It’s Monday aka Panicked Market Monday.
As the News Blender covered this morning, the U.S. Stock Exchange halted trading just after the opening bell for 15 minutes before reopening trading.
For Panicked Market Monday, President Impeached has tweeted 14 times.
He’s working hard…
Working hard Lori! https://t.co/awBZuXrLHg
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
Air Force One wheels up from West Palm Beach en route Orlando for campaign fundraiser in Longwood, FL. pic.twitter.com/MbTmsrQmnO
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 9, 2020
"It was Trump himself, mind you, who argued that playing golf and running the country weren't compatible. [In August 2016], Trump's insistence that he wouldn’t play golf as president was coupled with disparagement of Obama for doing exactly that." https://t.co/G737QnGWTL
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 8, 2020
From the analysis by Washington Post‘s Philip Bump:
President Trump, the government official ultimately responsible for the response to the coronavirus outbreak, also was in Florida on Saturday. He was three hours east of Lee County, at his private Mar-a-Lago resort. He wasn’t at Mar-a-Lago all day, however. He spent several hours at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach — as he did on Sunday morning, as well.
The exact number of times Trump has played golf as president isn’t known because, unlike past administrations, this White House doesn’t share information about Trump’s activities at his golf clubs. (White House pool reporters who travel with the president and would normally report on what he’s doing are forced to wait out his golf-course visits at nearby facilities — a library, in the case of his trips this weekend.)
By our count, considering contemporaneous reports and the weather at the time, Trump has played about 217 rounds of golf as president, once every five days. He has visited one of his golf clubs on about 250 days as president, including his club in Bedminster, N.J., where he disappears from the public eye for weeks on end during the summer. One tally of confirmed rounds of golf — as when his golf partners reveal that they played or when he is captured by other club members on social media — has the total at 116 rounds, a figure that Barack Obama didn’t hit until months into his second term.
Philip Bump. 03/08/2020.
By my count, this is Pres Trump's 30th visit to his Mar-a-Lago resort, bringing the number of full or partial days spent there to 179. Compares at same point in presidency to Pres George W Bush 31 visits to his Texas ranch and all or part of 225 days.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 7, 2020
But but but he’s working hard…
President Impeached works hard to sell a book of a fan…
A great book, support Charlie, BUY IT! Already Number One. https://t.co/fG7YXOCk9R
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
The image used in the tweet is from last years CPAC gathering. Speaking of CPAC…
Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz on Sunday announced that he would be remaining in Texas for the week, since at CPAC 2020 he came in contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.
Today I released the following statement: pic.twitter.com/XGXEa4ozcg
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) March 8, 2020
New: The CPAC attendee w/ coronavirus didn't just have general admission, but a higher-level ticket which gave him special access. CPAC staff are in direct contact w/ the patient & are relying on his memories, as well as their own, to reconstruct his experience at the conference.
— Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) March 9, 2020
President Impeached switches his hard working gears to the coronavirus…
The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power (it used to be greater!) to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant. Surgeon General, “The risk is low to the average American.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
NBC News reported on Monday that as of Sunday the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. is over 550.
“We have an epidemic under way here in the United States,” @ScottGottliebMD tells @margbrennan and looks ahead, saying the scope of #coronavirus will change over the next two weeks pic.twitter.com/XwcpiQKlRb
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) March 8, 2020
He moves on from the coronavirus to focus on name-calling…
Cryin’ Chuck Schumer said, “You will pay the price for this. You won’t know what HIT YOU.” That is far beyond simple rhetoric. That is a physical threat, or at least a threat that you better vote for us.” Trouble ahead!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
In September of 2019, President Impeached compared the Trump/Ukraine phone call whistleblower to a spy, adding at the private event, “You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart? Right? The spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now.”
Regarding the phone call between President Impeached and Ukraine President Zelensky, then-President Trump said to Zelensky while speaking about a U.S. Ambassador, “well, she’s going to go through some things.”
President Impeached moves on from being a giant hypocrite to tweeting about the Presidential election…
Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren singlehandedly destroyed the Bernie Sanders campaign by stripping voters away from his count on Super T. He lost states that he easily would have won if she had dropped out 3 days earlier. The DNC is doing it to Bernie again! Will he ever get angry?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
Now the Democrats are trying to smear Bernie with Russia, Russia, Russia. They are driving him Crazy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
Sanders is always anger.
