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spanone

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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 11:08 AM Apr 2020

He Knew in January....




Navarro memos warning of mass coronavirus death circulated in January

In late January, President Trump's economic adviser Peter Navarro warned his White House colleagues the novel coronavirus could take more than half a million American lives and cost close to $6 trillion, according to memos obtained by Axios.

The state of play: By late February, Navarro was even more alarmed, and he warned his colleagues, in another memo, that up to two million Americans could die of the virus.

Navarro's grim estimates are set out in two memos — one dated Jan. 29 and addressed to the National Security Council, the other dated Feb. 23 and addressed to the president. The NSC circulated both memos around the White House and multiple agencies.

In the first memo, which the New York Times was first to report on, Navarro makes his case for "an immediate travel ban on China."
The second lays the groundwork for supplemental requests from Congress, with the warning: "This is NOT a time for penny-pinching or horse trading on the Hill."


https://www.axios.com/exclusive-navarro-deaths-coronavirus-memos-january-da3f08fb-dce1-4f69-89b5-ea048f8382a9.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top





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He Knew in January.... (Original Post) spanone Apr 2020 OP
He was told very clearly in January Sherman A1 Apr 2020 #1
Won't make a difference in 45% of voters. He is truly bullet proof. chicoescuela Apr 2020 #2
Assuming, of course, that someone read it to him.. Permanut Apr 2020 #3
Was it longer than 1 page? Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 #4
of course he did... handmade34 Apr 2020 #5
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