The Goat Pen

hedge wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:32 am "I'm still at a loss to hear anything from anyone on what Trump should have done to stop the stock market slide"

I said the other day that in a panic like this, there isn't much anybody could do, but I absolutely believe that having a childish narcissist who outright claims he knows more about everything than anybody, when everybody (including most of his supporters) know he's a borderline retard, doesn't do much to help things and in fact just adds fuel to the fire. Nobody can claim that the market is a liberal conspiracy or fake news or any of the other bullshit terms Trump and many Fox News hosts throw around daily, and the market is certainly saying, very loudly and very clearly, that it has zero confidence in this clown's ability to even comprehend, much less get a handle on this thing. Pretty sure most voters are going to be saying the same thing come November...

eCat wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:06 am I'm still at a loss to hear anything from anyone on what Trump should have done to stop the stock market slide

We are about 5 days away from the health care system being overwhelmed, the travel industry is in worse shape than 9/11 and the service sector industry has never seen anything like this

all I'm ears to the democratic solution to solving this

and yea, every American death is due to Chinese refusal to admit internationally they were aware of a new virus going back to September and not locking down their border to contain it. They might not have been able to lock this down but allowing over 1m people travel to and from the United States during that time certainly accelerated it here , and with similar results in Europe.

hedge wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:37 am "The mixed messaging from Trump is a bit baffling."

Baffling to whom?? This clown doesn't have a message, he just spouts off whatever comes into his child-like brain at any given moment. That's not a message, that's just rambling idiocy. So again I ask: Baffling to whom? It's who he is and what he's done his whole life. The only thing that would be baffling was if he surrounded himself with experts who came up with a coherent plan and then deferred to them, but that ain't ever going to happen, even now...

hedge wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:48 am "I didn't mean I was surprised by it."

I'm baffled that you say you found Trump's messaging baffling but not surprising. Or maybe I'm surprised that you say you found Trump's messaging baffling but not surprising. Either way, I'm confused...