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Trump telling all of you that the covid vaccine was a SPECTACULAR SUCCESS.

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Donald J. Trump

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Many more people died of Covid under the Biden Administration than under the Trump Administration. "Operation Warp Speed" was a SPECTACULAR SUCCESS, in fact, many say, one of the most successful things ever done by an American President. I overrode Fauci on this. His ideas were CRAZY! Also, I said from the beginning that the Virus came from the Wuhan Laboratory in China. Fauci strongly disagreed, always trying to protect China. I Inherited Fauci, who was there since the 1980's, but with each passing day, relied less and less on him. He made too many bad calls, like on MASKS. Remember at the beginning he was an anti-masker. He then switched to a super-masker. In any event I didn't let him shut the Country down, although he wanted to. I went the Federalist way, and let the governors decide. The Republican governors did a much better job than the Dumocrats. Fauci was largely taken out of play, and then along came Sleepy Joe Biden, who made Fauci a "King!" I called Biden to tell him Fauci was no good, either didn't have a clue, or was dishonest. The call was well received, but sadly,
not acted on. Biden went on to give Fauci vast destructive power. The rest is history! President DJT

#1 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-07-29 11:36 AM | Reply

So much stupid crammed into a cheap suit and diaper.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-07-29 11:47 AM | Reply

Thanks again to all the Trump voters who handcuffed all of us to an infinitely corrupt, gleefully cruel, and monumentally incompetent narcissist whose one and only concern on this Earth has always been and will always be whatever is best for him in any given moment.

#3 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-07-29 12:18 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Massive Government Spending Was Rousing Success!

Republicans don't like it when Trump says these kinds of things.

They won't be commenting.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-29 12:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Fat bald demented pedophile needs to be put down asap.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-29 03:34 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Trump defends Fauci relationship despite White House efforts to discredit him (2020)
www.nbcnews.com

Trump offers praise for absent Fauci: He's a good man' (2020)
thehill.com

Trump: "I really don't know who gave (Dr. Anthony Fauci) the commendation." (2023)
politifact.com

... Trump said he didn't know who gave Fauci a commendation. Trump's White House website says Trump did.

During an interview with former President Donald Trump, journalist Megyn Kelly pressed the former president about his management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why, the former Fox News host asked during her SiriusXM podcast, did Trump make former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci "a star."

"You actually gave him a presidential commendation before he left office," Kelly said. "Wouldn't you like a do-over on that?"

Rather than answer Kelly's question, Trump claimed ignorance, saying he didn't know who gave Fauci the commendation.

Kelly reminded Trump, "It's a presidential commendation." Therefore, it's the president who hands out the recognition.

"I really don't know who gave him the commendation," Trump replied. "Somebody probably handed him a commendation."

Trump, who has previously touted his "great memory," is right that someone handed Fauci a presidential commendation. It was he who did. ...


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-30 07:36 PM | Reply

... Trump telling all of you that the covid vaccine was a SPECTACULAR SUCCESS. ...

... and apparently giving Dr Fauci a Presidential Commendation to reflect that view.

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-30 09:06 PM | Reply

Well, these days I wouldn't trust anything Trump says or does..all I want is for the midterms to hurry up and get here, in the hopes that at least one House of Congress goes to the Dems to be able to stop his more greedy grifting stunts.

#8 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-07-31 06:57 AM | Reply

Republicans don't like it when Trump says these kinds of things.
They won't be commenting.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-29 12:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

And just who voted YEA on spending that money.

#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-31 10:05 AM | Reply

Remember when the nurses were wearing garbage bags as PPE while pedo 47 was choking out 4000 Americans a day?

#10 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-07-31 12:33 PM | Reply

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