Trump trade adviser: Rally comment on reducing Covid testing was just a joke
Source: Politico
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Sunday that President Donald Trump was only joking when he said he asked his administration to slow down coronavirus testing for the sake of optics.
Speaking with CNN's Jake Tapper on State of the Union, Navarro repeatedly said, "Come on now, Jake. You know it was tongue in cheek. Come on now. That was tongue in cheek," cutting off Tapper as he repeatedly asked about the president's remarks.
"I don't know that it was tongue in cheek at all," Tapper retorted.
"That's news for you, tongue in cheek," Navarro said with a dismissive laugh.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/21/navarro-trump-coronavirus-testing-331725
America has lost 120,000 people to the virus, and this excuse of a president still wants to joke about it?
Then again, this CNN analysis shows it's not the first time (but doesn't mention that time Trump was being "sarcastic" about injecting bleach as a treatment.)
StarryNite
(10,438 posts)rurallib
(62,948 posts)unblock
(53,912 posts)he will say it was all just a joke.
We know it as all one long, sick joke.
But no one is laughing.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)No. It wasn't a joke and it wasn't delivered as one.
This post-rationalizing is really getting so ridiculous that it stands out like a sore thumb. Prevaricating in response to a reveal or admission is the joke.
It's good to see them digging a nice deep hole and pouring oil down the sides as they jump right in. You really can lose any veracity you feigned very quickly and easily that way. The hubris may be allowing the law of impermanence to finalize the deal on this dark cycle of deception.
yellowdogintexas
(22,643 posts)yaesu
(8,034 posts)say this and yes it will cause other countries to rightfully ban travelers from the US.
LakeArenal
(29,549 posts)He is a joke. He only claims its a joke once his panties are full of bullshit.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,792 posts)but he never jokes. He has no sense of humor. None.
His minions rush from show to show claiming ad nauseam that Trump was "just joking," but when he was directly asked, "Were you kidding?" he immediately responds, "I never kid."
Sounds like a Lincoln Project ad in the making.
relayerbob
(6,893 posts)captain queeg
(11,625 posts)catbyte
(35,340 posts)by October? Asshole. Pardon my Français.
Lochloosa
(16,308 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(10,244 posts)TomCADem
(17,577 posts)...and many more hospitalized would be funny.
Mr.Bill
(24,597 posts)of one idiot, what I really want to hear is that idiot telling a joke about it.
jalan48
(14,146 posts)Bengus81
(7,287 posts)central scrutinizer
(12,267 posts)DBoon
(22,901 posts)nt
IggleDuer
(972 posts)Navarros tongue. Trumps cheek.
SunSeeker
(53,157 posts)That is why we have 120,000 dead.
ProfessorGAC
(68,494 posts)Hey Petey, notice we're not laughing.
So, you just established that PINO is also a failure at humor.
Keep the list going, Petey!
murielm99
(31,215 posts)They say or do something that goes too far, then they say, "I was only joking. Can't you take a joke?"
Solly Mack
(91,745 posts)as is Trump's way. A truth that didn't play well and one his handlers would have him keep to himself. So now they're all going to attempt to spin it away.
Trump classified Covid 19 meetings, all meetings, with all related agencies and groups working on the coronavirus under federal - the White House - directive.
So, yeah. He did tell them to slow down testing and he told them they couldn't tell anyone what he was saying.
Jim__
(14,351 posts)He gets to slow the testing down at about 1:40:
regnaD kciN
(26,449 posts)...to be trotted out after Boilerplate Excuses #1 ("fake news!" ) and #2 ("lying liberal media" ) don't wash.
mvd
(65,352 posts)So no, it is not a joke.
rpannier
(24,506 posts)Then when he says really, really, really stupid things -- he was joking
Nevilledog
(52,691 posts)Everything is always joke with this Admin. Quit and go write comedy losers
keithbvadu2
(39,143 posts)Of course he was 'joking' when he said he would uphold the Constitution.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
samsingh
(17,739 posts)when he says something is classified, is it a joke? And when he says it's not a joke, is that a joke? When he says he is good at fixing the economy, is that a joke?
Maybe everything he says is a joke?
Initech
(101,120 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)How many deaths were avoidable? I'm talking to you Gov. Ducey, and all my representatives in the Congress and Senate.
Hugin
(34,303 posts)Also, it's pure propaganda of the worst sort when Americans need to know what's really going on the most.
Disgusting.
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BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)His blindly devotional sycophancy would win him a place in Hitlerss bunker as well as Trumps.