Update: Trump was abysmal in his delivery. He read from his speech, not a teleprompter, which it sounded like he hadn't even read before taking the podium. He rambled on about something having to do with rescuing a woman who was "horribly treated" and "terribly abused" somewhere and we needed Honduras' government's approval to "get her out of there". (Maybe that was the reason the presser started an hour late? This must be her.)
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Trump said he is certain our economy will "skyrocket" when this is over. He repeated the word a few times. Is that supposed to make the people who are going under now feel better?
85 million Americans are now under orders to stay home. New York is being hit very hard. Trump announced four 1,000 bed hospital centers (wards) will be set up in California, New York and someplace else. He's sending the National Guard to help (maintain order?)
Trump went on far too long about what he has done to help veterans. To the point of telling us that he just signed a bill to make sure their online learning courses aren't interrupted. Translation: It's a big voting block and he was making a re-election pitch.
A Pentagon guy, Peter Navarro, came on to extol how Trump made his job easier. Companies are calling in to volunteer medical supplies.
The FEMA guy came on to make sure we all knew it's not FEMA's job to help individuals or give out money but facilitate supply routes to make sure the goods meet their destination.
Michael Pence then came on. He brought up testing. Forget about getting tested. He was very concerned we all understand that "commercial labs" have been instructed to give priority testing to hospital in-patients. People who already have the virus. (The critical need for testing was to determine how many people had the virus and their locations, to know where to direct supplies.)
Trump comes back on to pass the buck saying he inherited a broken system. One of the ships he ordered last week to come to the U.S. won't be here for a few weeks, it was in maintenance (and he didn't know this last week?). The ship named the Mercy will be in Los Angeles.
Trump is in favor of letting the Senators and House member who are in isolation vote from home. Of course he does - they are all Republicans.
He's talking about needing money to help the big companies get back on their feet. "We have to work with the companies". "We can't let the cruise lines go out of business". "We have to provide for them".
Shorter version for Americans (other than veterans):
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?