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“We must sacrifice together because we’re all in this together.”- Trump, today

"I think I've made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard...I think I've done a lot."- Trump, 7/30/16

Reality check: Trump has spent 73 of his 73 years avoiding sacrifice and being a team player
“We are all in this together.” - Pence
“We’re all in this together.” - Esper
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Tim O'Brien
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“Mitigation can buy us time, but only suppression can get us to where we need to be.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
“We could develop tests that are fast, reliable, and ubiquitous. If we screen everyone, and do so regularly, we can let most people return to a more normal life...If we can be assured that the people who congregate aren’t infectious, they can socialize.”
“We can build health-care facilities that do rapid screening and care for people who are infected, apart from those who are not. This will prevent transmission from one sick person to another in hospitals and other health-care facilities.”
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Tim O'Brien
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“Did we get good advice from the president of the United States for the first 12 weeks? No. All we got were lies...Speaking as a public health person, this is the most irresponsible act of an elected official that I've ever witnessed.” wired.com/story/coronavi…
“Trump pushed out the admiral on the National Security Council, who was the only person at that level responsible for pandemic defense. With him went his entire downline of employees and staff and relationships. And then Trump removed the [early warning] funding for countries.”
BRIGHT SIDE: “I firmly believe that the steps that we're taking will extend the time that it takes for the virus to make the rounds...This is not a zombie apocalypse. It's not a mass extinction event.”
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Tim O'Brien
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But, but - it *was clearly* in his own administration’s wildest dreams:

"The work done over the past five years, however, demonstrates that the government had considerable knowledge about the risks of a pandemic and accurately predicted the very types of problems Mr. Trump is now scrambling belatedly to address."
nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/…
“Nobody ever thought of numbers like this,’’ Mr. Trump said on Wednesday, at a news conference.

In fact, they had.

nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/…?
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Brian Germann
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Trump responses on #Coronavirus

January 22: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”

February 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”
Trump on #Coronavirus

February 25: “CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus.”

February 25: “I think that's a problem that’s going to go away… They have studied it. They know very much. In fact, we’re very close to a vaccine.”
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February 26: “The 15 (cases in the US) within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero.”

February 26: “We're going very substantially down, not up.”

February 27: “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”
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Laurie Garrett
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A potpourri of #Trump quotes on #COVID19 for you.
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"I don’t think it’s inevitable. It probably will. It possibly will. It could be at a very small level or it could be at a larger level. Whatever happens, we’re totally prepared. We have the best people in the world."
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 "We have the best prepared people, the best people in the world. Congress is willing to give us much more than we’re even asking for. That’s nice for a change. But we are totally ready, willing, and able to — it’s a term that we use, it’s “ready, willing, and able.”
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 "It’s going to be very well under control. Now, it may get bigger. It may get a little bigger. It may not get bigger at all. We’ll see what happens. But regardless of what happens, we’re totally prepared."
"This will end. This will end. You look at flu season."
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Shane Harris
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Very informative thread, which concludes, as other experts have, that the image Trump tweeted was taken by a satellite called USA-224, reportedly operated by the National Reconnaissance Office, perhaps the most secretive of all intel agencies. Some points worth noting...
Bassa notes, "Now that this image has been published, with the orbit of the satellite known, will enable some estimates of the resolution of the Keyhole satellites." The US works hard to make sure that info is NOT publicly known. It's a basic reason these images are classified.
When the gov't does declassify images from satellites, if often modifies the image so that it doesn't give away the satellite resolution. That's another indication that the gov't takes seriously keeping these technical details secret.
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Daniel Dale
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Trump begins his speech to his social media event: "If you look, you're at a very famous place. We all work very hard, and I don't know if you call it influence, I don't know if you call it power, but whatever it is, we're in the White House."
Trump tells a story about a hypothetical spouse who congratulates his or her partner for having a 401K that is "up 77% this year," which is way more than the markets are up.
Trump applauds people who communicate through social media "without having to go through the fake news filter."
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🎖The U.S Military & Q's Army🎖

(How are we Q?) ☟
Trump is the ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ General of Q's Army. He Red Pills, recruits and unites people with facts on a massive scale. That, plus thick skin and a backbone are why #Trump is a key player. He has the ability to create the spark and withstand the backlash (a champion).☟
@GenFlynn & #AdmRogers made it very clear that we are at war, but not the traditional kind of war (irregular warfare).

They also made it very clear that this war is very important and they need us in this fight with them.

Think about that. Our Military gave us a call to duty ☟
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Facts Central
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Who funds the IEA, the TPA, the ASI &co?
You know, the RW 'free trade' thick tanks advocating tax havens, "freedom" (no regulations like workers' rights or environmental protection), no welfare (no tax & no free healthcare).
Basically, "Only the wealthier survive" philosophy?
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*Could it be* that it has something to do with defending their funders' interests?
Today, I'm going to tell you the Thick Tanks' Hydra tale.
Featuring Atlas, huge piles of money, tradition, "free speech", useful idiots and a very clear agenda that Brexit/Trump are a part of.
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Take a seat: It's a long story, with a lot of players, including politicians, pretty ladies squatting your TV, the climate change denial's network, the global fascist movement, Silicon Valley/multiname data-stealing/misusing company & private companies' involved in elections.
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