MAGAThread XVIII: The Authority Is Total

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

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Trump bump to Trump slump.

[Gormwood]

oof

Trump bump to Trump slump.

Cue the internet filling with meme prayers pleading to a badly drawn cartoon frog to fix everything to make Trump Great Again.

[The East Marches II]

Trump bump to Trump slump.

Cue the internet filling with meme prayers pleading to a badly drawn cartoon frog to fix everything to make Trump Great Again.

Wow, Kek did a real number on your view of internet culture. I'll have to thank him :^)

[Vassenor]

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So much for that Great Economy, I guess.

[The Emerald Legion]

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So much for that Great Economy, I guess.

I mean. Could you imagine where we'd be if Obama was still running the economy into the ground?

[Vassenor]

So much for that Great Economy, I guess.

I mean. Could you imagine where we'd be if Obama was still running the economy into the ground?

And what did Trump personally change to make him responsible for the gains while absolving personal responsibility for the losses?

[The Black Forrest]

So much for that Great Economy, I guess.

I mean. Could you imagine where we'd be if Obama was still running the economy into the ground?

Hmmm? Maybe you are holding the chart upside down?

Actually we would be in a far better position. Obama had the outbreak team established. He wouldn’t have cut funding to the CDC, He would have talked to the people and given factual information. He would have responded when it was noticed. We would have been listening to the professionals rather then Mr. “its all about me!” Though I have to admit; they trained him well and he does sound better.

Your boy had a heavy hand in this crash.

[The Emerald Legion]

I mean. Could you imagine where we'd be if Obama was still running the economy into the ground?

And what did Trump personally change to make him responsible for the gains while absolving personal responsibility for the losses?

... Yes. Because I forgot that Coronavirus shot out of Trump's toupee and became a worldwide pandemic.

Oh wait. No. It came from China. That country he's been trying to get us out of his entire presidency, to the kicking and screaming of liberals scared their global order was going to fall apart.

[Northern Davincia]

I mean. Could you imagine where we'd be if Obama was still running the economy into the ground?

And what did Trump personally change to make him responsible for the gains while absolving personal responsibility for the losses?

Tax cuts and deregulation are responsible for the gains, the volatile nature of the Federal Reserve and a pandemic are responsible for the losses.
Trump certainly has a hand in both.

[Ifreann]

And what did Trump personally change to make him responsible for the gains while absolving personal responsibility for the losses?

... Yes. Because I forgot that Coronavirus shot out of Trump's toupee and became a worldwide pandemic.

Oh wait. No. It came from China. That country he's been trying to get us out of his entire presidency, to the kicking and screaming of liberals scared their global order was going to fall apart.

What possible difference could Trump's trade war with China have made to this pandemic?

[Gormwood]

And what did Trump personally change to make him responsible for the gains while absolving personal responsibility for the losses?

... Yes. Because I forgot that Coronavirus shot out of Trump's toupee and became a worldwide pandemic.

Oh wait. No. It came from China. That country he's been trying to get us out of his entire presidency, to the kicking and screaming of liberals scared their global order was going to fall apart.

He makes Lucy and Ethel at the chocolate factory look like seasoned pros. He didn't cause the virus but he definitely pussy-grabbed the response and made it worse.

[The Emerald Legion]

... Yes. Because I forgot that Coronavirus shot out of Trump's toupee and became a worldwide pandemic.

Oh wait. No. It came from China. That country he's been trying to get us out of his entire presidency, to the kicking and screaming of liberals scared their global order was going to fall apart.

He makes Lucy and Ethel at the chocolate factory look like seasoned pros. He didn't cause the virus but he definitely pussy-grabbed the response and made it worse.

No he didn't. That's literal fake news you lot are gobbling up because it says he's bad. Meanwhile even his staunchest opponents are praising his response.

[The Black Forrest]

He makes Lucy and Ethel at the chocolate factory look like seasoned pros. He didn't cause the virus but he definitely pussy-grabbed the response and made it worse.

No he didn't. That's literal fake news you lot are gobbling up because it says he's bad. Meanwhile even his staunchest opponents are praising his response.

They are now. Previously he was inept and added to the panic levels. “There are zero infections now and then it was reported 1000 new cases.

