Trump Reportedly Sees Upside To Coronavirus: Promoting His Closed Borders Agenda
President Donald Trump reportedly told GOP donors that he sees an upside to the coronavirus crisis, believing that it will help him promote his political agenda and build support for closing off U.S. borders.
Trump was at his private Mar-a-Lago resort last weekend, along with a mix of donors attending the Republican National Committee retreat; friends celebrating the birthday of Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is dating Donald Trump Jr.; and a delegation from Brazil that included at least one person who later tested positive for coronavirus.
According to a GOP donor who spoke with The Washington Post, Trump seemed confident that he wouldn’t take any blame for mishandling the crisis and that there could even be a benefit to the pandemic ― a boost for his own political agenda:
At his resort that evening, Trump told the donors that “nobody is blaming us” for the virus, according to an account from another guest who asked for anonymity to quote the president’s private remarks. Despite big drops in the stock markets, the president seemed eager to spin the potential upside — that the closing of borders around the world would promote his “America First” agenda.
“Certain industries are going to be hit very hard — cruise ships and airlines and certain industries,” the president said, according to the guest. “But at the same time, I’ve been saying for a long time people should stay in our country and travel in our country, and that’s going to happen.”
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-coronavirus-borders-america-first-191456027.html
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