Posted on 03/17/2020 3:40:15 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - He called on the country to come together. He warned of pain to come. And he deferred to the nation’s public health experts while at least momentarily putting aside petty squabbling.
After weeks of trying to play down the risk posed by the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump struck a new, more urgent tone on Monday as he delivered a sobering message to Americans grappling with a new reality that will dramatically alter their lives for months to come.
Trump’s more somber tone came as he addressed the public at a White House briefing and made a direct appeal to all Americans to do their part to halt the pandemic’s spread.
Gone - at least for now - were Trump’s “do as I say, not as I do” handshakes that had continued even after health experts admonished people to avoid contact and practice social distancing. Also gone was the rosy talk aimed, in part, at propping up reeling financial markets.
The shift was informed in part by a growing realization within the West Wing that the coronavirus crisis is an existential threat to Trump’s presidency, endangering his reelection and his legacy. Trump has told advisers that he now believes the virus will be a significant general election issue and he took note of the clear-eyed, somber tone used by his likely general election foe, Joe Biden, in Sunday’s Democratic debate.
National crises are times of testing for presidents, and after days of shrinking from the urgency, Trump approached the moment with newfound gravity.
For all of that, though, Trump was still Trump. He said he would award himself a 10-out-of-10 rating. And on Twitter, he was still needling a longtime political foe, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has called for a more assertive federal response.
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Someone should sell t-shirts with that graphic on it.
And coffee mugs, bumper stickers, tote bags...
I lived through the Chinese Coronavirus toilet paper panic.
Liberal Media Bull****
I’m a prepper. Agnes ‘72 left a lasting impression.
As for TP, got chicks, kids, chick kids in the house, yeah, you’re gonna wanna lotta TP.
Now of its single guys buying carts of it, that’s just silly.
I’m sick of the hysteria and where it is coming from. For rat governors and mayors how far is to far? When the smoke clears we will see and so will you
Shame that he cannot be more of a take charge guy like Andrew Gillum. Dems are a complete disgrace.
Terrified, cowering faggots Everywhere in the US (EVERYWHERE)falling for liberal media bias?
You bet your sweet freaking ass.
I survived the Corona Virus and all I got was this lousy pallet of TP!
Good one!
I wish as long as Trump is throwing money all around he’d have added 20B or so into one of those bills for building the wall. Sounds like a great jobs program to get this economy back on it’s feet again when all this sheet clears.
No, AP, Trump got “real” on the coronavirus back in January when he banned travel from China, much to the angry howls of Pelosi, senile Biden, and their sycophants in the press. Numerous leading pandemic experts have credited this action with the consequence that the infection rate is far lower in the US than other countries - yet the senile nitwit Pelosi and the senile crook Biden were still advocating taking away the President’s authority to ban travel THIS week.
Hey Anthony, I hope your granma gave you that cannoli recipe. Oh you’ll be OK, I’m sure those Indian Dunkin Donuuts will be open for ya. Just kiddin bro
“Clear-eyed sober tone” Joe Biden?
Hey if you keep chickens and goats in your house, you gonna need more than TP I think.
Cannoli take Time to make.
But I guess soon we’ll have nothing but :)
To be fair, every now and then the indians make a decent batch of donuts.
HEY, you know what? I may have time to start experimenting in the kitchen!!
Home mad Cavatelli. Home made Sicilian pizza.
You gave me a great idea!
I never have them on my own :)
BTW, you could call me a dago, WOP, greaseball, quido, guinea and you wouldn’t need the “just kidding” part.
No snowflake here :)
Anthony wasn’t a slur. I just thought you all were named that. Well, at least on TV it is. Be safe bro
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