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The Coronavirus Press Conference Gives Us The Trump We Need To See More Of
DB Daily Update ^ | David Blackmon

Posted on 02/27/2020 2:25:40 AM PST by EyesOfTX

If you missed President Trump’s press conference on the Coronavirus yesterday evening, you should take time to watch it. – The full stream of it can be found at this link: Full Trump Presser.

This was President Donald Trump at his best: Fully in command of the room and the facts, speaking in measured tones, obviously in charge of the situation. Other than some formal international ceremonies, it was with out doubt the most “presidential” event of his entire time in office.

He took every question from the enemies of the people assembled in the White House briefing room and provided measured and reasonable answers, even to those that were unreasonable or even idiotic, as several were. I mean, after all, he did call on April Ryan and that circus clown who writes for Playboy.

Even the jabs he took at Nancy Pelosi were measured in tone: He didn’t call her “Crazy Nancy” or question her sobriety – even though either or both would have been perfectly valid. Instead, he called her “incompetent,” which she clearly is, and truthfully stated that the depraved Speaker is working to politicize the Coronavirus situation.

The same was true of his reference to Chuck Schumer, who has behaved in an even more depraved fashion than Pelosi: The President engaged in no name-calling, no references to “Crying Chuck” or anything similar; just a truthful statement of regret about the Minority Leader’s efforts to endanger the American public for purely partisan reasons.

It was a brilliant press conference, one that had me wishing he would do more of these and fewer of the noisy press availabilities next to the whining rotors as he’s about to board Marine One. I fully get why he likes that model: It denies the preening peacocks in the corrupt press corps their cherished TV face time. In those events, the camera is always on Trump, never on the nitwits screaming their moronic questions.

The President is of course right to treat the media with scorn – it is what they have all richly earned in their demented behavior towards him and his administration. He was absolutely right to end the daily press briefings, given the abusive behavior by the reporters towards his own staff. He

Mr. Trump was also right to take the responsibility of dealing with the media on his own shoulders: This administration revolves around him and his thought processes, and he obviously wasn’t always able to communicate those thoughts to those speaking on his behalf. So he cut out the middle-man, and now typically does more than one press availability each day.

But part of the problem with those loud events next to Marine One is that the President always finds himself shouting. This creates a problem where tone is concerned. As he left the briefing yesterday, one reporter shouted that he should do more events in the briefing room. That caught the President’s attention, and he promised that he would do so.

That would probably be a good idea, because the President is powerful in that setting. Don’t abandon the helicopter setting altogether, but provide more of a mix of venues.

In this re-election season, it might be wise for the President and his team to give a nod to one of the main reasons why he has lost so many suburban housewives: It’s mainly due to his behavior and his tone, not necessarily his substance. Young mothers and grandmothers don’t want young children to be exposed to a President who always seems to be shouting, whether at the press corps at a loud and windy event, or in his postings on Twitter, where he also often seems to be figuratively shouting.

Those who contend that Trump should stop tweeting entirely miss the entire point here: It’s not the fact that he uses social media, but the manner in which he uses it that turns off many people who might otherwise be supporters. A significant percentage of these suburban women who have been trending Democrat over the past four years actually agree with most of the Trump agenda, but can’t stand the manner in which he communicates it much of the time. Appealing to this constituency and gaining more of their votes this year could well determine which party controls the House of Representatives after this year.

Communication matters. No one understands this better than Donald Trump.

The President has to stay active on Twitter because it provides him his only platform on which to communicate to the public without interference from the enemies of the people. Most of these women no doubt recognize that reality, and also most likely wouldn’t deny him the right to respond in-kind to the abusive behavior towards him by depraved Democrats like Pelosi, Schumer and Schiff.

Where he turns so many people off is when he resorts to seemingly gratuitous name-calling, and when he goes after ordinary people, as he did recently with the jury foreman in the Roger Stone trial. Yes, that woman most definitely lied on her jury questionnaire, and Stone should receive a new trial with a new judge as a result. But Roger Stone has smart lawyers working for him and doesn’t need the President attacking both the jury foreman and the judge in order to make his case. It’s just a needless fight that Mr. Trump would have been better off not picking.

Bottom line, if the public saw the President Trump we witnessed in that Coronavirus briefing yesterday evening every day between now and November 3, he would win in an epic landslide for the ages. After the last three years of constant controversy and upheaval, the public is craving a return to some level of normalcy.

Knowing that Bernie Sanders won’t and can’t give them that, and that the Democrats and their corrupt media toadies will do everything in their power to keep the chaos coming, it would probably be wise for the President himself to give it to them in spades.

That is all.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Humor; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: fakenews; mediabias; trump; trumpwinsagain
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To: windsorknot

Agree.


21 posted on 02/27/2020 4:48:22 AM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: duckman

NONE of my local TV stations covered this press conf. They were too busy w/ their evening news shows. That is just plain irresponsible.


