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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-response.htmArticle Title: He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trumps Failure on the Virus
An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a pandemic but that internal divisions, lack of planning and his faith in his own instincts led to a halting response.
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By Eric Lipton, David E. Sanger, Maggie Haberman, Michael D. Shear, Mark Mazzetti and Julian E. Barnes
Published April 11, 2020, Updated April 14, 2020, 12:02 p.m. ET
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Key paragraph:
The health and human services secretary, Alex M. Azar II, directly warned Mr. Trump of the possibility of a pandemic during a call on Jan. 30, the second warning he delivered to the president about the virus in two weeks. The president, who was on Air Force One while traveling for appearances in the Midwest, responded that Mr. Azar was being alarmist.
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This is the smoking gun, and Trump is done. He could be impeached again for total incompetence. I am not in charge of that, but this sentence, if true, means Trump ignored warnings long before the virus took root here.
If there was any doubt, this is the end of Trump..When this gets around, Trump may be forced to resign.
gibraltar72
(7,510 posts)Stuart G
(38,439 posts)...And he warned Trump twice....This second warning came on January 30
malaise
(269,157 posts)3...2...1
Stuart G
(38,439 posts)Trump will not be reelected when this gets around. This article is the end of Trump. He cannot defend this, he can say that it is a lie, but no one will believe him.
malaise
(269,157 posts)starting any time now
Stuart G
(38,439 posts)spiderpig
(10,419 posts)Inquiring minds want to know.
malaise
(269,157 posts)I plan to be watching live
Stuart G
(38,439 posts)How does Trump respond to this? Being warned on Jan 30, and Trump calling Azar an "alarmist?
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)and see if Agolf Twitler was tweeting during meetings and briefings on the pandemic threat.
I'm sure there is evidence of him ignoring work to play on his phone
C_U_L8R
(45,018 posts)W.H.O. had been on emergency footing since at least Jan 1.
and began public reporting on Jan 4 through social media.
Trump's lying.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)of Trump's ears before giving him the warning.