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Trump Says Americans are ‘Warriors’ Who Might ‘Be Affected Badly’ So He Can Reopen the Economy Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic: WATCH

May 5, 2020 by Towleroad Leave a Comment

Donald Trump on Tuesday told reporters that he’s reopening the economy despite the sacrifices that some Americans might have to pay.

Said Trump: “I’m viewing our great citizens of this country to a certain extent and to a large extent as warriors. They’re warriors. We can’t keep our country closed. We have to open our country … We have a great country. We can’t keep it closed. … I created, with a lot of other very talented people and the people of our country, the greatest economy in the history of the world. … And then one day they said, we have to close our country. Now it’s time to open it up. … The people of our country are warriors. I’m not saying anything is perfect, and yes, will some people be affected badly? Yes.”

Trump on why businesses should reopen: "I'm viewing our great citizens of this country to a certain extent and to a large extent as warriors. They're warriors. We can't keep our country closed. We have to open our country … Will some people be badly affected? Yes." pic.twitter.com/hNXws4bwtd

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 5, 2020

Trump just effectively suggested that people must die for the sake of reopening the economy.

"It's time to open it up," he said a bit ago in Arizona. "Will some people people be affected? Yes. Will some people be affected badly? Yes. But we have to get our country opened."

— Chris Sommerfeldt (@C_Sommerfeldt) May 5, 2020

Trump also talked about why he has decided to shut down the coronavirus task force at the end of the month.

.@jeffmason1: With doctors saying there might be a recurrence of coronavirus in the fall, why is now the time to wind down the task force?

TRUMP: "Well because we can't keep our country closed for the next 5 years." pic.twitter.com/2IXL8vucbl

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 5, 2020

Filed Under: Covid-19 Tagged With: coronavirus, Covid-19, Donald Trump, Health

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