My response to a Facebook meme
A friend had this copied and pasted meme on her wall. I responded.
My comments interspersed within, will be identified by an asterisk:
I'm not posting this for debate. I don’t need any comments. Unfriend me if you must. Just please consider this...
*First of all, posting something on social media, then saying “I don’t want to debate this” is a coward move. Like it or not, that’s how social media works. You make a statement, and people react to it, positively, or negatively. If you don’t want to debate, don’t post!*
when you think the President is a jerk... The bottom line has been that Trump IS a jerk. He’s crude, he bloviates, he gets his feelings hurt and he’s a hot head. And he should stay off Twitter.
Let me tell you what else he is.
He is a guy that demands performance. He is a guy that asks lots of questions. The questions he asks aren’t cloaked in fancy phrases, they are “why the hell....” questions.
For decades the health industry has thrown away billions of face masks after one use. Trump asks, “Why the hell are we throwing them away? Why not sterilize them and use them numerous times?”
*Yeah...except that he didn’t ask that question, and if he had, doctors would have told him reusing the masks can cause any disease to spread. Reusing the masks is unsafe!*
He’s the guy that gets hospital ships readied in one week, when it would have taken a bureaucrat weeks or months to get it done... He’s the guy that gets temporary hospitals built in three days.
*Except he didn’t do that! Some of the Covid-19 cases are inland, where a hospital ship wouldn’t be useful! And how do we get patients to the hospital ship? Do we transport them across the country, risking exposure to even more people? Or would a smart President make arrangements for people to be treated where they are? Maybe donating some hotels he owns to the cause?*
He’s the guy that gets industries to build ventilators and face masks in a business that’s highly regulated by agencies that move like sloths.
*He moved like a sloth!! The medical industry was asking him to do this at the beginning of February, and he refused until March! WTF are you talking about?*
He’s the guy that asks why we aren’t using drugs that might work on people that are dying; what the hell do we have to lose? In spite of all the naysayers.
*Because he has a personal stake in the manufacturer of one of the drugs. He makes money if this particular drug, and that’s why he jumped the gun in recommending it causing more deaths!*
He’s the guy that shut down travel from China, when the liberals and the media were screaming xenophobia and racist. Now they are asking why didn't he react sooner?
*Right. Stopping Chinese Nationals who were NOT infected from entering the country, but allowing US citizens who may have been infected to come in, and not implementing any sort of testing protocol. Don’t you get how assuming only Chinese Nationals carry the virus might be...say it with me now...racist an xenophobic?*
He’s the guy that ran on securing the border in the face of a screaming press and media. When he shut down borders in the midst of the coronavirus virus they were up in arms over such a draconian move. Then the rest of the world followed suit all over, including the European Union between member countries.
*Once again, Trump wanted to shut down one side of the border, to prevent Mexicans from coming in! He said it several times. By singling out a race of people, you are being...oh what’s the Word? Oh yeah...racist! If he were interested in stopping illegal immigration, he would be attempting to wall both borders, and the wall would STILL be a stupid idea!*
Has he made mistakes, yep. Everyone I know would have. All of these experts wouldn’t have done any better.
Trump is working harder than I’ve ever seen a President work. He isn’t hiding in his office, he’s out front every day.
*Exceptnwhen he is holding rallies, or playing golf, which he did throughout the months of January and February!*
Take for instance, all the shortages of PPEs and ventilators. I’m unaware of anything that prevented all of these governors from ordering all the PPE and ventilators for emergency purposes over the last two years. And yet, it is Trump’s fault that they didn’t.
He’s balanced his approach and listened to the experts, when his detractors said he wouldn’t and couldn’t. When he offers hope, he’s lying and when he’s straight forward, he should be hopeful. It’s a no win, but he is not deterred by all of that BS coming from the press and the liberals.
*Actually, he didn’t!*
I’ll take this kind of leadership over a nice guy that can make eloquent speeches.
He is my President. Copy and paste if you agree
*He’s my President too! He is an elected public servant! Guess what? I am the electing Public, and as such, I have a constitutionally guaranteed right to say what I want about him and his performance. Presidents work for Us, not rule over us! As long as Imam dissatisfied with the job he is doing, Incan piss, moan, and complain all I want, until such time as I can vote him out, and that is what Imam gonna do, so strap in, cause it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!*
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ok...I will explain the drawing in a few, but I hope you are all staying home and staying safe. When I was in high school, “Have a nice day” t-Shirts, bumper stickers, posters and that sort of stuff we’re all the rage. Sort of like poop emojis now! Me, being the Smart Alec I am, drew the above picture to make fun of those. I used to tell people “Have a Day!” And when people would ask “ Don’t you mean have a nice day?” I would tell them “No...just have a day! What business is it of mine whether it’s nice or not?” 🤣
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