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shockey80

(4,379 posts)
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 09:27 AM Jul 2020

Trumps response to the virus. The time line is smoking gun evidence of negligence, murder.

One day there will be a major investigation into Trumps response to the virus. His name will be vilified for all time.

I looked up this time line in about 15 minutes. Imagine what a major investigation will find.

Jan 31 2020: Trump puts in place a partial travel ban of China. The same day there are two confirmed cases in Italy. Italy suspends travel from China. The Virus had left China and was now spreading through Europe. Trump had already been warned about how bad things could get with this virus.

Over the next 6 weeks, Trump lied, down played, misinformed, withheld information from the American people and the Governors. He failed to take the action only the Federal Government could take against the virus. This led directly to the killing of tens of thousands of Americans.

Feb 27 2020: Senator Burr was having lunch with some of his donors. Someone recorded what he said. He told his rich donors the virus was very dangerous. He compared it to the 1918 pandemic. He also told them the economic damage could be severe.

The same day Trump was on TV saying this, the virus will disappear, it's under control. Trump knew what Burr knew. They knowingly, willingly hid the truth.

A couple of days later, Mar 1 2020, First confirmed case in New York City. The city was doomed. Over prior weeks millions of people traveled from Europe to New York City. Trump did not ban travel from Europe. Cuomo cannot ban travel from Europe. Everyone was being told the virus was coming from China.

Around Mar 7 2020, Cuomo declares a state of emergency in New York City, not Trump.

March 11 2020: World Health Organization declares virus a pandemic. Still no action being taken by Trump.

Around Mar 12 2020, Trump puts in a partial travel ban from Europe, about a month too late. He did not put in a full travel ban until the end of March. The virus had been silently spreading throughout New York City and no one knew it because it takes weeks for people to get sick.

Mar 13 2020: Trump declares a national emergency, then tells the Governors to take care of the virus themselves.

This will live in infamy.

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Trumps response to the virus. The time line is smoking gun evidence of negligence, murder. (Original Post) shockey80 Jul 2020 OP
I would hope you would be correct about that, PCIntern Jul 2020 #1
This time may be different because of the massive death toll. shockey80 Jul 2020 #2
Trump was warned of C-19 in November of 2019 / Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," Botany Jul 2020 #3

PCIntern

(25,490 posts)
1. I would hope you would be correct about that,
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 09:35 AM
Jul 2020

That it would live in infamy.

Unfortunately I’m not certain of that, and that in and of itself is a tragedy. Republicans are rarely held accountable for their deeds and misdeeds. The answer is historical record with silence, Which in America, often makes the discussion “go away”. Watergate, Iran Contra, fiscal issues, Iraq war, all just disappear. Nixon’s malfeasance, Reagan senility, Bush Cheney nightmare, vanish into the mist and the names are never mentioned. Dick Cheney was the de facto president and when was the last time you heard his name uttered by a republican?

I’ll tell you one thing, they are very skilled at playing this game. Of course it’s no game, it’s only a game when you’re on the side of the hot shots. I’m quoting JD Salinger naturally…

 

shockey80

(4,379 posts)
2. This time may be different because of the massive death toll.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 09:43 AM
Jul 2020

One day there will be a major investigation and it will horrify the American people.

Botany

(70,447 posts)
3. Trump was warned of C-19 in November of 2019 / Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event,"
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 09:52 AM
Jul 2020

Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November:

And What did he and Kush-Turd do? They looked for ways to make money off of the coming pandemic
both in investing in HCQ and their own C-19 test kits instead of the one that was produced by the
W.H.O..

******

As far back as late November, U.S. intelligence officials were warning that a contagion was sweeping through China’s Wuhan region, changing the patterns of life and business and posing a threat to the population, according to four sources briefed on the secret reporting.

Concerns about what is now known to be the novel coronavirus pandemic were detailed in a November intelligence report by the military's National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI), according to two officials familiar with the document’s contents.

The report was the result of analysis of wire and computer intercepts, coupled with satellite images. It raised alarms because an out-of-control disease would pose a serious threat to U.S. forces in Asia -- forces that depend on the NCMI’s work. And it paints a picture of an American government that could have ramped up mitigation and containment efforts far earlier to prepare for a crisis poised to come home.

"Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," one of the sources said of the NCMI’s report. "It was then briefed multiple times to" the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon’s Joint Staff and the White House. Wednesday night, the Pentagon issued a statement denying the "product/assessment" existed.


https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/intelligence-report-warned-coronavirus-crisis-early-november-sources/story?id=70031273

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