After I feared being defeated
Trump changes his rhetoric about the Corona virus
Trump pledged on Tuesday to adopt a "robust strategy" to contain the "virus" and to ensure rapid distribution of the world's first available vaccine. Father
About a month ago, US President Donald Trump said that the Corona virus is "dying" in the United States. At a time when the pandemic was hitting large areas of the country, Trump said the threat was over. Health officials throughout the country were begging him to pay more attention to the growing health crisis, while he did not care about them.
Last Tuesday, however, President Trump changed his words, speaking of a pessimistic assessment of the Corona pandemic. Finally, he adopted a method that his advisors had hoped to accept in his response to the Corona pandemic.
Compared to what he said in the past, Trump's speech a few days ago hints that there are important changes on the way to the administration, as the president and his aides re-focus their attention on the first threat that prevents the president from remaining in the White House for a second term, which is the Corona virus. The president’s speech also suggested that the various parties in the White House had reached a breakthrough at last.
A senior White House official said that Trump's relatively disciplined performance is likely to neutralize the objections raised by some aides in recent days regarding his permission to participate in the televised press conference regarding the Corona virus.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, senior advisor to the president and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as well as other advisers in the president's campaign for re-election, had advised him to focus his election campaign on the economy, not on the Corona virus.
But the US President, after weeks of pressure on schools to reopen them, and start implementing Trump's plan to revitalize the US economy, pledged on Tuesday to adopt a "strong strategy" to contain the virus, and to ensure the rapid distribution of the first vaccine available in the world. He described the virus as a "Chinese virus", and claimed that many other countries were begging the United States for help.
And at the start of the pandemic, Trump refused to warn of an increase in the number of infected people as a result of increased testing. After the increase in the number of people who were hospitalized due to the virus, he said in a letter on the fourth of May last, that "99%" of Corona's injuries are "absolutely harmless", which is the sentence that bothered some members of the Special Force to fight Corona in his administration, because it was inconsistent with what This is confirmed by the scientific evidence that says that the risk of "Corona" is greater than we think. But as a result of the changed tone of the rhetoric of prominent Republican Party officials, in addition to pressure from Vice President Mike Pence, and senior medical officials, Trump and his close aides were forced to reassess their approach to the Corona pandemic. Last Tuesday, Trump said, with only his press secretary and a number of journalists, with him: “This Chinese virus is brutal and causes a dangerous disease. Some areas in our country are achieving good results in fighting it, while other parts are still less than that.
Prior to the press conference, one of the administration employees said that the president is likely to appear on a weekly basis, to speak from the press conference room or from the Flower Garden, to inform the public about the latest news of Corona, the developments that have been made regarding the Corona vaccine, and the efforts The other is aimed at improving the economy, and reopening educational and entertainment facilities for children.
And while Trump finally stood on the rostrum, it was clear that his aides had convinced him to start with a new tone. The president struggled to talk about his opponent in the 2020 elections, or to give a persuasive message to the public for re-election, but he deviated from the topic once, to answer a question regarding the arrest of Gillin Maxwell, partner of Jeffrey Epstein, convicted of sexual crimes against minors, who died on Thursday. Prison last summer.
Trump refused to warn of an increase in the number of infected people, as a result of the increased testing. After the increase in the number of people who were hospitalized due to the virus, he said in a letter on the fourth of May, that "99%" of Corona's injuries are "absolutely harmless."