Greg Evans
Mar 12, 2020
On Wednesday evening Donald Trump confirmed that the United States will be closing its borders to all travellers from Europe barring the UK and Ireland to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.
Although the president did not declare a national emergency when talking about the 'foreign virus' but did confirm that from 20 March all travel from the 26 countries in the Schengen area will be stopped from entering the US for 30 days.
This is the most decisive action that the president has taken so far against the virus and also included a ban from all travel from China.
Of course, Trump was delighted with his decision, boasting that the United States had fewer confirmed cases than all of Europe and blamed the EU for not taking the "same precautions."
Trump was his usual self in front of the camera but when he thought the broadcast had finished the veil slipped. What had seemed like a very serious address about a deadly virus soon appeared to be nothing more than an inconvenience to him.
Just seconds after finishing his address, Trump let out a huge sigh and exclaimed "okaaay" in a way that would be more fitting of a teenager who had just been grounded rather than the president trying to reassure everyone.
That moment C-SPAN didn’t realize they were broadcasting still.... https://t.co/eoO2pgzCQt— Faithful Politics Podcast 🎙️🎧 - Will (@Faithful Politics Podcast 🎙️🎧 - Will) 1583975783
Trump's seemingly blase attitude about a very serious subject has not gone down well.
@knoweyedentity @MSignorile That “oh-kayyyy” sounded like it was a burden for him to give the speech tonight.— Steven Reichert (@Steven Reichert) 1583977081
@knoweyedentity Yeah he doesn't give a shit about us. Not surprising but I seriously don't think the US has genui… https://t.co/afQaAJrKYM— Rey (@Rey) 1583979472
@knoweyedentity Translation https://t.co/I3IrI7a1xp— BLUE BLOOD GIRL 💙🇺🇸 (@BLUE BLOOD GIRL 💙🇺🇸) 1583977816
@knoweyedentity “Okaay” Couldn’t care less about us...— Free thinking Stace (@Free thinking Stace) 1583981574
my god https://t.co/YoWuriD848— Patton Oswalt (@Patton Oswalt) 1583978808
Dead-eyed at the end of tonight’s address to the nation. Disconnected from everything he just said and the underlyi… https://t.co/lT72UR5lU3— Karen Myatt (@Karen Myatt) 1583981875
And there you have it. The true man. Unserious. Untrustworthy. Ignorant and will be responsible for the deaths of… https://t.co/rWRB7OgQ5D— Anthony Atamanuik (@Anthony Atamanuik) 1583977681
The president was also caught on hot mic, before his address, cursing and complaining about a pen mark.
At the time of writing, the United States had over 1000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 38 deaths. On Wednesday, the World Health Organisation confirmed that this is now a pandemic.
Major stars like Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have tested positive for the virus while the NBA has been forced to suspend its entire season after a player for the Utah Jazz was also confirmed as having the virus.
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