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Biden's not a dog's dinner: Champ, Major (and Snowflake) know a President when they sniff one (Trump thread #126)

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TheNorthWestPawsage · 22/02/2021 09:02

Thread title inspired by minou123 Smile

Previous thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4162151-Whilst-Biden-and-Harris-are-busy-doing-their-jobs-theres-an-Impeachment-Hearing-going-on-125?msgid=104924217#104924217

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AcrossthePond55 · 12/03/2021 00:35

Biden addressing the Nation tonite at 8pm EST (about 1/2 hour from now).

DuncinToffee · 12/03/2021 08:50

From last night

NBC News
BREAKING: President Biden: "Tonight, I'm announcing that I will direct all states, tribes and territories to make all adults, people 18 and over, eligible to be vaccinated no later than May 1." https://t.co/MmnXz31clC

DGRossetti · 12/03/2021 10:06

[quote DuncinToffee]From last night

NBC News
BREAKING: President Biden: "Tonight, I'm announcing that I will direct all states, tribes and territories to make all adults, people 18 and over, eligible to be vaccinated no later than May 1." https://t.co/MmnXz31clC[/quote]
If any country can do it, it's the US.

Lweji · 12/03/2021 11:41

I hope that means that they will work to increase production capacity, which has been one of the major issues for all vaccines, AFAIK. It's not only distribution.

HoneysuckIejasmine · 12/03/2021 13:32

I've not heard that "States, Tribes and Territories" refrain before. I like it.

lionheart · 12/03/2021 20:36

It's an interesting phrase.

lionheart · 12/03/2021 20:39

Reminds me of the former guy and his non-response to Puerto Rico.

www.fema.gov/press-release/20210126/766-million-obligated-puerto-rico-covid-19-vaccination-costs

TheNorthWestPawsage · 13/03/2021 08:07

Biden is getting some stick for not facing the press but quite frankly it's a welcome silence after the former guy's verbal diarrhoea.

From Washington Post:

... Joe Biden still hasn’t had a formal news conference since his inauguration on Jan. 20. Thursday was his 50th full day in office.
The seven-week stretch is the longest a new president has gone without meeting the press in the past 100 years, dating back to when Calvin Coolidge, a man known as “Silent Cal,” was president...

... His reluctance to do so since becoming president has attracted comment and criticism from allies and foes alike.
Kayleigh McEnany suggested last week that Biden is ducking the media to avoid gaffes, and that his staff is “protecting” him from the sort of unscripted exchanges he would face in a news conference. Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows made similar comments to Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday, and Hannity alleged that the White House is continuing to “hide” Biden.

... White House press secretary Jen Psaki said last week that Biden will hold his first news conference “before the end of the month,” though she didn’t specify a date. She said Biden’s “time, energy and focus” have been elsewhere — specifically, on the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress this week.


At this point in office, Trump had given five news conferences. Obama had given two, George W. Bush three and Clinton five.


However, those figures require an asterisk. Four of the five news conferences Trump gave during this period were the bilateral kind, in which the president and a foreign leader appear jointly and take turns calling on reporters. He went solo in only one of the five. Obama, Bush and Clinton also appeared alone just once during their first 50 days.

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TheNorthWestPawsage · 13/03/2021 08:16

And for fair weather friends - Puerto Rico is just fine for this year's Spring Break it seems. Just don't mention the hurricane.

Puerto Rico sees a surge in tourism – and a rise in aggressive tourist behavior
Low-cost flights have enticed travelers, but relaxed restrictions have led to large gatherings, fights and Covid rule-breaking.
amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/12/puerto-rico-tourists-aggressive-behavior-coronavirus

Just 2 years ago:
amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/26/donald-trump-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-aid

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Roussette · 13/03/2021 08:47

I don't know how they dare criticise Biden for not holding a press conference, when they went over a year without a proper organised Press conference with the Press secretary, which has been the norm for decades. Jen Psaki holds a daily one.

EveryoneRevealsThemselves · 13/03/2021 09:28

And the grift continues! Lara Trump and a dog rescue charity funnelling money to Trump. The entire family don’t really have a good history with charities do they? They don’t seem to understand that the purpose is to raise money for those less fortunate, not make as much as much money for yourself as you can!

www.yahoo.com/huffpost/lara-trump-mar-a-lago-dog-rescue-charity-232906971.html

lionheart · 13/03/2021 09:29

Hypocrisy doesn't matter one jot to them.

