BREAKING: Trump plans to declare a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak (UPDATE)

[Dennis Donovan]

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Jennifer Jacobs ✔@JenniferJJacobs

////BREAKING: Trump plans to declare a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak, invoking the Stafford Act to open the door to more federal aid for states and municipalities, sources tell me, @jendeben and @SalehaMohsin

11:21 AM - Mar 13, 2020

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Jim Acosta ✔@Acosta

Trump is expected to make an emergency declaration and invoke authorities under the Stafford Act to respond to the Coronavirus later this afternoon, we are told. Details of the declaration were under discussion as of this morning.

12:27 PM - Mar 13, 2020

[SiliconValley_Dem]

1. Way too late. But this is necessary

And completely undercuts everything he, his flunkies, and fauxnews have been pimping about a hoax

[KewlKat]

2. I hope this won't give him the power to delay or cancel our elections this fall?

I don’t trust the liar. He always has a motive for his actions...what is the advantage to dTrump by invoking this?

[Merlot]

12. Any president doesn't have that power, it can't be given to him.

[emmaverybo]

3. Better late than never. Important.

[PSPS]

5. Oh boy! More money for The Wall!!111!!

[Dennis Donovan]

6. Kick

[greenjar_01]

7. ABOUT FUCKING TIME

[fleur-de-lisa]

8. So, not a liberal hoax?

[bullwinkle428]

9. OH NOES!! How will this affect Sean Hannity's scriptwriters?

[MerryBlooms]

10. Stock Market reaction not good.

[malaise]

11. Why - it's a Democratic Party Hoax

[Dennis Donovan]

13. Kick for updated OP

[GusBob]

14. I believe the golf term is a "mulligan"

He wants to try a do-over from his shit show of an oval office speech, try to appear "presidential"

Is it a press conference? He will fuck it up one way or the other

A million bucks says he mentions Obama and he gets a dig in at Pelosi, Biden and Blue states

[Dennis Donovan]

16. I predict it will be worse than the Oval Office speech

One of two things will happen:

He'll dismiss the teleprompter and just do his usual stream-of-semi-consciousness nonsense (and the market will crash again) or...

He'll appear, puffing heavily and sweating profusely, and collapse on-camera from COVID-19 (and the market gains +4000 points).

[GusBob]

18. Yep its being billed as a "news conference"

His hatred for the press will make him creepy as ever

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. Do everything to make it worse, then swoop in late and make lots of noise doing little.

[Sugar Smack]

17. HOPING to God this isn't some kind of

dog-whistle.

[GeorgeGist]

19. He must have tested positive.