[johnforbes]

Thoughts on her open borders in Europe?

[Clownkicker]

Thoughts on Closed Borders Trump's ineffectual measures in the U.S.A.?

Here's one: Rand Paul tested positive for coronavirus and continued to work for six days, endangering others while Merkel self-quarantined on the mere possibility that she might have the virus.

Who is the more responsible?

[sillydaddy]

Clown , the typical liberal, does not know the difference between apples and oranges..!

[johnforbes]

Even the leftist nut Trudeau in Canada finally realized he had to stop letting in illegal immigrants.

[Clownkicker]

sillydummy, the typical conservative, does not know the similarity between apples and apples.

It IS apples and apples, dimwit.

The point is, Trump 'closed the borders' here and the pandemic still runs rampant because closing borders does not solve the problem of pandemics. As anyone can see, people's stupid behavior (as with Rand Paul) causes the problem whether borders are open or not.

[sillydaddy]

Liberals have long complain that Trump acts like a god.....
Now they're pissed because he has not working miracles...!

[Clownkicker]

Conservatives have long cheered, grunted, and acted like Trump is a god.....
Now they're perplexed because he has not worked any miracles...especially with the coronavirus, world trade, nuclear nonproliferation deals, or Middle East and Afghan peace deals!

[johnforbes]

Actually it was the Left, and dolts like Oprah, who claimed Barry was "The One."

Trump, a practical businessman, has vastly improved the economy, but of course nobody could have prepared for the present black swan.

[RealJustme]

Conservatives have long cheered, grunted, and acted like Trump is a god.....

Actually it's God. Clown you are correct in that Trump is the about as close as a god that we're ever going to get.

Go ahead and bite clown.

[Clownkicker]

johnny, conservative blowhard RealTool has posted on this very forum that "Trump is a God!" No liberal has ever said that about anyone, not even Obama.

Liberals may have said Trump acts like someone who THINKS he's a god, but no liberal has ever said what sillydummy just claimed they said.

There is no evidence that Trump "has vastly improved the economy". Obama handed off the best global economy in 50 years and Trump put it into turmoil and instability with trade wars and a general feeling that nobody in his administration knew what they were doing any longer. He sowed uncertainty in the markets. He foolishly clings to and promotes antique technologies and energy systems like coal that are dying as job generators. He made the economy extremely vulnerable to any shocks, natural or otherwise, and we are seeing the result of that today. The instability was there long before the coronavirus. COVID-19 is just the last straw on an already teetering camel.

Again, just ask RealTool. He's been pushing gold as a hedge against Trump's tomfoolery for the past year.

[Clownkicker]

Go ahead and bite me, Tool.

[johnforbes]

No, Trump's economy had the lowest unemployment for women, minorities, etc ever measured.

Now was there 11 yrs of a bull market where it was ripe for a takedown by almost any exogenous shock?

Yep, but this was a humdinger which placed the national -- and global -- economy at a standstill.