Trump sounds like he could make a move that would make the coronavirus pandemic even worse

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Listen and read between the lines of some of Trump's press conferences, and pay attention to what some of his friends and allies are saying, and you may notice that he's toying with the idea of starting a trade war in the middle of a global pandemic.

More than once this week Trump has complained about European Union nations that have put export restrictions on vital coronavirus fighting supplies. His ally, GOP Rep. Doug Collins, wrote a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to restrict the trade of US supplies.

And earlier this week White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Trump would sign an executive order requiring government agencies to "buy American" when building equipment to fight the coronavirus pandemic in a bid to bring parts of the medical supply chain back to the US.

The move was largely panned. The US Chamber of Commerce and other business groups wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin urging him to oppose the measure as it would only exacerbate supply constraints and shortages of necessary goods.

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-sounds-could-move-coronavirus-122600791.html

[tanyev]

1. Because there's absolutely no situation that Donald Trump can't make exponentially worse.

[lark]

2. I keep saying they are killing us on purpose and they keep raising the ante.

I am so worried about what this fuckhead is going to do to us with his 500 billion slush fund and now I see that in the middle of a huge supplies shortage, where restaurants can't get the food they need to stay open, and we are running out of critical medicines, he wants to make it far far worse just to placate his hate and to punish us for not worshipping him sufficiently? Of course, this is just step one of him remaking America into a rw fascist nation. AFter he steals the election, expect SS, Medicare cut to the bone if not killed effectively giving all the working class savings to the rich and the asshole in charge, Then free public school is ended and all labor and environmental laws permanently ended They and their compliant news media will yell - WE;RE IN A FINANCIAL DISASTER AND WILL GO UNDER IF WORKERS ARE ALLOWED THE MONEY THEY EARNED, SO IT MUST BE TAKEN SO AMERICA (AKA THE OLIGARCHS) SURVIVES AND THRIVES. Besides our workers are rich compared to anywhere else and they can afford this for the good of the country, he's already used this line so it's definitely in his head. Watch.

[Danascot]

3. He's done NOTHING but make things worse!

[Judi Lynn]

4. He and his cohorts derive their profits from working against the well-being of the human race. n/t