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President Donald Trump reportedly told GOP donors that he sees an upside to the coronavirus crisis, believing that it will help him promote his political agenda and build support for closing off U.S. borders.
Trump was at his private Mar-a-Lago resort last weekend, along with a mix of donors attending the Republican National Committee retreat; friends celebrating the birthday of Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is dating Donald Trump Jr.; and a delegation from Brazil that included at least one person who later tested positive for coronavirus.
According to a GOP donor who spoke with The Washington Post, Trump seemed confident that he wouldnt take any blame for mishandling the crisis and that there could even be a benefit to the pandemic ― a boost for his own political agenda:
At his resort that evening, Trump told the donors that nobody is blaming us for the virus, according to an account from another guest who asked for anonymity to quote the presidents private remarks. Despite big drops in the stock markets, the president seemed eager to spin the potential upside that the closing of borders around the world would promote his America First agenda.
Certain industries are going to be hit very hard cruise ships and airlines and certain industries, the president said, according to the guest. But at the same time, Ive been saying for a long time people should stay in our country and travel in our country, and thats going to happen.
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-coronavirus-borders-america-first-191456027.html
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)doc03
(35,364 posts)shut down the illegals coming from Mexico..Do they even have the virus in Mexico yet?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)lame54
(35,321 posts)Mexico is going to build and pay for the wall to keep us out
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)The losses to be sustained from COVID-19 will rival the cost of his wall.