There may have been only a few hundred MAGA faithful gathered Thursday afternoon for Donald Trump’s latest visit to a factory churning out essential gear for the fight against COVID-19, but the right-wing carnival energy essential to his bygone arena rallies was in full effect.
So was the bizarro circus over the president of the United States’ distaste for protective masks.
Loud country music blared from a pickup truck. A supporter waved a flag portraying Trump as a muscle-bound GI Joe with a machine gun. Another held a sign portraying Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer—who has emerged as a bête noire of the right for her aggressive efforts to rein in the coronavirus outbreak—with a Hitler mustache.
It was a small-but-mighty welcome for a president making a legally fraught visit to the nearby Ford Rawsonville Plant, a facility that has been retooled to produce the same ventilators the president has suggested panicked governors may not even need.
This is simple rumi deranged syndrome on OPP!
"It was a small-but-mighty welcome for a president" - FABULOUS! Michigan is obviously tired of their Hitler Governor and appreciates Trump's visit!
rumitoid wrote:
There may have been only a few hundred MAGA faithful gathered Thursday afternoon for Donald Trump’s latest visit to a factory churning out essential gear for the fight against COVID-19, but the right-wing carnival energy essential to his bygone arena rallies was in full effect.
So was the bizarro circus over the president of the United States’ distaste for protective masks.
Loud country music blared from a pickup truck. A supporter waved a flag portraying Trump as a muscle-bound GI Joe with a machine gun. Another held a sign portraying Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer—who has emerged as a bête noire of the right for her aggressive efforts to rein in the coronavirus outbreak—with a Hitler mustache.
It was a small-but-mighty welcome for a president making a legally fraught visit to the nearby Ford Rawsonville Plant, a facility that has been retooled to produce the same ventilators the president has suggested panicked governors may not even need.
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I don't know this, but here is my speculation. There is a battle between President Trump and the Propaganda Media over getting a picture of the President wearing a mask. I don't think the President hates wearing masks. I think for political reasons he does not want an image of himself wearing a mask to circulate.
Conversely the Propaganda Media, also for political purposes, are determined to get a picture of Donald Trump wearing a Covid-19 mask. Both sides seem to have made the same calculation that a Picture of the President wearing a mask is bad for him. I don't think that it would, but that is what both sides behaviors are signaling. At least to me.
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