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JUST IN: President Trump unloads on the nation's governors on a call, calls on them to step up enforcement: "You have to dominate, if you dont dominate youre wasting your time. Theyre going to run over you, youre going to look like a bunch of jerks. You have to dominate."
In audio obtained by @CBSNEws, Trump tells governors: "Washington was under very good control, but were going to have it under much more control. Were going to pull in thousands of people." (more)
MORE: Trump tells governors: "Youve got to arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail for 10 years and youll never see this stuff again," per audio obtained by @CBSNews
One person listening in on the call describes the president's words and tone as "unhinged."
On the call, Trump references Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Milley and Attorney General Bill Barr. "We will activate Bill Barr and activate him very strongly," Trump says.
tetedur
(820 posts)Run for the hills!
42bambi
(1,753 posts)leftieNanner
(15,112 posts)"We will activate Bill Barr very strongly." What the hell does that mean?
Go back into your little hidey hole Ass Face! And stay there.
cate94
(2,811 posts)He does.
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)What an idiot!
-Laelth
Alacritous Crier
(3,816 posts)are cognizant of his mental decline and unfitness for office. When is the GOP going to step in and force him to resign? If they don't they're facing another 40 years without a majority in either the house of senate.
Zoonart
(11,868 posts)dalton99a
(81,513 posts)Idiot
JHB
(37,160 posts)...and it will come out. First as quotes, then the recordings.
irisblue
(32,975 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,907 posts)Activate him very strongly.
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,854 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)This is what it sounds like to me.
Trump has lost all sense of reason. He believes a boot and baton to the head is what is needed here. The streets will run red with blood before all is said and done.
I PRAY that does not happen.
Arkansas Granny
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Trump in a call with governors says "most of you are weak" and demands a tougher response. That's sort of like an arsonist blaming the fire department.
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Buckeye_Democrat
(14,854 posts)dalton99a
(81,513 posts)mshasta
(2,108 posts)Sounds like Release the Kraken screenplay
He is giving us the wannabe Mussolini performance
demmiblue
(36,855 posts)More: President Trump just berated governors and mayors for how they are handling the protests, calling them "fools," per person on the call.
Aides to governors say the president continues to talk. One describes it as a "rant." Says he keeps talking about the need to "dominate" the protests.
A second person on call says Trump's "fools" comment was more of a warning, saying if the governors didn't take more action on the protests, they'd look like "fools."
President Trump just compared this current national crisis to a "war" on the call with governors, per a person on it. And he urged the governors to "fight back." Monday, just before noon eastern.
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global1
(25,251 posts)What about the contact tracking?
For Covid-19 he should have been saying: You have to test people. You have to do contact tracking. And you have to isolate them - and that's the way we'll whip this virus.
You have to dominate. If you don't dominate you're wasting your time. The virus will run over you.
And guess what - if he would have followed his own advice for Covid-19 he probably would have saved thousands of lives.
He looks like a fool.
And I'm only using his own words and applying them to the pandemic.
He is a fool - an incompetent one.
Did he forget that we still have an on-going pandemic?
Will we be shocked when the MSM starts reporting the numbers of deaths again?
Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)That is the only thing that will make him happy, thousands of Americans being slaughtered.
demmiblue
(36,855 posts)WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump on Monday derided the nations governors as weak and demanded tougher crackdowns on protesters in the aftermath of another night of violent protests in dozens of American cities.
Trump spoke to governors on a video teleconference with law enforcement and national security officials, telling the local leaders they have to get much tougher amid nationwide protests and criticizing their responses.
Most of you are weak, Trump said. You have to arrest people.
The days of protests were triggered by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after he was pinned at the neck by a white Minneapolis police officer. They turned violent in several cities, with looting and mayhem, and fires ignited in the historic park across from the White House.
https://apnews.com/b3817623ef861818803b5676d43741ea?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP
That was fast... these journalists amaze me!
dhill926
(16,339 posts)Alacritous Crier
(3,816 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,942 posts)demmiblue
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demmiblue
(36,855 posts)demmiblue
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