The Donald Trump Score Card

Inside the extraordinary effort to save Trump from covid-19
By Damian Paletta and Yasmeen Abutaleb
June 24, 2021 at 8:13 a.m. EDT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/24/nightmare-scenario-book-excerpt/

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"The White House wanted Hahn to say yes within hours. Hahn, who still did not know who the application was for, consulted career officials. The FDA needs to go by the book, the officials insisted. Hahn relayed the message back to the White House. They kept pressing him to effectively cut corners. No, we can’t do that, Hahn told them several times. We’re talking about someone’s life. We have to actually examine the application to make sure we’re doing it safely.

When Hahn later learned the effort was on behalf of the president, he was stunned. For God’s sake, he thought, it’s the president who’s sick, and you want us to bend the rules? Trump was in the highest-risk category for severe disease from covid-19 — at 74, he rarely exercised and was considered medically obese. He was the type of patient with whom you would want to take every possible precaution. As it did with all compassionate-use applications, the FDA made a decision within 24 hours. Agency officials scrambled to figure out which company’s monoclonal antibody would be most appropriate given the clinical information they had, and selected the one from Regeneron, known simply as Regen-Cov.

A five-day stretch in October 2020 — from the moment White House officials began an extraordinary effort to get Trump lifesaving drugs to the day the president returned to the White House from the hospital — marked a dramatic turning point in the nation’s flailing coronavirus response. Trump’s brush with severe illness and the prospect of death caught the White House so unprepared that they had not even briefed Vice President Mike Pence’s team on a plan to swear him in if Trump became incapacitated.

For months, the president had taunted and dodged the virus, flouting safety protocols by holding big rallies and packing the White House with maskless guests. But just one month before the election, the virus that had already killed more than 200,000 Americans had sickened the most powerful person on the planet.

Trump’s medical advisers hoped his bout with the coronavirus, which was far more serious than acknowledged at the time, would inspire him to take the virus seriously. Perhaps now, they thought, he would encourage Americans to wear masks and put his health and medical officials front and center in the response. Instead, Trump emerged from the experience triumphant and ever more defiant. He urged people not to be afraid of the virus or let it dominate their lives, disregarding that he had had access to health care and treatments unavailable to other Americans.

It was, several advisers said, the last chance to turn the response around. And once the opportunity passed, it was the point of no return."

 

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"The week leading up to Trump’s infection was frenzied, even by his standards. On Saturday, Sept. 26, he had hosted a party with scores of maskless attendees to announce Amy Coney Barrett as his pick for Supreme Court justice. The celebrations had continued indoors, where most people remained maskless. By that time, the virus was surging again, but Trump’s contempt for face coverings had turned into unofficial White House policy. He actually asked aides who wore them in his presence to take them off. If someone was going to do a news conference with him, he made clear that he or she was not to wear a mask by his side.

The day after the Supreme Court celebration, Trump had also hosted military families at the White House. At Trump’s insistence, few were wearing masks, but they were packed in a little too tight for his comfort. He wasn’t worried about others getting sick, but he did fret about his own vulnerability and complained to his staff afterward. Why were they letting people get so close to him? Meeting with the Gold Star families was sad and moving, he said, but added, “If these guys had covid, I’m going to get it because they were all over me.” He told his staff that they needed to do a better job of protecting him.

Two days after that, he flew to Cleveland for the first presidential debate against his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. Trump was erratic that whole evening, and he seemed to deteriorate as the night went on. The pundits’ verdicts were brutal.

Almost 48 hours later, Trump became terribly ill. Hours after his tweet announcing he and first lady Melania Trump had coronavirus infections, the president began a rapid spiral downward. His fever spiked, and his blood oxygen level fell below 94 percent, at one point dipping into the 80s. Sean Conley, the White House physician, attended the president at his bedside. Trump was given oxygen in an effort to stabilize him."

 

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"It was unclear even to Trump’s closest aides just how sick he was. Was he mildly ill, as he and Conley were saying, or was he sicker than they all knew? Trump was supposed to join a call with nursing home representatives later that day as part of his official calendar. Officials had been scheduled to do it in person from the White House, but that morning they were informed the call would be done remotely. Trump’s aides insisted that he would still be on it.

As one aide waited in line for a coronavirus test, she saw Conley sprint out of his office with a panicked look. That’s strange, the aide thought. An hour or two later, officials were informed that Pence would be joining the nursing homes call. Trump couldn’t make it.

Trump’s condition worsened early Saturday. His blood oxygen level dropped to 93 percent, and he was given the powerful steroid dexamethasone, which is usually administered if someone is extremely ill (the normal blood oxygen level is between 95 and 100 percent). The drug was believed to improve survival in coronavirus patients receiving supplemental oxygen. The president was on a dizzying array of emergency medicines by now — all at once.

