Trump to Declare National Emergency to Speed Virus Response
Source: Bloomberg
President Donald Trump plans to declare a national emergency on Friday over the coronavirus outbreak, invoking the Stafford Act to open the door to more federal aid for states and municipalities, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Trump is under increasing pressure to act as governors and mayors nationwide step up actions to mitigate the spread, closing schools and canceling public events. The president said he will hold a news conference at 3 p.m.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-13/trump-to-declare-national-emergency-to-speed-virus-response
RockRaven
(15,006 posts)This ain't a junior high school homework assignment. Unnecessarily and harmfully late. He gets a zero.
BigmanPigman
(51,630 posts)DownriverDem
(6,231 posts)this doesn't mean he can call off the election. I don't trust him or anything that comes out of the White House.
Botany
(70,588 posts)marble falls
(57,246 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Javaman
(62,534 posts)and that it will be HE who will "save" the nation.
dhill926
(16,358 posts)with no pushback. Same as the asshole blaming Obama. So sick of this shit...
barbtries
(28,811 posts)jeez i am so sick and tired of this man.
BumRushDaShow
(129,522 posts)Link to tweet
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@RepSpeier
So @POTUS declares a national emergency to build a wall but doesnt declare a national emergency when thousands of Americans are at risk of dying? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2020/03/13/daily-202-democrats-want-trump-to-declare-the-coronavirus-outbreak-a-national-emergency-he-s-hesitating/5e6b2586602ff10d49acacc8/?tid=ss_tw
Analysis | The Daily 202: Democrats want Trump to declare the coronavirus outbreak a national...
Jared Kushner is taking a more active role in the White Houses response to the pandemic.
washingtonpost.com
10:55 AM - Mar 13, 2020
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)rump? Shove the damn politics and do your job, idiot. Or get out the way and let numerous others step in, who are far better qualified to deal w/ this crisis then you.
Resign.
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)tanyev
(42,620 posts)Turbineguy
(37,370 posts)That gives the markets an hour to collapse.
sakabatou
(42,176 posts)D_Master81
(1,822 posts)My how things change in a week
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)Can't wait to find out who profits this time.
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)olddad65
(599 posts)And declaring 4 more years of his rule.
LudwigPastorius
(9,178 posts)has some information on the additional powers that Trump will have after declaring a national emergency. (Spoiler Alert: It's terrifying)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/
gab13by13
(21,408 posts)Declaring a national emergency will give Trump tremendous more power than he already has. He can ban internet sites and only keep up sites that are pro Trump. He can deploy troops to US streets. This national declaration emergency is not going to turn out well.
sarisataka
(18,774 posts)We already have 27 active national emergencies, yes?
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,617 posts)sarisataka
(18,774 posts)That goes all the way back to Carter. Declaring an emergency today gives Trump nothing he doesn't already have. It just specifies what purpose resources should be used on