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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oh I know that. I was just saying... :)
Anthony...I don’t know that many.
I know as many Roccos as I know anthonys
Because some people think it’s a good idea to give their father’s or grandfather’s name to their American child in 2020!!!!
The closet thing they got here for Italian food is the Olive Garden. In that case, I’ll just settle for a TV dinner
Agreed 100% If it was not for our President the death rate would not be this low! Other Presidents of the past would not have done 80% of the actions he has taken!
That’s like the chain pizzerias :)
Though in full disclosure, I’ve actually ordered them when they were cheap the past year.
I’ve given in. I’m a traitor!!!
I remember as a kid an “Eldorado”. As a youngster I thought maybe he was named after the car.
And he didn’t ramble and he did answer questions and the questions were mostly stupid. And the Task Force team spent another 50 minutes answering questions before they were even asked.
Trump “got real” from the start. The press has yet to.
LOL
My middle name is Aniello.
My first name is Americanized.
Forget about my last name. More vowels than an episode of sesame street
That’s what I always thought. I thought heck, if an Italian kid can say and spell his full name, he should be promoted to 2nd grade straight away
ROFL!!
I’m REALLY patient with folks in customer service (in the US at least) when they can’t type it or say it right.
There’s 3 vowels in a row at one point and I have to say it 5 times before it’s gotten right.
And then it’s followed by, “Here just write down for me.”
lol
You think that's bad? I had a friend of Polish extraction who had a ten letter surname and only one vowel in it. Unless the y is counted as a vowel then it's two. But I never could figure out the rule for that.
WOW
I always wondered how those Poles and Russians pronounced those names with all those consonants in front. Well at least I could pronounce the Y at the end.
Yeah! And three of the consonants are z.
Glad I’ve got a four letter Scots/English name. lol
Then again, maybe that’s why I was lazy in skool.
Z??
My goodness.
If I had known what trouble my last name would cause me I would have begged mom to change it to Smith.
Some of those Scottish names can get long though.
The y in his name isn’t at the end though. The other vowel is an e and it’s silent.
No vowel sound or anything where it’s inserted.
Jill Colvin.... again.
Sometimes my name is long and sometimes it isn’t. Can you guess what it is? :)
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