Trump Says He's Suspending All Travel From Europe for 30 Days
Source: Bloomberg
President Donald Trump said he will suspend all travel from Europe to the U.S. for the next 30 days, the most far-reaching measure yet in the administrations efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus.
The restrictions, which will not apply to the U.K., will go into effect Friday at midnight, he said Wednesday in an Oval Office address.
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Piratedog
(256 posts)Its already here!!!
C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)How's that supposed to work? And does he realize that planes don't fly one way?
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)It doesn't, if you assume the goal is to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
It makes perfect sense if you assume the goal is to induce additional chaos.
RockRaven
(14,782 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 11, 2020, 11:24 PM - Edit history (1)
All it means is everyone's going to have a layover in London. Which is fairly common to start with, depending on your origin/destination.
It is pointless, even malicious, in any case. But doing it half-assed when there is obvious work-around is that plus dumb.
C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)He ruined and bankrupted the Trump Shuttle (which he bought from Eastern Airlines)
earthside
(6,960 posts)And ... Croatians have to go to London first, then fly from there if they want to come to the U.S?
And ... billions of dollars in revenues to U.S. and European airlines will be lost?
(Sell airline stocks!!!)
What about private and/or charter flights ... for Trumps mega-wealthy pals, are those affected?
bucolic_frolic
(42,651 posts)Give them a tube of Alex Jones Traveler's Toothpaste. Won't that keep the virus out and cure Europeans?
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)there are a lot of Americans stuck in italy an other countries that have shut down. Colleges better get their students recalled.
Had to give him a shot or three the he was able to read the teleprompter
nilram
(2,879 posts)Warpy
(110,900 posts)in getting that emergency sick leave compensation through. Stuffing a foot up his team's asses to get more large scale testing done might have helped. Putting the SG in charge of the response might have done something.
Stranding travelers in Europe won't do a single fucking thing except feed the rabid bigots, starting with himself.
nature-lover
(1,451 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)generalbetrayus
(506 posts)both of his eyelids were drooping. And his voice was completely flat. Drugged? Sick? It's not like he hasn't been exposed to the COV-19 virus.
Warpy
(110,900 posts)Or was that a purely rhetorical question?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)mahina
(17,502 posts)If we look long enough well see how this benefits Vladimir.
How can any rational person support him? Its as if the stupidest bully in 5th grade jumped into a bad movie.
mwooldri
(10,291 posts)Because Trump has golf properties in the UK?
Because he thought Brexit detached the UK physically from Europe?
He wanted to do Boris a solid?
His almost closed eye I bet was him squinting at the teleprompter. Apparently he needs glasses to read but he's apparently too vain to wear them.
His sniffling worries me. He may already be sick from Covid-19. (I'd argue he's sick from other things but that's another thread altogether).
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Makes no sense
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)EU countries plus some other non-EU Schengen-area countries are the only ones affected.
iluvtennis
(19,756 posts)drive thru test centers, what about 14 days of pay for anyone affected by Covid-19, what about banning all events with over 250 ppl (Like Gov of Washington did), what about putting more scientists on team to find vaccine, etc.
Botany
(70,281 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,691 posts)He is supposed to be here for St. Patrick's Day.
Where's Guiliani?
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)The virus is already here. What's being done to test people to find out who fucking has this thing, which schools and companies etc. need to close temporarily? What's being done to get food and medical supplies to caretakers and people who are quarantined (including the elderly and immunosuppressed, like my mother)?
The payroll tax cut is useless if you live paycheck to paycheck, with no sick leave stay home if they're sick (or quarantined) 0% of $0 is still $0, fuck-tard.
As for low-interest small business loans, this is also not particularly helpful. My husband has a small business (40 employees). It's construction, so they can't work from home. He offers a week of sick pay, anything more than that he'll have to absorb, or start laying people off. If he gets a loan, he's still paying for people not working. We need FEDERAL PAID SICK LEAVE, STAT. Not a fucking loan.
Danascot
(4,662 posts)but that was really stupid.
Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)...I mean, depending on what you expect from him, that is.
HarlanPepper
(2,042 posts)I told my wife as he was speaking does he not understand that we could literally get on a plane to London tonight and take the Chunnel train and be in France, or points beyond, in a matter of hours? And then we could turn around and come home and nobody would be the wiser. Its moronic.
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)The focus should at this time be on finding a treatment regime that works because for now that is all we really can do.
ashredux
(2,593 posts)D
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CaptainTruth
(6,546 posts)So no one can travel to/from Europe for 30 days ... except for the 331 million US residents who can travel to/from Europe.
[link:https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/11/u-s-institutes-30-day-travel-ban-on-europe-taps-sba-and-tax-deferrals-to-stimulate-the-economy/|]
C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)Trump has no idea how any of this works. His idea is stupid... from every angle.
maddogesq
(1,245 posts)I would be serving a martini called the Layover45.
yonder
(9,631 posts)Polybius
(15,235 posts)The time for a ban was January, and only a worldwide one would have worked.
diva77
(7,604 posts)olddad65
(599 posts)Looks like a cheap imitation of an Alec Baldwin skit from SNL. Gotta give credit where credit is due. Hats of off to Vlad Putin. He pranked the greatest nation in the world into electing a complete fucking buffoon as the president. Greatest prank ever.
a la izquierda
(11,784 posts)Because we have no fucking clue what dickhead Donnie's next move is, I wasn't willing to get on a plane only to have to turn around and fly immediately home.