TRUMP refuses cruise ship entry, he's afraid of boosting numbers as tests TRICKLE in

[Centerleftfl]

I told you this 4 days ago and 2 days ago and YESTERDAY. He does not want to test because he doesn't want the #'s to go up! As soon as the results are in, they will be reported. He knows this. He would do anything to keep those REPORTED #'s LOOOOOW.

More specifically,regarding the SHIP. Is he really worried that people are INFECTED and will bring the disease into port? Or he's just worried about the IMMEDIATE #'s when they arrive?

And WHAT IN THE HELL DOES 11 PEOPLE MEAN that he repeats below?

Does everyone know the TESTS were just airlifted onto the ship this afternoon?

Trump claimed America is in 'great shape' amid coronavirus outbreak during rambling White House remarks

Jake Lahut and Sonam Sheth
10 hours ago

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar watches as President Donald Trump tosses a pen to reporters during a signing of a spending bill to combat the coronavirus, at the White House, Friday, March 6, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

• After signing an $8.3 billion coronavirus spending bill, President Donald Trump fielded questions from reporters and made a number of false statements.
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• The president's remarks in the White House Diplomatic Reception Room were meandering and, at times, confusing, such as when he said "We closed it down, we stopped it," in reference to travel from China, not the virus.
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• Despite facts to the contrary, Trump said the virus has actually boosted the American economy because "We're getting a lot of business from people staying ... People are staying here and spending their money here as opposed to going to Europe and other places."
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• Once again, Trump downplayed the severity of the virus and touted his administration's response to it: "So I think we're in great shape. I mean, I think we're in great shape."

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President Donald Trump continued downplaying the increased risk the spread of the novel coronavirus poses in the US. Speaking from the White House on Friday after signing an $8.3 billion spending bill aimed at containing the virus, Trump fielded questions from reporters and made a number of false or misleading statements.

• What Trump said: "The job numbers just came out a little while ago, and they were shocking to the people who were analyzing them … A lot of people are going to be staying here, they're going to be doing their business here. They're going to be traveling here and they'll be going to resorts here, and you know, we have a great place. That's where, so far, people come, but we're going to be have Americans staying home instead of going to other countries, and maybe that's one of the reasons the job numbers are so good. We've had a lot of travel inside the USA."
  
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  • FACT CHECK: The new jobs numbers were taken through February before the virus and economic panic began to hit the US.
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  • There is no evidence of an uptick in domestic travel, but foreign tourism to the United States is projected to keep declining through the next few months, with the potential to inflict even more harm to the American economy.
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  • Even Trump's favorite metric, the stock market, had its worst week since the 2008 financial crisis last month. On Thursday, the Dow Jones plummeted nearly 1,000 points amid investors' fears about the novel coronavirus.
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  • The global economy has also taken a massive hit in recent weeks.
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• What Trump said: "I don't think they're panicking, I don't think they're panicking. Like I said last night [on Fox News town hall] ... I said, calm, you have to be calm. Okay? We do have a situation where we have this massive ship with 5,000 people, and we have to make a decision. That's a big decision, because we have very low numbers compared to major countries throughout the world than just about anybody, and in terms of deaths, I don't know what the count is today. Is it 11? 11 people. And in terms of cases, it's very very few. When you look at other countries, it's a very tiny fraction, because we've been very strong at the borders. But then you have a ship with a lot of Americans on it ... so we have to make a decision, and we're working with the governor of California on that.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-says-america-in-great-shape-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-2020-3

 

[Walt]

The media is so polite that they call the remarks "rambling". Homeless people make more sense.

 

[Centerleftfl]

The media is so polite that they call the remarks "rambling". Homeless people make more sense.

People in the throes of strokes make more sense.