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captain queeg

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21. He is breathtakingly stupid. It's still hard to believe he is president

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Tue Aug 4, 2020, 02:12 PM

Aug 2020

Once he comes up against something that he can’t bully or lie away he’s got nothing. As bad as the pandemic is it could be worse if other stuff happened. He has absolutely no clue. All his life someone has bailed him out convincing him that he’s some kind of genius. Now he’s up against it and flailing desperately.

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Axios' Jonathan Swan is having NONE of Spanky's crap! [View all] nolabear Aug 2020 OP

Wow... Trump is a special kind of stupid... Blue Owl Aug 2020 #1

Holy shit, what an idiot. yonder Aug 2020 #2

Which means his supporters won't see the flaw. herding cats Aug 2020 #9

Such a dumb man. Can't understand per capita statistics. brush Aug 2020 #3

press gaggles are Trump's playground. One on one with real journalists he's just awful SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #4

Here's the video, I also watched the interview: Rhiannon12866 Aug 2020 #5

Thanks. It was quite the bullfight. nolabear Aug 2020 #6

I knew it was going to be cringeworthy, but I had to see how Jonathan Swan would handle it Rhiannon12866 Aug 2020 #10

Any idea if the Kushner interview is online? dmr Aug 2020 #30

I was quite impressed with the Kushner interview since Swan asked great questions Rhiannon12866 Aug 2020 #31

Thank you for the info dmr Aug 2020 #32

Oh no! Not you, too! Stay safe! And here's part of it when Jonathan Swan was on MSNBC Rhiannon12866 Aug 2020 #33

Oh, yay, thank you! dmr Aug 2020 #34

Swan: "I'm talking about deaths." "Nationally it's going up." herding cats Aug 2020 #7

If only more US journalists could be like Swann. smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #8

I'm old enough to remember when he was scorned for having worked for The Hill when Axios formed herding cats Aug 2020 #13

Did you notice the wildly simplistic bar graph chart that Trump pulls out.... RussellCattle Aug 2020 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Aug 2020 #12

Florida counts MySideOfTown Aug 2020 #14

And many test sites were closed due to Isaias. OrlandoDem2 Aug 2020 #20

"We're lower than...the world" Leghorn21 Aug 2020 #15

THIS! Why can't the others handle this moron and challenge him the same way? Rice4VP Aug 2020 #16

sometimes they do Skittles Aug 2020 #29

MSNBC said Chris Wallace could take tips from Swann. BigmanPigman Aug 2020 #17

Glad to see someone who doesn't let him off the hook, makes him squirm captain queeg Aug 2020 #18

Exactly! Question him about number of deaths... not cases IcyPeas Aug 2020 #19

He is breathtakingly stupid. It's still hard to believe he is president captain queeg Aug 2020 #21

Have they released the whole thing ? Or has it been just some clips so far ? JI7 Aug 2020 #22

Oh yeah. Look upthread. But you can find it everywhere. nolabear Aug 2020 #23

I love JS. I would have been a better wife than Betsy demtenjeep Aug 2020 #24

trump the gop**** wannabe DICtator FAIL! Cha Aug 2020 #25

One tweet I read said that when Trump was fumbling with those charts and talking about tblue37 Aug 2020 #26

They were so simple it was stunning. nolabear Aug 2020 #27

that simplistic chart Trump is waving aound Skittles Aug 2020 #28