Trump gets an education in the art of reversal

[DeluxAuto]

The president’s backdown in fighting with schools about their reopening marked the latest in a long line of failed red lines for Trump.

President Donald Trump has strong views on just about everything. Until he doesn’t.

He ordered states to reopen in the spring, only to extend national social distancing guidelines. He insisted he would have the Republican convention at full size, only to scrap much of the event. He suggested the election should be delayed, only to reverse course and declare it should actually be held early.

And, in recent weeks as parents, teachers and local officials debated how to teach America’s 50 million public school students this fall, he threatened to withhold federal aid from districts that failed to offer in-person learning. But instead of fighting the many districts that defied him, he scaled back his combative rhetoric and toned down his demands.

As America has battled the coronavirus for the past five months, Trump has fought everyone else as he pushed his own contentious plans — governors, mayors, lawmakers, judges, even his own administration officials — before later reversing course, backing away from his initial stance or simply moving on to the next issue and declaring victory. Sometimes, the people he’s fighting have confronted him. Other times, they refused to engage.

Both supporters and critics say Trump wants to appear as if he is taking charge — even when he clearly lacks the authority to act — as he scrambles to find anything to latch onto while facing sinking poll numbers months before the election. He often changes his mind after he faces backlash or further weighs the politics of his actions.

“Whatever he says today he will change tomorrow, and he’s going to pretend like whatever he just said he never said,” National Education Association President Lily Eskelsen García said. “What he says and what he does are two different things. We look at what he does.”

 

[Adre]

Tired of winning yet? This clown can’t get anything right.

 

[FescueFan]

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/424/601/0a6.gif

 

[butters]

you have to send you kids back to school, no matter what...

oh, but barron's school--barron's PRIVATE school--is set to stay closed till at least October

https://fox8.com/news/barron-trumps-private-school-to-stay-closed-for-now-as-coronavirus-surges/

 

[butters]

his school SHOULD stay closed, as should any schools in areas with a high infection rate in the community

 

[DeluxAuto]

Poor Bot. Too AntiAmerican and dumb to comprehend the article.

 

[Adre]

Poor Bot. Too AntiAmerican and dumb to comprehend the article.

Brain reduced to cannabis mush.

 

[Trumpedo]

Brain reduced to cannabis mush.

He was trained not to think for himself, you have to feel a little sad for him.

 

[islandman]

He was trained not to think for himself, you have to feel a little sad for him.

Every society has its court jester in one form or another.

 

[adrina]

Brain reduced to cannabis mush.

It's not the marijuana.

 

[pointless]

it's the antisocial personality disorder.

 

[Trumpedo]

Every society has its court jester in one form or another.

That's the president's job.

 

[DeluxAuto]

That's the president's job.

Bot is learning from his master.

 

[Dribble]

Brain reduced to cannabis mush.

It's not the marijuana.

Yes it is. This is not saying he doesn't have a defective brain to begin with...but the weed takes that brain, and gives it false courage. It makes dumb become dumber. It make lazy, even more lazy. It makes a combative personality even more extreme.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I honestly don't understand what Trump thinks he can "withhold" from school systems, I seem to recall that the vast majority of school funding comes from local property taxes, something he has no control over.

 

[adrina]

Yes it is. This is not saying he doesn't have a defective brain to begin with...but the weed takes that brain, and gives it false courage. It makes dumb become dumber. It make lazy, even more lazy. It makes a combative personality even more extreme.

I think he would be worse without it.

 

[Fermina_Daza]

his school SHOULD stay closed, as should any schools in areas with a high infection rate in the community

We've already had one school where a student tested positive on the first day back. Another school shut down four days after opening due to teachers testing positive.


Most of our schools open later this week and next week so I'm sure these are just flukes. Right?

 

[KeithD]

I honestly don't understand what Trump thinks he can "withhold" from school systems, I seem to recall that the vast majority of school funding comes from local property taxes, something he has no control over.

Trump hasn't shown a grasp of any way government functions. Why should he understand the financing of public education any better?

 

[Dribble]

Trump hasn't shown a grasp of any way government functions. Why should he understand the financing of public education any better?

the law doesn't matter. Neither does our Constitution.

 

[KeithD]

the law doesn't matter. Neither does our Constitution.

Not even checked before tweeting.

 

[juttjaw]

I think he would be worse without it.

https://www.coastalmags.com/downloads/3885/download/ReeferMadness-01.jpg?cb=4c876183b18a9067c4fdb178f10a3a8c&w=640

 

[DeluxAuto]

The Coward in Chief just backed out of his threat on TikTok.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

The Coward in Chief just backed out of his threat on TikTok.

Didn't even believe that shit was gonna go down in the first place.

Cheeto is nothing but hot gas. He's probably getting clowned on the app even now.

 

[phrodeau]

After what happened with the Tulsa rally, Trump doesn’t want to get pranked by Tiktok users on his next rally, if he ever gets to hold another one.

 

[Rightguide]

The Coward in Chief just backed out of his threat on TikTok.

Keep promoting the interests of the Chinese military, we don't care.