Trump fears emergency declaration would contradict coronavirus message
Source: Politico
President Donald Trump is reluctant to declare an expansive emergency to combat the escalating coronavirus outbreak, fearful of stoking panic with such a dramatic step, according to three people familiar with the situation.
Instead, the president is expected to sign within days a more limited designation to allow the federal government to cover small business loans, paychecks for hourly workers and delay tax bills, the White House said Wednesday. An emergency declaration would go significantly beyond that move, bringing in the Federal Emergency Management Agency and freeing up funding and resources for states struggling to contain the rapidly spreading virus.
Trumps concern at this point is that going further could hamper his narrative that the coronavirus is similar to the seasonal flu, said the three people familiar with the discussions. The administration is also negotiating with Congress over a stimulus package designed to cushion the coronavirus-hampered economy. But that calculation could change in the coming weeks.
The president isnt persuaded because [an emergency declaration] contradicts his message that this is the flu, said a Republican who speaks to Trump.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/11/trump-emergency-declaration-coronavirus-message-125902
Girard442
(6,072 posts)I can borrow more cheaply for the business I don't have, have less taken out of the paycheck I'm not getting, and save money on the tax bills I can't pay anyway. Genius!
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)What a surprise.
LibinMo
(533 posts)We need the TRUTH. The only person who can't deal with it is Donnie bonespurs.
ace3csusm
(969 posts)because Trump can't be truthful...
TeamPooka
(24,226 posts)SunSeeker
(51,557 posts)underpants
(182,804 posts)Golden Raisin
(4,608 posts)tax breaks with Trump. PEOPLE can sicken and drop dead in the streets and he and his fellow complicit Republicans wouldn't give a flying rat's ass.
CountAllVotes
(20,870 posts)You hear not a word about it.
Down the guy went and he dead within the hour.
He was not an old man, he was in his 30's!
DEAD.
tRUMP's legacy = people dropping dead on the street and all he did was talk about the stock market and buy buy buy!!! That's right, BYE indeed!
sdfernando
(4,935 posts)Sorry for yelling....I had to get that out for my own sanity.
CountAllVotes
(20,870 posts)No kidding!!!
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)Numbskull...
bucolic_frolic
(43,163 posts)until he is universally recognized as a fool
But millions of Americans, perhaps more than 10 million could die in service of this mental rigidty
Figures are floated all day online. 1/3 of Americans will have coronavirus it was said today. That's 70-130 million people.
With a death rate of 2-3.4%.
Germany was said to expect 70% of its population to contract the illness.
70%? In the US that's more than 200 million people.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)have been expecting things would get worse and either be prepared or resigned that more bad news was expected.
crickets
(25,980 posts)Jopin Klobe
(779 posts)... Donald Jerkoff tRump is afraid of starting a panic? ...
... klown, if we haven't "panicked" by now, we're not gonna "panic" ...
... we're gonna walk ALL OVER you and your other traitorous Republicans ...
... and at the same time, we're also gonna clean the country of COVID-19 ...
... COVID*-45 & COVID-19 ... alllllll gone ...
*(Commander OF Vast Internal Damage)
Firestorm49
(4,035 posts)ToxMarz
(2,167 posts)over the Southern Border and his fucking wall. It's still in effect, he vetoed the last attempt by congress to end it. So what about that panic! What's another national emergency among friends. Piece of crap!
UpInArms
(51,284 posts)Will be his legacy
lonely bird
(1,685 posts)What message? Blathering word salad? Thats a message?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)that worry.
on edit:
The president isnt persuaded because [an emergency declaration] contradicts his message that this is the flu, said a Republican who speaks to Trump.
Fuck you Republican who speaks to trump