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2. Couldn't they keep track of disasters during Democratic admins, and also those in the first 2 years of Repuke admins
Thu May 8, 2025, 09:13 PM
May 8

which they can blame on the previous Dem admin? That way about 3/4 of the disasters could be catalogged and published.

Trump Lies About Gas and Grocery Prices, Defends Tariffs, Rolling Stone, 5/4/25
. . . "When does it become the Trump economy?" Welker asked.
"It partially is right now," Trump said. "I think the good parts are the Trump economy and the bad parts are the Biden economy."


Logically, they could extend this thinking beyond the economy to everything, including floods, hurricanes, wildfires, droughts etc.

Logically, well maybe not. But as I heard Mike Osterholm say about senseless administration statements and policies, paraphrasing from memory:

"It doesn't have to make sense. The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense"

The entire transcript is at https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2025/05/07/mike-osterholm-on-how-the-trump-administration-is-reshaping-public-health-in-america

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