President Donald Trump apparently told GOP donors that he sees a benefit to the coronavirus crisis, thinking that it will help him promote his political agenda and develop assistance for blocking U.S. borders.
Trump was at his personal Mar-a-Lago resort last weekend, together with a mix of donors attending the Republican politician National Committee retreat; friends celebrating the birthday of Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is dating Donald Trump Jr.; and a delegation from Brazil that consisted of a minimum of a single person who later on evaluated positive for coronavirus.
According to a GOP donor who talked to The Washington Post, Trump appeared positive that he wouldn’t take any blame for mishandling the crisis which 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 privacy to quote the president’s personal remarks. Despite big drops in the stock exchange, the president seemed eager to spin the prospective upside– that the closing of borders all over the world would promote his “America First” program.
” Particular markets are going to be struck really hard– cruise liner and airlines and certain industries,” the president said, according to the guest. “However at the same time, I have actually been saying for a very long time people should stay in our nation and travel in our nation, which’s going to take place.”
The White Home did not instantly return an ask for remark.
From the beginning, Trump has actually appeared to be more concerned about closing off borders than taking other procedures to fight the disease. During his first address to the nation on the topic, he characterized it as a “ foreign virus” and touted his travel restrictions with China.
The Department of Homeland Security has also used the illness
