‘Narcissist in charge’: Trump pummeled for admitting nationwide efforts to curve coronavirus are ‘detrimental to my election success’
President Donald J. Trump listens as Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, addresses his remarks during a meeting with fellow members of the Coronavirus Task Force and representatives from pharmaceutical companies Monday March 2, 2020, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)
March 26, 2020News & PoliticsIn a stunning statement President Donald Trump admitted his motivation in re-opening the country is to help not the American people but his re-election chances. In a mind-blowing tweet the president blasted the “LameStream Media” for what he claimed is “trying to get me to keep our Country closed as long as possible in the hope that it will be detrimental to my election success.”
Right away Americans unloaded their anger and outrage of the president.
@realDonaldTrump We get it. This is about your re-election. Not lives. This is a defining tweet— Peter Gammons (@Peter Gammons) 1585169586
@realDonaldTrump President Trump admits that every decision he is making in this ongoing crisis is first about his… https://t.co/Pb3xTULFWE— David Rothschild 🌻 (@David Rothschild 🌻) 1585168246
@KevinMKruse @realDonaldTrump Trump is admitting it. It's all about his re-election.— ⭐️ Merrily awaiting a return to rationality ⭐️ (@⭐️ Merrily awaiting a return to rationality ⭐️) 1585167179
He can't imagine it's about anything but him, and he will literally risk killing you if he thinks it will help him.… https://t.co/0Ppp6cdiUx— Tom Nichols (@Tom Nichols) 1585167116
For Trump, from the moment he first suppressed testing right through until this Tweet, it has always been about his… https://t.co/lqbGUFpVlA— David Rothkopf (@David Rothkopf) 1585167773
It is startling how President Trump cannot even pretend to care about the people dying due to his mix of negligence & corruption.— David Rothschild 🌻 (@David Rothschild 🌻) 1585168916
Trump is now turning the most important public health decision in decades into a divisive political issue that is a… https://t.co/k8dmnFaIt9— David Corn (@David Corn) 1585167076
Important to drop the pretense that this is about anything other than his reelection. https://t.co/L19mqO5dyY— Sam Stein (@Sam Stein) 1585168083
@realDonaldTrump Trump is literally turning saving lives into a partisan issue so that his base ignores Doctors. Ne… https://t.co/pQhhFsA7JF— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1585169270
@realDonaldTrump If things are so safe out there, then why aren't you holding any rallies? https://t.co/BfmNndFFeG— Max Kennerly (@Max Kennerly) 1585171375
@realDonaldTrump Translation: Trump is more worried about his poll numbers than your lives.— Nick Jack Pappas (@Nick Jack Pappas) 1585167068
@realDonaldTrump In other words, I will sacrifice you and your family so that Chipotle opens up 2 weeks earlier and… https://t.co/KmVzCsy3ZE— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1585169014
@realDonaldTrump We all want our lives to go back to normal. Hard working Americans want to go back to work. And we… https://t.co/h04jHxpUPO— Eugene Gu, MD (@Eugene Gu, MD) 1585167050
He keeps sayin' the quiet part out loud. Trump don't mind killin' folks to get re-elected. It's right here in dig… https://t.co/PHAk55UHiV— Tea Pain (@Tea Pain) 1585168152
He doesn’t care if we flatten the curve or if people get sick and die. He wants the stock market back up so he isn’… https://t.co/XINkWESHm7— Brian Tyler Cohen (@Brian Tyler Cohen) 1585167064
