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Low Energy and ‘Somnambulant’ Trump Struggles to Pronounce ‘Fatalities’ and ‘Doctors’ in No-News News Conference
Coming on the heels of what were perhaps two of Donald Trump’s worst press conferences as president, ones which had people openly talking about answers being slurred out and making no sense, Trump held yet another press conference ending just after the Biden and Harris speeches.
Again today Trump had very low energy as he went through his notes – which is all that he does from the podium, read through notes that set forth facts and figures which he believes make clear that his administration is doing a fantastic job.
Trump had the audacity to say that the USPS has been run terribly for decades but they are now getting everything straightened out, and then said that the $3.5 billion that Democrats set aside for the USPS’s busy fall – including delivering ballots – has nothing to do with the “China virus.” Trump said that his executive orders are now in “full force and effect” even though no one has established that this is actually happening. Trump said that “he” provided $400 in unemployment, whereas “Chuck and Nancy” haven’t provided anything. (They want more)
Let’s look in on Camp Runamuck.
He’s lying about executive orders.— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 12, 2020
Trump then went into his usual routine, guaranteeing the most fraudulent election in American history:
Donald Trump just said that Russia, China, and Iran run elections more effectively than Democratic governors. How sick and how sad for Republicans that Trump keeps alleging voter fraud before an election. Why doesn’t he just hold up a sign that says “I know I’m going to lose”?
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 12, 2020
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Trump promised that he wasn’t going to hurt social security, but that the money would now come from the general fund. He assured us that if Biden won there would be a stock market crash “the likes of which you’ve never seen,” and that taxes would go up. Trump went straight into dictatorships, Trump will defer student loans until further notice. There is no reason for Congress to exist.
You can tell he’s kind of off balance, because he keeps trying to talk to the staff in the room. Right, Steve? Isn’t that correct, Larry?
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 12, 2020
Trump went from taking dictatorial power to talking about college football players standing for the national anthem. He had no energy and he simply careened from one topic to another, bowling over separation of powers and all American norms of government. Not one minute after talking about college players standing for the national anthem, Trump was reading from his notes that the average age of people who succumb to COVID is 75. He was totally out of it and suddenly got much worse, getting everyone’s attention.
He mispronounced fatalities, “fate- IL – lities.”
“fatilities” pic.twitter.com/wA3Q5KdjpN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 12, 2020
He then said that teachers are among the most “underappreciated” people in the country. We wonder where he got that idea as he keeps calling for teachers to teach in virus-filled schools. He then plugged charter schools again.
Twitter got lit up with comments about Trump’s “somnolence.”
@realDonaldTrump is trying to explain to himself what's in his speech…and he's not doing well. all we know is Harvard had a study and he doesn't know what it means.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) August 12, 2020
I think if it were up to the staff, they would never let him out there in this condition, but no one can tell him not to do it. https://t.co/MCAwi8j5Cb
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 12, 2020
No. Leave him out there. Make everyone in America watch this. https://t.co/D1bXyaJH4G
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 12, 2020
Yes, everyone in America should be required to watch Biden and Harris’s speech and then Trump’s press conference.
There's a man in the White House blathering on and on, about what I do not know.
— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) August 12, 2020
Trump just said Florida cases were going way down. They doubled over the last two days.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) August 12, 2020
The major networks are not covering this, but if it were any other president, they would be cutting away from regular programming with a chyron that says “something terribly wrong with the president, live on television right now“
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 12, 2020
Trump then stood aside for a new doctor to talk about opening schools, which no one in the country is talking about right now. Some believe Dr. Birx is being replaced:
Trump has now put Scott Atlas on the podium. You guys are going to miss Dr. Birx.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 12, 2020
Oh, listen to Trump say “doctors” lol:
“the doxxers” pic.twitter.com/WLXOHwIrfd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 12, 2020
He then moved into questions.
He's stumbling over so many words and keeps repeating things he has already said.
Compare his speech to Biden's speech earlier today and you can clearly see there is something wrong with the 'president'. #25thAmendmentNow https://t.co/MOyWdungSD
— D Villella ❄️ (@dvillella) August 12, 2020
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Peace, y’all
Jason
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