Trump Says Coronavirus Was Expected to 'Blow Over' in February
Source: Bloomberg News (via MSN)
President Donald Trump defended his early, dismissive response to the coronavirus outbreak, saying Tuesday that he was told late in February that it wouldnt be a problem.
Even professionals like Anthony were saying this is no problem, Trump told reporters in a White House meeting with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday, referring to the governments top infectious disease specialist, Anthony Fauci.
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The Washington Post reported Monday that Trump was repeatedly warned in his daily intelligence briefing in January and February a document the paper said he seldom reads that the virus posed a threat to the U.S.
I would have to check, Trump said of the report. I want to look as to the exact dates of warnings.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-coronavirus-was-expected-to-blow-over-in-february/ar-BB13k00A
hlthe2b
(102,119 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,955 posts)Of course tRump did C (block Cchhyyna flights) and G (golfed) and R (rallied) instead of A, B, D & E.
Trump failed to defend America. Period. He was told what to do and why it was necessary.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)patphil
(6,150 posts)Of course Dr. Fauci said no such thing. In fact nobody said anything like that.
Quite to the contrary, he was warned dozens of times by many different people and groups.
He just chose to ignore them.
There's no truth like a Trump truth, no truth at all.
c_junk
(46 posts)That was predicted by none other the world's most Stable Genius! (Ignore the problem, claim it's going to disappear, find someone/something to blame when it doesn't)
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)the warnings, so that was good enough for tRump. Too bad there was not a whistleblower who outed this information earlier. Thousands of lives could have been saved, millions of workers still employed. Families buying groceries, instead of lining up for hours at food pantries. Nothing is ever HIS fault. I blame him for the entire fiasco.
Beartracks
(12,797 posts)That. Is. Awesome.
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irisblue
(32,928 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,044 posts)He's not accepting responsibility for getting this all f'd up. Externalizing responsibility. It doesn't matter what they told him. He's the leader of the free world. He IS responsible. It is his job to know better, to provide good outcomes no matter what.
Beartracks
(12,797 posts)He abdicated that role. I certainly hope we can get it back and rebuild this country's influence in the world before everyone/everything winds up in orbit around Russia and China.
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ffr
(22,665 posts)You don't want that. Besides, faith over science.
Botany
(70,447 posts)ABC Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources
"Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," a source said.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/intelligence-report-warned-coronavirus-crisis-early-november-sources/story?id=70031273
And his administration was warned about a Pandemic by Military Intel and that we needed more supplies in 2017.
Team Trump received pandemic warning - in January 2017
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/team-trump-received-pandemic-warning-january-2017-n1161811
The question that needs to be asked is after learning about C-19 in November of 2019 how soon
did he and Kush-turd try to make money off of the Pandemic by buying hydroxycholoroquine and
making their own C-19 test kits?
Arkansas Granny
(31,506 posts)He chose to ignore the briefs and warnings because, you know, stable genius, and all that.
Botany
(70,447 posts)Azar informed associates that he had alerted Trump on January 18, 2020, regarding the potential danger from COVID-19,[35] but that the president thought he was being "alarmist" as Azar struggled to get Trump's attention to focus on the issue.[36] Despite Azar's warnings, four days later, Trump announced, "We have it totally under control. Its one person coming in from China.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Jan. 22: We have it totally under control.
Jan. 24: It will all work out well.
Jan. 30: We think we have it very well under control. We have very little problem in this country at this moment five. And those people are all recuperating successfully.
Feb. 2: Well, we pretty much shut it down coming in from China." "...we did shut it down, yes."
Feb. 10: I think the virus is going to be its going to be fine.
Feb. 14: We have a very small number of people in the country, right now, with it. Its like around 12. Many of them are getting better. Some are fully recovered already. So were in very good shape.
Feb. 24: The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA.
Feb. 25: You may ask about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country. We have very few people with it, and the people that have it are
getting better. Theyre all getting better."
Feb. 26: Because of all weve done, the risk to the American people remains very low.
When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero. Thats a pretty good job weve done."
Feb. 27: Only a very small number in U.S., & China numbers look to be going down. All countries working well together!
Feb. 28: I think its really going well...Theres one who is quite sick, but maybe hes gonna be fine."
Feb. 28: Its going to disappear. One day, its like a miracle, it will disappear.
"I don't take responsibility at all"
llmart
(15,532 posts)Just because Trump and his spawn are ignoramuses he thinks we all are. Does he really think people will believe his lies when the proof is out there?
Can we not rid ourselves of this scourge? Please? Someone? Anyone?
I can't take much more.
Beartracks
(12,797 posts)What a string of self-congratulatory bullshit.
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grumpyduck
(6,222 posts)Anybody with any tiny little bit of class or manners would refer to him as Dr. Fauci in public, even if they use the informal first name in private.
What a dickhead.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)you call him Tony.
grumpyduck
(6,222 posts)Have you really had haggis for breakfast?
I like haggis, but I don't know about breakfast.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Breakfast IS the most important meal of the day. Start it out with a hearty meal !
sop
(10,100 posts)1. Everything Trump touches dies.
2. Everything Trump says is a lie.
forgotmylogin
(7,520 posts)Beartracks
(12,797 posts)gibraltar72
(7,498 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,044 posts)Nothing that conflicts with his rigid, fixed, tiny mind are ever considered or accepted. He just wishes it away. He is a real mental case.
budkin
(6,698 posts)I'm sure you'll see this talking point all over Fox.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)Their comments were to allow them to profit from this tragedy.
Grokenstein
(5,721 posts)God DAMN I am looking forward to having grownups in charge again.
catbyte
(34,333 posts)fucking face this time. That thing has learned the hard way that viruses don't give a damn about lies, bluster, or bullying. Now we're all paying the price for it.
Arrogance + willful ignorance = tragedy.
riversedge
(70,077 posts)Kaiserguy
(740 posts)and Trump has told still more lies.
Grokenstein
(5,721 posts)"So I could get back to golfing."
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)tRump can't even keep the first names of his key advisers right..........
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Beartracks
(12,797 posts)"My primary consultant is myself and I have a good instinct for this stuff"! -- Trump
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Bernardo de La Paz
(48,955 posts)LisaL
(44,972 posts)disappear.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,739 posts)KPN
(15,635 posts)Fuck you, you were told. Stand up like a man instead of making excuses while hiding behind a wall of bodyguards you frigging mental wus! I'd love to meet you someday in an alley. It would make more than my day, it would make my life!
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)riversedge
(70,077 posts)lark
(23,061 posts)Every time he opens his ugly assmouth, murderous, profiteering, hate filled lies leap out. He was told and ignored it because he wanted it to happen because it would provide major profiteering opportunities and wreck our nation. Both are desired outcomes for him.
Beartracks
(12,797 posts)D_Master81
(1,822 posts)Im sure well get a sharpie edited daily briefing from February
Initech
(100,036 posts)Thanks Trump!!!