Trump misrepresents travel restrictions he is imposing on travel between United States and Europe

[mahatmakanejeeves]

The large print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.

David Fahrenthold Retweeted

In a primetime address to millions of Americans, President Trump misrepresented the travel restrictions he is imposing on travel between the United States and Europe.
They are severe -- but not the total suspension of travel from Europe to the US that Trump described.
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So far I've heard stunning clarifications tonight about: 1) the European travel ban, which is actually v limited; 2) the halt on cargo/trade, which appears to have been an error (whose?); and 3) the waivers on copayments for covid19 treatments, which only apply to testing.

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OneMileContainmentHat Retweeted

This official tweet—which has the wrong information—is still up.

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[cyclonefence]

1. Who would want to travel to the US

where coronavirus is out of control, where virtually no one has been tested, where the damn crackpot president makes a show of shaking everybody's hand? I would think other countries would pass legislation keeping us out of their territory.

Friends of ours, right now traveling in Norway, have no desire to return to the US. They'd rather be in a country where sick people get treated than in one where sick people aren't even tested for disease.