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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Sat May 9, 2020, 06:01 PM May 2020

As deaths mount, Trump tries to convince Americans it's safe to inch back to normal

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-deaths-mount-trump-tries-to-convince-americans-its-safe-to-inch-back-to-normal/2020/05/09/bf024fe6-9149-11ea-a9c0-73b93422d691_story.html

By Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and Yasmeen Abutaleb

May 9, 2020 at 5:38 p.m. EDT

In a week when the novel coronavirus ravaged new communities across the country and the number of dead soared past 78,000, President Trump and his advisers shifted from hour-by-hour crisis management to what they characterize as a long-term strategy aimed at reviving the decimated economy and preparing for additional outbreaks this fall.

But in doing so, the administration is effectively bowing to — and asking Americans to accept — a devastating proposition: that a steady, daily accumulation of lonely deaths is the grim cost of reopening the nation.

Inside the West Wing, some officials talk about the federal government’s mitigation mission as largely accomplished because they believe the nation’s hospitals are now equipped to meet anticipated demand — even as health officials warn the number of coronavirus cases could increase considerably in May and June as more states and localities loosen restrictions, and some mitigation efforts are still recommended as states begin to reopen.

The administration is struggling to expand the scale of testing to what experts say is necessary to reopen businesses safely, and officials have not announced any national plan for contact tracing. Trump and some of his advisers are prioritizing the psychology of the pandemic as much as, if not more than, plans to combat the virus, some aides and outside advisers said — striving to instill confidence that people can comfortably return to daily life despite the rising death toll.

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As deaths mount, Trump tries to convince Americans it's safe to inch back to normal (Original Post) Dennis Donovan May 2020 OP
He's insane.🙄 dewsgirl May 2020 #1
So I Guess If We Can Get A Mani/Pedi Me. May 2020 #2
either that or we'll look good in the box stillcool May 2020 #4
Imagine suppressing the CDC guide...criminal! Karadeniz May 2020 #3
Typical Pusher/Abuser behavior Blue Owl May 2020 #5
He can fuck right the fuck off! SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #6

Me.

(35,454 posts)
2. So I Guess If We Can Get A Mani/Pedi
Sat May 9, 2020, 06:07 PM
May 2020

we won't noticed if our families, friends and neighbors have died.

Blue Owl

(49,937 posts)
5. Typical Pusher/Abuser behavior
Sat May 9, 2020, 06:36 PM
May 2020

Fuckstick von Golfcart is so transparent:

"Go ahead... Take it... What do you have to lose..."

"C'mon... Everything's fine... Shhhhh..."

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