Donald Trump Reportedly Stunned Dr. Fauci By Asking In Private Why The Government Can't Just Let...

[Nevilledog]

Donald Trump Reportedly Stunned Dr. Fauci By Asking In Private Why The Government Can’t Just Let COVID “Wash Over” The Country

https://politicaltribune.org/donald-trump-reportedly-stunned-dr-fauci-by-asking-in-private-why-the-government-cant-just-let-covid-wash-over-the-country/

Donald Trump isn’t one to take advice; he doesn’t even read relevant intelligence reports like the one warning of the massive COVID-19 pandemic that has brought the world to a standstill. A sitting president has experts at his disposal, but the failed frozen steak salesman thinks he’s more knowledgable than them.

The Washington Post reported that during one of the task force meetings in the Situation Room last month, Trump stunned White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci by asking, “Why don’t we let this wash over the country?”

That happened on the day the Trump administration was adding Ireland and the United Kingdom to its travel restrictions, and the president, according to two sources, wanted to understand why there was talk in the U.K. of “herd immunity.” “Why don’t we let this wash over the country?” Trump asked. Even worse, unnamed administration officials told the news outlet he had asked that same question repeatedly in the Oval Office.

According to the Post, Fauci was initially confused by the term “wash over,” but when he realized what Trump was asking, he was alarmed.

“Mr. President, many people would die,” Fauci explained to Trump.

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[CrispyQ]

1. And in the end, that's basically what we did--let it wash over the country.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. +1

It's crisis-oriented leadership. Ignore a problem in the hope that it will go away.

But things usually take the next step and things get so bad that members of the public are in the streets, marching to your door, pushing a guillotine on wheels.

And only when the crisis gets personal, will the leaders finally take action.

[soothsayer]

2. That's the answer trump wanted. Then he did it.

[PJMcK]

3. Stable genius?

Trump is an idiot.

[tanyev]

4. I want to know what Trump's follow up question was.

I imagine, "Yes, but probably not me, right?"

[sfstaxprep]

5. YOU BEAT ME TO IT!! nt

[tanyev]

6. Got to be quick on DU!

[durablend]

16. Probably just shrugged, nevermind a followup

[MineralMan]

7. Trump's Response to 150,000+ Deaths: "It is what it is."

Trump Don't Care!

[Nevilledog]

8. That's a great name for his imaginary healthcare plan: TrumpDon'tCare

[dalton99a]

10. +1

[Kid Berwyn]

11. Trump don't care "many people would die."

The fact a sizable minority of people in the US continue to support him shows NAZIism is alive and well.

[robbob]

12. They don't believe his own words!

It’s all “fake news”. Even when you show them his full quotes.

[Kid Berwyn]

15. It is stunning.

They don’t believe their own eyes. They don’t believe their own ears. They don’t believe their own thoughts.

Dump’s supporters all must be insane, just to compensate for all the weaponized cognitive dissonance.

[ananda]

13. Well, it now is washing over the country and ..

.. many people are dying.

Geez!

[woodsprite]

14. I want the backwash to cause a tsunami in the White House. nt

[IcyPeas]

17. trump is bored with this pandemic

he wants to move on from it already. It's taking his spotlight away.