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Mike 03

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11. Haberman still doesn't understand something very elemental.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 10:02 AM
Jul 2020

What she writes is true of Trump. He doesn't even allow himself to contemplate the possibility that he's the cause of harming others. But that's not true for people like Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller, and the others. They totally understand what they are doing.

Jared Kushner was even quoted months ago saying: "I don't care about any of that."

“I told Jared that if Trump won a second term, he wouldn’t have to worry about running again and you can really help people. Jared just looked at me and said, ‘I don’t care about any of that,’ ” the executive told the outlet.


https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/495270-insiders-describe-kushner-as-de-facto-president-who-played-key-role

It's important to get the pathology right. Trump is surrounded by advisors who completely understand they are killing Americans, and they intend to do so.

Haberman is still giving the White House an exit ramp they don't deserve. It's like that ridiculous (mostly discredited) argument about Auschwitz, that killing the Jewish people was so compartmentalized that the people involved weren't actually aware they were participating in The Holocaust.

They have blinders on and can't see

Give me a break.
Trump killed Herman Cain .... end of story Botany Jul 2020 #1
cain purported to be a brain surgeo.m i assume he knew the risk rampartc Jul 2020 #2
Cain ran a pizza company PJMcK Jul 2020 #4
oops rampartc Jul 2020 #14
I think the death demographic is pivoting Turbineguy Jul 2020 #3
Or more like spreading? Are "essential workers" KPN Jul 2020 #7
Masks are in use more. Turbineguy Jul 2020 #10
Masks are rare in my area, even in businesses that "require" them. Maybe 30%. Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #15
It's a big system with a lot of latency and hysteresis. Turbineguy Jul 2020 #16
and many of those millions are living in a truth-proof bubble. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #17
It's the people who are listening to the science who will turn this around. Turbineguy Jul 2020 #19
There's the silver lining. MAGATS will be culled from the herd. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #20
Okay Trump did offer "prayers" to family of Herman Cain, who died of the "China Virus." yellowcanine Jul 2020 #5
Cain pamdb Jul 2020 #6
Cain was already sick during the Rushmore fiasco. He was reported KPN Jul 2020 #8
Yes Cain made his own choices. But the fact remains that Trump's choices are killing people. yellowcanine Jul 2020 #9
The term for "anti-masker" is "maskhole." lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #18
Haberman still doesn't understand something very elemental. Mike 03 Jul 2020 #11
+1 crickets Jul 2020 #12
This surprises nobody RainCaster Jul 2020 #13
It's not the WH, it's the sadistic thing in the WH. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2020 #21
Well, Cain chose to go to that rally. GoCubsGo Jul 2020 #22
Void of empathy. sarcasmo Jul 2020 #23
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