Throughout Trump’s time in the hospital, his doctors consulted with the medical experts on the White House coronavirus task force whom the president had long ago discarded. They talked to Hahn, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony S. Fauci and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield, seeking input about his treatment."

 

Lawyers are paid to lie, even if they're defending Idi Amine Dada. The fact Rudy has not been disbarred, is an indication of just how much lawyers are paid to lie.

 

Trump would later tell his followers to not fear the coronavirus, even though he had immediate, world-class treatments that they wouldn't have if they became as ill as he had been.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/24/nightmare-scenario-book-excerpt/

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"Redfield was watching on television from home. He was praying as Trump went up the steps. Praying that he would reach the Truman Balcony and show some humility. That he would remind people that anyone could be susceptible to the coronavirus — even the president, the first lady and their son. That he would tell them how they could protect themselves and their loved ones.

But Trump didn’t waver. Facing the cameras from the balcony, he used his right hand to unhook the mask loop from his right ear, then raised his left hand to pull the mask off his face. He was heavily made up, his face more orange tinted than in the photos from the hospital. The helicopter’s rotors were still spinning. He put the mask into his right pocket, as if he was discarding it once and for all, then raised both hands in a thumbs-up. He was still probably contagious, standing there for all the world to see. He made a military salute as the helicopter departed the South Lawn, and then strode into the White House, passing staffers on his way and failing to protect them from the virus particles emitted from his nose and mouth.

Right then, Redfield knew it was over. Trump showed in that moment that he hadn’t changed at all. The pandemic response wasn’t going to change, either."

 

Trump-loving official facing jail time after allegedly terrorizing a Michigan county election clerk

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"A Michigan Republican school board member is accused of threatening a county clerk in another part of the state over an election dispute.

State police say they traced a menacing call last year to Houghton County clerk Jennifer Kelly back to 23-year-old Matthew Smith, a school board member and GOP activist from Genessee County, and he's been charged with maliciously using a telephone, reported WJRT-TV.

"I had to seek counseling," Kelly told the TV station. "I apparently now have some sort of PTSD. Little things will set me off at home."

The call came March 6, 2020, at 1 a.m., when Smith -- who was elected as a Donald Trump delegate to the Republican National Convention -- allegedly told the county clerk that he worked for a local TV station and wanted to film her home, and when Kelly declined he said she'd never be re-elected because her house and office were a mess."

 

Tipsters, including a family member, helped the FBI arrest husband and wife.


Wife Charged in Capitol Siege Changed Facebook Profile to ‘Appear as Part of the Democratic Party’; Husband ‘Threw a Chair’ at Cops: Feds
Marisa Sarnoff
Jun 24th, 2021, 4:16 pm

Wife Charged in Capitol Siege Changed Facebook Profile to 'Appear as Part of the Democratic Party'; Husband 'Threw a Chair' at Cops: Feds

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"An FBI affidavit attached to the couple’s criminal complaint includes images that federal authorities say show Jamie throwing a chair at two Capitol police officers who were “retreating from the rioters as doors roll down in an attempt to prevent rioters from entering[.]”

A video posted to the right-wing social media website Parler also showed Jamie inside the Capitol building and running after Capitol police officers, the affidavit says.

The document reveals that at least four tipsters helped officials identify Jamie and Jennifer. One tipster, a family member, told officials that Jennifer “changed her Facebook demographics to appear as part of the Democratic party.”"

 

Republicans filibuster voting rights bill.


Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Dealing Blow to Biden and Democrats

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"WASHINGTON — Republicans on Tuesday blocked the most ambitious voting rights legislation to come before Congress in a generation, dealing a blow to Democrats’ attempts to counter a wave of state-level ballot restrictions and supercharging a campaign to end the legislative filibuster.

President Biden and Democratic leaders said the defeat was only the beginning of their drive to steer federal voting rights legislation into law, and vowed to redouble their efforts in the weeks ahead.

“In the fight for voting rights, this vote was the starting gun, not the finish line,” said Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader. “We will not let it go. We will not let it die. This voter suppression cannot stand.”"

 

Disbarment is a step-by-step process.

New York State has taken the first step by suspending his law license until a hearing can be conducted.

btw Was Idi Amin Dada the alt-right inspiration for pizzagate? I ask that question because he once admitted he roasted a baby over an open fire pit then proceeded to eat it.

 

He was sending her sexually explicit text messages with a throw-away phone, that she likely provided him.

 

So now we're about to find out what trump was saying in the privacy of the oval office with the release of Michael C Benders' new book...
'Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost'

Can't imagine what could be worse than...........

