President Trump recently (days ago) acknowledged that he basically ignored memos which warned about the impending coronavirus crisis.
According to a recent Newsweek article:
The document in question was authored in January by the White House Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, Dr. Peter Navarro, and submitted to the president via National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien.
In it, he warned of "an increasing probability of a full-blown COVID-19 pandemic that could infect as many as 100 million Americans, with a loss of life as many as 1-2 million souls."
How did Trump, the man entrusted to lead the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world, respond to these memos?
Here is how, in his own words:
"I heard he wrote some memos talking about a pandemic," Trump said. "I didn't see them, I didn't look for them either."
Trump then said that basically, he's a "cheerleader" for the country (his words). He then elaborated:
"Well, the cases really didn't build up for a while, but you have to understand, I'm a cheerleader for this country," he said.
"I don't want to create havoc and shock and everything else but ultimately, when I was saying that I'm also closing it down I obviously was concerned about it because I closed down our country to China, which was heavily infected," he continued, adding later that at the time he was "not going to go out and start screaming: This could happen! This could happen!"
Well, guess what? It did happen.
Maybe it is time to get an actual adult in the Oval Office, shall we?
Back in 2016, I remember some Trump supporters insisting that at least Trump would be entertaining. Now, sitting in our homes, with record numbers of people filing for unemployment and staggering numbers of job losses, I wonder if they are now asking themselves: "Are you not entertained?"
TRUMP SAYS HE NEVER READ, LOOKED FOR MEMO WARNING OF POSSIBLE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC BY ANDREW FEINBERG ON 4/7/20:
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-he-never-read-looked-memo-warning-possible-coronavirus-pandemic-1496707?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2pXZhQalAWGWmKpfWhE9TLxzVQ7IFUoRncxWK8WoR8bvUV8C6nvM9PBO4#Echobox=1586301160
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