First Trump calls pandemic a hoax. But now it’s a ‘very good job’ if 200,000 die. So Twitter melts down.

03/30/2020 5:01 pm ET • Dara Brewton

'Criminal reckless clown': Trump wants a pat on the back for only killing 100,000 Americans

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It wasn’t so long ago that Trump was shrugging of coronavirus as just another Democratic hoax. Now he is trying to make his big failure look like a success by calling 100,000 deaths a “very good job.”

Reality crushed Trump. He has downplayed COVID-19 & made deaths skyrocket. Now he’s panicking & reshaping:
-“1 to 2 million deaths if we did nothing”
-“If we can hold that down to 100k..so we have between 100 & 200k..we all have done a very good job”

These people are his victims

— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) March 29, 2020

Twitter was rightfully appalled by Trump’s cavalier attitude regarding the loss of American lives.

His denial cost lives

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It’s 33 times the 9/11 death toll.

Trump 1st called it a hoax. Now he argues that if the # of dead is only between 100K & 200K he has done a "very good job". What a total criminal reckless clown! He denied the problem till it was too late, then he wanted 2 end early the quarantines. Now 200K dead is "very good"! pic.twitter.com/qehq2jBmWW

— Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel) March 30, 2020

Shifting the blame

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He already told everyone he wasn’t taking any responsibility.

Seems very clear - from various angles - the President is trying to set this up so that the Governors are at fault for what happens in their states. Lots of deaths, that's on you. Economy stalls because you locked down? Good job. That's on you too.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 24, 2020

A perfect coronavirus response?

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We know what Trump’s idea of perfect looks like.

100,000 deaths = “very good job” and that’s only if the US acts almost perfectly?!
Wtf wtf pic.twitter.com/wxLOU3SgUu

— JP🌱😊 (@agirlinthepark) March 30, 2020

It is a horrific number

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He is finally paying attention.

Trump takes zero responsibility for wasting months calling it a hoax, then downplaying, then stunning inaction, all leading to these staggering estimates of loss of life. The fact he’s finally admitting 100,000+ deaths is possible means he’s finally paying attention. Unfit.

— /m/o/s/a/ (@mosaisms) March 30, 2020

The blood is on his hands

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That is 100,000 people.

Tell that to the families of the dead. Trump is a heartless sociopath and there is already blood on his hands from this crisis. He should be afraid of drowning in it.

— Kiki Bunny Swan (@kikibunnyswan) March 30, 2020

It’s time for America to stop listening

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The lack of empathy is hard to comprehend.

In what world is 100K, much less 200K people dead "a very good job"? He is freaking, absolutely insane. Somebody please give him a clue, a heart, and a brain. What he really needs is for someone to shut him up. Please do not air his daily insanity. https://t.co/ZrTTyIygRL

— Arlene Angel (@Angelwings96701) March 30, 2020

‘Close to zero’

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That is a long way from the zero he was promising last month.

Trump Feb 27 : “And again, when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done.”

Trump March 29 : “If we have between 100,000 and 200,000 (dead) we’ve all together done a very good job.”

— Taguba (@vanallenmark) March 30, 2020