Poor Boris

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He looks like he hasn't slept for a week. I never thought the day would come when I'd feel sorry for Boris and think that Trump sounded professional (in his press conference today). Everything is upside down. We're fucked, aren't we?

Trump sounded professional? He started by talking about the ‘war on this Chinese virus’!

He lied and cheated to get the job.
Feel sorry for him - you having a larf !

No sympathy for Johnson at all.

Be careful what you wish for.

There was a moment where a reporter was asking him a question that he'd usually fly off the handle at but he stayed really calm and actually answered the question. It was a momentary thought, and don't worry it did freak me out!

Oh yes, poor Boris.

Won't somebody think of the privileged?

I thought he looked tired but I also thought the press conference today was very clear. I'm not fan but I don't know what else people want from him

I suggest you do some research on dear old Boris and his views and opinions

Cross posted with everyone.

He always looks like that. But if he's actually doing some hard work -well he should be seeing as he's the prime minister.

And, no, we're not fucked.

I wouldn't have his job for all the money in the world. I think he's holding it all together admirably. Can you honestly, honestly imagine Corbyn in this situation?

And no, I didn't vote for Johnson but I'm glad we got him.

I think Boris is actually doing a pretty good job of this. And I don’t care if nobody else disagrees. What an utterly thankless task being PM must be.

Agrees* it’s been a long day. Lol

Can you honestly, honestly imagine Corbyn in this situation?
Yes. Why not?

Well I’m not sure he hasn’t been winging it a bit (not totally but really lagging) and hated the Liberty part of his speech but getting there

Do people reallybink that Bojo is doing all the hard thinking behind scenes?
Every time he's asked a question he refers it to one of his lackeys who actually know the answer. He's like a rabbit in headlights.
But I think whoever was PM would be the same.

As for Trump, he is just an absolute joke.

Actually I think he is doing okay considering the circumstances. He was pretty clear at the end of today's press conference that people need to stop pissing around and act responsibly (hope his dad was listening).

He tried to joke with the journalists.
He needs to learn the Lady Macbeth speech because there is going to be so much blood on his hands by the end of what he's (not) done he could scrub with bleach till the end of days and it would still be pouring.

I wouldnt want to be in his shoes, I think he's doing his best, and yes Trump is a joke, but even he has started to act like an adult now

I would not want to be in his shoes right now. No matter what he does, it will be wrong.

I can put my hand on my heart and say I have never voted conservative in all my 40+ years of voting. I am vehemently pro European and thus about as anti Brexit as you can find. However even I am prepared to say I think he is doing ok in a pretty thankless and difficult task.

Trump however has always been an imbecile and remains one .

he really is being squeezed very hard between the rock and the hard place

@KonTikki He lied and cheated to get the job.

As a foreigner who doesn't follow UK politics, can you please explain this to me?

@UYScuti Many Americans would disagree. For one thing, he isn't relying on experts in responding to the pandemic, but to his trusted circle.

www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/us/politics/kushner-trump-coronavirus.html

^oops. on his trusted circle

He's only doing what Cummings tells him to, how hard can it be?