Trump doesn't dream up these things he said.
Let me stop you right there. Yes, he does.
Next I guess you're going to tell me is he just flips a coin.
Nope, not flipping a coin. If he were flipping a coin, 50% of the time he'd say something that he doesn't want to be true. In reality, he says just what he wants to be true and hopes that it will
become true soon or that people won't really care. It's been quite successful for him.
Take for example, and this is just off the top of my head, when Trump said in 2017 he was working closely with HHS secretary Tom Price very closely and just about ready to release a replacement for the ACA. Tom Price's response when asked about that was "it's true that he said that".
Trump was being more on the optimistic side. After all, nobody alive today has ever seen anything like this. This virus is so much different from anything we've experienced. China kept their data hidden as long as possible. The WHO backed them in their statements.
Trump was trying to keep the public calm, but I guess if you were on a plane where an engine went defective, you'd rather see the pilot running down the aisle screaming "We're all going to die" instead of telling people they have things under control.
Total nonsense. As if there’s only two possible reactions, saying that it’s not a concern and screaming we are going to die.
Tell me. If you had cancer and the entire time your oncologist is saying that it’s nothing to worry about it and it’ll go away, just relax. How would you feel 3 months later when it’s metastasized?
You’d be angry. Obviously.
The doctor might say I was just trying to keep you calm. What did you expect? Me to scream at the top of my lungs “you’re going to die?”
If the doctor was not certain, and had information that it could go either way, then of course I would welcome the most optimistic reassurance.
Covid-19 and cancer are two entirely different animals. We didn't just discover cancer. We've been plagued with it for generations. We've developed multiple testing, multiple drugs, hundreds of thousands of documentation and treatment results. So with all this history of cancer, a doctor told me the opposite of what is likely to happen, of course I'd be pissed.
Trump didn't know where this would go. Neither did Fauci, neither did Nusome, neither did Piglosi, Cuomo, or DeBlasio. Nobody knew. But they all (including Trump) gave us their most optimistic views.
If you want to blame Trump for his predictions, then at least have the slightest ounce of honesty and blame all the Democrat leaders as well.
There’s a lot of false equivalencies here, but let’s start basic.
No, you wouldn’t be okay with your doctor not being honest with you. Trump got this colossally wrong. You’d want to know your doctor is living in reality, is being honest, is dealing with facts and not just telling you what he thinks you want to hear. You’d be quickly in search of a new doctor.
Next, no Democrat was giving such rosy optimistic and false projections. Further, even if they had, they’re not head of the NIH, CDC and intelligence communities who report directly to Trump. They’re not getting the briefings Trump is getting and they’re not responsible for the response like Trump is.
Trump is the one who needs to get this right. Everyone else is dealing with less complete information and has far less responsibility.
When Trump gets information from our various agencies, he passes that information on to Governors and Mayor's who ask. He even passes that information on to the public. There is nothing hidden here.
Yes, in early March, Piglosi went on television to tell people to visit Chinatown. There is nothing to fear. Also in early March, Deblasio encouraged people to get out into the public, go shopping, take the subway. Covid-19 is not a threat of any kind. He said even if it did appear in NYC, they were more than well prepared to handle it. In the first two weeks of March, the Democrats were attempting to pass a bill stripping the President of his ability to issue travel bans.
I'm not blaming those people for their optimism OR OPINION. That's because nobody knew about how bad this could possibly get. Trump was honest with us, just like Newsom, Cuomo, Piglosi, and DeBlasio were. They were all honest with us. They simply didn't know.
What would you be saying if we closed down the entire country over SARS, Ebola, West Niles virus, killer hornets? We'd be doing this nearly every other year. If I told you there was slim possibility of you getting in a car accident today, and you did get into an accident, did I lie to you, or was I making that prediction based on probability?
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