Trump lies about the readiness of the Google web site

Lie, exaggerate – either one will do. He was not truthful at a time when we need facts. I assume he did this to get the stock market to rise.

"I don't know where the press got their fake news," says Trump, who falsely claimed on Friday Google had 1700 engineers working on a nationwide website that would be ready quickly. Then he suggested he wants an apology. Then on to listing heads of corporations.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 15, 2020

False.

Media outlets contacted Google. Google said sister company Verily was in the "early stages" of developing a website for the Bay Area in particular. *More than 24 hours later,* Google changed its tune and said it is working with the federal government on a national site. pic.twitter.com/NdJmF34SmB
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 15, 2020

The news media has been trying to report on the spread of the coronavirus. The president is flatly wrong below and he's trying to increase mistrust in the media during a health crisis. https://t.co/qrPUdw3vO8
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 15, 2020

The Trump administration is lying to the country about the current scope of Google's coronavirus screening website. pic.twitter.com/gLF3NTOyl5
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 14, 2020

Among Trump’s most brazen lies was the whopper he told the nation about Google’s supposed plans for an all-purpose Coronavirus website. He just made the whole thing up as if nobody would bother checking — and as if he knew his credibility was zero anyway https://t.co/kf8s9SVFju
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) March 14, 2020

OMG. Google's not making a nationwide coronavirus testing website. And the company had no idea the president would say it was. https://t.co/pkybAdYFGw
— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) March 14, 2020

One of the biggest stories out of today's news conference is that, once again, Trump misinformed the public in the midst of a crisis… https://t.co/7uexv1EkKS
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 14, 2020

Trump said Google is building a website to determine whether people need tests for COVID-19 and that "Google has 1700 engineers working on this right now." Google said its Verily life sciences unit is "in the early stages of development" on such a tool.https://t.co/PXHu0wl7El
— Axios (@axios) March 13, 2020

Update: contrary to Trump’s claim, Google is not building a nationwide coronavirus screening website https://t.co/3gNj7bghMk pic.twitter.com/xeyqnHHGD6
— The Verge (@verge) March 13, 2020

oh man. sounds like Google thinks Trump and the White House overpromised on the testing portal website. “early stages of development” https://t.co/yIe5UNfcZj
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) March 13, 2020

From a Google employee just now: "There's absolutely not 1,700 engineers at Verily." https://t.co/RnoUyM2Ab6
— Blake Montgomery (@blakersdozen) March 13, 2020

From a new release by the White House press secretary:

"The Administration is working with Google to develop a website Americans can go to determine whether a test is needed and, if so, facilitate testing at a nearby location."
— David Gura (@davidgura) March 13, 2020

President Trump appeared to raise eyebrows when he said that Google was working on a website that would help the public “determine whether a [coronavirus] test is warranted”—a tool which Google clarified is still “in the very early stages of development” https://t.co/CfS4AvYaV4
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 13, 2020

Trump said the whole system will be up and running by Sunday night. Now, it turns out, it’s a pilot program for just the Bay Area? This is crazy. And he had the audacity to take a jab at the ACA website. Is this just another Trump con? https://t.co/9arthZSdGl
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 14, 2020

Covers: How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?

I first heard “How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?” on Ry Cooder’s 1970 album. The original version was by Blind Alfred Reed from 1929. Cooder’s early albums contain several Depression-era songs. They were no longer well-known when he recorded them so it was great that he gave them new life.

Trump lies about Obama and the H1N1 virus

Trump lies in his attacks on Obama. Even if he was telling the truth, I don’t see how this helps solve the current crisis.

Trump attacks the Obama administration for their handling of the swine flu — as if that excuses his government's failures with respect to the coronavirus pandemic pic.twitter.com/XaChdLDQLK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 13, 2020

Trump, bashing the Obama administration again, falsely claims that, with H1N1, "They didn't do testing like this" and that they didn't do testing until "far too late." The H1N1 testing numbers were exponentially higher.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 13, 2020

Another idiotic comment by ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩.

Trump Ties Obama to C.D.C.’s ‘Inadequate’ Testing System https://t.co/DbsfqFkgxt
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) March 13, 2020

1. Trump fired the pandemic response unit created by Obama after Ebola.

2. Trump cut CDC funding

3. During H1N1, 1 million people were tested within a month of the first diagnosis.

4. Stop Tweeting and do your job https://t.co/FnlsvzuweC
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) March 13, 2020

If the @BarackObama Administration made testing harder how did we manage to test 1 million people within the first month of the H1N1 outbreak? Why did you dismantle the White House office @BarackObama created in NSC post Embola? Why did you cut funding to CDC? Come on! https://t.co/hH7v31DdYj
— Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) March 13, 2020

Trump now appears to be deliberately distorting the swine flu timeline in order to deflect criticism onto Obama. https://t.co/ra97ktiM7F
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 13, 2020

As Trump tries blaming Obama for CDC problems, let's recall:

-Every Trump budget has proposed cutting CDC's budget. His OMB chief still backs cutting $1.2 billion this year

-Trump's 2017 hiring freeze left 700 CDC positions vacant

(From May 2017👇) https://t.co/q5hO0g9flt
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) March 13, 2020

tfw you fired the whole pandemic response team proposed huge cuts to the cdc and squandered weeks of lead time before the new infection reached the country https://t.co/Gc83MDdEUa
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 13, 2020

TRUMP LIED AGAIN: PolitiFact confirms the Obama-Biden administration declared H1N1 a public health emergency BEFORE anyone in the US died, contradicting Trump’s tweet that desperately tried to deflect from his own incompetent response to the coronavirus. https://t.co/VP5cKGaD9o
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) March 13, 2020

Facts: The Obama administration tested 1 million people for H1N1 in the first month after the first US diagnosed case.

