More thoughts from the sociopath-in-Chief
This is genuinely terrifying:
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants the U.S. economy to “open” back up by Easter Sunday, despite expert warnings about the deadly threat of the coronavirus.
Easter is April 12, less than three weeks away.
Trump’s remarks in a Fox News “virtual town hall” event at the White House came as more states imposed extreme measures, including shutting down businesses and ordering residents to stay home, to try to slow the spread of the disease.
“We’re opening up this incredible country. Because we have to do that. I would love to have it open by Easter,” Trump said.
“I would love to have that. It’s such an important day for other reasons, but I’d love to make it an important day for this. I would love to have the country opened up, and rarin’ to go by Easter.”
In a second interview with Fox that aired Tuesday afternoon, Trump said he offered the holiday as a deadline because “Easter’s a very special day for me.”
“Wouldn’t it be great to have all the churches full?” Trump asked. “You’ll have packed churches all over our country … I think it’ll be a beautiful time.”
Great.
I’m also not sure that Trump’s widely-predicted-by-the-world’s-most-credulous-pundits pivot to social democracy is going to happen:
Asked how much reservation he has spending $2 trillion on the relief package, Trump says, "It's not really spending because a lot of it is helping companies."— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 24, 2020
Are you tired of all the outflanking yet?