Posted on 03/12/2020 10:00:06 AM PDT by RummyChick
President Trump raised fresh questions surrounding his response to the coronavirus on Thursday by saying that Americans in Europe will be tested for coronavirus before they are allowed to board flights and that they will not be allowed to come home if they test positive.
The shocking announcement came after his decision to halt all travel from Europe to the US for 30 days starting from Friday at midnight.
During a press conference with the Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office, Trump said: 'We are not putting them on planes if they test positive. It is going to be a pretty strong enforcement of quarantine,' he said, without explaining which tests would be used or where the diagnosed cases would then be treated overseas.
It was a direct contradiction to what Pence said on Thursday morning - that 'everyone' can 'come home regardless of their symptoms or what their condition is' and that they would be asked to go under 'voluntary' quarantine after landing back in the US at one of 13 airports designed to handle the outbreak.
Foreign nationals or visa holders without permanent residency will not be allowed back in the US from Friday at midnight, aside from people in the UK and Ireland which have been exempt from the ban.
Trump has not yet explained why they are exempt.
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Well, if I was really in France and had tested positive I am one of those that would not fly home by escaping to the UK and sneaking in.So yeah..it would be enjoy your stay..that’s life.
I agree it is a total clusterfuck, and even if the fault ultimately ends up being with dumb Obama era FDA bureaucracy and regulations, Trump is going to be blamed for saying it was the flu and that he didn't want the numbers to rise.
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US citizens have an absolute right to re-enter the USA. Once they get here, they can be quarantined, but they cannot be refused entry.
I wonder if this is really a problem. If there are no flights landing from Europe after Friday, then how are these American citizens & legal residents supposed to get home? Swim? Take a boat? Fly to a 3rd country outside of Europe? (How is the government tracking that?)
Man, your TDS is bad. Every article you post is anti Trump!
If you notice, I am posting articles on the subject. Don’t know how you can reconcile the two statements..nobody else has...so give it a try
If I have tested positive for Wuhan in France and Trump won’t let me get on a plane from France...If all can come home,,how do I get home.
Must I sneak in from the UK???
Biden and Sanders are disasters. No way they get elected.
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