Trump on When to Open the Economy: I Hope to God I Make the Right Decision
I’m glad that this 2nd task force is being created. It’s time now to plan as the slope begins to go down to plan for re opening our country and economy. The experts will have lots of data to go on by the end of the month. All of America and the American people are praying with and for our President as he makes these decisions. Some parts of the country will not be ready to open on May 1st. For the rest we will be giving that date a new meaning.
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Speaking to reporters at the White House Friday afternoon, President Trump gave additional details about a new council dedicated to reopening the economy.
"We're setting up a council of very very great doctors and business people. We're going to be announcing it on Tuesday. Some great people. This is beyond economic. I call it our Opening Our Country task force or council," Trump said. "We're going to have a great group of people." President Trump explained meetings will be held by teleconference to avoid travel. The council will be made up of individuals from a number of different sectors and locations across the country.
"I want to get it open as soon as possible," Trump said. "I would love to open it, I have not determined anything. The facts are going to determine what I do."
Near the end of the daily Wuhan coronavirus task force briefing President Trump said he is proud of the decisions made to keep people from contracting the disease. He also stressed he believes two million Americans may have died if the task force hadn't made decisions to close businesses and implement social distancing measures.
"This is the biggest decision of my life," Trump said about the timing on opening the economy while balancing public health implications.
"The American people have been so disciplined. It's been my honor to be their President. I've said it before, I'll say it again, I'll say it always. It's been my great honor to have been their President and I have a big decision coming up and I only hope to God that it's the right decision. It'll be based on input from a lot of very talented people, a lot of smart people and people who love our country," he concluded.
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Why wasn't he this concerned back in January...oh that's right, it was a democratic hoax (not the virus, but the concern that it was something bigger than crooked donnie was making it out to be) you know that it would be gone poof, just like that
Why wasn't the WHO more concerned? Why weren't a lot of doctors? Why were Democratic Party leaders urging people to go out on the town and enjoy life? The answer is a lot of people didn't think this would become a serious pandemic back in January.
As you say, he never said the disease was a hoax, so I don't understand why you bring it up. He said that Democrats trying to make a scandal out of it was "their" new hoax. That's just the usual partisan jabs and has nothing to do with how anyone feels about or responds to the outbreak.
What do you think is gained by splitting hairs about things that happened in January? Is it a distraction from the things being done now that seem to be the right things? Does it hurt that much to give a little credit where it's due? Isn't it tiring to be angry all the time?
But I thought the WHO wasn't to be trusted...you can't have it both ways.
Crooked donnie fucked up, end of story
Nope, I don't have Trump DENIAL syndrome
I'm not denying that he is doing a shitty job as president, and that he is the WORST president in the history of the United States.
If Trump hopes to God he makes the right decision, he better listen to the experts and their expert decisions, and Daddums should not listen to his greedy, money hungry and incompetent kids, nor his own greedy, money hungry wife.
He has no clue what he is doing with this emergency and his 'stable genius" is being a horses a$$ with this killer. So he best shut his know nothing mouth and let the experts handle what and and when things should be done for what's best for the country and the American people.
However, he will never listen to the experts. After all, what the Hell do they know anyway. HE is the genius and knows more than any other human being, or maybe even God.
The experts have been saying publicly that that's exactly what he has been doing.
Who would? This thing is going gang busters all over the world. Is the rest of the world clueless, too?
Experts are there to advise. They don't have responsibility for every aspect of life, society, and economy, and so on. The president does. I don't want experts "handling" anything other than whatever their expertise is. Medical experts can advise on disease. It's not their job to be educated on all the things a president has to consider.
Lol