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Link to tweet
"I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down. Because I don't want to create a panic."
Uhh....panic? It was already spreading to multiple countries who WERE dealing with it properly and NOT ignoring it and they didn't panic!
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)lostnfound
(16,189 posts)Dont know what.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)katmondoo
(6,457 posts)malaise
(269,144 posts)This is genocide
NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)2naSalit
(86,743 posts)And for those who think he'll never see a prison cell, I think he might end up in The Hague before his troubles are over.
Hugin
(33,177 posts)
Ultimately, Trump's handlers will play this as a positive...
As in, he didn't want mass hysteria in the face of a deadly pandemic. He was operating in the public's interest.
Just watch, we'll be hearing that from all of the official propaganda outlets before the day is over.
I no longer consider Bob Woodward to be any sort of ally and I haven't for some time.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)For Trump it was all about the numbers. All about him. Just like Woodward.
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)and totally discredit and reject any COVID reality.
Just like there is a huge gap between closing down for months and opening the economy or school as if COVID isn't happening. You could open when the spread rate is in an acceptable range and be flexible and close down again when rate spikes while having all of the preventive steps such as social distancing and wearing mask.
Hugin
(33,177 posts)However, many won't. All they'll hear is good things about their glorious leader.
And, they'll cheer.
2naSalit
(86,743 posts)And the national stockpile. The obstruct goes beyond that but these facts seem to fall by the wayside a lot.
SamKnause
(13,108 posts)With him it is always about money.
Siwsan
(26,286 posts)He was lucky - his symptoms never reached catastrophic levels, but he was as sick as he's ever been, in his life, for a good 3 weeks.