At a televised town hall on September 15 and in follow-up remarks on September 16, Trump again minimized the pandemic, insisted the virus would fade on its own, and brushed off the caution coming from his own public-health team. The problem was not just tone. He was publicly narrowing the gap between his political message and his administration’s scientific guidance to a contradiction big enough for everyone to notice. That made the White House look less like a command center and more like a place where the president freelances around his own briefing papers.
First recorded Sep 16, 2020·Meaningfully updated Sep 16, 2020
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At a televised town hall on September 15 and in follow-up remarks on September 16, Trump again minimized the pandemic, insisted the virus would fade on its own, and brushed off the caution coming from his own public-health team. The problem was not just tone. He was publicly narrowing the gap between his political message and his administration’s scientific guidance to a contradiction big enough for everyone to notice. That made the White House look less like a command center and more like a pl…
At a televised town hall on September 15 and in follow-up remarks on September 16, Trump again minimized the pandemic, insisted the virus would fade on its own, and brushed off the caution coming from his own public-health team. The problem was not just tone. He was publicly narrowing the gap between his political message and his administration’s scientific guidance to a contradiction big enough for everyone to noti…
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