PLAY SPOT THE BULLSHIT.

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what, are you going to believe everything i say?

on january 22, one day after the first covid case was confirmed in washington state he told cbs news, "We do have a plan...we've already handled it very well.", adding later in the same interview, "We have it totally under control...It's going to be just fine."
on january 24 he tweeted, "China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus.  The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency.  It will all work out well...on behalf of the american people, I want to thank President Xi."
on january 29, with 5 cases confirmed in the united states, he tweeted "We have the best experts anywhere in the world, and they are on top of it 24/7."
on january 30, in a speech at a michigan manufacturing plant and the confirmed cases now at 7, he said "We think we have it very well under control...we're working very closely with China...we think it's going to have a very good ending for us, that i can assure you."
january 31, now 8 confirmed cases and a travel ban is initiated on travel from china and a public health emergency is declared.
february 5, trump is acquitted by the senate and the number of cases rises to 11.
february 7, he tweets that after a "...long and very good conversation with President Xi..." he seems assured that "...as the weather starts to warm and the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone."
february 11 he doubled down in a white house meeting with governors, again referencing his talk with president xi, "He feels very confident...by April, or during the month of April, the heat, generally speaking, kills this kind of virus."
february 23, and with 51 cases now confirmed, he told reporters, "We have it very much under control in this country."  he repeated the same the next day, also claiming "CDC and World Health have been working very hard and very smart."
on february 25, after returning from his 'rally' in india, he claimed AGAIN to the press the virus was "...very well under control in our country."
february 26, during a corona task force press briefing and with 58 confirmed cases, he said he was "shocked" to learn that between 25,000 and 69,000 a year and that we, "...when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down close to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done."
february 27, during a meeting with african-american leaders and with 60 confirmed cases, he told them "It's going to disappear.  One day it's like a miracle, it will disappear."
february 29, 74 cases, and he tells cpac, "...we've done a really great job...Everything is really under control."  the same day the first corona death is recorded.
march 4 he tells a meeting with airline executives that "...large portions of the world are very safe to fly."
march 6 and 402 confirmed cases.  during a visit to cdc headquarters he makes the claim that "Anybody that wants a test can get a test...The tests are all perfect, like the letter was perfect, the transcript was perfect, right?"
march 9, he again compares covid-19 to the flu and questions why we didn't shut down with 137,000 deaths last year.  "At this moment we have 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths.  Think about that!"
march 10, after meeting with republican senators and having the number of confirmed cases jump to 1300, he says "Well this was unexpected...we're prepared and we're doing a great job with it.  And it will go away.  Just stay calm.  It will go away."
march 11.  1700 confirmed cases and airline travel is suspended between europe and the united states for 30 days.
march 12 and 2200 confirmed cases.  during a white house meeting with the irish prime minister he brags about only having 32 deaths.  "...it's pretty amazing when you think of it.  So, that's it."
march 13.  2700 confirmed cases.  national emergency is declared.  at the same rose garden press conference he was asked if he took any responsibility in the administrations slow response to the pandemic, to which he said, "No, I don't take any responsibility at all."  he was also asked about the dismantling of the white house pandemic response team.  his answer..."I knew nothing about it."  plus, he called it "a nasty question".
march 16.  confirmed cases more than double to 6400 and social distancing guidelines are introduced.
march 24 and confirmed cases soar to more than 64,000 but he says he wants "...to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter...you"ll have packed churches all over the country."
march 29 the easter sunday opening gets pushed to april 30 as cases hit 161,800.
march 31.  cases go over 213,00 and during the daily task force briefing says "This could be a hell of a bad two weeks.', finally admitting "This is not the flu."
april 3.  with cases hitting 273,880 he tells his daily briefing "I said it was going away-and it's going away."
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thanks to cbsnews.com i was able to compile this list which, unfortunately only goes through april 3rd.  of course that doesn't mean the inanity or stupidity stopped at that point since it   wasn't until the 23rd of the month that he suggested we research the possibility of injecting disinfectants into the body "as almost a cleaning".  he tried to walk back criticism by saying he didn't say injection (but he did) and he was just asking a sarcastic question of the reporters (while it can be seen he was directing his question at dr. birx) just to see how'd they'd twist his words (by reporting what he actually said).  or when he was questioned by reporters about his personal covid test results and he responded by saying he "tested positively toward negative", whatever the hell that means.
and he can't stop.  he demands governors open churches immediately as 'essential' while he spends the memorial day weekend playing golf and claiming if they don't he will (which he can't).  and after twitter has the audacity to recommend it's users fact check his claims of "substantial" fraud in mail-in/absentee ballots he threatens to shut it and other social media sites down for threatening the free speech rights of conservatives and trying to rig the election.
so, you can see the bullshit never stops and we've gone from using a spoon to a shovel to a backhoe in order to help dig us out.  and who knows what we'll end up needing before this is all over.
in the end, it's going only going to be the ballot box that remedies the shitpile we find ourselves currently in.  so, VOTE!  our lives depend on it.