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Trump (With Enormous Pupils) Claims Stock Market is Sliding Because of Democrats … Then Admits Coronavirus is a Factor
Donald Trump tapped Vice President Mike Pence to lead the government response to the coronavirus, and then seemingly blamed Democrats for the stock market slide.
“I’m going to be putting our vice president, Mike Pence, in charge. And Mike will be working with the professionals,” Trump said during a rare appearance in the White House briefing room.
“Mike is going to be in charge, and Mike will report back to me,” he added. “But he’s got a certain talent for this.”
Trump’s comments in the briefing room and his decision to make Pence the point person represented an effort to bolster public confidence about his administration’s response to the virus, which has spread quickly across the globe.
Trump announces that Mike Pence will be his coronavirus czar pic.twitter.com/ika9XERoRo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 26, 2020
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The administration has come under vigorous criticism from members of both parties over its initial response.
On Tuesday, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned it would inevitably spread in the United States, even as one top Trump economic adviser said it was contained in the U.S., describing it as “airtight.”
There are currently less than 60 cases of coronavirus in the U.S., but CDC official Dr. Nancy Messonnier on Tuesday made it clear there would certainly be more cases in the U.S.
Putting Pence in charge will likely lend authority to the federal response to the coronavirus, a needed bonus for an administration that has been marred by credibility issues.
It was also noted by a few people on Twitter that Trump’s pupils are rather large, and that’s never a good sign:
Trump’s pupils looked odd during coronavirus address. pic.twitter.com/47UNsbTsOL
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) February 26, 2020
Damn, look at this…Trump’s pupils are the size of dimes.
Just a live unedited snapshot from Trump’s coronavirus TV address, 19 past the hour. pic.twitter.com/k1DPuPRIVv
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) February 27, 2020
Is Trump on drugs?
Trump’s eyes. Looks drugged. pic.twitter.com/4Dg9enrSWX
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) February 26, 2020
Moving along, Trump then blamed the crash of the stock market on Democrats…and then admitted that yes, it is also because of coronavirus, was it was telling he blamed Democrats first. (Democrats had nothing to do with it.)
Trump blames the stock market slide first and foremost on Democrats, not the coronavirus outbreak pic.twitter.com/dWQNcRXYsw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2020
And then he did it again…blamed the Democrats:
Trump again absurdly blames a stock market slide that mostly happened Monday on a Democratic debate that took place Tuesday night pic.twitter.com/TtRcU9moLZ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2020
I think Nancy Pelosi said it best:
"I don't think the president knows what he's talking about — once again," Pelosi on Trump saying Coronavirus is under control. pic.twitter.com/SrTQziHTej
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 26, 2020
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