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Trump keeps claiming the cupboard was bare. But didn't Obama hand him a pandemic procedure manual? (Original Post) Solomon May 2020 OP
he had 3 yrs to restock the cupboard. that's the news here nt msongs May 2020 #1
+1!!! n/t Vogon_Glory May 2020 #9
The carrot colored clown has to blame someone. brokephibroke May 2020 #2
He says the Army had no bullets. Can't somebody call him on this shit? Walleye May 2020 #3
And living, breathing humans devoted to Pandemic response here Proud Liberal Dem May 2020 #4
Obama left a printed playbook for pandemic response, for the Trump administration... secondwind May 2020 #5
👍 underpants May 2020 #6
This video should run on a loop 24/7 and at EVERY opening of MF45's mouth. MFGsunny May 2020 #16
LOL! SouthernCal_Dem May 2020 #25
He spent 3 years dismantling the cupboard... JHB May 2020 #7
And don't forget Paul Ryan! n/t Vogon_Glory May 2020 #11
Dang it! I'd almost succeeded! Almost. JHB May 2020 #12
Facts don't matter. tazkcmo May 2020 #8
Trump keeps claiming... Newest Reality May 2020 #10
Seriously, why do we continue debating every Trump lie? Each day it's a blizzard of new lies. It sop May 2020 #20
Nice. Newest Reality May 2020 #21
If the cupboard was bare padah513 May 2020 #13
If Trump says something true.. stillcool May 2020 #14
well...he would have to READ a manual.... dhill926 May 2020 #15
The 'Blame Obama' Train Is Never Late, Sir The Magistrate May 2020 #17
Heh! Newest Reality May 2020 #24
Indeed, Sir The Magistrate May 2020 #27
psssss. the fucker lies. spanone May 2020 #18
Come on now Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 #19
Remember all the times Obama blamed bush for his failures?? Victor_c3 May 2020 #22
And, a department with people to act. Frustratedlady May 2020 #23
He claimed the military had no ammunition. While doc03 May 2020 #26
So says the liar in chief. If the so called cupboard was bare, then why didn't trump do anything... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #28
Somebody needs to demand that he produce the manual so we can see exactly what he didn't do! Solomon May 2020 #29

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
5. Obama left a printed playbook for pandemic response, for the Trump administration...
Fri May 1, 2020, 03:36 PM
May 2020

During the transition team's first meeting, the information was not discussed, and all the booklets that Obama left for them were found in trashcans... They NEVER even opened them up.

MFGsunny

(2,356 posts)
16. This video should run on a loop 24/7 and at EVERY opening of MF45's mouth.
Fri May 1, 2020, 03:51 PM
May 2020

Great post.

Much obliged for #facts and #truth.

JHB

(37,133 posts)
7. He spent 3 years dismantling the cupboard...
Fri May 1, 2020, 03:39 PM
May 2020

...and to the needle of fact in the haystack of gaslighting, restocking issues are thanks to Republican refusal to fund it.

The initials to be blamed are DT and MM, not BO.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
10. Trump keeps claiming...
Fri May 1, 2020, 03:42 PM
May 2020

Trump keeps claiming falsehoods over and over again to try to make them stick. It's a tactic. It works, so far. The repeated lie as per Nazi Germany, becomes the truth. It also distracts, deflects and, in this case, poisons the well because we need straight, clear, factual information to get through this.

Meanwhile, we are left to exhaustively point out the falsehoods over and over, both as individuals and in a broader sense. It is tiring. That's the strong arm part of the dictator's tactic and he's wearing us down with it.

It's all bullshit and the facts about warnings, preparations, funding cuts, agency cuts are always available for reference.

IMHO, he didn't just botch this, but managed to let it happen. The responsibility of the office makes him fully culpable for the outcome as far as willful negligence goes. He doesn't like that idea. What is the point, really, of having a President who takes no responsibility for his outcomes? He sails in on Obama's recovery, health care, pandemic plans and takes credit for that, right. Then, when something comes about that he is directly responsible for, he wimps out and takes no credit.

The above is what really exposes him, who he is, and what he really wants and it is not about benefiting the people or protecting their safety no matter how many times he or his Ivanka surrogate say it. It's demonstrable. It's a fact.

sop

(9,954 posts)
20. Seriously, why do we continue debating every Trump lie? Each day it's a blizzard of new lies. It
Fri May 1, 2020, 04:00 PM
May 2020

never ends. Jonathan Swift surely must have been thinking about Donald Trump when he wrote:

"Besides, as the vilest writer has his readers, so the greatest liar has his believers; and it often happens, that if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no farther occasion for it. Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it; so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale has had its effect…"

padah513

(2,483 posts)
13. If the cupboard was bare
Fri May 1, 2020, 03:47 PM
May 2020

Where did the 17 tons of stuff he sold to China come from? He didn't buy any supplies before the pandemic began and he had to get them from somewhere.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
14. If Trump says something true..
Fri May 1, 2020, 03:48 PM
May 2020

it should be a major news story. The most salacious lies, are easily forgotten, because of the volume of lies and scandals. We need movies of greatest hits clips. Several.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
24. Heh!
Fri May 1, 2020, 04:07 PM
May 2020

Well, the red hat says it all. They have the sign of "the Beast" on their foreheads as their scriptures suggest and...ah...wink, wink, they don't get it, nor do I think they have the CAPACITY to. It's a scream.

The Magistrate

(95,237 posts)
27. Indeed, Sir
Fri May 1, 2020, 04:14 PM
May 2020


"For two thousand years evangelicals have warned of the advent of the Anti-Christ, and when finally he shows up, damn if they don't vote for him."


Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
22. Remember all the times Obama blamed bush for his failures??
Fri May 1, 2020, 04:05 PM
May 2020

I don’t. It never happened.

A real leader doesn’t blame anyone except themself for their current predicament. They take responsibility for it all, the good and the bad.

Apparently, for republicans, blaming someone else is what a leader is supposed to do.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
23. And, a department with people to act.
Fri May 1, 2020, 04:05 PM
May 2020

He's so intent on blaming Obama for everything, he doesn't need any reason. I doubt he even knew what the department was set up for. Same with other departments he wiped out or regulations he repealed. He doesn't consider what his actions will do to future situations, he just loves to show his power and his hate for Obama.

All because of a comment at a correspondents' roast? Isn't that what caused all this hate?

doc03

(35,151 posts)
26. He claimed the military had no ammunition. While
Fri May 1, 2020, 04:11 PM
May 2020

for several years gun dealers claimed there was a ammo shortage because the government was buying it all.

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
28. So says the liar in chief. If the so called cupboard was bare, then why didn't trump do anything...
Fri May 1, 2020, 04:20 PM
May 2020

about it then? So he's saying that the cupboards were empty, how and when did he know about it? What did he do about it?

Obviously after over 3+ years, nothing still has been done, if this lie is to be believed.

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