Aseahawkfan wrote:Stopping immigration is necessary for a variety of reasons right now for the jobs and the spread of COVID19.
Right now, it's us that should be stopped from contaminating other countries. We're the current hot spot in the world. It might be a testing and reporting difference, but Mexico has far fewer cases of COVID than we do. Warmer climate?
Aseahawkfan wrote:Now if the clown can stop getting baited into political arguments and taking shots at his governors, maybe something will get done to get us going again. That's real great leadership during a global pandemic to take shots at your governors who are also worried and having collapsing state revenues and businesses. Way to motivate them. The guy runs the government like he's the CEO of a company who thinks he can scream at the manager to get going and it doesn't work like that. He's a terrible politician. It might be part of the reason he got elected, but sheesh, the man should have some sense and be looking to motivate his governors, not belittle them or take petty shots.
He's not used to sharing power. The governors are the ones that will be making the decisions as to when to suspend the restrictions. It's the spoiled rich kid syndrome again. Trump is used to getting his way. He's not accustomed to playing a supporting role, the
"I'm not a supply clerk" response he gave one of the governors being typical of a person that's used to giving orders, not taking them. He's used to being the star of the show. Even though he craves the power the governors have, he also wants deniability if things don't go right.
Aseahawkfan wrote:I usually don't watch Trump the same as i don't watch any president. I find their speeches boring, vapid, and written for people like they're little kids looking for a cheer me up. I watched a few clips of these press conferences and see him taking little shots at his governors. It's just irritating. Just more of his usual combative, petty, BS talk that undermines his policies and the quality work he could be doing to make things better for the nation.
As much as I disagreed with him, I liked watching Obama. I didn't often watch Bush 43 and couldn't stand to watch Clinton.
Although it was before my time, Kennedy's press conferences were classics, a complete 180 from Trump as his self deprecating humor was hilarious (When asked what his father said to him just prior to the election, JFK replied "He said
Dammit, I'm not paying for a God dammed landslide"). So much different than the self-aggrandizing press conferences we see from Trump.