All outbound cruises to stop at midnight, per Trump (they already planned to)

[Dennis Donovan]

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Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump

At my request, effective midnight tonight, Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, and MSC have all agreed to suspend outbound cruises for thirty days. It is a great and important industry – it will be kept that way!

6:21 PM - Mar 13, 2020

Jeff Tiedrich calls out his bullshit about "his request"

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Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich

fact check: these cruise operators had already suspended operations, on their own, without waiting for your too-little-too-late half measures. but taking credit for other peoples' work is kind of your thing, so ... carry on sir! (source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2020/03/12/coronavirus-viking-cruises-suspends-cruise-operations-until-may-1/5030006002/ … )

Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich

I mean ... jfc, it took me all of ten seconds to google that. LIE BETTER

6:29 PM - Mar 13, 2020

[gopiscrap]

1. there goes our cruise

[renate]

5. that sucks

I'm sorry. I bet you've been looking forward to it for a long time.

[dewsgirl]

2. This should have been done over a month ago.

I guess better late than never.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. I watched 4 go out last weekend while the Regal Princess was off the coast of FL

...waiting for the all-clear to enter port after a suspected coronavirus case was assessed.

I'm very curious what been happening with them. No one is sick on board?

[dewsgirl]

7. I remember, did they all get off the ship eventually?

[Dennis Donovan]

8. I believe so. I don't recall a quarantine or anything else happening with it

It's off the west coast of Grand Bahama sailing toward FL as we speak (so it must've turned around and went back out on another cruise).

[GP6971]

3. I haven't seen anything

official from Carnival yet.

[XRubicon]

4. He stopped empty cruise ships that were already canceled

My fucking hero....

[Ligyron]

9. Trump isn't smart enough to come up w this.

One of his handlers maybe...