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Trump eyes grounding jets, halting stock trading, and ordering shelter in place
washington examiner ^ | 3/19/2020 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 03/19/2020 6:31:11 PM PDT by bitt

The Trump administration, moving quickly to halt the spread of the coronavirus, is seriously considering grounding all passenger air traffic for up to 30 days, temporarily halting stock trading on Wall Street, and imposing a shelter-in-place rule, according to officials.

Key officials have begun alerting industry leaders, Capitol Hill, and agencies that the “radical” plan could come early next week if the warlike efforts to stop the spread of the virus fail.

On Thursday, the administration began to prepare the nation for 9/11-style moves when the State Department issued a “Level Four” warning against traveling overseas. The warning is the most severe that the department has.

In a notice, the State Department said Americans traveling abroad may find their travel “severely disrupted” and “may be forced to remain outside of the United States for an indefinite time frame.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid19; fakenews; kungflu; moogoogaipandemic; trump; wuhansarscov2; wuhanvirus
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To: bitt

I work in critical services.

It will not apply.


21 posted on 03/19/2020 6:43:59 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: steve86

That will cause a huge drop in stocks if announced ahead of time (as people try to salvage what they can, knowing the market could later open much lower).


Yep. Hello Dow at 15,000.


22 posted on 03/19/2020 6:44:29 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: bitt

Do it and don’t pussy foot around. If this crap is worth causing as much damage as has already been done it is worth pulling out the biggest hammer that can be found and pounding it flat. There is no sense in having gone through just what has transpired already and not defeat this crap.

We have declared this is as bad or worse than 9/11 so let’s respond in the same or even more harsh ways.


23 posted on 03/19/2020 6:44:49 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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To: RummyChick

I agree about number 3. The numbers do not come anywhere near justifying self imposed house arrest. In fact the numbers do not justify the first two either.


24 posted on 03/19/2020 6:45:20 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: bitt

Bull crap. None of these people have access to the president and none of them know what he is thinking or considering. Fake news.


25 posted on 03/19/2020 6:45:22 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (It's the Wuhon Corona virus, not the U.S. coroner virus. Dem panic <> pandemic.)
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To: bitt

I hope not.


26 posted on 03/19/2020 6:45:59 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: CincyRichieRich

It is fake news.


27 posted on 03/19/2020 6:46:10 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Captain Peter Blood

This is totally crazy and overkill.


The bigger the crash the more justified the trillions in bailouts will be. We are being set up by the banksters and corps.


28 posted on 03/19/2020 6:46:58 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: cherry

Stay the course.

The rebound will be remarkable.

Yes, we live in interesting times.


29 posted on 03/19/2020 6:47:49 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: lodi90

Maybe, but the deficits and debt we will run up will be so high we end up defaulting on it.


30 posted on 03/19/2020 6:48:54 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
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To: libh8er
"Just wondering. What will be the result of letting the virus just run its course, like a seasonal flu ? People would be advised not to catch it, but if they do then to just deal with it."

Yup. We should have had voluntary shelter in place for the vulnerable, with some support, and let the thing run its course.

We can't kill it - we'll all be exposed sometime, just like the flu.

31 posted on 03/19/2020 6:48:58 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: bitt

Sorry, PDJT, Governor Gruesome just beat you to it. He’s locking down the whole state effective tonight.


32 posted on 03/19/2020 6:49:03 PM PDT by Ratman0823 (This tagline is a Corona Virus and Lime Disease-free zone.)
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To: bitt

Monday night after trading closes for lockdown and market close is my guess.

Flights within three days afterward, to allow US citizens to return home.


33 posted on 03/19/2020 6:49:04 PM PDT by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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To: bitt
"..a shelter-in-place rule.."

As long as it is in my CrewCab p/u rolling along the highway, I'm OK.

34 posted on 03/19/2020 6:50:00 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: chris37

I totally agree with. I have been telling people that we are dealing with a Bio-Warfare from China, not a simple virus like a flu bug. I get laughed at, but that is ok.


35 posted on 03/19/2020 6:50:40 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: bitt

Maybe he does think he’s a dictator. POTUS has no such authority


36 posted on 03/19/2020 6:51:01 PM PDT by wny
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To: eyedigress

Richard Burr (Criminal-NC) got his; sold 33 stocks ON ONE DAY right B4 the market tanked on Feb 13. All transactions the same day, all sells.


37 posted on 03/19/2020 6:51:19 PM PDT by Swanks
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To: bitt

It doesn’t take an infectious disease specialist to see that, other than the coasts, most of the hot and semi-hot zones are the states containing major air hubs,

Colorado (Denver)
Illinois (Chicago)
Georgia (Atlanta)

The petri dish tubes should have been shut down two to three weeks ago.


38 posted on 03/19/2020 6:52:32 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Sequoyah101

The Yuge Risk is over as Trump has kicked US TLA Rump and let the Medicos use some apparently pretty effective, already released drugs for treatment.


39 posted on 03/19/2020 6:53:13 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: bitt

Why is Trump so much better than any democrat??

Only a lunatic would think of shutting down America like this.


40 posted on 03/19/2020 6:53:52 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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