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‘He’s gonna get us all killed’: sense of unease after Trump coronavirus speech

The president began his speech as many leaders do, then reverted to his familiar nationalism and threw in a bit of campaigning

Donald Trump’s first Oval Office address – that almost sacred altar for US presidents on prime time television – came in January 2019 amid a partial government shutdown and asserted that only a border wall can keep out dangerous illegal immigrants.

His second such address on Wednesday night was again couched in terms around the need to resist a foreign invasion that is someone else’s fault. The problem is that the coronavirus is already inside America and spreading.

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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com


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