Showing posts with label panic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label panic. Show all posts

Monday, September 14, 2020

Infectious-disease expert Michael Osterholm: "Telling the truth never causes panic" - Axios

Michael Osterholm, a renowned infectious-disease expert and the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that leaders must tell the truth when it comes to public health and that "telling the truth never causes panic."
https://www.axios.com/michael-osterholm-covid-trump-truth-panic-07a2cf5b-6507-48f8-97de-35b4bdb65368.html

Chris Wallace Confronts Trump Campaign Adviser, Says Trump ‘Plays the Panic Card All the Time’

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace on Sunday repeatedly confronted Trump senior campaign adviser Steve Cortes over President Donald Trump’s assertion that he intentionally downplayed coronavirus because he didn’t want to “panic” the public, noting that the president “plays the panic card all the time” on a handful of other issues.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/chris-wallace-confronts-trump-campaign-adviser-says-trump-plays-the-panic-card-all-the-time

Sunday, September 13, 2020

Opinion | Relax and do not panic. Donald Trump is in charge. - The Washington Post

If you want to know why President Trump didn’t tell the American people what he knew about the coronavirus when he knew it — that it was much worse than even a “strenuous flu,” that it was airborne and extremely deadly — his explanation is quite simple: He did not want anyone to panic. He wanted people to keep calm.
That is his way! A calm, steady leadership that does not want anyone to be alarmed.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/11/relax-do-not-panic-donald-trump-is-charge/

Friday, September 11, 2020

Mike Pence busted for ‘flat-out lie’ defending Trump from Woodward tapes: ‘You are complicit’ – Raw Story

"It's important to remember" these things that never happened. Because that's how cults and brainwashing work.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/mike-pence-busted-for-flat-out-lie-defending-trump-from-woodward-tapes-you-are-complicit/


Fox News immediately spins Trump’s Woodward tapes

On September 9, CNN and The Washington Post reported that Donald Trump had privately acknowledged to journalist Bob Woodward the seriousness of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 last winter while also acknowledging that he wanted to downplay the pandemic. Fox News personalities immediately and repeatedly whitewashed the revelations, instead defending Trump, claiming the real problem is that he talked to Woodward at all, and portraying Trump as the hero for misleading the American public.
https://youtu.be/5GiPH_Fk5lw

Bob Woodward and the Nihilism of "LOL Nothing Matters" Republicans - The Bulwark

Real people are dying. Real people are hurting. And all of this matters.
https://thebulwark.com/bob-woodward-and-the-nihilism-of-lol-nothing-matters-republicans/

Woodward tapes: Trump’s “no panic” spin is incoherent - Vox

Trump’s initial attempt to downplay revelations he misled about the coronavirus is at odds with everything we know about him.
https://www.vox.com/2020/9/10/21430570/trump-woodward-tapes-calm-no-panic

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Bob Woodward book: In Trump interviews for 'Rage,' president says he downplayed coronavirus threat - The Washington Post

President Trump’s head popped up during his top-secret intelligence briefing in the Oval Office on Jan. 28 when the discussion turned to the coronavirus outbreak in China. “This will be the biggest national security threat you face in your presidency,” national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien told Trump, according to a new book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward. “This is going to be the roughest thing you face.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump/2020/09/09/0368fe3c-efd2-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Trump turning to white supremacist rhetoric amid panic over reelection - Business Insider

President Donald Trump in recent days shared tweets depicting Black people as violent and asked why people weren't protesting over it, which came amid nationwide demonstrations over racism and police brutality. These tweets echoed the rhetoric of white supremacists, and are part of a broader strategy from Trump to exploit fear and prejudice as he fights to salvage his vulnerable reelection campaign. ....
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-turning-to-white-supremacist-rhetoric-amid-panic-over-reelection-2020-6

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

This is Trump in panic mode -- CNN

President Trump's actions after last week show he is conflicted about his own competence and is turning to a military man like John Kelly to solve all his problems, says Michael D'Antonio. ....
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/01/opinions/trump-military-men-kelly-opinion-dantonio/index.html







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