Thinking he made up the word caravan
Staring at the sun during an eclipse
Addressing thousands of Boy Scouts with a rambling speech about cocktail parties and rich people having sex on boats.
Telling scientists they might kill the coronavirus by finding a way to inject people with bleach
Hugging and kissing the American flag
Tossing paper towels at hurricane victims
Claiming he met with the "Prince of Whales"
Saluting a North Korean General
Complaining about the water pressure in toilets.
Lying about the number of people at his inauguration.
Bombing Syria while eating "the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake ever made"
Meeting the president of the Virgin Islands (not realizing he would have to meet himself)
When he suggested nuking hurricanes
When he said we need to rake forests to prevent fires
When he said he would build a border wall in Colorado.
Creating an international incident by offering to buy Greenland
Being thankful for himself on Thanksgiving Day
Suggesting Windmill noise causes Cancer
When he said revolutionary forces "took over the airports" during the War of Independence in 1776
When he pronounced the national park "Yosemite" as "Yo-Semite."

and that's just a few.......

 

When he said he was more humble than others would understand.

When he said he couldn't remember if he said he had one of the best memories in the world.

His CIA speech in front of the solemn wall of fallen agents when he brought his own personal cheering section and talked about how the CIA might have another chance to steal the oil from Iraq.

When he visited Pearl Harbor and seemed clueless about its historical significance.

Canceling his trip to a WWI memorial ceremony at a U.S. cemetery in France because it was raining.

His spending of hundreds of thousands of U.S. taxpayer dollars to divert the flight of Pence to a sporting event in order to walk out when a player was seen kneeling during the national anthem.

When he told Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer to make a deal with his gun-toting protesters who showed up at the statehouse because they were good people (some of whom were later arrested for a plot to kidnap her).

Praising his rioters at the Capitol for being special people whom he loved.

 

And then there was Trump's response to Charlottesville Rally (Riot) insisting that a violent mob of white nationalists (included neo-Nazis) chanting “Jews will not replace us” contained some “very fine people.”

Then one year later he canceled a visit to pay respects at an American military cemetery outside Paris, because he thought the dead soldiers were “losers” and “suckers” and he did not want the rain to mess up his hair,

 

And yet all this crap you've listed only endears him to his followers more. They actually want a crude jerk for President.

 

Justice Department to sue Georgia over sweeping voting restrictions
Civil rights officials to challenge far-reaching voting restrictions in Georgia in first major Biden-era voter suppression case
Alex Woodward
New York
June 25, 2021

Justice Department to sue Georgia over sweeping voting restrictions

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"The US Department of Justice will sue the state of Georgia over the passage of an elections law with far-reaching restrictions on voting, marking the first major challenge under President Joe Biden against a nationwide voter suppression campaign in Republican-dominated state legislatures.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the federal government’s legal challenge on 25 June, after he pledged to scrutinise new elections laws in at least 14 states and double the staff in his civil rights division.

“Our complaint alleges that recent changes to Georgia’s election laws were enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging the right of Black Georgians to vote on account of their race or colour, in violation ... of the Voting Rights Act,” he announced.

The lawsuit will be carried by civil rights chief Kristen Clarke and associate attorney general Vanita Gupta, two recently appointed Justice Department officials with long careers in civil rights litigation."

 

'Trump Train' That Chased Down Biden Bus Sued, Accused Of Violating Anti-Klan Act | HuffPost

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"Members of a “Trump train” of drivers who chased down a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris campaign caravan on a Texas highway last year are being sued in federal court by the campaign workers they terrorized.

One complaint accuses the Trump supporters of violating the anti-Ku Klux Klan Act protecting voters from intimidation. A second complaint accuses the San Marcos Police Department of failing to protect the campaign bus and the cars accompanying it to campaign events in Texas, “despite repeated calls for help,” the suit notes.

Both complaints were filed Thursday in the Western District of Texas.

“We filed this lawsuit because everyone should be able to engage in peaceful political activity free from fear, intimidation, or threats of violence,” former Texas Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis — who was on the campaign bus when it was swarmed — said in a statement of the lawsuit against members of the Trump train. (Check out the video above.)

The plaintiffs — Davis, plus Harris’ White House director of operations, David Gins, former Biden campaign volunteer Eric Cervini and Biden campaign bus driver Timothy Holloway — are being represented by the nonprofit advocacy organization Protect Democracy, the Texas Civil Rights Project and the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher."

 

Trump tacitly praised the ambush by saying that he loved Texas.

 

Trump's people could have run the Biden bus over a cliff resulting in death, and Trump would have said that there are good and bad people on both sides.

 

... and that the bad people on his side are special and that he loves them.