Impeached and manifestly unfit United States president Donald Trump continues to blunder while more than a thousand Americans die each day.
Asked today by a news reporter why now is the time to end the White House coronavirus task force, even as medical experts say COVID-19 is continuing to spread and may explode in the fall, Trump says:
"Because we can't keep our country closed for the next five years." While it might come back, "It'll be a flame, and we'll put the flame out."
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"The quality of our test is also the best," Trump added in the wacky pandemic briefing.
Responding to another question about why he is demanding that businesses reopen: "I'm viewing our great citizens of this country to a certain extent and to a large extent as warriors. They're warriors. We can't keep our country closed. We have to open our country… Will some people be badly affected? Yes."
What?
Asked why now is the time to wind down the task force given that doctors say the virus might come back in the fall, Trump says, "Because we can't keep our country closed for the next five years." While it might come back, "It'll be a flame, and we'll put the flame out." ?
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 5, 2020
wonder what he means by "the next five years" https://t.co/59YQ16Fhrn
— Arash Karami (@thekarami) May 5, 2020
President Trump says there will be a "different form" of the White House coronavirus task force, with different people, focused on "safety and opening" https://t.co/9T8aUPjUrs pic.twitter.com/Lv4x29ncvt
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 5, 2020
Why is now the time to wind down the task force?, asks @jeffmason1.
"We can' keep our country closed for the next five years," replies @POTUS.
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) May 5, 2020
"The quality of our test is also the best," adds @POTUS. pic.twitter.com/WdJTBnHI4B
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) May 5, 2020
Trump says Birx and Fauci will still be involved in response once task force disbands
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 5, 2020
Trump on why businesses should reopen: "I'm viewing our great citizens of this country to a certain extent and to a large extent as warriors. They're warriors. We can't keep our country closed. We have to open our country … Will some people be badly affected? Yes." pic.twitter.com/hNXws4bwtd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 5, 2020
