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Trump's Remarks Before Marine One Departure; South Lawn; September 18, 2020
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Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
Issued on: September 18, 2020
South Lawn
4:01 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: So we have a very big crowd. Its already formed. I mean, it started forming yesterday, I guess. Were going to Minnesota. Some of you are coming, I guess, I hope.
Do you have any questions? Well do it really quickly because were a little bit late.
{snip}
Yeah.
Q Youve been saying, sir, and you just said now that were turning the corner. How do you say that, given that 200,000 people have died?
THE PRESIDENT: Have died. And projected if you look at the initial projections, it was up to 240, 250 thousand if everybody did their job. If they didnt do their job, it would be two and a half, three million people, three and a half million people. But you saw the same chart.
So heres the bottom line: We shouldve lost nobody. China shouldve never allowed it to come out. Shouldve never, ever allowed it to come out. But the projections would be if we did a really good job, with the shutdown, which we did, it would be 240 up to 240, 250 thousand people. Youve seen those numbers, and so have I. If we didnt do our job, it would three and a half, two and a half, maybe three million people million people.
We have done a phenomenal job with respect to COVID-19. We have done a job that was incredible. Look at the other side of it. Look at Biden, Sleepy Joe Biden. He had a thing called swine flu. It was a disaster. Much easier to handle. Much less severe. But it was a disaster. And his own man that was in charge of it said it was a nightmare, it was a disaster, they did a poor job, they didnt know what they were doing. Joe Biden doesnt have a clue. All he does is criticize.
Weve done an incredible job, whether its the vaccines which are coming, the therapeutics, which are already here therapeutics. Theyre already here, and they started remdesivir and others. The plasma is working out incredibly well.
Look at what happens. Look how much better people do if they do have to go and they do end up in serious condition. Look at how much better theyre doing now because of what weve done therapeutically. Its been amazing. The numbers are amazing.
Weve done a great job. But then you have to take a look at swine flu H1N1, okay? which Biden calls N1H1 because he doesnt know the name. The H comes before the N. Its very easy to remember. Take a look at the job he did, where his own people and the man that was in charge said it was a total disaster. A total disaster and worse than that. And they got very, very poor marks.
We have done an incredible job. Throughout the world, I get called by prime ministers and presidents saying, Sir, the job youve done is amazing.
Q Which ones?
THE PRESIDENT: On testing on testing Ill give you a whole list.
Q Which ones?
THE PRESIDENT: On testing, we have the greatest testing anywhere in the world. Were, I think, 60 million tests more than India 1.5 billion people. Nobody has done the job that weve done.
All right, thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.
END 4:09 P.M. EDT
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
Issued on: September 18, 2020
South Lawn
4:01 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: So we have a very big crowd. Its already formed. I mean, it started forming yesterday, I guess. Were going to Minnesota. Some of you are coming, I guess, I hope.
Do you have any questions? Well do it really quickly because were a little bit late.
{snip}
Yeah.
Q Youve been saying, sir, and you just said now that were turning the corner. How do you say that, given that 200,000 people have died?
THE PRESIDENT: Have died. And projected if you look at the initial projections, it was up to 240, 250 thousand if everybody did their job. If they didnt do their job, it would be two and a half, three million people, three and a half million people. But you saw the same chart.
So heres the bottom line: We shouldve lost nobody. China shouldve never allowed it to come out. Shouldve never, ever allowed it to come out. But the projections would be if we did a really good job, with the shutdown, which we did, it would be 240 up to 240, 250 thousand people. Youve seen those numbers, and so have I. If we didnt do our job, it would three and a half, two and a half, maybe three million people million people.
We have done a phenomenal job with respect to COVID-19. We have done a job that was incredible. Look at the other side of it. Look at Biden, Sleepy Joe Biden. He had a thing called swine flu. It was a disaster. Much easier to handle. Much less severe. But it was a disaster. And his own man that was in charge of it said it was a nightmare, it was a disaster, they did a poor job, they didnt know what they were doing. Joe Biden doesnt have a clue. All he does is criticize.
Weve done an incredible job, whether its the vaccines which are coming, the therapeutics, which are already here therapeutics. Theyre already here, and they started remdesivir and others. The plasma is working out incredibly well.
Look at what happens. Look how much better people do if they do have to go and they do end up in serious condition. Look at how much better theyre doing now because of what weve done therapeutically. Its been amazing. The numbers are amazing.
Weve done a great job. But then you have to take a look at swine flu H1N1, okay? which Biden calls N1H1 because he doesnt know the name. The H comes before the N. Its very easy to remember. Take a look at the job he did, where his own people and the man that was in charge said it was a total disaster. A total disaster and worse than that. And they got very, very poor marks.
We have done an incredible job. Throughout the world, I get called by prime ministers and presidents saying, Sir, the job youve done is amazing.
Q Which ones?
THE PRESIDENT: On testing on testing Ill give you a whole list.
Q Which ones?
THE PRESIDENT: On testing, we have the greatest testing anywhere in the world. Were, I think, 60 million tests more than India 1.5 billion people. Nobody has done the job that weve done.
All right, thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.
END 4:09 P.M. EDT
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Trump's Remarks Before Marine One Departure; South Lawn; September 18, 2020 (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
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(14,015 posts)1. I appreciate your posting these.
It's helpful, though nauseating, to have a digest the imbecile's mutterings for quick reference.
Thanks.