So far, Trump has cost me the following due to his total refusal to deal with the pandemic:

[Atticus]

-our usual family gatherings/dinners/ barbecues for Easter, 5 family birthdays, Memorial Day, and 4th of July;

-an average once-a-month-nothing-special get together with our kids, kids-in-law and grandkids---hot dog roasts, home-churned ice cream, etc;

-the joy of hugging and kissing my children and grand children;

-the aggravation of shopping for EVERYTHING on line;

-cancelled dental check-ups

-cancelled doctor appointments for a variety of ailments that I HOPE are only painful and not too serious;

-finally---and maybe the most stressful---is knowing that all of the above have been knowingly and arrogantly inflicted upon me and those I love by a person I will never have the pleasure of laying my hands on.

[leftieNanner]

1. I would add to this

- Not knowing when I will ever see and hug my two daughters again.

[qazplm135]

2. He's cost me

Starting a new career as a teacher
Buying a house

Both postponed to next year

[pandr32]

3. I would add to this the stress and worry

...of our pandemic, economy, democracy, rule of law, diversity, schools, infrastructure, international relationships and of Russia's influence on our everyday life.

[madwivoter]

4. Lots of the same here, with one more (that I know others are struggling with)

A family member who is in the hospital with chronic illness (not COVID). He's in the best hospital in the world, but is dealing day to day with all of this alone. The ripple effect of the administrations inability to deal with this pandemic is massive.

It's hard for us (as a family) to even think about the things we've lost due to this grifting fucking con artist squatting in our White House, most of our time and energy is spent on keeping the jobs we have (thankfully) while communicating with the hospital to ensure we have current status and condition of our loved one (which is also a full time job).

[jimfields33]

5. We've all been through those and more.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Similar for most of us -

I don't have children or grandchildren, but the pandemic has forced me to stay home alone, and almost all communication with other people is by telephone, Zoom or email. Can't hang out with friends, safely have dinner or even a quick sandwich at a restaurant, sing with my little choral ensemble that's been part of my life for years; attend the painting, drawing and foreign language classes that have added so much to my retirement; teach community gardening classes; get dental checkups; get an x-ray for a minor injury; go shopping for something needed at the last minute; all the other ordinary things that we used to take for granted.

All of this, of course, is bearable. I am much more fortunate than many others in that I don't have to go to work; I can be safe because I can stay home, and because I'm by myself I don't have to worry about someone else in my household bringing the virus to me. So maybe I shouldn't complain at all. But still, this is bullshit. I can stay home because other people have to work; they deliver the stuff I need so I don't have to go out, and they and their families are at risk. So are the medical people who treat them. Businesses are going broke because people can't or won't go to them, and many people are still unemployed. And none of this had to happen.

And yes, it is deeply frustrating that I can't do anything to the worthless lump of crap who caused it all, other than not vote for him.

[SheltieLover]

7. Just wait

Until you need a car part.

The roads in shithole Memphis are literally like off-roading. Yes, interstates, too!

I will not bore you with the gory details of all the parts of my car that have been broken, except the most recent strut that broken. I cannot drive my car.

So I spent days trying to locate a quality coilover strut set with bump stops.

I was lucky to find 1 set not spoken for, but it will not arrive until at least mid-August!

All because of the dump virus!

[uponit7771]

8. We're inside for another year cause it'll take Biden 6 months after he's in power to get things ..

... under control.

A whole year of flying

[OneCrazyDiamond]

9. Rebuilding something is a lot slower then destroying something.

I think 6 months would be a blessing. It will exacerbated by the tax cuts, and lack of economic activity for near a year. I hope I am wrong.

[uponit7771]

12. Mr too

[BamaRefugee]

10. COST ME MY BUSINESS! I've been shut down since March!

[GetRidOfThem]

41. What kind of business?

Just curious...

