Trying to avoid a panic
Right idea
Weird that other world leaders managed to not panic their citizens.
And this is Trump we are talking about. The same guy who couldn't stop talking about an "immigrant invasion" The same Trump whose inaugural address was titled "American Carnage" . The same Trump who is currently falsely claiming that Portland is on fire. Puhleese.
Agreed. A president being honest about a crisis does not instill panic and frenzy. Our governors, mayors, healthcare workers, businessmen owners, and the general public needed to know we were facing a really serious health problem, not the common flu or a hoax because they had to make tough decisions. Panic and fear arose out of a lack of leadership in Washington. As one governor said, 'We're on our own. The Trump administration is torn between saving peoples lives and saving the economy."
When the nation is facing a disease that is very contagious with no cure and few preventive measures, the nation needs to be fearful and they need to work together. Donald Trump's erratic response to the pandemic of bouncing back and forth between following the advice of healthcare professionals and business as usually is directly responsible for America's high death toll, inability to control the virus, and the economic toll it has taken on families and businesses across the country.
I guess if Donald Trump had been president on Dec 7, 1941, he would have been telling Americans we had a little military confrontation in Hawaii, but it's under control and we're on top it.