Report: Months Into Crisis And Under Pressure, Trump Will Declare National Emergency | Talking Points Memo

Months into a global outbreak that has claimed the lives of thousands and had a dramatic impact on the U.S. economy, President Trump will reportedly declare the coronavirus epidemic a national emergency.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1296913

So I guess it wasn’t a perfect response?

It’s not a HO-AX? I’m very confused.

He and his entire family need to be tested.

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This announcement has been delayed 3 and a half years.

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Are we talking COVID-19 or IQ/Personality test?

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I’m old enough to remember when it was just a hoax.

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Until now, Trump’s first, last & only strategy against the corona virus consisted of wishing it would just go away.

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Well, you weren’t born yesterday.

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Reality is a bitch. Reality is catching up with trump.

When you are a malignant narcissist, you start with repression of information internally, and denial. Go to distortion, lies. Next you go to projection (what trump is doing accusing Obama of having done worse with h1n1). And you then Inlist others in your delusions.

P.s. we are about to get to narcissistic rage… trump is going to crack.

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All of the above?

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Everything becomes perfect once he’s done it.

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Reality a nasty habit of just not giving a damn what you want it to be.

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My hero!

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“…except for California, Washington, and New York, who should have raked their DNA better.”

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So Jared has studied it enough to allow this? Now he can get back to negotiating with OPEC?

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Could he hold off this statement until 4 PM?
All the people with 401Ks would appreciate it.
Based on what happens whenever he opens his mouth.

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Like everything else this administration has done regarding the Trumpvirus, this too looks to be a day late and a dollar short.

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Trump’s entire business model is shorting dollars. Especially to his suppliers and workers.

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It’s like he has to do everything wrong before finally managing to do something right…the difference is that this time Americans will die due to the withholding of resources. I do wonder how long it will take for conservative media to turn this around so Trump looks “perfect” again, and how many people just fall for it all over again…I know they will try, and with almost eight months to the election it’s possible they will convince people that their leadership got us through. They are willing to lie about everything else, this will be an easy one for them…how many people see through it is really the question that will be answered in November.

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Per today’s Seattle Times, bed space in our hospitals is already a problem. We will need field hospitals. The virus is in 11 long term care facilities (includes snf’s and assisted living). He could sign the declaration right now and announce it but he must do these made for TV things. I am disgusted that it took this long.

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