[BamaRefugee]

47. I'm a registered, licensed and bonded Process Server. Courts are shut down, attorneys are not filing

cases, there's no work for me.
And when work finally comes, sadly a ton of it will be doing my part of the eviction process, which involves notifying people of various proceedings going forward. And those people will be desperate because THEY can't earn money. And desperate people have been buying LOTS of guns. And those desperate gun-toters may not have ever heard the old adage "don't shoot the messenger".
It's an ongoing snowballing clusterfuck.

...of course I'm still having to pay all my professional licensing fees, not to mention my idiotic $1.25MILLION yearly business insurance.

[GetRidOfThem]

56. Sounds like a tough one

Sorry to hear your circumstances...

[BamaRefugee]

63. ME TOO! ;-)

[central scrutinizer]

11. There's a Lincoln Project ad on this topic

Memories


https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213818035

[patphil]

14. My daughter lives 2000 miles away in Albuquerque, NM.

Usually by this time of the year we would have visited her once and she would have also come back to New York State once. Not this year.
We do talk ever evening, and it's evident she is feeling the strain.
My wife and I have also not visited with a single relative since the Christmas Holidays.

That's the thing we miss the most...no human contact with our daughter and our extended families.

Flush the turd on November 3rd!

[LymphocyteLover]

15. multiply this by 350 million

he's fucked over the US so badly... him and the filthy treasonous GOP who enabled him at every step

[dalton99a]

16. No bathrooms for travelers

https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-07-25/public-restrooms-are-disappearing-here-are-survival-strategies

Full bladders, closed bathrooms. Strategies for peeing while out during coronavirus
Even the old reliable go-to, the gas station, has become an iffy proposition during the coronavirus era.
By Jeanette Marantos | Staff Writer
July 25, 2020 |7 AM

Remember the good old days (a few months ago), when you could leave your home for the day with a tall tumbler of coffee and a car well-stocked with water, confident in the knowledge that when your bladder came calling, you could find quick and easy relief at the nearest coffee shop, gas station or fast-food restaurant?

Because after a couple of hours, you were likely ready for another Starbucks Nitro Cold Brew anyway, right? At least that’s how it worked in my world, where regular caffeine was such a workday requirement that by the time I got home, the interior of my car was full of empty cups.

In truth, I probably owe my caffeine addiction to my bladder: I had to buy a new coffee every few hours so I could justify using a coffee shop’s public bathroom when I was working outside the office.

But the easy days of ubiquitous public restrooms are but memory, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdowns that have shuttered the seating areas — and toilets — of many coffee shops and restaurants.

Even the old reliable go-to, the gas station, has become an iffy proposition.

[kag]

24. Excellent point.

And not one that most people think about.

[mwooldri]

58. Welcome to the world of the professional truck driver.

Where that 12-pack of Gatorade bottles gets re-used and re-filled with Mello Yello... Was essential when the state of Pennsylvania shut down all the interstate rest areas. Thankfully Loves, Pilot Flying J and TA/Petro have kept open. Otherwise my emergency toilet would have seen some serious use.

[Withywindle]

17. so far he has cost me

My job

The life of one old college friend

The company of my friends, who are a found family to me

The joy of live music and performance (which is a huge part of my life, and also the field my job is in)

Finishing the ongoing dental work I desperately needed and had finally started

My freedom of movement

Peace of mind (not that I've had much since November 2016, but he has managed to limbo under my extremely low expectations)

[catbyte]

18. My trip to New Zealand in August.

[monmouth4]

19. My 80th birthday party. Did see my kids and they brought me lunch but we couldn't go

anywhere, our fav places were closed.

[plimsoll]

20. Maybe, just maybe the people who haven't completely joined the collective will

understand that he's famous for being famous.

No other observable talent.

I could have joined the list but I want to start swearing.

[Evolve Dammit]

21. Those who care are truly hostage to his total ineptness and sociopathy. Largely preventable.

Those who don't care or think it's a hoax or whatever: FU. YOU are responsible as well, for unchecked transmission of this potentially deadly disease. Sorry Atticus. That list coincides with mine pretty much. Lots of missed opportunities for the kids especially because we are doing the right thing.