The first US #coronavirus case was 50+ days ago. And we haven't event tested 10,000 people yet. https://t.co/LxRH62NIDw
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) March 13, 2020

President Trump on Friday again claimed that his response to the coronavirus was hindered by the Obama administration, which left office 3 years ago https://t.co/3UO5wk7f8X
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) March 13, 2020

Fact checking President Trump's claim on swine flu tests

Facts First: Trump is wrong. The CDC did focus on testing — conducting 5,000 tests in the first month and sending out a total of 1 million tests in the first five months of the outbreak. https://t.co/Jd3eqVjmVh
— CNN (@CNN) March 14, 2020

Temporarily leaving aside the rest: The CDC estimate is that 12,469 people died in the US from H1N1, though “17,000” is within the estimate range. And Biden was not “in charge” like Trump has put Pence; Biden was involved but not the lead, contrary to Trump’s claims/suggestions. pic.twitter.com/o4r8qtQFjA
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 15, 2020

Stocks during the Trump presidency

Most of the gains are gone. He takes credit when things are going well and takes no responsibility when they aren’t. Sad!

Goldman Sachs analyzed bear markets back to 1835, and here’s the bad news — and the good — about the current slump https://t.co/E2P2Wkr7CS
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) March 12, 2020

The US stock market has now wiped out the entire $11.5 trillion of value it gained since Trump's 2016 election victory https://t.co/YCRrBRvEbQ
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) March 12, 2020

dismissing Wall Street plunge today, Trump boasted: “stock market is still much higher than when i got here”

he got there Jan 20, 2017

at today’s close, Dow is up 7.4% since then

recent predecessors over same period:

Obama +56%
GWBush -3%
Clinton +71%
GHWBush +43%
Reagan +19%
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 12, 2020

The stock market tumbled 10 percent on Thursday in its worst percentage drop since the 1987 crash #Covid_19 https://t.co/FdVFZq7Zjc
— POLITICO (@politico) March 12, 2020

“By one measure, the sell-off has erased all of U.S. market cap gains since Election Day 2016, wiping out more than $11 trillion in value in less than one month as measured by the Russell 3000 index” https://t.co/T4CtbORXg5
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) March 12, 2020

The drop in the stock market today was the 4th worst fall in American history.

1. Oct. 17, 1987: -22%
2. Oct. 28, 1929: -13%
3. Oct. 29, 1929: -12%
4. March 12, 2020: – 10%
5. Nov. 6, 1929: -10%
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 12, 2020

How to wash your hands

Washing your hands is important in preventing the coronavirus.

.@drsanjaygupta provides a hand-washing tutorial, including the importance of interlacing your fingers and also washing the back of your hands. https://t.co/SKKTecRe1d pic.twitter.com/ZeMQNDTxJe
— CNN (@CNN) March 29, 2020

Washing your hands is one of the most important things you can do to protect yourself and others from illness. Here’s the technique experts say is best. https://t.co/jrtllJWkjo pic.twitter.com/fwppWT6JHe
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 13, 2020

The best protection against coronavirus is washing your hands — but you have to do it properly:

🚿 Wet your hands

🚿 Lather, making sure to get soap in all the nooks and crannies

🚿 Scrub for *20 seconds*

🚿 Rinse and *dry thoroughly*https://t.co/yR7MZPeVEB
— CNN (@CNN) March 13, 2020

What Happens When You Don’t Wash Your Hands

This is the best demonstration of proper hand-washing that I've seen. Blue paint shows precisely the spots that we tend to miss. I think of it every time I wash.

Worth a watch. https://t.co/Q2qXxW3Os2
— Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755) March 19, 2020

While you're scrubbing your hands to help stop the spread of Covid-19, you're also killing off a host of other nasty bacteria and potentially lethal viruses that have plagued humans for centuries — including influenza and other coronaviruses. https://t.co/C7bLMgU2TK
— CNN (@CNN) March 24, 2020

Covers: Alimony

The original version was by Tommy Tucker who is best know for “Hi Heel Sneakers”.

Trump did not push for coronavirus testing earlier

A previous tweet of this quote did not make it adequately clear that it is Trump who did not push for adequate testing, not Secretary of Health and Human Services Azar. Here is the whole quote for context. @ddiamond pic.twitter.com/ZZ2aPF53m6
— Fresh Air (@nprfreshair) March 12, 2020

Trump keeps lying about the coronavirus

Fact Check: Trump’s coronavirus response is plagued with misstatements https://t.co/QQPeEtnR8t
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 16, 2020

Fact check: President Trump made yet another false claim to minimize the severity of the coronavirus crisis, claiming Sunday that the virus is under "control."

