re: Can anyone justify why Trump gave the medal to Faucci in 2021?

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Yet, you think a president that's been ruthlessly attacked since before taking office is somehow immune to a deluge of deception that easily rivaled what the general public endured?

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He should have been either 1) stronger with the courage of his convictions knowing that they were deceiving him, or 2) smarter.

I believe he thought he could triangulate his way through the shutdown and vaccine to an election win. I believe he thought that taking on the NIH, WHO and Fauci would have ended his Presidential campaign with a loss. So he tried to Art of the Deal his way through it rather than fighting.

We are all much, much poorer for it.

I didn’t say that. I just noted the government response to Covid was an epic failure. It very well could’ve been the same under DeSantis. In which case, I would be far less likely to support DeSantis running for President again.

I have not taken an oath to support DeSantis.

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Also, I fricked your mom. She said you were her least favorite son.

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The cult is so predictible

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Yes, it is. See: your posts

Milley was just as bad as Fauci.


Lockdown Don!!!!!

You are an unhinged cult member from St Louis

Oh no. You said I’m in a cult again. I guess I’ll vote for Trump in the primary.

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Our problem is spending more than we take in. Trump not only didn’t cut spending during his four years, he ADDED to the national debt at a higher rate than any other President, right at 8 trillion of our 31 trillion. Astounding.

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To be fair... how much of that was due to Covid?

About half.

I don’t give him a complete pass for it just because it was Covid.

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Like it or not, a/the vaccine was the only ticket back in the direction of “normalcy.” I.e. where that large portion of the country who, again like it or not, was frightened of what they were being told by the media about the virus. They weren’t coming out of their homes anytime soon *most importantly to begin participating in the economy again* unless and until a vaccine was available.

So then Trump concludes that, given the above unavoidable circumstances, that the quicker the vaccine, the quicker the march back to full participation in the economy. Long story short, Trump coordinated an effort that outperformed all expectations, for which he was rightfully prideful and triumphant. And it wasn’t merely he who lauded the expedient effort, there was widespread commendation from all directions other than, of course, the bitter enemies in media and on left.

Fast forward to the “medals”……..the medal was not given to Fauci for anything he did exclusively. He received an award for his specific participation in Project Warp Speed, along with every other Joe Blow who played an above nominal role in the project. Had there been no implications to Trump snubbing Fauci out of pure spite, according to you all’s perception of Trump he would’ve happily and spitefully done so. But the assured reception of such a move as childish and juvenile and the resulting drama was simply not worth it.

So that’s that. Fauci got a participation trophy along with a bunch of other people exclusively for their hand in Trump’s Warp Speed triumph.

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Thank you for the post. I understand some people don't like Trump, that's fine. We are all different and have different idea's and sensitivities, but to those on here that play Sunday morning quarterback about decisions Trump made regarding Covid is really really unfair.