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We are in a economic and health crisis and this is just the tip of the iceberg... (Original Post) SummerSnow Mar 2020 OP
tRUMP can't be re-elected since he was never elected in 2016, but our crisis is very real. abqtommy Mar 2020 #1
But..... Sukee Mar 2020 #2
We always have been. Now it's just affecting more people. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2020 #3
I'm not sure there is any precedent that compares. defacto7 Mar 2020 #4
The closest I can come up with is the US Civil War... Hugin Mar 2020 #5
K&R, without nationwide unfettered testing this will get worse and worse uponit7771 Mar 2020 #6
If it lasts beyond four weeks we will be in depression JCMach1 Mar 2020 #7

Sukee

(29 posts)
2. But.....
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 09:57 AM
Mar 2020

Has any sitting president solicited the help of foreign countries to hack the election for office? It's not about the recession or the economic crisis. It's about Russia getting into our elections again for Trump. So, while the question may pertain to any ordinary sitting president, Trump is not ordinary, normal, nor anything that makes sense.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
4. I'm not sure there is any precedent that compares.
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 12:01 PM
Mar 2020

This is new ground. It also has the earmarks of contraction and/or depression but still no reasonable comparison.

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