Trump's Remarks in a Meeting with Recovered COVID-19 Patients; April 14, 2020

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REMARKS

Remarks by President Trump in a Meeting with Recovered COVID-19 Patients

HEALTHCARE

Issued on: April 14, 2020

Cabinet Room

12:02 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much, everybody. This is a group of people who, in many cases, became quite famous because they went through a lot having to do with the coronavirus. A tremendous amount. And a lot of them were covered, and we know them from the media. They’ve all got very interesting and very different stories to tell.

And I thought what I’d do is I’d go around the room. It’s an honor to have them at the White House. And they really are — they’re very brave. Some were right at the edge; they thought it was over. This is a rough — a rough plague. I call it the “plague.” I call it the “scourge.” I call it whatever you want to call it. It’s rough. It’s bad.

{snip}

So, if we could, we’ll go around the room. And if we could start with you, Representative. And congratulations. It’s an incredible story. Thank you.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHITSETT: Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you, Mr. Vice President. It’s such an honor to be here, and it’s such an honor to be here amongst all of you survivors.

I just can’t say how wonderful it is to see your face. And thank you for everything that you have done.

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHITSETT: I did not know that saying “thank you” had a political line. I didn’t know that.

THE PRESIDENT: Yeah.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHITSETT: I thought just saying “thank you” meant “thank you.” And I do. I sincerely appreciate that, because had you not brought this to the forefront of — the HQ — of being able to put this out here, I wouldn’t be here today to even have this conversation with you and to be able to talk about the needs of Detroit and talk about the people who really need this. And they need help.

THE PRESIDENT: Right.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHITSETT: And you’re here to address that. And I sincerely appreciate that from the both of you, from the bottom of my heart, and from the people of my city.

{snip}

Well, I want to thank you all. Jeff, could I ask you a question? You’re a great reporter and a nice man. Look at you with that mask. That’s good. You look very good. You actually look much better, I think. (Laughter.)

Q (Inaudible.)

THE PRESIDENT: But what do I know? Am I allowed to take Karen over to see the White House doctors, see if we can help her out a little bit with Lyme disease? Because Lyme disease is a problem and there are some answers. What do you think? Are you guys going to report me for being a horrible human being? For doing something illegal? Did I do something illegal?

Q We can’t advise you on that, sir.

THE PRESIDENT: And then impeach me. Then you’ll impeach me because I tried to help her out with her Lyme disease. Do you think maybe? Because I’d like to do that. What do you think? Should I do it?

Q I can’t advise you on that, sir. But I — I certainly hope that she —

THE PRESIDENT: See, they never like to take chances, but I do. So, we’ll take a chance on it. Okay?

Thank you very much. We’re going to have a news conference a little bit later. We’re going to announce the groups of people that are going to be talking to us.

We’ve made a lot progress today. You see what’s happening with our bump. Our big bump in the road. And our big bump is a lot less than a lot of people thought it would be because of the American people. They’ve been incredible.

So, I just want to thank everybody. We’ll have a news conference in a little while. We’re going to announce the people that we’ll be talking to. And I’m going to be making a decision pretty quickly.

And it’s being done in conjunction with governors. We have tremendous support from governors. And what I do is going to be done in conjunction with governors.

{snip}

END

12:44 P.M. EDT

[True Blue American]

1. Gag!

[Walleye]

2. They have become famous. The most important thing in trumpland

[riversedge]

3. Is there a video?

[kacekwl]

4. This is satire right ?

[marmar]

5. There's a basic empathy, an ability to be magnanimous......

.... that most human beings have that is completely absent in him. He really is a DSM case study waiting to happen.

[Scarsdale]

6. Jayzus H. Keeryst.

He could get the same reaction by handing each of them a $100 bill. Does he have sany idea what he is saying? I would not allow myself to stand in the same room as him, listening to his bullshit. He is a repulsive looking horror.