Posted on 03/14/2020 8:11:38 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - Americans normally hear from President Donald Trump when he is opining on Twitter, riffing from a rally stage or otherwise improvising. This past week was different as he sat in the Oval Office with a script laid out for him to read on a matter grave enough for a prime-time address to the nation.
He addressed the coronavirus crisis that is spreading germs and fear. But his words were as factually fraught as many of his tweets.
Most broadly, Trump hailed American exceptionalism in health care and science - “The virus will not have a chance against us” - even as the public health system failed in making diagnostic testing accessible to all who need it.
A review of Trump’s recent rhetoric:
EXCEPTIONALISM?
TRUMP: “No nation is more prepared or more resilient than the United States.” - Oval Office address Wednesday.
THE FACTS: American resilience will be measured over time. But the U.S. is not more prepared than all other countries.
TRUMP: “If an American is coming back or anybody is coming back, we’re testing."
THE FACTS: That’s not true. All people coming to the U.S. are not subject to mandatory, universal testing, nor are they being forced to quarantine.
TRUMP: “Earlier this week, I met with the leaders of (the) health insurance industry, who have agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments, extend insurance coverage to these treatments."
THE FACTS: No, they did not say they will cover copays for treatment.
As Vice President Mike Pence stated more accurately, the insurers agreed to cover coronavirus testing with no cost sharing — so no copays or deductibles.
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AP fact checkers. I simply cannot *imagine* what they’re gonna find!
For instance, the virus isn’t ‘spreading fear’. Mass media is doing that.
The Bias is sickening.
The AP needs to go the way of the Dodo.
Truly awful organization and people.
I have progressed from amazement, to anger, to disgust, and now finally to shame, that the American people have let themselves be bullshitted into this blind panic. And don’t get me started on the Howard Hughes wing of FRee Republic. Unchecked paranoia will kill you just as dead as any flu bug.
They HATE this country and want so much for it to fail.
The stock market is not down because of weak earning or an incredibly high P/E ratio.
Maybe 26 or 27000 is more realistic than 30k for now.
And I think once this thing is gone we will see those numbers again.
“But the U.S. is not more prepared than all other countries.”
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True. South Korea would win that prize and they’re still working at keeping it, it’s not “over over there.”
Is there do end to the MSM’s hatred?
diagnostic tests? when this is a brand new virus..
ha!
its not like the government had years of advance warning and opportunity to stockpile test kits
The usual from AP.
Phfft.
Can you imagine them ‘fact checking’ FDR?
No, Mr President, we really do have a lot to fear.
“I have progressed from amazement, to anger, to disgust, and now finally to shame, that the American people have let themselves be bullshitted into this blind panic.”
Thank you!! It’s embarrassing to be an American now. Coming from “sturdy New England stock”, and now living in Tennessee which is full of strong, independent, self-sufficient people, this makes me sick!
As Rush said, the RATS/MSM are sitting back laughing, saying they had no idea it would be so easy to bring the country to a standstill. Welcome to America on socialism, but instead of breadlines, they’re TP lines.
Me, you, Jim Thompson, someone, ANYONE is gonna have to start calling out people on this. Shaming them. Make them look at themselves for the utter paranoid fools that they are.
Looks more like an opinion to me. Define "prepared", AP. I bet it doesn't match mine. Oh, and I bet their "fact" would be different if 0bummer was still Prez...
You know how significant the BS by the number od authors it takes to write this crap.
Four is generally the worst on the crap-O-meter followed closely by 3.
AP=Fake news. Designed to denigrate our president.
Their fact would be that all these old white racists deserve to die anyway. Toss them in the oshum between here and Mother Africa just to even the score.
Of course the "press" would be granted physical and professional immunity, inasmuch as they have their own Constitutional guaaaranteeees.
I’m still at the pissed and disgusted stage. Even on this forum, you find many feeding the panic monster. Projections on deaths followed by a lashing if you are a ‘denier’. I expect that from the loons out in the lsm and other forums FB, Twitter et al but not Free Republic.
TRUMP: “No nation is more prepared or more resilient than the United States.” - Oval Office address Wednesday.
THE FACTS: American resilience will be measured over time. But the U.S. is not more prepared than all other countries.
and where are there facts on this?? It sounds only as though they are disagreeing for the sake of arguing...
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