues, maybe.

A lot of A list actors are choosing short run series on the streaming services, too. The production scale and pay is smaller, but so is the risk and the time commitment.

At some point they still need the big bucks in their lives to support the lifestyle, however.

Interesting observations, anyway. Every change has a ripple effect.

. . . mostly from those whose own knuckles drag on the ground, it seems . . .• February 10, 2020: A week after the United States declared a public health emergency due to the coronavirus outbreak, Trump said, "Now, the virus that we're talking about having to do -- you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat -- as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April."  He added, "We're in great shape, though. We have 12 cases -- 11 cases, and many of them are in good shape now."  At a rally in New Hampshire that night, Trump said, "And by the way, the virus . . . It looks like by April, you know in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away."  There was no evidence, then or ever, that the virus weakened in warm weather.

• February 24, 2020: "The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA," Trump tweeted as the virus spread at an alarming rate.  "We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries.  CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart.  Stock Market starting to look very good to me!"  Within a few days, the stock market suffered its worst week since the 2008 financial crisis.

• February 25, 2020: At a news conference in New Delhi, Trump downplayed the threat posed by the coronavirus, saying that the virus was "under control" in the United States and that it was a "problem that's going to go away."  He added, "We have very few people with it," and patients who did have it "are getting better, they're all getting better."  His remarks came on the same day that the CDC warned that the coronavirus was headed toward pandemic status.

• February 27, 2020: Trump said that the coronavirus is "going to disappear."  One day -- it's like a miracle -- it will disappear.  And from our shores, we -- you know, it could get worse before it gets better.  It could maybe go away. We'll see what happens. Nobody really knows."  The CDC, however, issued a warning saying that it was inevitable that the virus would spread throughout the United States.

• March 6, 2020: Speaking at a news conference about the coronavirus, Trump said, "I don't think people are panicking."  I said last night -- we did an interview on Fox last night, a town hall. I think it was very good.  And I said, 'Calm.  You have to be calm.'  It'll go away."  Markets continued to fall, though, and the number of infected people around the world surpassed 100,000.

• March 10, 2020: Trump repeated his claim that the U.S. was "doing a great job" with the coronavirus.  "Just stay calm," he told reporters.  "It will go away . . . And a lot of good things are going to happen."  Crude oil prices plunged 25 percent, however, as thousands around the world died of the virus.

• March 13, 2020: Trump said an Obama-era rule was to blame for the Trump administration not being able to provide coronavirus tests more expediently. However, no such rule exists.

• March 15, 2020: Officials from Germany's Health Ministry said that Trump "offered large sums of money" to CureVac, a German company working on a coronavirus vaccine, in order to give the U.S. exclusive access to its information.  U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell claimed that the story was wrong, but CureVac's CEO confirmed the meeting with the White House.

There are a hundred more incidents like this, to be found  HERE  that prove Donald J. Trump is a lying, ignorant narcissist who is best put behind bars permanently for treasonous activities.Wrong again.  The next president will either be Kamala Harris (sworn in if Mr. Biden can no longer function as president) or voted into office in a fair and honest election.

It IS a deadly virus. My aunt died from it, and a co-worker is suffering longer term symptoms. Just because the percent exposed who actually die is relatively small, doesn't mean it isn't deadly, especially when it can tear through an area so quickly. Nearly a million dead in the US alone, over 6 million worldwide. Those numbers aren't blimps on a radar.

Trump only "stood against" the information on the virus because he worried it was damaging his re-election prospects (historically, this type of disaster near an election is doom for an incumbent, out of his control or not).

I'm not going to deny there have been power players (and select small players) making money off the pandemic. Numbers are my business, and I know what they say. But the virus is real, it's effects are real, and believing in conspiracy theories isn't going to change reality.

PS- I also have two family members in the pharma industry, meeting directly with scientists. Both companies, using their own data, are MORE STRICT with their own employees on masking, quarantine, etc - with the company footing the bill for all the additional testing and supplies - than the government requires. They wouldn't spend the additional money to protect their own workforce is they didn't know it was needed.

Trump has been willing to let his reputation be tarnished to try and do the right thing. He stood up for his beliefs, for the protection of the integrity of the United States of America. He started pointing out "fake news" mainstream media before it was a thing. Trump is a tough guy to deal with, on an international level. Former President Trump did blackball China as much as he could. He tried to block most of the Huawei corp from setting foot (physically or rather, through technology) in the US. Sure, Donald did burn quite a few bridges with ally and neutral (maybe enemies now) countries. Things didn't go that great between the USA and Canada, but the Trump leaded USA still did better than Justun Trouduc's Canada. Trump tried to stand in the way of the W.H.O. and it's crooked scientific hacks.

Putin is now trying to take down the corruption in deep Ukraine, but war maybe isn't the solution. Anyway, sending funds to Ukraine to fund the war does not work so each and every one of us can make sure no more $ goes to Ukraine to fund the war. Russia(n)s are being cancelled, mistreated, the new "normalized" racism. It's sickening. Defund both sides of the war, both Russia and Ukraine, and the war will die by itself.

I am not a fan of Trump, but I thought he did a good job here.

Wut?

This is nonsense. All of it.

IMHO Trump has no moral compass; he wouldn't know what the "right thing" was if it hit him in the face.

He took on fake media not when it was fake, but when it exposed his lies. I watched him LIVE on TV say one thing then turn around and claim he'd never said it. If he misspeaks he doesn't correct it; he reshapes the world to make the misspeak become the truth. His attack on fake media was a classic authoritarian set up: sew distrust of those capable of exposing your own duplicity until no one knows what is real anymore. He succeeded in spades.

Not to say I NEVER saw him do anything right; even a broken clock is right twice a day, and I think his average was a little better than that. His sole goal is always to feed his own ego, and sometimes that actually aligns with doing the right thing. But how ANYONE can think of him as ever "doing the right thing" at cost to himself is beyond my comprehension.

I know there is no point in me saying all this. Those who believe in him are bound to the charade. But it is frustrating.

But don't other politicians do this too, and will say one thing and then say they never said it? I feel like it's nothing new.