{"id":44314,"date":"2020-03-04T14:49:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T22:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44314"},"modified":"2020-03-07T10:27:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T18:27:24","slug":"priorities-trumps-rage-tweets-focus-on-bashing-democrats-ignore-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44314","title":{"rendered":"PRIORITIES: Trump&#8217;s Rage-Tweets Focus on Bashing Democrats, Ignore Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The importance of the Super Tuesday primaries cannot be overstated. It&#8217;s results have reshaped the Democratic race to be the party&#8217;s nominee for president. But that is surely not the only story with national significance. The nation &#8211; and the world &#8211; continues to be threatened by an emerging health crisis that has the potential to be become a pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-toilet-bathrobe.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Toilet, Bathrobe\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42262\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/3359590184055753\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These situations require the thoughtful and forthright attention of our leaders, from local medical facilities right up to the White House. So this would be a good time to see how Donald Trump is spending his precious time at this hour of need.<\/p>\n<p>While news reports confirm that both infections and fatalities in the U.S. are increasing, Trump seems unperturbed by these developments. His Twitter feed on Wednesday morning consists of fourteen tweets, and not a single one addresses the coronavirus. Instead, Trump appears to be fully consumed by the drama in the Democratic presidential primary. Fully half of his tweets were attacks of one sort or another on the Democrats vying to oust him in November. And the majority of those were missives aimed Mike Bloomberg, who Trump derisively refers to as <em>&#8220;Mini.&#8221;<\/em> For instance&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mini Mike Bloomberg just \u201cquit\u201d the race for President. I could have told him long ago that he didn\u2019t have what it takes, and he would have saved himself a billion dollars, the real cost. Now he will pour money into Sleepy Joe\u2019s campaign, hoping to save face. It won\u2019t work!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1235228511314620416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty hysterical that a pretend billionaire like Trump, whose bankruptcies and other business failures are legendary, attacks Bloomberg for not <em>&#8220;having what it takes.&#8221;<\/em> Bloomberg is worth <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/michael-bloomberg\/#149c8e341417\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">over $58 billion<\/a><\/strong>. Also, Trump is lying about what Bloomberg spent on his campaign. But even if it were true, it would be less than 2% of of his wealth. And Bloomberg has promised to spend <em>&#8220;whatever it takes&#8221;<\/em> to defeat Trump.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why Trump is so scared. He knows that Bloomberg has the resources to bury him politically. And whether Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders is the beneficiary of those funds, and Bloomberg&#8217;s digital operations, they will create the sort of <em>&#8220;wall&#8221;<\/em> that Trump can only dream about.<\/p>\n<p>Trump fired off three other tweets about Bloomberg that were equally as insulting and devoid of substance. But he also went after Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. He continues to spin a deranged conspiracy theory that everyone in the Democratic Party is plotting to <em>&#8220;crush Bernie Sanders.&#8221;<\/em> And Trump is positioning himself as an advocate for Sanders, who he claims is the victim of a rigged system. Obviously Trump loathes everything about Sanders. So this dishonest expression of concern is rooted in something more sinister. As Trump tells it&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Democrat establishment came together and crushed Bernie Sanders, AGAIN! Even the fact that Elizabeth Warren stayed in the race was devastating to Bernie and allowed Sleepy Joe to unthinkably win Massachusetts. It was a perfect storm, with many good states remaining for Joe!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1235171235505598465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s Trump&#8217;s game? He wants us to believe that he considers Sanders an easier opponent to beat. However, he didn&#8217;t come to that conclusion on his own. It also happens to be the view of his pal, Vladimir Putin. The Russian campaign to sow discord and chaos within the Democratic Party has been in operation for months. Sanders was notified of it earlier this year. And virtually everything Trump is doing and saying is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44182\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">aligned with the Russian agenda<\/a><\/strong>. It is no coincidence that Putin&#8217;s perspective and Trump&#8217;s are so tightly bound.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to those anti-Democratic tweets, Trump also posted what amounts to a confession that he intended to obstruct justice when he appointed Jeff Sessions to be his Attorney General:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what happens to someone who loyally gets appointed Attorney General of the United States &amp; then doesn\u2019t have the wisdom or courage to stare down &amp; end the phony Russia Witch Hunt. Recuses himself on FIRST DAY in office, and the Mueller Scam begins! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2jGnRgOS6h\">https:\/\/t.co\/2jGnRgOS6h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1235181043881299969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to be any clearer that Trump expected Sessions to terminate the Mueller investigation. And when that didn&#8217;t happen, he fired Sessions and installed a more obedient lackey, Bill Barr. Now Trump is celebrating Sessions&#8217; difficulties in winning back his old senate seat. And the reason that Trump believes Sessions is getting what he deserves is that Sessions wasn&#8217;t sufficiently loyal. Of course, that isn&#8217;t in the job description of the Attorney General. What Trump is looking for is a bootlicking sycophant, which is also not in the job description of the Attorney General, or any other cabinet position.<\/p>\n<p>The larger problem that all of this represents is that, while America is worried about the emergence of a potential pandemic, Trump is obsessed only with his prospects for retaining power. That may not be news to anyone who has been paying attention to our Narcissist-in-Chief, but it is nevertheless troubling. The United States is presently burdened with a self-absorbed, wannabe dictator who is content to allow millions of Americans to suffer rather than fulfill the obligations of his job. And therein lies the most urgent reason to make sure that Trump&#8217;s presidency ends as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The importance of the Super Tuesday primaries cannot be overstated. It&#8217;s results have reshaped the Democratic race to be the party&#8217;s nominee for president. But that is surely not the only story with national significance. The nation &#8211; and the world &#8211; continues to be threatened by an emerging health crisis that has the potential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152,1,1200,8,16],"tags":[484,1397,554,1140,1028,1202,377,1056,1072,1364],"class_list":["post-44314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-politics","category-propaganda","category-wankery","tag-bernie-sanders","tag-coronavirus","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-elizabeth-warren","tag-jeff-sessions","tag-joe-biden","tag-michael-bloomberg","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-william-barr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-toilet-bathrobe.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-bwK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46165,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=46165","url_meta":{"origin":44314,"position":0},"title":"HOAX: Trump&#8217;s Endless Obsession with Politicizing the Coronavirus","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/7\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"So far this election cycle, Donald Trump has been asked four times to describe his agenda should he be reelected to a second term. 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