Trump Was Furious That Cruise Ship Passengers With Coronavirus Were Brought Back to U.S.

[Demovictory9]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/22/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-cruise-ship.html

Trump Was Furious That Cruise Ship Passengers With Coronavirus Were Brought Back to U.S.
State Department officials flew back more than 300 passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, including 14 American citizens who tested positive for the virus. The move took Mr. Trump by surprise.

WASHINGTON — President Trump was infuriated that 14 American citizens who had tested positive for coronavirus were permitted to return this week to the United States, said two senior administration officials. The decision had taken the president, a self-declared “germophobe,” by surprise.

Officials at the State Department decided to bring back the citizens, who had been quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan, after consulting with a senior official at the Department of Health and Human Services. But officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention objected, concerned that the passengers, among hundreds of Americans being evacuated from the ship, could spread the virus. News organizations reported on the decision on Monday, and the passengers arrived in the United States that day.

Mr. Trump, furious at not having been briefed on the Americans who had tested positive, relayed his anger to Alex M. Azar II, the health and human services secretary, and other top officials. They then alerted the White House interagency task force on the coronavirus, which Mr. Azar oversees. One official said Mr. Trump views shutting the borders to infected people as critical to keeping the country safe and wants to be seen as managing a proper response.

[virgogal]

1. The CDC wasn't too happy either.

[ripcord]

5. Can you blame them?

Before they left a group of people tested positive so in true government fashion they put 7 on each plane to ensure that everyone returning would have a good chance at being infected.

[Baitball Blogger]

23. Who has the power to override the CDC on a matter like this?

[ThoughtCriminal]

25. Trump's political appointee to HHS

always, that remarkable blend of corruption AND incompetence.

[Baitball Blogger]

33. I'm guessing he won't be long in that position.

[LiberalArkie]

27. State directed them to fly back the infected people. Since they are charging the individuals for the

flight, they needed to fill the seats. More than likely someone at state has a vested interest in the flights turning a profit.

[Baitball Blogger]

34. Only one way to deter this Andromeda Strain on stupidity.

And that's for the unexposed passengers to sue.

[LiberalArkie]

35. Never can tell maybe 1 or more of the exposed passengers was a Trumps contributor.

[Brother Buzz]

2. How do we know he wasn't briefed, then promptly forgot about it?

[Lindsay]

3. I had that same question.

Or, since he hates briefings, they tried to brief him and he wouldn't allow it.

[Brother Buzz]

6. Well, there's that to consider, too

[Turbineguy]

7. He would throw his own

appointees under the bus. This could go badly wrong for him. Not that he gives a shit about the people infected or possibly infected, it just looks bad.

[EleanorR]

4. He's said he's terrified an outbreak would affect the economy and thus hurt his re-election

He's a sociopath.

[spanone]

8. that's his only concern

[shanti]

16. Nah

He only thinks of himself. He's probably afraid he will die.

[area51]

31. +1 n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

24. He's right about that.

[smirkymonkey]

9. Hey! Cruise ship passengers!

Party at Mar-a-Lago! Free admission!

[VOX]

12. And take off that silly surgical mask, we're all friends here!

No need to hide your smiling faces! *hack hack* Here, have some hors d’oeuvres! *sniffle* Dig in! *hack hack*

[shanti]

17. That's what I'm talking about!

[Dream Girl]

29. Here's the schedule for his next rally...

[KY_EnviroGuy]

10. Micromanage much, tRump?

Not his frigging job.

I wonder to where he might propose they be taken.......

[shanti]

19. California would be first on that list.

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. Trump is always furious. He feeds off of it. nt

[budkin]

13. Shockingly I agree with him here

I think it was highly irresponsible.

[mr_lebowski]

28. So, we don't have the technology to 'properly quarantine' people in the USA?

These are our friggin' citizens, man. WTH?

If I was stuck for weeks in some foreign country with a dread disease, I'd sure as shit wanna be brought the hell home, I'll tell you that.

If we don't have the ability as a country to handle 14 sick people ... we are screwed anyway.

[budkin]

36. And now it turns out that they suspect the 14 day quarantine isn't long enough

So these people are out there infecting others.

[Buns_of_Fire]

14. In every other story about him, he's "furious" or "lashing out".

It's time to drag out the ol' thesaurus and come up with some new terms for Dyspeptic Donnie. I like the term "perennially constipated".

[greytdemocrat]

15. I agree with Trump

On this one.

Those people should not have been
brought back to the US. This could be
a major fucking mistake.

[marlakay]

18. The people in charge

Are those his best people that he hired?

We all knew with him giving jobs to unqualified people something would happen, I am surprised it took this long. How many other mistakes have they made we don’t know about?

[shanti]

20. Have any flights from China to the U.S. been cancelled?

That's the least that could be done.

[Totally Tunsie]

21. Chump needs to invite the evacuees to the White House

for hamberders.

[Luz]

22. But don said don't worry about it. It'll be gone by April.

"It looks like by April, you know in theory, when it gets a little warmer, [the new coronavirus] miraculously goes away — I hope that’s true."

[empedocles]

26. Obvious traitortrump fakery here. Got the headline he wanted though.

[keithbvadu2]

30. Makes him look tough and throws the blame.

Makes him look tough and throws the blame.

[braddy]

32. In every potential pandemic we find out that the billions spent on being prepared were not spent

on being prepared, and that we are not prepared, government emergency services sure are not like it is in the movies.

Ebola cleanup, once the cameras were gone.