What Trump meant when he said he didn't want to spark panic:

[Baitball Blogger]

Does anyone believe that he cared how people would react in their personal lives? I think he was worried about one thing: How would a Covid panic affect the stock market?

It would be interesting to see how many of the inside people were able to move their finances around to protect them from a real panic.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Democratic lives in urban areas were expendable.

Turns out, he's killing the True Believers.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Exactly. He thinks the stock market is the economy,

and he was afraid a drop in the market would harm his re-election chances. He doesn't care if people panic; in fact, he thrives on it. He wants his low-information, racist white base to panic over rioting black people invading the suburbs and Mexicans raping their daughters.

[montanacowboy]

3. Bingo!

they rearranged their stock portfolios to leverage the best stocks, i.e. PPP, Ventilators, etc. maybe even caskets

these fuckers are all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[NoRoadUntravelled]

4. There is no instance, event or tragedy that he will not exploit.

His bottom line will never change and it will never matter to him how his decisions impact others. Unable and unwilling to take responsibility for any of his actions, he scrambles to find others to blame.

[grumpyduck]

5. I can see what went on inside his sewer of a brain:

"I have the best medical care in the world right here in the WH. Why the hell should I care if other people die?"