.MaddowBlog: Pres. Trump finds new way to defend misguided 'close to zero' claim
At the same event yesterday, the president,"I think what happens is, it's going to go away. This is going to go away. And whether it comes back in a modified form in the fall, we'll be able to handle it."
Part of the problem with this Trump rhetoric is that it's once again at odds with public-health experts. Indeed, as the, soon after yesterday's event, Dr. Anthony Fauci explained that the virus"is not going to disappear from the planet" and will almost certainly coming back.
The other part of the problem is the familiarity of the rhetoric. Trump's mantra from yesterday --"This is going to go away" -- is practicallyIf pandemics were responsive to rhetorical presidential repetition, Trump's misplaced happy talk would be welcome. But since viral outbreaks are indifferent to political optimism, perhaps the president should think of something different to say.
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