'We need the Wall!': Trump twists coronavirus fears to push his own agenda
As the threat of the coronavirus in the US grew and markets reeled amid growing uncertainty, Donald Trump on Tuesday promoted one of his signature policy proposals. “We need the Wall more than ever!” he tweeted. But the number of reported cases in Mexico is far lower than the number of cases in the US and there is no evidence that migrants traveling across the border have transmitted coronavirus to anyone in the US.
Trump has sought to downplay the severity of the public health crisis. And he has capitalized on the panic and disruption in some American communities to push for many of his longstanding campaign promises, including stricter border security, travel bans, tax cuts and lower interest rates.
The Federal Reserve made emergency interest rate cuts, and Trump has been pressuring the Fed to cut them down further. The president also met with Republican senators today to pitch them on a payroll tax cut which would benefit mostly affluent workers,
and have the effect of undermining Medicare and social security – institutions that Trump has long sought to cut back.
The president’s proposed 10-year budget, which signals huge cuts to the CDC, National Institutes of Health and other agencies, doesn’t bode well for the containment of coronavirus or other disease threats in the future.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/11/donald-trump-coronavirus-politics
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Take drumpf to his stupid wall, and have him do this over and over,
until 