Trump made a major misstatement on national TV about how health insurers are paying for coronavirus care, and it reveals the dysfunction of his administration's response
Frequently Trump's base is extremely concerned whenever VP Biden misspeaks. They race to repeat the conspiracy theory that Biden has dementia that was maliciously started by his opponents & fueled by Russian troll farms. Simply misspeaking while making unscripted comments isn't a sign of dementia. Trump's comments weren't just off-the-cuff. They weren't trivial like goofing up about a line in the Declaration of Independence.
His speech was planned out & hugely important. His error had huge consequence, not a trivial one. I do think it's important to discuss Trump having misspoken since it IMMENSE impact, with the Dow plummeting today due to increased worry about his competency.
Zoomers what are your thoughts on this?
Please don't post here if you weren't born during /after 1999 but feel free to read the article.
In his nationally-televised address Wednesday night, President Donald Trump made a major misstatement about how health insurers are paying for services related to the testing and treatment of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 that revealed the dysfunction of his administration's response to the crisis.
The speech ended up raising more questions than it answered and sowed more confusion and fear about the administration's coronavirus response as officials -- including Trump -- had to clarify or walk back three of the major policy announcements Trump made in his speech.
After Trump sparked panic by announcing a 30-day ban on travel from Europe to the US to limit the virus' spread, his own Department of Homeland Security clarified that the ban would exempt US citizens and permanent citizens and exclude major regions, including the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Trump made another major announcement in his speech by telling Americans — many of them anxious about affording coronavirus testing or treatment — that many major health insurers would not only cover the costs of coronavirus treatment in insurance plans, but also waive co-payments for all coronavirus treatments.
In his speech, Trump said: "Earlier this week, I met with the leaders of health insurance industry who have agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments, extend insurance coverage to these treatments, and to prevent surprise medical billing."
Frequently Trump's base is extremely concerned whenever VP Biden misspeaks. They race to repeat the conspiracy theory that Biden has dementia that was maliciously started by his opponents & fueled by Russian troll farms. Simply misspeaking while making unscripted comments isn't a sign of dementia. Trump's comments weren't just off-the-cuff. They weren't trivial like goofing up about a line in the Declaration of Independence.
His speech was planned out & hugely important. His error had huge consequence, not a trivial one. I do think it's important to discuss Trump having misspoken since it IMMENSE impact, with the Dow plummeting today due to increased worry about his competency.
Zoomers what are your thoughts on this?
Please don't post here if you weren't born during /after 1999 but feel free to read the article.