ABC News reports:
As global markets continue to tank, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average trading halted after diving more than 2000 points, and as at least 30 U.S. states and the District of Columbia reporting infections of the novel coronavirus President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on blaming the news media and the Democratic Party for hyping the outbreak and repeated that the risk is still low to “the average American.”
Later, about an hour after the markets plunged, Trump continued to engage in a confused narrative about the crisis that has often put him at odds with the messaging his own health experts are trying to get across. Over the weekend, while reported U.S. cases increased to more than 550 with at least 22 deaths in the U.S., Surgeon General Jerome Adams claimed that the virus is being contained in some areas, comparing it to a seasonal flu.
The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power (it used to be greater!) to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant. Surgeon General, “The risk is low to the average American.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
“Trump has outmastered the Deep State. He’s light years ahead of us.” MSDNC. I disagree. We have a long way to go. There are still some very bad, sick people in our government – people who do not love our Country (In fact, they hate our Country!).
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
The Obama/Biden Administration is the most corrupt Administration in the history of our Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
Great job being done by the @VP and the CoronaVirus Task Force. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
The BEST decision made was the toughest of them all – which saved many lives. Our VERY early decision to stop travel to and from certain parts of the world!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
So much FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
Good for the consumer, gasoline prices coming down!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
Saudi Arabia and Russia are arguing over the price and flow of oil. That, and the Fake News, is the reason for the market drop!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020