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Trump’s Absurd Claim ‘If We Didn’t Do Any Testing, We Would Have Very Few Cases’ | Deadline | MSNBC

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  1. Then he needs to stop testing himself, his staff or family if he thinks this way! He can watch everyone around him perish and wonder if they had the virus.

    1. @MissSicBitch WTF. I KNOW SOMEONE THAT GOT STUNG BY A BEE, HE WAS ALLERGIC, HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK 2 HOURS LATER, BUT HE STILL DIED FROM THE BEE. THAT IS LIKE SAYING, “HE HAD BEE VENOM IN HIM, BUT YOU CAN’T COUNT THAT AS A BEE STING DEATH. IT WAS A HEART ATTACK. THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IF WE ARE NEAR A 10% INCREASE OF DEATH FROM LAST YEAR. SO WHAT WOULD YOU BLAME IT ON.
      STUPIDITY. THIS VIRUS IS NOT A JOKE. NOT GOOD TO PANIC, BUT YOU DON’T WANT TO BE CATATONIC, LIKE TRUMP

    2. What trump said is an explanation to why we SEE so many cases in the US. He was praising us for doing so much testing and saying that other countries with less RECORDED cases are not actually doing better than we are because they don’t test as much as we do. So yes he is correct that less testing means we will SEE less cases. He was NOT saying we should test less and anyone that interpreted it as that is even more stupid than they think trump is. Pay better attention people. The news is fake

    3. Technically he is right, as many would be sick and potentially infect more people, but it wouldn’t be counted as a case. Only those who tested positive would be counted as cases still, so less testing would mean less cases. More virus, more spread, less cases. On the other hand, more testing means less virus, less spread, more cases.

  2. I’m ready to open a citizen lawsuit against the federal government for the lack of response that put all our life in danger we need answers

    1. And all those people who show up to protests without masks with their children should be charged with child endangerment

  3. The president shouldn’t lean on his political instincts. How many political careers has he ruined? To include his own.

    1. What trump said is an explanation to why we SEE so many cases in the US. He was praising us for doing so much testing and saying that other countries with less RECORDED cases are not actually doing better than we are because they don’t test as much as we do. So yes he is correct that less testing means we will SEE less cases. He was NOT saying we should test less and anyone that interpreted it as that is even more stupid than they think trump is. Pay better attention people. The news is fake

    1. @JJ Strumr
      I think he did a good job, keeping peoples’ hopes up, sorry. It was his duty to do so and it seems MSM and everybody else was downplaying this.
      When all of this passes I think many will reflect on how the world overreacted and the toll will be much higher because of starvation, suicide, and many other factors due to imprisoning people in their homes.
      I guess you would have preferred Trump telling people millions will die in the US, like the early doomsayers predicted.
      Most people who have died are over 50 and were already at risk. It seems they should have been isolating, not everybody.
      Time will tell.

    2. @David Primeau Per your logic it could just as easily be said that he has saved the lives of 1,396,550,000 Chinese citizens.
      – – – WTF ? How stupid can you be ?

    3. @Borvo
      Yes, you can say that just as easily as, “He’s been killing Americans shut him down” since neither are based on facts and reason and both statements are nonsense.

    4. What trump said is an explanation to why we SEE so many cases in the US. He was praising us for doing so much testing and saying that other countries with less RECORDED cases are not actually doing better than we are because they don’t test as much as we do. So yes he is correct that less testing means we will SEE less cases. He was NOT saying we should test less and anyone that interpreted it as that is even more stupid than they think trump is. Pay better attention people. The news is fake

    5. @David Primeau by far, explain your logic, that only a being such as yourself only understands, and how we should trust your monkey logic?

    1. R Z i think people that make assumptions online are the funniest asshats in the world. The joke went right over your head, but I’m sure you used to having things go over your head.

    2. Jeff Miller – Daaah! Lets not put air in the tire cause if we do that , the tire won’t be flat!!!!!!! What planet is this guy from?

    1. Allen Hess exactly, no transcript equals genius; just as no tests equals no viral infections.

    2. YES i noticed that recently. It was kind of an obscure thing that came up in my youtube algorithems one day and it was ASTOUNDING

  4. It’s almost like mass murder. Scary. We could have been done with this if it had been handled right with competent people.

  5. How many failures, how many criminal trials, how many times does he fall on his face and how many lies does he tell before people understand he is a moron. He is not a President, he is a Con-man.

  6. If we did no testing, we wouldn’t even have an estimate of how many cases there would be, and we wouldn’t know what measures to take

  7. Life has become a cartoon with Trump starring as “Ma-Ma-Ma-MORON” on “Freakazoid” ⚡️

    1. Buster Wolf Cheeto skinned? Lmfao that’s a new one for me.
      I keep picturing him tearing open a Cheeto bag and crushing it all up to smear on his face.
      I’m never gonna get that out of my head now.

    2. I love Cheetos but I can’t stand the orange crap all over my fingers from eating them, so it is a love/hate relationship. Now Cheeto face I just hate. We could truly use a modern Lee Harvey Oswald but this time he would be deserving of the Congressional Metal of Honor AND get his very own holiday. “The man who stopped #CivilWarII Day”. I would vote for that, as well as a 100% Dem ticket. Strange things for a lifetime MODERATE republican to say, but these are very strange days 🤪

    3. @Martin Dykmans why so complicated? Just have a reporter ask him if “traitors” must be executed. Have a sniper ready for when he replies “yes”. Totally legal.

  8. My students: If you would stop giving us tests that we haven’t studied for, we’d stop failing your class.

    Me: 😡🤬

    1. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    2. What trump said is an explanation to why we SEE so many cases in the US. He was praising us for doing so much testing and saying that other countries with less RECORDED cases are not actually doing better than we are because they don’t test as much as we do. So yes he is correct that less testing means we will SEE less cases. He was NOT saying we should test less and anyone that interpreted it as that is even more stupid than they think trump is. Pay better attention people. The news is fake

  9. Saying “Don’t turn on the light because you will see the dirt” does not mean that the dirt is not there, it’s just that by living in the dark means you live in filth.

    1. @iomibestlefty Yeah! Right on! And MOMS… quit checking your baby’s diapers for poop. Get a positive attitude.

    2. @iomibestlefty If the incompetent imbecile in the WH had acted in a timely manner there wouldn’t be the amount of human carnage or economic disaster that there is currently. South Korea and the US got their first confirmed case of covid-19 on the same date. The US unemployment rate was 3.8% and SK was 4.0%. South Korea immediate started testing, tracing and isolating. Trump did nothing but downplay the virus and call it a hoax for 2 months. Today South Korea has 260 deaths while the USA has 86,891. The US unemployment rate is now 14.9% while South Korea’s is still 4.0%. Guess who fuk’d up?

    3. @iomibestleftyDO YOU MEAN BEAUTIFUL? TESTING IS WHY OTHER COUNTRIES DID NOT HAVE TO SHUT DOWN NEAR AS MUCH. TIME FOR BOZO TO GO. +++ TRUMP.

  10. “School Nurse”?

    Many schools no longer have one of those on staff full time, much less part time .

  11. When Trump made that remark about testing, I suddenly realized he was ten times more stupid than I thought he was. Profoundly stupid.

  12. “As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron.

    – H.L. Mencken
    – Baltimore Evening Sun
    – 7-26-1920

    1. There would be no diabetes without blood tests. There would be surgeries without tests. There would not be car repairs without diagnostic tests. There would be no graduations without tests. Unfortunately Trump does not meet his Presidential test.

  13. I’m so sick of hearing about his moronic base…F… his base .
    We’re still in the majority. Don’t forget that !!

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