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The laughable obviousness of Trump's 'cure' gambit
Washington PostWithout a vaccine to tout, Trump was clearly in the market for another October surprise. And with his coronavirus diagnosis last week, he stumbled onto one.
For months, Trump has been promising the imminent arrival of effective therapeutic treatments for covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. With the regularity of a landlord insisting that the plumber would be there tomorrow, Trump pledged that great things were in the works, over and over.
“A lot of people are looking into other things like, as an example, vaccines and therapeutics,” he said in May. “You know, therapeutically, we’re doing some things that are, I think, going to be released pretty soon that are amazing — and for the cure, ultimately for the cure. And I think the cure, the therapeutics and the vaccines that are happening right now, I think you’re going to be very impressed over the next number of weeks.”
Well, America, Donald Trump is happy to report that the cure has arrived, 20 weeks later.
For months, Trump has been promising the imminent arrival of effective therapeutic treatments for covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. With the regularity of a landlord insisting that the plumber would be there tomorrow, Trump pledged that great things were in the works, over and over.
“A lot of people are looking into other things like, as an example, vaccines and therapeutics,” he said in May. “You know, therapeutically, we’re doing some things that are, I think, going to be released pretty soon that are amazing — and for the cure, ultimately for the cure. And I think the cure, the therapeutics and the vaccines that are happening right now, I think you’re going to be very impressed over the next number of weeks.”
Well, America, Donald Trump is happy to report that the cure has arrived, 20 weeks later.