The President has done a very good job during this crisis. He cut off flights coming in from China, tried to keep people from going to Europe. He's got good people in places to do their jobs. Democrat Governors of NY and CA praised him and Pence for their work. If we didn't have the Trump Economy at first then we would be in so much more trouble. I predict President Trump will be reelected by a landslide because the American people knows through this crisis that we have a real leader in charge who gets results.
Surprised you didn't mention how Trump KNEW it was a pandemic from the start. Wonder why he went out of his way to convince the rest of us there was nothing to worry about?
Esp what he said in the aftermath of that secret briefing the Intelligence Services/CDC held for the Senate Intelligence Committee on Jan 24th? You know the briefing that caused Chairman Burr and Senator Loeffler to run out and start liquidating their stock shares? I mean Loeffler claims her shares were sold by a "blind trust" and she had no input in the decision, but her actions indicate at minimum a huge disconnect with what she said publicly...
Let's look at the FACTS, regarding Loeffler's actions following the Jan 24th briefing...
" On the very day of the committee’s coronavirus briefing, she began her own stock sell-off, as
originally reported by The Daily Beast.
Over the next three weeks, she shed between $1,275,000 and $3.1 million worth of stock, much of it jointly owned with her husband, who is the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange. Of Ms. Loeffler’s 29 transactions, 27 were sales. One of her two purchases was of a technology company that provides teleworking software. That stock has appreciated in recent weeks, as so many companies have ordered employees to work from home."
So let's summarize. Loeffler was briefed about the seriousness of the situation on Jan 24th. For the next 3 weeks (starting Jan 24th) she sold off nearly $3 Million worth of stocks.Burr sold off nearly $2 Million of his own holdings (including 3 Hotel chains) starting with Feb 13.
So while Top GOP Senators were selling off stocks, Trump was saying...
Jan. 30: “We think we have it very well under control. We have very little problem in this country at this moment — five — and those people are all recuperating successfully. But we’re working very closely with China and other countries, and we think it’s going to have a very good ending for us … that I can assure you.” — Trump in a
speech in Michigan.
Feb. 10: “Now, the virus that we’re talking about having to do — you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat — as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April. We’re in great shape though. We have 12 cases — 11 cases, and many of them are in good shape now.” — Trump at the
White House. (See our item “
Will the New Coronavirus ‘Go Away’ in April?“)
Feb. 14: “There’s a theory that, in April, when it gets warm — historically, that has been able to kill the virus. So we don’t know yet; we’re not sure yet. But that’s around the corner.” — Trump in
speaking to National Border Patrol Council members.
Feb. 23: “We have it very much under control in this country.” — Trump in
speaking to reporters.
Feb. 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart.
Stock Market starting to look very good to me!” — Trump in a tweet.
Feb. 26: “So we’re at the low level. As they get better, we take them off the list, so that we’re going to be pretty soon at only five people. And we could be at just one or two people over the next short period of time. So we’ve had very good luck.” — Trump at a White House
briefing.
Feb. 26: “And again, when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done.” — Trump at a
press conference."
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/trumps-statements-about-the-coronavirus/
Yep, THAT is definitely a leader LOL... The only person more shameful in the disconnect between their ACTIONS and PUBLIC COMMENTS was Kelly Loeffler...
"Even as she was shedding shares, Ms. Loeffler was talking down the threat of the coronavirus. “Democrats have dangerously and intentionally misled the American people on Coronavirus readiness,” she tweeted on
Feb. 28, assuring the public that the president and his team “are doing a great job working to keep Americans healthy & safe.”
As anxiety spread, she talked up the economy. “Concerned about the #coronavirus?” she tweeted on
March 10. “Remember this: The consumer is strong,
the economy is strong & jobs are growing, which puts us in the best economic position to tackle #COVID19 & keep Americans safe.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/opinion/coronavirus-burr-loeffler-stocks.html
