WASHINGTON — At the White House, aides now routinely flout internal rules requiring face masks. The president's campaign is again scheduling mass arena rallies. And he is back to spending summer weekends at his New Jersey golf club.
Amid renewed fears of a virus resurgence, financial markets — frequently highlighted by Trump as a sign of economic recovery — suffered their worst drop since March on Thursday. The market opened on the upside Friday morning. He said COVID-19 cases are increasing only in certain spots of the country, but that nationally, the rates of new cases and fatalities have flattened out. “There is no emergency,” Kudlow said."There is no second wave. I don’t know where that got started on Wall Street.”
At the White House, the coronavirus task force has dramatically scaled back both its visibility and its operations. It now meets once or twice a week on an as-needed basis instead of every day. Within the White House complex, many staffers have been flouting directions issued last month to limit their entry to the West Wing and advising “everyone who enters the West Wing to wear a mask or facial covering” unless they are sitting at their desks and at least 6 feet away from colleagues. The directive came after two White House officials — the vice president’s press secretary and a presidential valet — tested positive for the virus, sending panic waves through the building.
The visual return to normalcy comes as the country surpassed 2 million COVID-19 cases this week, with new hot spots emerging in battleground states like Arizona and cases rising in nearly half of states, according to an Associated Press analysis. Though some states that have moved quickly to reopen have not seen a surge, others have seen escalations.
Several leaders of government and police have pledged change to the causes of the violence and discrimination. We can only hope. However Trump refused to address this. He called the protesters 'terrorists' and threatened 'overwhelming force' and pandered to his 'core' for votes.
THE BUSINESS OF WATCHING TV.
I others words a Klan rally.
Seems like no protesters had any problems... or rioters. And the media downplayed it all!! Huge funeral... no problem
The Daily Beast thedailybeast · 3h According to a new book, the first lady used that delay in her arrival to the White House in 2017 as leverage to help her negotiate better financial terms in her prenuptial agreement with the president
The protesters were downplaying the virus while Yahoo news was cheering them up lol . Your hate has blinded you . One of your staff that posted this is as foolish as a goat . Goback to sleep
You, yes, you and your comrades in the media, downplayed any risks when you enthusiastically covered thousands marching shoulder-to-shoulder in the streets. We noticed.
DOING NOTHING BUT TWEETING NONSENSE.
The protesters were downplaying virus risk too! Am i right?