Experts say the US does not have the virus even close to contained. https://t.co/sDQnFcCOGZ
— CNN (@CNN) March 16, 2020

"We have it very well under control."
"We pretty much shut it down."
"The numbers are going to get progressively better."
"We’re going very substantially down, not up."
"One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear."

None of it was true. https://t.co/E7ZDLvqMmv
— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) March 15, 2020

We're starting a list –> Tracking Trump’s false or misleading coronavirus claims https://t.co/RP3QvHWpa3
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) March 14, 2020

“President Trump continues to lie to the American people and say that testing is going smoothly… that’s not the case.” @JakeTapper reports on coronavirus testing troubles. https://t.co/8dUuBm3yRP pic.twitter.com/P9uwDuz6p7
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) March 12, 2020

The CDC identified the 1st case of the virus on 4/14/09. The Obama admin declared swine flu a public health emergency on 4/26/26. The FDA approved a rapid test for the virus 2 days later. At the time, the CDC had reported 64 cases & zero deaths. https://t.co/qgnzskwVEI
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 14, 2020

No, the coronavirus isn't a flu. No, the virus isn't contained. No, not everybody who wants a test can get one. No, Obama didn't impede coronavirus testing and do nothing about swine flu. No, the number of cases wasn't going down to zero from 15. https://t.co/BsVJ2XRNW7
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 11, 2020

Trump today: "We're having to fix a problem that four weeks ago nobody ever thought would be a problem."

The US had its first confirmed case seven weeks ago…
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 11, 2020

With the Trump lies and Fox News outright propaganda, one fact in unavoidable:

Deep red states are going to get hit the worst with the virus because nobody there even thinks it's real. Super hard. It's going to be awful.

How do they lie that away when it happens?
— Todd Poirier (@todd_poirier) March 11, 2020

Trump on the virus: “We closed it down. We stopped it.”

His lies and incompetence are going to get many killed.
pic.twitter.com/IWTc3ZLsk2
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 6, 2020

A killer virus is spreading rapidly, world markets are crashing, people are rightfully scared, and Trump’s response is to tweet dangerous lies. We don’t have a leader. We have a sad, small, stupid man-baby who is entirely unable to manage this crisis.
— Bryce Tache 🇺🇸 (@brycetache) March 9, 2020

Trump colliding with a brick wall of reality is a fascinating psychological drama to watch. The old tricks-Tweets, lies, dehumanizing attacks, blaming others-won't work against a deadly virus; this will cause him/his supporters even greater frustration, anger, anxiety & paranoia.
— Peter Wehner (@Peter_Wehner) March 9, 2020

More effective video content to disseminate widely on your networks. He’s a narcissistic disaster and unfit for a moment like this. We need to all help narrate that fact. https://t.co/uCL4zxaj1C
— David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) March 11, 2020

"From the moment the coronavirus reached the United States, President Donald Trump has seemed determined to construct an alternate reality around the outbreak."

— @mckaycoppins:https://t.co/HDikEom5I8
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) March 11, 2020

We've deleted an earlier tweet to this story to reflect that President Trump's statement was a false claim. The headline of the article has also been updated to note the claim was false. https://t.co/5AOpXO87gw
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 13, 2020

Majority of Americans don't trust Donald Trump to tell truth about coronavirus threat: Poll https://t.co/kNRizmMGrI
— Kim (Our strength is our shared commitment. 2020) (@kimc473) March 13, 2020

Senate overturns Education Department rule that would hurt students that were swindled

Good move by the Senate

DeVos is terrible! She also wanted to harm rural schools.

Senate overturns Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' rule limiting debt relief for defrauded students https://t.co/CiSDuY8Awn pic.twitter.com/K4BLlohtpE
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 11, 2020

Just happened:
A bipartisan majority in the Senate voted to overturn an Education Department rule that would make it more difficult for students swindled by colleges to obtain loan forgiveness.https://t.co/rQJaEUvZY1
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) March 11, 2020

via @NYTimes https://t.co/vXSk3tWNbZ
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) March 5, 2020

Education Department delays rule change that would cut funding for rural, low-income schools https://t.co/QR2OISU87U pic.twitter.com/7gvFhNoKBr
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 4, 2020

Bipartisan group of senators call on DeVos to reverse decision to use program criteria that will cut off hundreds of rural school districts from federal funding they've relied on for nearly 20 years:
Story here: https://t.co/HbPKZ1RS1z https://t.co/P21PtQKrIR
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) March 4, 2020

The Education Department has rejected 53,339 of the 54,000 applications for its loan forgiveness program. Yes, you read that correctly. https://t.co/zO8AX17ONM
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) December 25, 2019

Trump’s Company Paid Bribes to Reduce Property Taxes, Assessors Say

Breaking: Trump’s Company Paid Bribes to Reduce Property Taxes, Assessors Say https://t.co/oz9q9wlQGS
— Richard Tofel (@dicktofel) March 11, 2020