Major conservative paper wallops Trump with brutal editorial blasting his coronavirus debacle

[riversedge]

Source: raw story



Published 7 mins ago on March 8, 2020


In an absolutely scathing editorial in the conservative Washington Examiner, Executive Editor Philip Klein eviscerated Donald Trump for his handling of the growing coronavirus epidemic — saying the actions taken by his administration are proof the president is woefully unprepared to handle a crisis.

Under a blunt headline stating, “Coronavirus is exposing Trump’s unsuitability to handle a crisis,” Klein writes, “President Trump’s bombastic style has served him well through many stages of his political career, but as the coronavirus spreads rapidly throughout the United States, it is exposing how deeply unsuited he is to deal with a genuine crisis that he can’t bluff his way through.”
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“The most stunning part of Trump’s press conference came when he said that, despite the recommendation of health officials, he was reluctant to let Americans off of a cruise ship with 21 infected, because it would increase the reported numbers of cases,” Klein wrote. ” He said he would defer to the vice president, and there is now news that the passengers will be let off. Yet it was quite revealing into Trump’s thought process that he said, ‘I would rather — because I like the numbers being where they are. I don’t need to have the numbers double because of one ship. That wasn’t our fault, and it wasn’t the fault of the people on the ship, either.'”


“Trump appears to be more concerned with numbers that might make him look bad in the short-term, then he is with actually taking the most prudent measures to save lives over time,” he accused before pronouncing sentence: “The current crisis is revealing what many critics feared in a potential Trump presidency. He simply has not shown an ability to break out of his typical antics, and treat the moment with the seriousness with which it deserves.”

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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/major-conservative-paper-wallops-trump-with-brutal-editorial-blasting-his-disastrous-coronavirus-response/

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Blast away. Hope to see more of these. Get the Truth OUT

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[Ohiogal]

1. None of this is news to us

Who have functioning brains.

Will the Deplorables be shocked to hear it, though?

[empedocles]

2. More and more likely for deplorables to hear such things as time goes on

[durablend]

6. And ignore them

"LALALALALALALA CAN'T HEAR YOU! STOP TRYING TO MAKE THE PRESIDENT LOOK BAD!"

[hangaleft]

37. Or...

“I really don’t care do u?”

[Fritz Walter]

17. Yeah, as in "No shit, Sherlock!"

Tell me, was this your first fucking clue about his unsuitability? And, in case you hadn’t noticed, that’s not confined to just crisis management. It’s every-fucking-thing that is entailed in occupying the White House!

Correction: the Congressionally-approved winner of the Electoral College results should do a LOT more than merely “occupy” such an historical landmark. S/he must lead the country. But, that circles back to the “unsuitability” issue.

We absolutely must end this on November 3rd. In numbers so huge that it becomes the new benchmark for the meaning of the term “landslide.”

[procon]

3. His conservative readership is likely calling him a Benedict Arnold

(OK, most right bent readers don't know who that is so switch to Rhino) and calling for his death. Not content to just cancel their subscription, good Christian folks are all for killing his family and burning down the press building. Goobers in camo are going to be gathering in front of his home, brandishing big guns and burning him in effigy.

Presumably he knew there would be consequences and very little agreement with his valid and we'll founded opinions.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. I hope more RW outlets come out against him.

He is totally clueless, and he is being exposed for the fraud that he is.

[left-of-center2012]

5. This ...

“The current crisis is revealing what many critics feared in a potential Trump presidency.
He simply has not shown an ability to break out of his typical antics,
and treat the moment with the seriousness with which it deserves.”

[Grasswire2]

7. I take GREAT EXCEPTION to the term "antics" describing Trump's actions and attitude.

And I encourage all to push back against it on social media.

"ANTICS"

....insert profound cuss words here.

[hlthe2b]

8. In this case, the Washington Examiner deserves the clicks. Here is the direct link

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/coronavirus-is-exposing-trumps-unsuitability-to-handle-a-crisis

[renate]

9. It's a good read

And so refreshing to see his bullpucky called out in a conservative paper.

Republicans are activated by fear... maybe that’s why the worm is finally turning.

[BigOleDummy]

10. Is it just me or....

... is our chump in chief gaining weight by the day? Maybe he wants to beat Mr. Taft and be in the record books for SOMETHING besides treason and hate mongering...... just a thought

[mountain grammy]

12. No kidding.

[Ligyron]

18. You too?

He is developing some serious gut.

[riversedge]

32. Trump actually drives his go-cart up onto the Green at his Golf club. No walking for him.

[Hekate]

22. Prednisone? That s some serious ballooning of the face, on top of his increasing obesity. Nt

[Submariner]

23. Would you please shut up about his weight

If this kind of info spreads on the internet, he might hear about and do something, like lose some weight.

That is totally contrary to what many of us, well at least myself, desires. I want to see him pack it on and give Mr. Cholesterol plenty to work with to chance to send a fat globule to his post-Adderall frontal lobe, and drop him like a stone in a Tim Russert-like face plant.

I'm living the dream.

[at140]

27. You are thinking 2 moves ahead!

[Salviati]

24. I mean he's supposed to be a big time germophobe...

So I wonder how much of his reaction to the outbreak is the usual trump narcissism/incompetence, and how much of it is the fact we're seeing his internal rationalizations and denial exhibited as he is internally freaking the fuck out. I mean obviously both are in play, but I think this is messing with him in a way that, for example, a natural disaster would not.

