Did his about-face have anything to do with his own financial situation?
BY BESS LEVIN
MARCH 24, 2020
... Trump’s coronavirus journey has gone from telling people the disease is bad and they should stay home to pushing to “open up” the country by Easter, even if it means hundreds of thousands .. dying as a result ... But .. It’s possible Trump is suddenly gung ho about getting people back to work .. because — and you may want to sit down for this — his own financial situation will suffer otherwise ...
... the Trump Organization .. closed properties in Doral, Florida, Las Vegas, Ireland, Scotland, Bedminster, New Jersey, and Palm Beach, Florida, the home of Mar-a-Lago. According to the Post, those hotels and clubs represent six of Trump’s top revenue-producing businesses, bringing in .. $478,000 per day ...
Incidentally, the Trump Organization has not said if it would apply for a bailout of the industry were Congress to create one, nor has the president himself, saying Sunday: “Everything’s changing, just so you understand, it’s all changing. But I have no idea.” The Trump hotel in downtown Chicago, according to the Post, has thus far also opted not to participate in a program to quarantine people with the virus who do not currently require hospital care ...
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/trump-organization-properties-coronavirus
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