Politics
President Trump Should Stop Talking About Coronavirus
President Trump's bombastic style works a lot of the time. Coranavirus is not one of those times.
By David Marcus
March 6, 2020
There are things that Donald Trump is very good at. In areas of politics and foreign policy, his impulsiveness and unpredictable way of doing business have paid off. Think of sticking by Brett Kavanaugh and the strike on Qasem Soleimani, for example. What he is not good at is being a cool, collected, steadying hand, which is what an outbreak like the coronavirus requires.
From the outset of the medical emergency, Trump’s rhetoric has been unclear. At times he has seemed to downplay the nature of the situation, perhaps to protect the markets. In fairness, there is a careful and important balance to be struck between protecting against outbreak and destroying the wealth of the American people. Both are fairly dire potential outcomes. But both politically and in terms of the markets, Trump’s tone has not helped.
Wednesday night on Sean Hannity’s show, Trump said the following: “I think the 3.4 percent is a false number. Now, this is just my hunch, but a lot of conversations with a lot of people that do this, because a lot of people will have this and it is very mild. They will get better very rapidly, they don’t even see an interest or call a doctor, you never hear about those people so you can put them down in the category, the overall population in terms of this corona flu, or virus. So, you just can’t do that. If we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better, just by sitting around and even going to work, some of them go to work, but they get better and then…â€
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