FDR said, 'repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.' Trump has to hope that's not true.
On Wednesday, the COVID-19 death toll topped 100,000 in the United States, nearly four times the count in any other country.And by week’s end, violence raged and racial tensions flared across the country over the controversial killings of black people, by white police officers in two cases and a white former cop in a third.
President Trump on the importance of pseudo-science: “I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning? As you see, it gets in the lungs, it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that.
President Trump on having no need for self-improvement: “I’ve had great ‘ratings’ my whole life, there’s nothing unusual about that for me. The White House News Conference ratings are ‘through the roof’ but I don’t care about that. I care about going around the Fake News to the PEOPLE!”President Ronald Reagan on selflessness: “There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit.
President Trump lying: “I’ve always known this is a real—this is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic … I’ve always viewed it as very serious.”President Kennedy urging unity and leadership: “But I think the American people expect more from us than cries of indignation and attack. The times are too grave, the challenge too urgent, and the stakes too high to permit the customary passions of political debate.
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