ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday became a broad defense of the way his administration has handled the coronavirus outbreak, and was splattered with account adjustments , exaggerations and evocations of his impeachment. As financial markets slow and the virus spreads, Trump once again tried to placate the growing concern that has led to reductions in travel and event cancellation across the country. But the representative, who was carrying a red cap from his campaign with the slogan “Keep America Big,” repeatedly strayed from his reassuring message.
Trump said the Washington state Democratic governor, who is facing the most serious situation with the virus in the country, is a “snake.” The representative said he would prefer people exposed to the virus on a cruise ship to be left on board so that it is not counted in the total number of infections. And he falsely claimed that there was evidence available to all who would like to be examined immediately to see if they have the virus. He also hinted that the test for the coronavirus is “painstakingly perfect” in its effectiveness. The representative thus made a comparison with the July phone call he held with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, which led to him being impeached. Trump, acquittttttded by the Senate last month, insisted he did nothing wrong. Before leaving Washington, the president enacted a bill at the White House that allocates $8.3 billion for coronavirus response measures, and told the public, “Keep calm. He’ll go.” We have very low numbers compared to important countries around the world. Our numbers are below virtually any other,” he said of the virus’s cases in the United States. The White House announced hours before that the representative’s trip to that unit had been cancelled because of fears that there was an infected person there, but it came back negative and ultimately Trump did. During his visit to the CDC, Trump praised the level of hearing for his Q&A session this week on Fox News and mocked a CNN reporter. He interrupted Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar as he tried to advise Americans to be patient. And, although this week he called for bipartisan work to deal with the virus crisis, Trump said he asked Vice President Mike Pence not to be a flattering man during his meeting Thursday with Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington because “it’s a snake.”