[Roland99]

22. Cost me 14 weeks of work along with tens of thousands of fellow employees

[LuckyLib]

23. A new first grandchild we haven't seen and a dying mother we can't see either.

My hatred for the Dumpf and Republicans is only exceeded by my disgust with selfish stupid Americans.

[kag]

25. My son lives an hour away, and I haven't seen him since January.

My other child is roomates with him and I've only seen them once since January. (Sorry if the pronouns are weird. My youngest is nonbinary.) I used to go stay with them once every two or three weeks.

It's killing me.

Also, my brother and his family are going to come up from Texas (to Colorado) to visit friends, and asked if they could stop by and visit. I had to tell him no. I was in tears.

[soldierant]

26. These are the points the Lincoln Project is making

in its newest ad "Memories"

(At least it was the newest the last time I looked,)

They don't go into as much detail, but the visuals are heart-grabbing to make up for that.

[somaticexperiencing]

27. Yeah, he hates Bezos so much, but he's been the biggest boon to Amazon ever!!!!!!!!

[cstanleytech]

28. Don't blame Trump.

Atleast not entirely as he had plenty of support in his stupidity from a huge number of other Republican politicians.

[Harker]

29. It would be fitting

were he required to respond to millions of lawsuits.

[GeorgeGist]

30. More than 150,000 cannot even respond.

[Glorfindel]

31. I have a new great-grand niece whom I have never met

I get almost daily photos, but it's not the same as actually holding the little dumpling and making her giggle.

[yardwork]

32. My 85 year old mother can't leave her assisted living facility or have visitors.

I haven't seen her since March. She hasn't had a hug or a visit from anybody in her family. I can't get in her room to check on things. She had to cancel her dental visits and primacy care visits. No way to get lab work done. Who knows how long this will go on.

My former mother in law died in April, probably of COVID but Florida refused to test her. My wife's aunt just died of COVID.

We missed an annual trip to visit family on July 4. No way to see beloved family members who live out of town.

And when I think of all the people who have died and those who will deal with health problems for the rest of their lives, and the economic crash and it's impacts, especially on young people.

Yes, I blame Trump and all the Republicans.

[UpInArms]

33. Of all that I have not been able to do ... the worst

Is that a friend of mine ... who has been ill for months ... was living in a nursing home near me ... and the last time I was able to see him was early March....

He is now in palliative care and will die alone ... instead of being surrounded by loving friends

[Ilsa]

50. It seems like they should find a way,

even if it means you are coming through a window in a space suit.

[UpInArms]

52. They have

Moved him to a hospital 130 miles away ...

He is limited to one visitor a day ... we (his friends) have had to step back so that his family can take those visits

[Aristus]

34. I miss weekly pub trivia.

And I miss having Barack Obama as President...

[RazBerryBeret]

35. he cost me my mom

she didn't die from Covid, she died in assisted living where no one could visit her.
She made it thru some heavy depression where she didn't eat of get out of bed for 3 days, we thought we were going to lose her then. She bounced back (maybe bounced isn't the right word) but she was out of bed, eating well, still weak but getting back to normal.
We still couldn't visit her.
She died in her room from a heart attack on May 12th, her late husband's birthday.

[demtenjeep]

36. my family cruise for my dying sister-who likely won't make it to her bday next month

that was what hurt the most.



fatnixon can rot in hell-the sooner he has another stroke the better

[Initech]

37. I was supposed to go to Canada, Hawaii and New Hampshire this year.

I've also lost my baseball season tickets, and a whole year of activities I've had planned. A lot of my favorite places have also gone out of business because of this.

And this virus has also taken just a massive toll on my mental health. I've literally hated every second of every day since the pandemic began, and it just continues to get worse. I don't know how much more of this I can take.

[Roy Rolling]

38. Unemployed since March 15

I’m sure everyone is in the same boat, some worse.

[Danascot]

39. You started your post by saying, 'Trump has cost me'

I think that would be a great phrase to promote in the next 90+ days.

It's very personal and I think almost everyone has experienced some loss or inconvenience under Trump so it would have universal appeal.

It's better and more personal than 'Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?' Though that's not a bad question either.

