Trump's Focus Shifts Away From Coronavirus

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — The White House coronavirus task force is meeting less frequently, the government’s top infectious disease expert is getting little face time with President Trump, and the administration’s virus-testing coordinator is returning to his previous job.

U.S. coronavirus deaths have surpassed 100,000 and health experts say the pandemic remains a serious concern, but Mr. Trump and his advisers have made a strategic decision to shift focus, according to administration officials and others familiar with the matter. The move predates the nationwide protests following the killing of a black man in Minneapolis police custody, which have captured the attention of both the American public and the White House — and brought tens of thousands out of lockdown.

The president and his aides have turned to issues they believe will animate the president’s conservative base ahead of the election while projecting confidence that the country is recovering economically, the people said.

Mr. Trump’s advisers have told the president there is little political advantage to continuing to talk about the pandemic and that fewer Americans are paying attention. “I just think the fight has moved on,” one adviser said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-focus-shifts-away-from-coronavirus/ar-BB155bHi?li=BBnb7Kz

Political advantage? How about doing your fucking job? As long as record numbers of people are dying from the coronavirus it'll be in the news.

[rzemanfl]

1. He focuses? Fake news. n/t

[Hortensis]

6. Spot on. He lives in a one-topic world, "me." nt

[stillcool]

2. I guess that's a good thing?

maybe they'll stop stealing medical supplies, and giving medical advice.

[Newest Reality]

3. Ah,

So the King of Fake News, the generator of discord, the Father of Fallacies, the Doctor of Deflection, the Dictator of Denial, the Abomination of Desolation, the Pope of Projection, is changing focus huh?

We are in the middle of the greatest, multifaceted crises that this country has faced in decades and the fight has moved on? That's willfully abandoning responsibility in service of self interest. That is not being a public servant who has a solemn oath to fulfill and a duty to the citizenry.

That's an ultimate failure and a sign of illegitimacy and we must make that clear and recognize the implications of it rather than just accept the feigned pragmatism of "moving on".

Oh, the Titanic is sinking? Well, not much more to do, gas the woman and children to make way for the Captain on his way to the lifeboats. He is important and has decided to move on and do many Captain things now.

[fierywoman]

4. Like he was ever focused in the first place?

[soothsayer]

5. This happened in January

When he ignored the warnings.