{"id":96979,"date":"2020-03-10T16:38:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T23:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=96979"},"modified":"2020-03-10T16:40:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T23:40:46","slug":"president-trump-after-meeting-with-republican-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=96979","title":{"rendered":"President Trump on Covid Stimulus After Meeting with Republican Senators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;So we just had a great meeting.  Tremendous unity in the Republican Party.  And we\u2019re working on a lot of different things.  We\u2019ve also had some very good updates on the virus.  That\u2019s working out very smoothly.  Tremendous people.  It\u2019s a tremendous task force.  They have done a great job \u2014 not a good job, a great job.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yu8Q1ZGbNPk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you know, it\u2019s about 600 cases, it\u2019s about 26 deaths, within our country.  And had we not acted quickly, that number would have been substantially more.  But we \u2014 we just had a meeting on stimulus, and you\u2019ll be hearing about it soon.  But it was a great meeting.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s great unity within the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, Republican senators yesterday, they seemed rather skeptical of this.  They weren\u2019t sure that they wanted to do it on a payroll tax holiday.  How do you convince them?  Is that the right approach?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I was just with the Republican senators, and there was \u2014 they were just about all there, mostly all there \u2014 and there\u2019s a great feeling about doing a lot of things.  And that\u2019s one of the things we talked about.<\/p>\n<p>Q    And what about the ideas proposed by Nancy Pelosi?  It raised some \u2014<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, we\u2019re going to see.  They came in very chopped up.  A lot of them are things that she wanted to get for other things, and we\u2019re looking at the people.  We\u2019re looking at solving this problem.<\/p>\n<p>Also, some very good numbers coming out of some countries where it started earlier.  And we\u2019re seeing some fairly good numbers come out of those countries \u2014 that\u2019s a good thing \u2014 including China.  And they\u2019ve released numbers, and we\u2019ve gotten some numbers from China that look pretty promising.  So we\u2019ll be able to further report.<\/p>\n<p>Please.<\/p>\n<p>Q    But why not get tested yourself?  I mean, you\u2019ve interacted with Matt Gaetz and Doug Collins in the last few days.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a big deal.  I would do it.  I don\u2019t feel that \u2014 any reason.  I feel extremely good.  I feel very good.  But I guess it\u2019s not a big deal to get tested.  And it\u2019s something I would do.<\/p>\n<p>But again, I spoke to the White House doctor \u2014 terrific guy, talented guy \u2014 he said he sees no reason to do it.  There\u2019s no symptoms, no anything.<\/p>\n<p>And you know what?  If there were, you people would be the first to know it.  You would \u2014 you would maybe even tell me about it.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, please.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, have you been briefed that up to 100 million Americans would ultimately be exposed to the virus?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I\u2019ve been briefed on every contingency you can possibly imagine.  Many contingencies.  A lot of \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    But that number.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  \u2014 a lot of positive.  Different numbers.  All different numbers.  Very large numbers.  And some small numbers too, by the way.<\/p>\n<p>Look, right now, I guess we\u2019re at 26 deaths, and if you look at the flu \u2014 the flu, for this year \u2014 we\u2019re at 8 mil- \u2014 we\u2019re looking at 8,000 deaths.  And, you know, hundreds of thousands of cases, but we have 8,000 deaths.  So you have 8,000 versus 26 deaths, at this time.<\/p>\n<p>With all of that being said, we\u2019re taking this unbelievably seriously, and I think we\u2019re doing a really good job.  And, again, the task force, headed up by the Vice President, has been fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Why has the U.S. been so slow with testing?  Other countries have tested tens of thousands.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  No, I think the U.S. has done a very good job on testing.  We had to change things that were done, that were nobody\u2019s fault.  Perhaps they wanted to do something a different way, but it was a much slower process from a previous administration.  And we did change them.  We made the changes.  But the testing has gone very well.  And when people need a test, they can get a test.  When the professionals need a test, when they need tests for people, they can get the test.  It\u2019s gone really well.<\/p>\n<p>Look, the biggest thing that we did was stopping the inflow of people early on, and that was weeks ahead of schedule, weeks ahead of what other people would have done.  In fact, other people, mostly, would probably not have done it even until now.  And that\u2019s made a big difference.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you planning to fire anyone \u2014<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  For what?<\/p>\n<p>Q    \u2014 because of the spread of the virus in the United States.  The numbers have changed \u2014<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  No, I think the people are doing a fantastic job.  In fact, just today \u2014 I have it inside \u2014 Governor Newsom, Gavin Newsom of California, said tremendous \u2014 there\u2019s an article that just came out; I had it inside and I showed it to the senators, and I showed them other articles too \u2014 where governors \u2014 Democrat governors are saying we\u2019ve done a fantastic job.<\/p>\n<p>Gavin Newsom said there\u2019s not a thing that he\u2019s asked for that we weren\u2019t able to get him.  And, you know, he\u2019s been \u2014 he\u2019s a critical guy, like we all are.  But it was a very positive statement.<\/p>\n<p>Many Democrat governors have said that the task force and the federal government, what we\u2019ve done, has been terrific.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, how long should Americans be prepared for the economy to suffer?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, this was unexpected.  This was something that came out of China, and it hit us and many other countries.  You look at the numbers; I see the numbers with just by watching you folks.  I see it \u2014 it\u2019s over 100 different countries.  And it hit the world.<\/p>\n<p>And we\u2019re prepared, and we\u2019re doing a great job with it.  And it will go away.  Just stay calm.  It will go away.<\/p>\n<p>We want to protect our shipping industry, our cruise industry, cruise ships.  We want to protect our airline industry \u2014 very important.  But everybody has to be vigilant and has to be careful.<\/p>\n<p>But be calm.  It\u2019s really working out.  And a lot of good things are going to happen.  The consumer is ready, and the consumer is so powerful in our country with what we\u2019ve done with tax cuts and regulation cuts and all of those things.  The consumer has never been in a better position than they are right now.<\/p>\n<p>So a lot of good things are going to happen.  Thank you very much, everybody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;So we just had a great meeting. Tremendous unity in the Republican Party. And we\u2019re working on a lot of different things. We\u2019ve also had some very good updates on the virus. That\u2019s working out very smoothly. Tremendous people. It\u2019s a tremendous task force. 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