Predictably, Trump has shown more concern about the stock market and his own political prospects than the present and future victims of the virus. As usual, it’s all about him. It always is.
I’ve posted several times in the past about the problem of a president with a known indifference to the truth trying to reassure the public in the face of a crisis. In this case, the crisis is a virus, not a recession, but the issue is the same. Will the public believe him, given his reputation? Will even the faithful base downplay the problem just because he says they should? I suspect not.