[mountain grammy]

11. Now it's official...we're all gonna die.

[PSPS]

13. Soon to be referred to as "the failing Washington Examiner" in a tweet near you

[erronis]

14. If it's posted in the Washington Examiner or Times, it is suspect.

These, along with most RW "news" outlets are funded by very moneyed interests.

RT used to be a reasonably newsworthy source until they showed their true claws.

Any Murdoch/Mercer enterprise is immediately suspect.

Of course, they will be burying their sponsors/funders under multiple levels of deceit. That's who they are.

[DENVERPOPS]

21. I couldn't

say it better! BRAVO x one million.

Wake up America.......

80+ % of ALL media is owned by Republicans. The ONLY reason MSNBC puts up with Rachel, is she brings them TONS of advertising money, and after all, money is better than ANYTHING else in their minds..

Good on you erronis for putting this so succinctly ...................

[smb]

38. The Big-Money People Are Taking A Bath In The Market

They're primed to turn on il Doofus.

[maxsolomon]

15. "Typical Antics"

Accurate term, albeit understated.

[PSPS]

16. Let me guess. The publisher has a relative on the cruise ship. Only matters if personally affected.

[rampartc]

19. there is a money quite ........

here is why businessmen are lousy presidents

“Trump appears to be more concerned with numbers that might make him look bad in the short-term, then he is with actually taking the most prudent measures to save lives over time,”

[DENVERPOPS]

20. Not only that

but more importantly (to Repubs) is protecting the Corporations from losing money.......He doesn't want a complete failure of the economy which could wipe out some industries completely.

Just look at the Airline industry, the Travel and Entertainment Industry, the oil industry to name a few. With all he is lying, covering up, they are still not fooling the public. There definitely will be thousands more corporations that will suffer in the near future.
He has to delay all he can, so that the 1%ers can safely get their money out of the market before they let the market crash.

(THINK OF ALL THE REMAINING 99% OF US COMMON FOLK'S INVESTMENTS AND RETIREMENT FUNDS)

I have been saying for over a year, the final nail in the coffin that will bring the 99% to their knees will be them enacting a stock market crash..........People can hardly have time to think about all they have done and continue to do, or even take time to vote, when we are all forced to 24/7 think only about finding food and shelter for our families.......

[at140]

28. Stock market crash will be the final nail in the coffin

even republican voters will be pissed.

[oldsoftie]

25. Well, they cant call them a liberal rag, or a never-trump paper.

But i imagine they'll be savaged in the comments section and threatened by all the sycophants

[matt819]

26. Read the editorial

Yes, the editorial is very critical of Trump.

But, like any conservative source, it can’t but lay blame on liberal media and liberals generally for various Pete I ever failings and shortcomings that have nothing to do with the issue at hand. New York Times Op-ed columnists do this all the time. They just can’t be critical of Trump without finding a way to lay blame on Democrats and liberals for something else entirely.

[Initech]

29. Uh oh... Mr. Klein had an independent thought. That's bad for the cult.

[totodeinhere]

30. The virus might finally be the thing that will finally turn them against him.

His base doesn't want to catch this virus either. And if Trump is seen as not doing a good job at protecting them then maybe out of fear of the consequences they will turn on him. And without his base he is dead in the water.

[DENVERPOPS]

33. There was an article

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a few days back about how the Uber wealthy (who don't already own their own personal jet) are booking travel everywhere by the air charter companies......Across the globe, but also around the U.S. Of course the pilots and workers at the FBO might have it, likewise for the last person(s) who flew on that jet.........or the people that catered the food.........or the people that cleaned the plane

[totodeinhere]

34. Of course the Uber wealthy can afford good health care so most of them will probably

be alright. But the average person living paycheck to paycheck is the one I'm worried about. We have already seen accounts of insurance companies refusing to pay for test kits leaving the patient with a hefty bill.

[Maribelle]

31. So, does this mean the numbers beyond the ship numbers ARE Trump's fault?

As he said "I don’t need to have the numbers double because of one ship. That wasn’t our fault"

But, beyond this, I am having a problem following the numbers, and am starting to think Trump and his gang are playing with them.

For instance, this weekend the Johns Hopkins grid, which was a great place to follow the spread of the virus throughout the world, wasn't reporting 2 deaths in Florida, one of which was reported in the local Fort Myers New Press on Friday morning. And after the second death, the corrupt governor of Florida stated he hadn't heard of the Florida deaths.

So is the governor, too, afraid of the numbers for their biased political purposes?

This chills my spine.

[calimary]

35. We tried to warn you all.

Too bad it takes an actual, real, tangible health crisis to turn some of these people around. Or wake them up even minimally.

They’re just now realizing he’s been bluffing his way through the last three years!!!

[smb]

39. The Media Owners Are Pissed About Their Financial Losses nt

[Thomas Hurt]

36. Disingenuous Bee Ess, anyone paying attention knew what that amoral pig was...

[Nitram]

40. Way too little waaaay too late. Just because now there's a threat to life and death in their own

neighborhood they suddenly discover that Trump is a disaster.

[liberalla]

41. Bookmarking