22 posted on 02/27/2020 4:55:17 AM PST by Jimmy The Snake (Remeber)
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To: LeonardFMason

“Trump did say Crying Chuck Schumer for the record.”

And on his way out, someone asked if he will have more pressers like this one. Trump said yes.


23 posted on 02/27/2020 5:32:51 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Operation Chaos is in play. Repeat, Operation Chaos is in play)
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To: Moonman62

For sure. They have always thought the process is about THEM … period.

Now, because of this President is real clear about their relationship to HIS administration, they are only as good as their ability as ‘journalists’ demonstrates.

Journalistic ‘ability’ isn’t defined by the level and frequency of their insolent, snarky and puerile mugging of a world leader.

It’s too bad that infantile spoiling and irresponsible character assassination isn’t a marker for journalistic excellence. It only demonstrates that most of them have leap-frogged all the benchmarks typically associated with success in that field (or any field, actually).

These spoiled, loudmouth firebrands just need to get over themselves and consider first, what their responsibility IS. That - or else go into some other business.

• If they want to change the world, then THEY need to run for office… or STFU.
• If they want to be journalists, then they still need to also STFU… and just look at the available facts instead of scripting the ‘facts’ they prefer


24 posted on 02/27/2020 5:37:44 AM PST by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: EyesOfTX

GREAT Press conference. So good I noticed CBS This morning barely covered it, instead hyping up more virus fears regarding the person in California. An how about Doomberg and his end of the world commercials, sheesh, these people are pathetic.


25 posted on 02/27/2020 5:39:33 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: arthurus

LOL I just flashed an image of Biden railing against boneless chicken farms...


26 posted on 02/27/2020 5:43:07 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: Jimmy The Snake

If this were a pandemic, those channels would have shown the press conference.


27 posted on 02/27/2020 5:47:32 AM PST by ncpatriot
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To: Jimmy The Snake
NONE of my local TV stations covered this press conf. They were too busy w/ their evening news shows. That is just plain irresponsible.

They panic everyone and then they don't cover this? Corrupt media.

28 posted on 02/27/2020 5:49:31 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: arthurus
"A significant percentage of these suburban women who have been trending Democrat over the past four years actually agree with most of the Trump agenda, but can’t stand the manner in which he communicates it much of the time."

The difference between existing/experiencing the real world to living in an isolated bubble.

29 posted on 02/27/2020 5:54:10 AM PST by chief lee runamok (expect nothing)
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To: arthurus
<>"And President Biden would have Far Side Chats."<>

No, we can't let him play with matches...

30 posted on 02/27/2020 5:58:28 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (So, Wuhan China had a Bio-weapons Lab...who knew?)
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To: EyesOfTX

One of the 2 or 3 most “Presidential” of all his addresses to nation and press......he made fools of them all.......

And was more Reagan-esque than Reagan.........

Add a few more million popular votes as a result, maybe a state or two.........


31 posted on 02/27/2020 6:49:12 AM PST by Arlis
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To: Arlis
Add a few more million popular votes as a result, maybe a state or two......…

which is why the media underreported it.

32 posted on 02/27/2020 6:50:42 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: bleach

Smarmy UpChuck Schumer could and would politicize anything including the birth of a grandchild or in a pinch him taking a dump. He’s the most arrogant POS I have ever seen, even worse than Dr. Cocteau Bloomberg!


33 posted on 02/27/2020 7:08:49 AM PST by sarge83
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To: chief lee runamok

Be nice!


34 posted on 02/27/2020 7:32:45 AM PST by arthurus (bf,..,...j--|H|-|)
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To: arthurus

Well written and something I realized a decade back. I’d add that the voting age should be raised to 24. And that anyone receiving federal government handouts should not be allowed to vote in federal elections.


35 posted on 02/27/2020 7:40:39 AM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: The Truth Will Make You Free

You and I have like minds. 24 has long been my own thought and I have long believed that anyone who receives regular money from the government should not be able to vote for candidates for office at the level of government from which he receives benefits. That does include the military and officeholders. It needs to be a consistent group without exceptions.


36 posted on 02/27/2020 8:41:36 AM PST by arthurus (|H|-|r)
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To: EyesOfTX

I agree with David’s premise that it was a great press conference - I don’t agree with the barrage of criticisms that follow.


37 posted on 02/27/2020 8:59:34 AM PST by enumerated
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To: ncpatriot

“If this were a pandemic, those channels would have shown the press conference.”

I agree.


38 posted on 02/27/2020 9:48:04 AM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: arthurus

With longer lifespans and many immature adults living at their parents’ house, there’s less of an urgency for young people to vote. Parents are even allowed to deduct health benefits insurance costs of stay-at-home 25-year olds. Clearly such people shouldn’t be allowed to vote. Perhaps as the population ages the voting age can be raised IF we are able to get rid of leftists in power.


39 posted on 02/27/2020 11:05:13 AM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: Maris Crane

Excellent response!


40 posted on 02/27/2020 5:20:49 PM PST by Guenevere (Press On!)
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