Jerry Shugart
Well-known member
The only reason for downplaying it would be to hope it could be kept under control. It wasn't.
But you said the following earlier about what he knew:
"He knew how serious it was, he knew it was going to escalate to the point whereby a national emergency was going to be enforced."
First you said the Trump knew that it was going to escalate to a national emergency and then you said the he hoped that it could be kept under control.
You are totally confused as usual! Which is it, did he know that it was going to be a national emergency or did he think it could be kept under control?
You still haven't told us what self serving political advantage Trump though was his for downplaying the virus.