As the stock market continues to plummet, the deadly COVID-19 virus continues to spread like wildfire, and thousands of Americans continue to go untested due to lack of supplies, Donald Trump has recently started to double-down on his efforts to convince the masses that the potentially fatal and rapidly spreading coronavirus simply isn’t a big deal.
Of course, his motives behind his dismissal have next to nothing to do with the well-being of the public or even just keeping panic to a minimum and everything to do with his rapidly dwindling chances at reelection. It’s not as though he’s working hard behind the scenes while trying to keep the mass concern at bay. The dude is just downright ignoring the issue — leaving thousands trapped on a cruise ship, refusing to get tests distributed properly, constantly lying about the severity of the issue as well as when a vaccine can be expected, and even encouraging symptomatic folks to go ahead and go to work because it’s just not that big a deal.
Though I should actually say, he’s ignoring it when it comes to us commoners out here in the real world anyway.
During a recent Fox News town hall, as part of his effort to double down on his “no worries” philosophy regarding COVID-19, Trump declared that he intends to continue to shake hands and hug people throughout this outbreak because it’s just what politicians do and he’s really not that worried about it at the end of the day.
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But like pretty much everything that comes out of Donald Trump’s mouth, a recent video making its way around social media has proven that number 45 has once again lied.
Over the weekend, as the Trump family partied it up at their Mar-a-Lago resort, Donald was caught on video refusing to do what he swore he’d continue to do as COVID-19 continues to spread when he rejected a handshake from a supporter.
Here’s video of @realDonaldTrump refusing to shake the hand of a supporter this weekend. I thought he said he was gonna keep shaking hands and hugging people. I guess that was another lie. If he’s worried about coronavirus, maybe he should’ve been fighting it instead of partying. pic.twitter.com/3xSkgYIvfm
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) March 9, 2020
Now, that doesn’t look anything like a “friendly,” “unconcerned” politician doing the friendly, unconcerned politician thing, Donnie.
That looks like a president who’s already been exposed to that nasty virus thanks to the recent CPAC, who’s full of shit and doesn’t want to risk himself again.
As Dworkin said, perhaps if you’re so worried about the illness, do something about it instead of ignoring it while you party your weekend away as more and more human beings die around the globe.
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