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Beartracks

(12,761 posts)
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 03:43 PM Apr 2020

Trump Says Coronavirus Was Expected to 'Blow Over' in February

Source: Bloomberg News (via MSN)

President Donald Trump defended his early, dismissive response to the coronavirus outbreak, saying Tuesday that he was told late in February that it wouldn’t be a problem.

“Even professionals like Anthony were saying this is no problem,” Trump told reporters in a White House meeting with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday, referring to the government’s top infectious disease specialist, Anthony Fauci.

...

The Washington Post reported Monday that Trump was repeatedly warned in his daily intelligence briefing in January and February — a document the paper said he seldom reads — that the virus posed a threat to the U.S.

“I would have to check,” Trump said of the report. “I want to look as to the exact dates of warnings.”

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-coronavirus-was-expected-to-blow-over-in-february/ar-BB13k00A

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Trump Says Coronavirus Was Expected to 'Blow Over' in February (Original Post) Beartracks Apr 2020 OP
That is NOT what Fauci said in February of course... hlthe2b Apr 2020 #1
If Fauci did say anything it was undoubtedly conditioned "If you do A, B, C, D & E, then maybe." Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #16
Fauci should sue for libel. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #46
The Father of Lies does it again. patphil Apr 2020 #2
Someone did say it! c_junk Apr 2020 #19
Jared dismissed Scarsdale Apr 2020 #30
There's no truth like a Trump truth, no truth at all. Beartracks Apr 2020 #27
What lying dumbass irisblue Apr 2020 #3
lol, Trump is absolutely delusional bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #4
He's not the leader of the free world, although he's sitting in that leader's chair. Beartracks Apr 2020 #28
The worst thing in a tea party member's mind is to overreact. ffr Apr 2020 #5
He was told of C-19 in Nov. '19 by US intel / "Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event" Botany Apr 2020 #6
Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. He was warned and we all know it. Arkansas Granny Apr 2020 #7
From Wiki Botany Apr 2020 #15
Trump lied, tens of thousands died Baclava Apr 2020 #8
Great summary. llmart Apr 2020 #17
Can this be charted against the number of cases and deaths? Beartracks Apr 2020 #29
"Even professionals like Anthony?" grumpyduck Apr 2020 #9
Well, if you actually KNOW Dr. Fauci, Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #32
Haggis for breakfast? grumpyduck Apr 2020 #36
Oh, yes. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #37
Trump Truisms: sop Apr 2020 #10
Shares trouble; hoards praise. n/t forgotmylogin Apr 2020 #14
Like a typical Republican: privatize the profit, socialize the debt. n/t Beartracks Apr 2020 #31
He'll get back to us on that. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #11
Didn't Trump say the same thing about climate change? bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #12
Gaslighting all day long budkin Apr 2020 #13
While GOP Senators were dumping stocks through insider trading IronLionZion Apr 2020 #18
Grab the credit! Pass the buck! Grokenstein Apr 2020 #20
No, the Orange Carbuncle WANTED it to blow over in February. Magical thinking blew up in his catbyte Apr 2020 #21
I really do not think Trump has learned that the virus does not listen to him. nope riversedge Apr 2020 #41
Another day that ends in Y Kaiserguy Apr 2020 #22
Translation: "I wanted it to go away-way in February." Grokenstein Apr 2020 #23
Anthony Hannity or Anthony Miller? KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2020 #24
Expected by who? The tooth fairy? beachbumbob Apr 2020 #25
Someone told Trump it would blow over. It was probably Trump. Beartracks Apr 2020 #26
His skull is so breezy anything will blow over in there. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #33
Yea, sure. We know it was going to just magically LisaL Apr 2020 #34
K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 #35
Yeah, you were told alright, by highly reputable sources like your asshole SIL Kushner. KPN Apr 2020 #38
No it wasn't.. Corgigal Apr 2020 #39
Trump also said early on that the numbers would go down to ZERO..... riversedge Apr 2020 #40
L.I.A.R. lark Apr 2020 #42
... as well as desired outcomes for his handlers. n/t Beartracks Apr 2020 #43
Just like the Hurricane was gonna hit Alabama D_Master81 Apr 2020 #44
And now it's a problem we may have to live with for the rest of our lives. Initech Apr 2020 #45

