The Intellectualist: WH Tipped Off GOP Investors On COVID Danger While Publicly Saying All Was Fine

[Nevilledog]

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BREAKING1. On Feb. 24, President Trump tweeted that the U.S. had the coronavirus under control, but that same day, senior members of his economic team privately told members of the conservative Hoover Institution they were not so confident. https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/wh-tipped-off-gop-investors-on-covid-danger-while-publicly-saying-all-was-fine-2KCWeJpAfEiTrAM00jZ9cw …

2. According to a document obtained by The New York Times, “Tomas J. Philipson, a senior economic adviser to the president, told the group he could not yet estimate the effects of the virus on the American economy.” https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/wh-tipped-off-gop-investors-on-covid-danger-while-publicly-saying-all-was-fine-2KCWeJpAfEiTrAM00jZ9cw …

3. Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, followed up the next day saying publicly that the virus was contained “pretty close to airtight” but told board members it was “contained in the U.S., to date, but now we just don’t know.” https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/wh-tipped-off-gop-investors-on-covid-danger-while-publicly-saying-all-was-fine-2KCWeJpAfEiTrAM00jZ9cw …

4.“The document, written by a hedge fund consultant who attended the three-day gathering of Hoover’s board, was stark.”(NYT)Hedge fund veteran William Callanan wrote that nearly every official raised the virus “as a point of concern, totally unprovoked.” https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/wh-tipped-off-gop-investors-on-covid-danger-while-publicly-saying-all-was-fine-2KCWeJpAfEiTrAM00jZ9cw …

5. The circulating memo made a clear implication: “The president’s aides appeared to be giving wealthy party donors an early warning of a potentially impactful contagion at a time when Mr. Trump was publicly insisting that the threat was nonexistent.” https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/wh-tipped-off-gop-investors-on-covid-danger-while-publicly-saying-all-was-fine-2KCWeJpAfEiTrAM00jZ9cw …

6. The NYT interviewed 8 people who either had copies of or were briefed on the memo, showing how “elite traders had access to information from the administration that helped them gain financial advantage during a chaotic three days” for global markets. https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/wh-tipped-off-gop-investors-on-covid-danger-while-publicly-saying-all-was-fine-2KCWeJpAfEiTrAM00jZ9cw …

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[Blue Owl]

1. A bunch of greedy, depraved fucks