On the 16th, local time, US President Trump and the White House COVID-19 Epidemic Working Group held a press conference at the White House to release the anti-epidemic guidelines.
Trump said that in the next 15 days, Americans should avoid groups of more than 10 people; Avoid eating or drinking in bars, restaurants and food courts.
However … …
The number of people at the press conference has exceeded the limit of 10 only by visual inspection, and it seems that no one is wearing protective gear such as masks.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday released national guidelines at a press conference attended by over 15 people, which advised all Americans to avoid groups of more than 10 and urged older people to stay at home to fight the spread of the coronavirus.
The number of people on the scene "overturned" is not the only "bright spot" for Trump to attend the press conference recently.
Trump made some remarks on the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic at the press conference on the 17th:
On the lectern at the White House the next day, Trump made another remarkable assertion:
"This is a pandemic. As early as it was characterized as ‘ Pandemic ’ I knew this before. "
"This is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic."
But is Trump’s attitude towards the epidemic really what he said?
Let’s sort out what Trump said in the face of the epidemic during this time … …
"It’ s going to disappear. One day — it’ s like a miracle — it will disappear."
"One day it (Covid-19) will disappear, just like a miracle."
"I can say on behalf of the United States that the epidemic situation in China is still under control"; "There is nothing to panic about"; "No matter what happens, we are ready; We have the best experts in the world "; … …
From January to February, Trump repeatedly expressed "contempt" for the epidemic in his public speeches, saying that the virus would disappear "miraculously" one day, and even regarded the virus as a "scam" of the Democratic Party.
When asked by a CNBC reporter whether there were “worries about a pandemic” on January 22, Trump replied: “No, not at all. We have it totally under control. It’ s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’ s going to be just fine.”
“It’ s going to disappear. One day — it’ s like a miracle — it will disappear,” Trump said on February 27 at a White House meeting.
"You can’t be a politician and not shake hands."
"How can you be a politician without shaking hands"
On March 5, after health care institutions around the world began to advise people to avoid shaking hands, Trump still shook hands with a large number of people when attending the event, and said, "How can you be a politician without shaking hands?"
Five days later, there were more than 600 confirmed cases in the United States, including about 26 deaths. Trump finally changed his mouth and reminded "everyone should be vigilant and be careful", but at the same time he did not forget to emphasize that "we are doing very well in fighting the epidemic, don’t panic".
After health authorities around the world have advised people to stop shaking hands to avoid getting infected by the coronavirus, Trump said he would stick to the old way because “you can’ t be a politician and not shake hands.”
Five days later, since more than 600 cases and 26 deaths have been confirmed in the U.S., Trump finally began reminding people to be vigilant and careful.
"If you are sick or not feeling well, stay home."
"If you are sick or unwell, stay at home."
On March 11th, Trump, who has always been "optimistic", began to call for "If you are sick or unwell and stay at home, we must put politics aside and stop partisan disputes". On the 13th, Trump declared that the United States was in a state of emergency, and changed the necessary "handshake" as a politician to "elbow".
On the 16th, Trump admitted for the first time at a press conference that the US economy may be in recession, but he stressed that once the epidemic is contained, the US economy will rebound due to the backlog of demand and eventually achieve huge growth.
When asked about his performance during the epidemic, Trump still gave himself full marks without thinking.
Trump declared a national emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic on March 13. And in the news conference on Monday, Trump acknowledged for the first time that the U.S. economy may be heading for a recession. But still, he gave himself a perfect 10 out of 10 when asked how he would grade his response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump obviously did not come to participate in the "deformation meter" alone.
After the president’s tone turned, some remarks made by Fox TV in the United States also underwent a series of major reversals:
From "the worst case is the flu" to "this is a global pandemic that we have never seen before";
From "Covid-19’s more deadly statement is inconsistent with the facts" to "we are facing a highly infectious and dangerous virus";
From "this is the safest time to fly" to "we have the responsibility to slow down the spread of the virus";
Screenshot via @ micro-lost
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At a time when the global epidemic situation is still grim, it is certainly a good thing to see people’s attitude towards the epidemic is becoming more and more cautious.
I just don’t know if their faces will hurt when they look back at what they said.