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,785 posts)
16. If Fauci did say anything it was undoubtedly conditioned "If you do A, B, C, D & E, then maybe."
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 04:20 PM
Apr 2020

Of course tRump did C (block Cchhyyna flights) and G (golfed) and R (rallied) instead of A, B, D & E.

Trump failed to defend America. Period. He was told what to do and why it was necessary.

patphil

(6,026 posts)
2. The Father of Lies does it again.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 03:48 PM
Apr 2020

Of course Dr. Fauci said no such thing. In fact nobody said anything like that.
Quite to the contrary, he was warned dozens of times by many different people and groups.
He just chose to ignore them.

There's no truth like a Trump truth, no truth at all.

c_junk

(46 posts)
19. Someone did say it!
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 04:42 PM
Apr 2020

That was predicted by none other the world's most Stable Genius! (Ignore the problem, claim it's going to disappear, find someone/something to blame when it doesn't)

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
30. Jared dismissed
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 07:20 PM
Apr 2020

the warnings, so that was good enough for tRump. Too bad there was not a whistleblower who outed this information earlier. Thousands of lives could have been saved, millions of workers still employed. Families buying groceries, instead of lining up for hours at food pantries. Nothing is ever HIS fault. I blame him for the entire fiasco.

bucolic_frolic

(42,663 posts)
4. lol, Trump is absolutely delusional
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 03:51 PM
Apr 2020

He's not accepting responsibility for getting this all f'd up. Externalizing responsibility. It doesn't matter what they told him. He's the leader of the free world. He IS responsible. It is his job to know better, to provide good outcomes no matter what.

Beartracks

(12,761 posts)
28. He's not the leader of the free world, although he's sitting in that leader's chair.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 07:16 PM
Apr 2020

He abdicated that role. I certainly hope we can get it back and rebuild this country's influence in the world before everyone/everything winds up in orbit around Russia and China.

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ffr

(22,644 posts)
5. The worst thing in a tea party member's mind is to overreact.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 03:51 PM
Apr 2020

You don't want that. Besides, faith over science.

Botany

(70,288 posts)
6. He was told of C-19 in Nov. '19 by US intel / "Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event"
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 03:51 PM
Apr 2020

ABC Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources


"Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," a source said.


https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/intelligence-report-warned-coronavirus-crisis-early-november-sources/story?id=70031273

And his administration was warned about a Pandemic by Military Intel and that we needed more supplies in 2017.

Team Trump received pandemic warning - in January 2017
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/team-trump-received-pandemic-warning-january-2017-n1161811

The question that needs to be asked is after learning about C-19 in November of 2019 how soon
did he and Kush-turd try to make money off of the Pandemic by buying hydroxycholoroquine and
making their own C-19 test kits?

Arkansas Granny

(31,483 posts)
7. Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. He was warned and we all know it.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 03:52 PM
Apr 2020

He chose to ignore the briefs and warnings because, you know, stable genius, and all that.

Botany

(70,288 posts)
15. From Wiki
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 04:10 PM
Apr 2020

Azar informed associates that he had alerted Trump on January 18, 2020, regarding the potential danger from COVID-19,[35] but that the president thought he was being "alarmist" as Azar struggled to get Trump's attention to focus on the issue.[36] Despite Azar's warnings, four days later, Trump announced, "We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China.

 

Baclava

(12,047 posts)
8. Trump lied, tens of thousands died
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 03:52 PM
Apr 2020

Jan. 22: “We have it totally under control.”

Jan. 24: “It will all work out well.”

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.