The media reported that similar to 2016, Russia was focusing ads supporting Sanders for the Democratic nomination for President, they did not attempt to smear Sanders.
In response to reporting Sanders said, via the Washington Post, “I don’t care, frankly, who [Russian President Vladimir] Putin wants to be president. My message to Putin is clear: Stay out of American elections, and as president I will make sure that you do.”
He turns his attention away from the Presidential election to focus on Deep State…
“Trump has outmastered the Deep State. He’s light years ahead of us.” MSDNC. I disagree. We have a long way to go. There are still some very bad, sick people in our government – people who do not love our Country (In fact, they hate our Country!).
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
Moving on…
The Obama/Biden Administration is the most corrupt Administration in the history of our Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
As a reminder President Trump aka President Impeached, was only the 3rd President in history to be Impeached by the House of Representatives.
President Impeached switching those hard working gears away from Deep State and But Obama, to focus once again on the coronavirus…
Great job being done by the @VP and the CoronaVirus Task Force. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
The BEST decision made was the toughest of them all – which saved many lives. Our VERY early decision to stop travel to and from certain parts of the world!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
On Sunday…
STEPHANOPOULOS: The Grand Princess is docking tomorrow. What's the plan for the 3,500 people on board?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 8, 2020
BEN CARSON: They're coming up with one
S: It docks tomorrow
C: The plan will be in place
S: Shouldn't you be able to say what it is?
C: It hasn't been fully formulated pic.twitter.com/J717Q7q0DG
Regarding the ban:
Travel is restricted our borders are not closed, the announced travel restrictions came after there were already reported cases in the U.S..
President Impeached moves on to remind us…
So much FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
Saturday…
I agree with Joe! https://t.co/h84mD7jVPW
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 8, 2020
The video was edited to make it appear that Biden, who his known for gaffe’s supports re-electing President Trump. Missing from the above clip is the second part of the statement.
Biden: Excuse me. We can only re-elect Donald Trump if in fact we get engaged in this circular firing squad here. It’s gotta be a positive campaign.
Moving on from sharing a dishonest edited clip President Impeached explains…
Good for the consumer, gasoline prices coming down!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
Oil crashed more than 30% after the breakup of the OPEC+ alliance triggered an all-out price war, with both Russia and Saudi Arabia poised to flood the market with cheap oil https://t.co/1lh4bDaIdC
— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) March 9, 2020
Exxon Mobil shares are at a 16-year low https://t.co/FvMrRUNJvU by @jcarrollhtx & @CrowleyKev #OOTT pic.twitter.com/8FEtXuNdBc
— Helen Robertson (@HelenCRobertson) March 9, 2020
The current DOW stands around 1,500 points down. (Business Insider.)
Staying within the theme, President Impeached blames Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the Fake News, for Panicked Market Monday…
Saudi Arabia and Russia are arguing over the price and flow of oil. That, and the Fake News, is the reason for the market drop!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
The market has fallen steadily for over two weeks…
Back to the coronavirus…
So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
South by Southwest, a music, film, and tech conference, announced on Friday that due to the coronavirus they were cancelling the event hosted in Austin, Texas.
JUST IN: SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, has been cancelled due to concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus, mayor says. pic.twitter.com/YmwFDZXJXw
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 6, 2020
ABC News reported that last year the SXSW event brought in $355.9 million in revenue.
JUST IN: SXSW has been cancelled due to novel coronavirus, the film festival organizers announce.
— ABC News (@ABC) March 6, 2020
Last year, according to numbers provided by SXSW, the conference brought in $355.9 million dollars of revenue. https://t.co/zCXGtlUxDj
USA TODAY reported on Thursday that including the SXSW event, 12 events total have been cancelled so far.
The CDC has advised travelers to avoid long plane flights and especially cruises.
New guidance from the CDC urges travelers to avoid long plane trips “and especially” cruises — a stark shift in rhetoric https://t.co/jRBl1HkMc0
— POLITICO (@politico) March 9, 2020
We might see updating today…
