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[Oersted]

Well nothing happened.


Here is an article about it

https://news.vice.com/story/trump-o...oid-emergency-and-then-officially-did-nothing

Moneyquote

The informal state of emergency declaration follows a pattern for the Trump administration. Much like his recent tweets about banning transgender people from the military or his early executive orders about cracking down on crime, Trump’s opioid gambit has been — at least so far — all flash and no substance, attracting attention without making any major policy changes. On the day of Trump’s announcement in Bedminster, CNN and many other major media outlets ran misleading headlines that suggested the state of emergency had already been made official simply by virtue of Trump’s decree.

More at the link above

 

[MGrant]

"Trump says thing; Trump does not actually care about thing," Chapter XXVIII.

 

[Makonero]

"Trump says thing; Trump does not actually care about thing," Chapter XXVIII.

It's worse. "Trump says thing is happening, thing actually isn't happening."

 

[Trouble]

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

 

[Lightning_Roller]

"Trump says thing; Trump does not actually care about thing," Chapter XXVIII.

It's gonna be a big damn book of absolutely nothing, it will.

 

[HStallion]

Yeah its getting to the point where people are starting to just roll their eyes whenever they hear him blubbering on about this or that thing that caught his attention or pissed him off. I figure in another year or so a lot of people will be out right ignoring him, not out of spite but out of boredom. He's basically going to turn into the boy who cried wolf.

 

[Steel]

Another "I declare Bankruptcy!" but in real life from Trump.

 

[Za-Neen-Jya]

Remember when he accused the former president of tapping his phones? People were actually taking him seriously back then. Now it's like "Trump said this rediculous thing." and everyone just moves on.

 

[Strike]

It's called pandering. He doesn't really give a shit and he's not going to do anything to help those people.

 

[Fury451]

It's almost like he constantly says things through unofficial channels and doesn't do anything about them or something

 

[UberTag]

It's worse. "Trump says thing is happening, thing actually isn't happening."

You expected otherwise from the man who coined the term "fake news"?
All style and zero substance is the only credo he understands.

 

[Volimar]

I'm actually surprised by this considering the effect that (admittedly alcohol) addiction had on his brother.

 

[yanipheonu]

Essentially the presidential equivalent of thinking just yelling bankruptcy counts as declaring bankruptcy.

 

[III-V]

He is getting so much done!

 

[Makonero]

You expected otherwise from the man who coined the term "fake news"?
All style and zero substance is the only credo he understands.

He didn't coin the term, he appropriated it. Misappropriated it, really.

Essentially the presidential equivalent of thinking just yelling bankruptcy counts as declaring bankruptcy.

Funnily enough, bankruptcy is one area where I think Trump is probably an expert.

 

[Lombax]

Absolutely nobody should be surprised by this. It's not just that the orange fuck is who he is, there is also the fact that pharma lobby is strong.

Also for real Cheeto only said something because it's effecting white people.

 

[Lucky Forward]

By declaring his "emergency" Trump contradicted what HHS Secretary Tom Price said two days before:

Trump's remarks represented an about-face from earlier this week, when Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price all but ruled out an emergency declaration. Price said the administration has the resources it needs to combat the epidemic without formally invoking the emergency powers.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...e-national-emergency-opioid-crisis/556854001/

 

[davepoobond]

He thinks that people will just do things he says without actually telling people what to do.

 

[tmarg]

I'm actually surprised by this considering the effect that (admittedly alcohol) addiction had on his brother.

Even if you assume he cares, the idea of him having an actual policy proposal is absurd.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

It's probably better he does nothing.

 

[Tamanon]

It's probably better he does nothing.

Yeah, that's the truth.

He might look at Duterte's method and see some merit there.

 

[Slayven]

He thinks that people will just do things he says without actually telling people what to do.

Worse I think he thinks no one will actually check shit

 

[Horns]

Do people actually expect him to follow through on promises? The man is a serial lirar and lazy to boot.

 

[Saint Gregory]

Trump thinks that he's king so by simply decreeing this the Opioid Epidemic is now officially over! Celebrate!!!

 

[Shadybiz]

Yeah, that's the truth.

He might look at Duterte's method and see some merit there.

Well...he DID praise Duterte on the phone for the handling of their drug problem....

Let's just hope he continues to be the laziest president in history.

 

[StMeph]

All of these are and must be kept in permanent records for people to study later. An entire field of study will probably have to be invented just to go over all of Trump's documents and pronouncements.

 

[Dead Prince]

Promises made. Promises kept.

 

[Wag]

Worse I think he thinks no one will actually check shit

He doesn't even think that far ahead. He just says anything that pleases his current audience at that moment.

 

[Crayons]

I'm actually surprised by this considering the effect that (admittedly alcohol) addiction had on his brother.

You're assuming Donald Trump is capable of empathy

 

[BobTheFork]

Maybe this is the only way he knows how to admit he is addicted and we all took it wrong

 

[Bakercat]

I'm currently in a drug and alcohol psychology class and the professor is currently talking about the opioid crisis. He actually made a powerpoint of what Trump is planning to do to solve this. Man, he is gonna be so upset that he wasted 5 minutes making that slide for lecture.

 

[Eusis]

Yeah its getting to the point where people are starting to just roll their eyes whenever they hear him blubbering on about this or that thing that caught his attention or pissed him off. I figure in another year or so a lot of people will be out right ignoring him, not out of spite but out of boredom. He's basically going to turn into the boy who cried wolf.

Possibly worse. At least the boy was just making shit up for attention, he sees a problem or "problem", yells something out, then does nothing. Like if the boy who cried wolf was also supposed to shoot or chase off the wolf but doesn't do it, just wants to look busy by going "there's a wolf!"