Feb. 2: “Well, we pretty much shut it down coming in from China." "...we did shut it down, yes."

Feb. 10: “I think the virus is going to be — it’s going to be fine.”

Feb. 14: “We have a very small number of people in the country, right now, with it. It’s like around 12. Many of them are getting better. Some are fully recovered already. So we’re in very good shape.”

Feb. 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA.”

Feb. 25: “You may ask about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country. We have very few people with it, and the people that have it are … getting better. They’re all getting better."

Feb. 26: “Because of all we’ve done, the risk to the American people remains very low. … 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."

Feb. 27: “Only a very small number in U.S., & China numbers look to be going down. All countries working well together!”

Feb. 28: “I think it’s really going well...There’s one who is quite sick, but maybe he’s gonna be fine."

Feb. 28: “It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”



"I don't take responsibility at all"

llmart

(15,499 posts)
17. Great summary.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 04:22 PM
Apr 2020

Just because Trump and his spawn are ignoramuses he thinks we all are. Does he really think people will believe his lies when the proof is out there?

Can we not rid ourselves of this scourge? Please? Someone? Anyone?

I can't take much more.

Beartracks

(12,761 posts)
29. Can this be charted against the number of cases and deaths?
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 07:18 PM
Apr 2020

What a string of self-congratulatory bullshit.

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grumpyduck

(6,197 posts)
9. "Even professionals like Anthony?"
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 03:54 PM
Apr 2020

Anybody with any tiny little bit of class or manners would refer to him as Dr. Fauci in public, even if they use the informal first name in private.

What a dickhead.

grumpyduck

(6,197 posts)
36. Haggis for breakfast?
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 09:04 PM
Apr 2020

Have you really had haggis for breakfast?

I like haggis, but I don't know about breakfast.

bucolic_frolic

(42,663 posts)
12. Didn't Trump say the same thing about climate change?
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 03:59 PM
Apr 2020

Nothing that conflicts with his rigid, fixed, tiny mind are ever considered or accepted. He just wishes it away. He is a real mental case.

IronLionZion

(45,256 posts)
18. While GOP Senators were dumping stocks through insider trading
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 04:27 PM
Apr 2020

Their comments were to allow them to profit from this tragedy.

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
20. Grab the credit! Pass the buck!
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 05:08 PM
Apr 2020
Everything I don't like is fake news!

God DAMN I am looking forward to having grownups in charge again.

catbyte

(34,169 posts)
21. No, the Orange Carbuncle WANTED it to blow over in February. Magical thinking blew up in his
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 05:34 PM
Apr 2020

fucking face this time. That thing has learned the hard way that viruses don't give a damn about lies, bluster, or bullying. Now we're all paying the price for it.

Arrogance + willful ignorance = tragedy.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
24. Anthony Hannity or Anthony Miller?
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 05:50 PM
Apr 2020

tRump can't even keep the first names of his key advisers right..........

Beartracks

(12,761 posts)
26. Someone told Trump it would blow over. It was probably Trump.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 07:06 PM
Apr 2020

"My primary consultant is myself and I have a good instinct for this stuff"! -- Trump

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KPN

(15,585 posts)
38. Yeah, you were told alright, by highly reputable sources like your asshole SIL Kushner.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 12:02 AM
Apr 2020

Fuck you, you were told. Stand up like a man instead of making excuses while hiding behind a wall of bodyguards you frigging mental wus! I'd love to meet you someday in an alley. It would make more than my day, it would make my life!

lark

(23,003 posts)
42. L.I.A.R.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:44 AM
Apr 2020

Every time he opens his ugly assmouth, murderous, profiteering, hate filled lies leap out. He was told and ignored it because he wanted it to happen because it would provide major profiteering opportunities and wreck our nation. Both are desired outcomes for him.

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
44. Just like the Hurricane was gonna hit Alabama
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 09:21 PM
Apr 2020

I’m sure we’ll get a sharpie edited daily briefing from February

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