Donald Trump wants children back in the classrooms because....

[kentuck]

...he thinks that might permit more people to enter back into the job market, thus lowering the unemployment rate, thus making it look better for him on election day.

He doesn't care about the health of the children, or the teachers, or anyone else that might contact the virus.

He is thinking about what is best for himself.

It's as simple as that.

[Phoenix61]

1. Yep! Because someone told him the reason

people can’t work is they don’t have childcare. The health and/or safety of anyone is immaterial.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Are Barron and his grandchildren going to school?

[HotTeaBag]

5. Of course not.

.

[Hstch05]

10. Does he care? nt

[Shrike47]

27. Probably, if he has any say in it. He doesn't give a damn about their health or futures.

Winning is everything.

[spanone]

3. 'ME' is his only metric for everything.

[Livluvgrow]

4. I think it is more sadistic

I think he wants to see as many infected and dead as he can before he leaves office. We can call it Biff's revenge.

[jaxexpat]

20. As we all look on with mixed horror and hope at the......

death of this snake oil salesman.

[GeorgeGist]

6. Nope ...

Under Putin's guidance, he wants to kill more Americans.

[Grokenstein]

15. This, this, THIS. It's the only explanation for his behavior.

Everything act of--or lack of action by--this maladministration serves to either harm America or harm its citizens.

[Stuart G]

7. Yes..!!!

[uponit7771]

8. If Kids can go back to school Trumps buddy Manafort can go back to jail

[Wawannabe]

9. I watched a short clip

Was expecting to see an educator instead tRump came on first...

Only reason he gave was unsupported.

All he said was it was important, very important. No reason why so important.

Any thinking person would need to see the importance behind the importance. Know what I mean??? 😜😳🤪🤯

[jaxexpat]

25. In February 1981, freshly inaugurated Ronald Reagan......

got up in front of the TeeVee cameras in the white house with a graph showing two lines. One going up and right, the other going down. Pointing to the upward line he said, "this is the republican tax plan". Pointing to the other line, the one going down to the bottom right corner, he said, "this is the result if the failed legislation of irresponsible democrats has it's way". There was no explanation given for that pronouncement. No data or tangible substance to support such a conclusion. It was a "trust me" moment brought to you by the Gipper made flesh. The audience (having pre-empted all 3 networks, it entailed everybody watching TeeVee at 7:00 pm eastern time on a weekday evening) faced the choice of accepting his word that he could divine the fate of the economy or realizing that he was a charlatan taking a big political gamble. His gamble was successful, he got his tax breaks. And 2 years later he had to revoke them because they resulted in the biggest job loss recession since the "stagflation" of 1973-75. The establishment news media was stunned into complacency which evolved into compliance. They haven't asked many questions of substance or demanded legitimate answers since. They've pretty much stayed with the "horse race" aspect of things to the exclusion of all others.
"Any thinking person would need to see the importance behind the importance. Know what I mean???" Yes. If they only trusted their lying eyes.

[MiniMe]

29. Because it is hard for parents to go back to work if the kids aren't in school

I remember Mayor Diblasio saying that when this whole thing started. Not sure if I spelled Diblasio correctly. He didn't want to close down schools because it would be hard for parents to work.

[ashredux]

11. Exactly....he could care less about the children

[rickford66]

12. He said to avoid making it political, he made it political.

[chriscan64]

13. Claim of political reasons for closures is classic Trump projection

He is prolific at lying, not good at it. He blurts out the rationale for his statements thinly disguised, choosing a side on a non-existent political battle. You could edit out everything he said apart from "political reasons" and come away with the same reading of the statement.

[dalton99a]

16. +1. You're being political if you disagree with him

[Dopers_Greed]

14. The thing that Chump and McTurtle are too stupid to realize...

There are no jobs.

Many of the jobs lost due to COVID are gone forever.

Even after the pandemic starts to wind down, the unemployment rate will be higher than the Great Recession.

[vapor2]

17. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT HIS AGENDA, IT IS 100% SELF SERVING

[Harker]

19. Is our children learning?

Missing school doesn't mean that learning and development stop.

[Wellstone ruled]

21. You nailed it 1000000000%.

[33taw]

22. When Barron goes to public school it will be a sign that schools can open.

[RGTIndy]

23. For most working families the only "child care" they have is school

Unfortunately most people, when faced with a choice between the possibility that they might get sick versus the certainty that they will lose their jobs and homes if they can't work, are going to choose to roll the dice. And they will rationalize that decision, and in doing so "might" give Trump credit for making the decision for them. It is of course unconscionable that we are putting families in that position to begin with, but I think that is the political calculus in the White House.

[blakstoneranger]

24. The Back-to-School Buying Spree

Is a boon to the economy. Parents are rushing to buy school supplies and clothes and other items. In some states they have tax free days to encourage spending. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS: TRUMP WANTS TO SAY HE REBUILT THE ECONOMY BEFORE NOV.

[George II]

26. People should insist that Barron go to school!

[iluvtennis]

28. You got that right, it's all about the fkn MORON. nt

[TruckFump]

30. My first thought when the orange asshole started on DEMANDING that kiddos go back to school.

He wants Mommy and Daddy to have the schools open so that they have childcare and they can go back to work. Fuck the kiddos...it's the economy that matters to the orange asshole.

[AwakeAtLast]

31. If all I am is a babysitter

Then I want Babysitter pay!

600 students

$10/hr That's reasonable, right?

X 3 days a week (# of times I see them)

$18,000 a week

Deal!

[Renew Deal]

32. I still have doubts that parents will send kids back.