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Originally Posted by bcredliner
No, the recordings are not moot. The recordings verify Trump knew the Coronavirus was deadly and choose to downplay it. He is still downplaying the virus. He is still not telling the truth. His excuse was he didn't want to cause panic. It was flat wrong to keep that information from the public. No one here would have panicked. He should have told the truth and championed the issuance of the guidelines and pressured the states to take immediate action and to err on the side of caution. He knew it was not a question if the virus would be a problem in the US it was only when.
This can't be rationalized away. Trump chose to downplay the danger of the virus so the economy and the stock market would not negatively react.
All he had to do is layout the extent and urgency of addressing the problem then and what can happen if we don't all do our part. Here is what your government is doing and a timeline for the implementation of the plan. Here's what we are asking you to do for your country. Just answer the questions of what, when why and how in a plan stating the objectives, strategies and tactics to defeat the virus. Any business person of any consequence should be extremely adept and experienced using the process.
What the Woodward tape exposes is he was and still is OK with betting our lives it would go away then and now that it is under control and we have turned the corner, it's going away. It's not going away.
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bcredliner:
I concur with your statements above. Trump's mismanagement and lack of leadership in dealing with the COVID-19 virus pandemic was a disgrace that has contributed to the staggering loss of over 270,000 people in our country.
I am one of the many Americans who were amazed that Trump was able to win the election back in 2016. But after much thought and consideration, I have come to realize that back then Donald Trump recognized and harnessed the anger over racial displacement disguised as economic anxiety, of many Americans, along with their resentment of being ignored by traditional Republicans and Democrats, and then exasperated by their viscous hatred for HRC, to win the presidency.
Aside from all of Trump's many personal faults, I believe that Trump would have been re-elected if he had done just one thing right:
Succinctly: wear a face mask.....
Joking aside, I agree that if back in January, when he learned of the true potential looming disaster of the COVID-19 virus pandemic, if he had immediately responded with a serious, sensible, coordinated national effort to combat the virus spread, we would probably not have lost as many fellow citizens as we have and the virus pandemic would not have cratered his re-election bid. But his denial of its severity and subsequent mediocre and hands-off attitude, cost him the votes of many Americans, regardless of their political affiliation. Ultimately, he will have plenty of free time to ruminate on that in the coming weeks and months…
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