Posted on 03/29/2020 5:27:45 PM PDT by conservative98
Speaking at a contentious White House coronavirus news briefing on Sunday that involved testy standoffs with multiple reporters, President Trump declared that "the peak in death rate" in the coronavirus pandemic "is likely to hit in two weeks," and said the federal government will be extending its social-distancing guidelines through April 30.
"The modeling estimates that the peak in death rate is likely to hit in two weeks. I will say it again. The peak, the highest point of death rates, remember this, is likely to hit in two weeks... Therefore, we will be extending our guidelines to April 30, to slow the spread," the president said in the White House Rose Garden.
Saying his earlier hope that the country could reopen by Easter was "just an aspiration," Trump added: "We can expect that by June 1, we will be well on our way to recovery" and that "a lot of great things will be happening."
When asked about worst-case scenarios if the country were to remain closed indefinitely, the president responded, "You're gonna have large numbers of suicides -- tremendous [numbers of] suicides... You will see drugs being used like nobody has ever used them before, and people are going to be dying all over the place."
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I think it's a little more basic than that.
I think he has an ego and loves to be in front of the camera.
But don’t hold him to that.
He also inserted that gem in there.
“Convince us of what? That it was a good idea to rip the engines and wings off the American economy as it was flying high at 38,000 feet?”
No, to save the lives of about 2,000,000 Americans.
I knew I was wasting my time.
“Then what’s the plan, Stan? You don’t have one.”
Here is the beginning of one, the plan for what we do after we have gotten over this initial curve.
https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1244168120727724032
Even now, with all that has already happened, and is happening, you still say that. How can someone be this willfully ignorant?
The President has simply been acknowledging reality and acting accordingly. He doesn’t live in a pretend world he wishes existed - he lives in the real one.
The American people will tolerate it, they know this is serious
I think Trump realizes he can not declare this over yet. The Democrat governors of states like New York and California will not go along. Trump would be blamed for every death. In a few weeks the govenors will start panicking when they are made to realize the loss of revenue. They will then start loosening the reigns. Only then can Trump call everyone back to work (with precautions of course).
$100 million spent per fatality will “flatten the curve.” But where do we send the bill? The Chicoms won’t be paying. Obviusly we’ll be paying. Thanks!
I think Trump realizes he can not declare this over yet. The Democrat governors of states like New York and California will not go along. Trump would be blamed for every death. In a few weeks the govenors will start panicking when they are made to realize the loss of revenue.
Agree. The real political battle hasn’t even started yet. And we haven’t got any aftershocks like construction grinding to a halt, etc. Once those hammer the markets it will be time for Katy to bar the door. It’s going to be a long and hot summer.
No, to save the lives of about 2,000,000 Americans.
Crazy talk. You can put your “exponential” nonsense where the sun don’t shine.
I think he has an ego and loves to be in front of the camera.
Now you are over the target. A massive ego and a massive camera hound. How many unelected 79 year olds hold senior beltway jobs? I bet you can count them on you fingers.
I am upset that he is being conned by these so called ‘experts’!
Really? Where did the numbers of over 100,000 dead come from in the next two weeks? I am not blaming Trump, he is dealing with the ‘facts’ that are being given to him, but the medical experts have no idea what they are talking about!
“...the reactions of virtually all world leaders tells me that this isn’t a scam but something that has them truly scared.”
Yes, agreed. Now, perhaps they are wrong, sort of hoping they are wrong, although in hindsight (good old 20/20 hindsight) that wold be annoying, but still.
But clearly this is not about Trump, hatred of Trump, or love of Trump.
I mean, if it were, that would be even crazier than this crazy stuff that is happening!
First thing Trump needs to do when this is over is to blow up the CDC, they have clearly failed in their mission.
Are you serious?
You don’t give the POTUS much credit then, do you?
So Trump is in his first rodeo and just putty in Fauci’s and Birx’s hands?
Breathtaking...
Look up the SES. You can’t get rid of them. Carter instituted the entity. Obama protected them. Vulgar.
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