Anything criticism that gains any kind of traction counts as a win.

PerkingFaintly · 13/03/2021 10:55

Eh, so did I hallucinate the pre-Valentine's Day lawn meeting with the press, including Biden handing one reporter his (untouched) coffee because she was joshing him about the press corp wanting drinks & donuts.

It's correct that he hasn't had a "formal news conference", but the WP shouldn't be regurgitating the Fox spin that he hasn't met the press – especially given the Fox narrative is that supposedly Biden is avoiding unscripted exchanges (more former-guy projection from McEnany?), but the Valentine's Day meeting was entirely unscripted exchanges.

Obviously a formal press conference is different, and I can understand why reporters want that. But no need to stray into falsehood.

President Biden and First Lady View White House Valentine's Day Decorations

Obviously viewers only see what their favourite sources show them. If some sources don't show the exchange, or show only a few seconds of it, then the public won't know about it. And they won't get to see the difference between former guy's linguistic issues and, eg, Biden quickly calculating the number of panes in the office window (in a story about Jill putting little hearts in each pane)?

DuncinToffee · 13/03/2021 11:29

The press conference thing is being pushed by Fox News, that's all there is to it.

DuncinToffee · 13/03/2021 11:42

An article on Fox News reaction to Biden's speech

www.vox.com/platform/amp/2021/3/12/22327201/biden-primetime-coronavirus-speech-fox-news-coverage-tucker-carlson-sean-hannity

pointythings · 13/03/2021 12:22

I wish Fox would do a better job of sliding into irrelevance. But I suppose with millions of rabid Trumpers still out there, that isn't going to happen.

lionheart · 13/03/2021 23:08

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/13/lara-trump-linked-dog-rescue-charity-spent-2m-properties

'A dog rescue charity that has links to Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, has spent almost $2m at Trump properties in the last seven years, according to US media reports.'

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-lara-senate-north-carolina-b1816787.html

'Former president Donald Trump has fuelled speculation that his daughter-in-law Lara Trump will run for Senate in North Carolina.

Mr Trump made the off-hand comment during an impromptu speech at a Mar-A-Lago fundraiser for Big Dog Ranch Rescue.

There has been speculation for quite some time that Lara Trump, wife of Eric Trump, the former president’s second son, will make a run for the North Carolina Senate seat currently held by Richard Burr, who announced in 2016 that he will not seek re-election in 2022. Mr Burr voted to convict Mr Trump in his second impeachment trial.'

Roussette · 14/03/2021 12:07

Trump's legacy lives on in the worst way

thehill.com/homenews/administration/543041-biden-officials-struggle-to-unravel-web-of-trump-immigration-rules

“We can't just undo four years of the previous administration's actions overnight. Those actions didn't just neglect our immigration system; they intentionally made it worse. When you add a pandemic to that, it's clear it will take significant time to overcome,” Roberta Jacobson, President Biden’s southern border czar, said at a White House press briefing this past week.

In four years, the Trump administration effectively barred asylum seekers from entering the U.S., limited green card access for those who might need public assistance, ended protections for immigrants who came to the U.S. amid unrest in their home countries, and created new administrative hurdles for those seeking to migrate or become citizens.

the task facing the Biden administration amounts to “bureaucratic archeology” in order to untangle each policy and the multiple ways it may have been implemented.

DGRossetti · 14/03/2021 12:14

the task facing the Biden administration amounts to “bureaucratic archeology” in order to untangle each policy and the multiple ways it may have been implemented.

Hmm

If true, then of course it also meant the US had no real security these past four years. Which I can believe. But maybe it needs to be made explicit.

AcrossthePond55 · 14/03/2021 14:51

It's driving me mad, the Conservative media trumpeting and howling how Biden hasn't 'fixed' everything by now. Especially considering that they spent the last 5 years trumpeting how Doofus had 'fixed' all of Obama's/Dem's 'terrible policies' and the last (election) year trumpeting how 'great' everything was due to Doofus' policies (as their contribution to getting him reelected).

They need to just STFU.

pointythings · 14/03/2021 16:56

trumpeting is exactly what it is, isn't it?

lionheart · 14/03/2021 19:14

Trumpeting is exactly right.