#trumphascostme

[Ilsa]

54. I think we need to make it clear why this is IQ45's fault, too.

There will be malleable voters who will absorb the last thing they hear, such as, "It's not like he invented COVID-19." People need to be reminded of the cuts he made to disaster preparedness, throwing out the pandemic response book, and that he wrongly chose a shorter shut down vs implementing nationwide restrictions, thereby extending the pandemic. He won't listen to scientists and doctors, and cares more about his hotels reopening than he cares about grandma's life.

[uponit7771]

57. +1

[Skittles]

40. check with your dentist

my dentist office follows very rigorous preventative measures and I feel comfortable going (I have ongoing dental treatment)

I would not skip doctor visits if I was in pain, either.

[secondwind]

42. I feel the same way, I really believe that Trump has stolen the last years of my life.

I will be 74 in a few months, I love to travel, won’t be able to do that...

Cannot see my grandkids or hug them or play with them....

FUCK TRUMP

[jayschool2013]

43. A 25 percent pay cut

For the coming fiscal year (July-June), my board of directors (I run a TINY nonprofit that supports student journalists) cut my pay by 25 percent. My wife is an acupuncturist who is unable to see clients. So an interesting year ahead for us.

All in all, we are very fortunate.

[Ilsa]

48. I have no help for taking care of my disabled son.

No respite. He's getting bored because most of the fun stuff he used to do is cancelled, so he's been more temperamental.

But I'm glad we can at least be together. I'm sorry you are missing your family.

[Atticus]

49. Despite my list, I understand that, so far, Mrs. Atticus and I have been very lucky. I hope that

once we "clean house" in November, the activities once a available for your son will soon be restored.

[Ilsa]

51. Yep, house cleaning, pandemic protocols activated,

sink the virus, then it will be safe for all of us again.

I don't have it so bad. Like I said, at least we are all together. It's the folks who are alone that I feel for.

And I know you weren't kvetching, but starting a long list of sacrifices everyone except trump is making.

[Ms. Toad]

53. Most of yours - plus

* I haven't seen my 88 year old parents since February.
* I haven't seen my 94 year old great aunt since February
* Our family planned a 65th anniversary celebration for my parents with out extended family this summer (likely the last week-long vacation, given that my mother is getting more and more frail)
* a 4% pay cut (putting me back at my 2013 pay, except that I've gotten 2 promotions since I was hired.)
* a 50% increase in insurance premiums
* no new employee (hiring was already in process) to share the 140 hour/week load that is currently shared between my single employee and me
* exacerbation of the impossible teaching load (noted above), since I've been teaching online since March and in about 2 weeks will have to manage classes in 2 separate physical rooms - and online simultaneously (plus my normal 130 papers a week to grade)
* further exacerbation because my bar exam students would have taken their second day of the bar exam today - but it has now been delayed until early October - so I will still be reviewing sample answers, on top of the 130 papers a week for students who are taking classes from me
* in-laws mad at me because they don't take the virus seriously, so skipping the upcoming wedding shower and wedding aren't making me any friends
* additional family stress because my rules for staying safe don't match those of my spouse
* our 40th annual open house (I'm assuming we will have to cancel it this fall) with 30-50 family and friends
* hugs from family, friends, students, etc.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

55. Trump took from me

Visits from freinds, decent fresh food,trips to the doctor,can't go to my therapy or day program,
Bad dreams,anxiety,anxiety attacks. Depression. Loneliness, fear . Not going to restraunts and stores for fun. Not socializing. Not being able to see or get groceries with my sister. Trip to see my other sister she moved to Delaware beach.
A trip to Virginia,and all family gatherings from Easter on.


My life is kinda simple but missing the listed above pretty much erases my life .

[MrModerate]

59. Not to mention that all the time earned by these sacrifices has been squandered. n/t

[BadgerMom]

60. Don't forget Mother's Day and Fathers Day with the family.

[Atticus]

61. My bad. Thanks. nt

[certainot]

62. about 20 times i say "you stupid fucking republicans" and 100 times on shopping days