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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."
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."
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He Knew in January.... (Original Post)
spanone
Apr 2020
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)1. He was told very clearly in January
I suspect that he still doesn't know.
chicoescuela
(1,023 posts)2. Won't make a difference in 45% of voters. He is truly bullet proof.
Permanut
(5,593 posts)3. Assuming, of course, that someone read it to him..
with an accompanying cartoon and crayons.
Baitball Blogger
(46,697 posts)4. Was it longer than 1 page?
Trump has a special disability compensation with anything longer than one page.
handmade34
(22,756 posts)5. of course he did...