[Vassenor]

He makes Lucy and Ethel at the chocolate factory look like seasoned pros. He didn't cause the virus but he definitely pussy-grabbed the response and made it worse.

No he didn't. That's literal fake news you lot are gobbling up because it says he's bad. Meanwhile even his staunchest opponents are praising his response.

So what is the actual truth? Who was it who disbanded the CDC's pandemic response framework, for example?

[Cisairse]

And what did Trump personally change to make him responsible for the gains while absolving personal responsibility for the losses?

Tax cuts and deregulation are responsible for the gains, the volatile nature of the Federal Reserve and a pandemic are responsible for the losses.
Trump certainly has a hand in both.

That's just blatantly not true. The economy was gaining for six years straight before the tax cuts. The tax cuts are exactly what led to the government being unprepared for the losses.

Trump was handed a fantastic economy (one that Obama fixed after Bush destroyed it) and he ruined it.

[The Emerald Legion]

No he didn't. That's literal fake news you lot are gobbling up because it says he's bad. Meanwhile even his staunchest opponents are praising his response.

So what is the actual truth? Who was it who disbanded the CDC's pandemic response framework, for example?

Yes. Because Obama's magic policies would have fixed this thing that has never happened before ever. Italy just imploded all on its own because Trump exists.

[Duvniask]

So much for that Great Economy, I guess.

I mean. Could you imagine where we'd be if Obama was still running the economy into the ground?

On what metric had Obama been running the US economy into the ground? Your gut feeling that Brown Man Bad?

[Gormwood]

No he didn't. That's literal fake news you lot are gobbling up because it says he's bad. Meanwhile even his staunchest opponents are praising his response.

So what is the actual truth? Who was it who disbanded the CDC's pandemic response framework, for example?

Obama did, dur.

[Gormwood]

Tax cuts and deregulation are responsible for the gains, the volatile nature of the Federal Reserve and a pandemic are responsible for the losses.
Trump certainly has a hand in both.

That's just blatantly not true. The economy was gaining for six years straight before the tax cuts. The tax cuts are exactly what led to the government being unprepared for the losses.

Trump was handed a fantastic economy (one that Obama fixed after Bush destroyed it) and he ruined it.

Trust a coddled manbaby who managed to bankrupt a casino to run the national economy.

[The Emerald Legion]

I mean. Could you imagine where we'd be if Obama was still running the economy into the ground?

On what metric had Obama been running the US economy into the ground? Your gut feeling that Brown Man Bad?

That's your response?

[Gormwood]

On what metric had Obama been running the US economy into the ground? Your gut feeling that Brown Man Bad?

That's your response?

Better than trying to maintain that Trump is the Second Coming of Christ like you're doing.

[The Emerald Legion]

That's your response?

Better than trying to maintain that Trump is the Second Coming of Christ like you're doing.

Yes. Using statistics deceptively is totally fine.

[Fartsniffage]

Better than trying to maintain that Trump is the Second Coming of Christ like you're doing.

Yes. Using statistics deceptively is totally fine.

How is that image deceptive?

[Duvniask]

On what metric had Obama been running the US economy into the ground? Your gut feeling that Brown Man Bad?

(Image)

That's your response?

Yes, you have nothing to show for your mockery. When I mock someone I at least put a little more effort into it.

Better than trying to maintain that Trump is the Second Coming of Christ like you're doing.

Yes. Using statistics deceptively is totally fine.

What's the deceptive part, then? You also didn't answer the first question: Running the economy into the ground implies it entered recession, stagnated or was somehow ill-managed. Real growth has largely been the same under Trump as under Obama. So what metric are you using to conclude that the economy was "running into the ground"?

[Jerzylvania]

And what did Trump personally change to make him responsible for the gains while absolving personal responsibility for the losses?

... Yes. Because I forgot that Coronavirus shot out of Trump's toupee and became a worldwide pandemic.

Oh wait. No. It came from China. That country he's been trying to get us out of his entire presidency, to the kicking and screaming of liberals scared their global order was going to fall apart.

Harry Truman - "The buck stops here."

It wasn't Jimmy Carter's fault the US Embassy in Iran was invaded and 50 hostages were taken. It also wasn't JC's fault when the rescue failed (Operation Eagle Claw). Nevertheless he got the blame. That goes with the job, bro.