NY Times. Trump was warned on Jan 30 of possible pandemic by Sec. Alex Azar II HHS

[Stuart G]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-response.htm




Article Title: He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus

An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a pandemic but that internal divisions, lack of planning and his faith in his own instincts led to a halting response.
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By Eric Lipton, David E. Sanger, Maggie Haberman, Michael D. Shear, Mark Mazzetti and Julian E. Barnes

Published April 11, 2020, Updated April 14, 2020, 12:02 p.m. ET
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Key paragraph:

•The health and human services secretary, Alex M. Azar II, directly warned Mr. Trump of the possibility of a pandemic during a call on Jan. 30, the second warning he delivered to the president about the virus in two weeks. The president, who was on Air Force One while traveling for appearances in the Midwest, responded that Mr. Azar was being alarmist.
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This is the smoking gun, and Trump is done. He could be impeached again for total incompetence. I am not in charge of that, but this sentence, if true, means Trump ignored warnings long before the virus took root here.
If there was any doubt, this is the end of Trump..When this gets around, Trump may be forced to resign.

[gibraltar72]

1. He had plenty of warnings. Even before that.

[Stuart G]

2. Perhaps, but this was a major warning from the head of Health and Human Services.

...And he warned Trump twice....This second warning came on January 30

[malaise]

3. Azar will be gone by Friday

3...2...1

[Stuart G]

4. ..Yes, Azar will by gone, but it doesn't matter. Trump, as you said earlier, is toast.

Trump will not be reelected when this gets around. This article is the end of Trump. He cannot defend this, he can say that it is a lie, but no one will believe him.

[malaise]

5. And here comes today's shitshow

starting any time now

[Stuart G]

6. I can't watch it...I will read reports later..

[spiderpig]

7. But will he top yesterday's extravaganza?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[malaise]

8. I am watching to see because when he loses it completely

I plan to be watching live

[Stuart G]

10. If someone refers to this article, then it will be more than yesterday.

How does Trump respond to this? Being warned on Jan 30, and Trump calling Azar an "alarmist?

[SoonerPride]

9. An enterprising journalist should compare times of briefings and tweetings

and see if Agolf Twitler was tweeting during meetings and briefings on the pandemic threat.

I'm sure there is evidence of him ignoring work to play on his phone

[C_U_L8R]

11. We all knew before then.

W.H.O. had been on emergency footing since at least Jan 1.
and began public reporting on Jan 4 through social media.

Trump's lying.

[NCjack]

12. Doesn't count unless Sec. Alex M. Azar II cleaned the shit out

of Trump's ears before giving him the warning.