It's being reported--and CLAIMED by GOP sycophants--that Trump just didn't want to cause a

[tblue37]

panic, but that's not quite true. What he wanted to avoid was panicking the stock market, because that could hurt his reelection chances.

[nolabear]

1. And get good prices on ventilators!

[yonder]

2. You nailed it. His concern isn't with real, live human beings other than himself or maybe family,

it is with perceptions and how that affects him and his wealth. Always has been and always will be until we can figure out how to stop him.

[frazzled]

3. If he doesn't want to panic people

Why is he trying to panic “suburban housewives” about how Marxists, antifa arsonists and, even worse, Black people will destroy their neighborhoods and lawns if Biden wins.

Riddle us that.

[world wide wally]

8. Not to mention the dreaded caravans from Mexico.

[Nevilledog]

4. He didn't downplay the seriousness....He fucking called it a hoax...a political ploy.

Those are two very different propositions and they need to be distinguished.

[spanone]

5. the bullshit is sooooo thick

[crickets]

6. *ding!* Winner. nt

[world wide wally]

7. I want someone to explain exactly what a panic would look like.

WTF.
Everyone stampeding to their couches?

[tblue37]

9. To Trump it would look like a drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. nt

[Tribetime]

10. Exactly 100%

[TheBlackAdder]

11. If I remember right, Feb 7th gave weeks for certain people to position their stock portfolios.

[brewens]

12. "Never sit around discussing things rationally when the situation calls for panic"-George

Steinbrenner. That may not be a good practice, but Trump was not the person to make that judgement.