Trump is........in love with his own BS!
On March 17 2020 Donald Trump told the world's media:
“This is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”
But this is complete bullshit, of course.
Because from the end of January and all the way through February 2020 Trump was focused on golfing, holding campaign rallies and playing down the seriousness of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Have a look at the timeline below which speaks for itself.
Tale of the Trump Tape
Jan 20 - first case of COVID-19 in the US, Washington State.
Jan 22 - “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”
Jan 28 - Trump campaign rally
Jan 30 - Trump campaign rally
Feb 1 - Trump golfs
Feb 2 - “We pretty much shut it down coming in from China."
Feb 10 - Trump campaign rally
Feb 12 - Dow Jones closes at an all time high of 29,551.42
Feb 15 - Trump golfs
Feb 19 - Trump campaign rally
Feb 20 - Trump campaign rally
Feb 21 - Trump campaign rally
Feb 24 - “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”
Feb 25 - “CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus.”
Feb 25 - “I think that's a problem that’s going to go away… They have studied it. They know very much. In fact, we’re very close to a vaccine.”
Feb 26 - “The 15 (cases in the US) within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero.”
Feb 26 - “We're going very substantially down, not up.” Also "This is a flu. This is like a flu"; "Now, you treat this like a flu"; "It's a little like the regular flu that we have flu shots for. And we'll essentially have a flu shot for this in a fairly quick manner."
Feb 27 - “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”
Feb 28 - “We're ordering a lot of supplies. We're ordering a lot of, uh, elements that frankly we wouldn't be ordering unless it was something like this. But we're ordering a lot of different elements of medical.”
Feb 28 - Trump campaign rally
Feb 29 - First COVID-19 death in US
Mar 2 - “You take a solid flu vaccine, you don't think that could have an impact, or much of an impact, on corona?”
Mar 2 - “A lot of things are happening, a lot of very exciting things are happening and they’re happening very rapidly.”
Mar 4 - “If we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work — some of them go to work, but they get better.”
Mar 5 - “I NEVER said people that are feeling sick should go to work.”
Mar 5 - “The United States… has, as of now, only 129 cases… and 11 deaths. We are working very hard to keep these numbers as low as possible!”
Mar 6 - “I think we’re doing a really good job in this country at keeping it down… a tremendous job at keeping it down.”
Mar 6 - “Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test. They’re there. And the tests are beautiful…. the tests are all perfect like the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect. Right? This was not as perfect as that but pretty good.”
Mar 6 - “I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it… Every one of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done that instead of running for president.”
Mar 6 - “I don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn't our fault.”
Mar 7 - Trump golfs
Mar 8 - Trump golfs
Mar 8 - “We have a perfectly coordinated and fine tuned plan at the White House for our attack on CoronaVirus.”
Mar 9 - “This blindsided the world.”
Mar 13 - [Declared state of emergency]
Mar 14 - Young Asian-American family of 4 stabbed in TX Sam's Club by man who thinks they're responsible for COVID.
Mar 15 - 3,613 COVID-19 cases, 69 deaths
Mar 17 - “This is a pandemic,” Mr. Trump told reporters. “I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”
Mar 18 - "It’s not racist at all. No. Not at all. It comes from China. That’s why. It comes from China. I want to be accurate."
Mar 23 - Dow Jones closes at 18,591.93
Mar 25 - 3.3 million Americans file for unemployment.
Mar 30 - Dow Jones closes at 21,917.16
Apr 2 - 6.6 million Americans file for unemployment.
Apr 3 - 270,062 COVID-19 cases, 6,927 deaths. Tests still not available for most people.
But this is complete bullshit, of course.
Because from the end of January and all the way through February 2020 Trump was focused on golfing, holding campaign rallies and playing down the seriousness of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Have a look at the timeline below which speaks for itself.
Tale of the Trump Tape
Jan 20 - first case of COVID-19 in the US, Washington State.
Jan 22 - “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”
Jan 28 - Trump campaign rally
Jan 30 - Trump campaign rally
Feb 1 - Trump golfs
Feb 2 - “We pretty much shut it down coming in from China."
Feb 10 - Trump campaign rally
Feb 12 - Dow Jones closes at an all time high of 29,551.42
Feb 15 - Trump golfs
Feb 19 - Trump campaign rally
Feb 20 - Trump campaign rally
Feb 21 - Trump campaign rally
Feb 24 - “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”
Feb 25 - “CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus.”
Feb 25 - “I think that's a problem that’s going to go away… They have studied it. They know very much. In fact, we’re very close to a vaccine.”
Feb 26 - “The 15 (cases in the US) within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero.”
Feb 26 - “We're going very substantially down, not up.” Also "This is a flu. This is like a flu"; "Now, you treat this like a flu"; "It's a little like the regular flu that we have flu shots for. And we'll essentially have a flu shot for this in a fairly quick manner."
Feb 27 - “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”
Feb 28 - “We're ordering a lot of supplies. We're ordering a lot of, uh, elements that frankly we wouldn't be ordering unless it was something like this. But we're ordering a lot of different elements of medical.”
Feb 28 - Trump campaign rally
Feb 29 - First COVID-19 death in US
Mar 2 - “You take a solid flu vaccine, you don't think that could have an impact, or much of an impact, on corona?”
Mar 2 - “A lot of things are happening, a lot of very exciting things are happening and they’re happening very rapidly.”
Mar 4 - “If we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work — some of them go to work, but they get better.”
Mar 5 - “I NEVER said people that are feeling sick should go to work.”
Mar 5 - “The United States… has, as of now, only 129 cases… and 11 deaths. We are working very hard to keep these numbers as low as possible!”
Mar 6 - “I think we’re doing a really good job in this country at keeping it down… a tremendous job at keeping it down.”
Mar 6 - “Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test. They’re there. And the tests are beautiful…. the tests are all perfect like the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect. Right? This was not as perfect as that but pretty good.”
Mar 6 - “I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it… Every one of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done that instead of running for president.”
Mar 6 - “I don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn't our fault.”
Mar 7 - Trump golfs
Mar 8 - Trump golfs
Mar 8 - “We have a perfectly coordinated and fine tuned plan at the White House for our attack on CoronaVirus.”
Mar 9 - “This blindsided the world.”
Mar 13 - [Declared state of emergency]
Mar 14 - Young Asian-American family of 4 stabbed in TX Sam's Club by man who thinks they're responsible for COVID.
Mar 15 - 3,613 COVID-19 cases, 69 deaths
Mar 17 - “This is a pandemic,” Mr. Trump told reporters. “I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”
Mar 18 - "It’s not racist at all. No. Not at all. It comes from China. That’s why. It comes from China. I want to be accurate."
Mar 23 - Dow Jones closes at 18,591.93
Mar 25 - 3.3 million Americans file for unemployment.
Mar 30 - Dow Jones closes at 21,917.16
Apr 2 - 6.6 million Americans file for unemployment.
Apr 3 - 270,062 COVID-19 cases, 6,927 deaths. Tests still not available for most people.
