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What's the motivation behind this lack of transparency?
by lxe 6y ago
What's the motivation behind this lack of transparency?
- nickpeterson 6y agoI think the Trump administration wants to show how trivially he overcomes the disease in order to support his message of, “This is just a flu”. Also he tends to want to project how strong he is.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago> the Trump administration wants to show how trivially he overcomes the disease I have a feeling if Trump dies over this illness the message will be the last of their worries.
- wyldfire 6y agoI don't think it's anything quite so clever. More like "keep telling them I'm fine regardless of what happens."
- dragonwriter 6y agoThe least cynical, to the point of rose-colored glasses, explanation is trying to avoid panic and exploitation by external enemies. Avoiding appearance of weakness and similar political-image based concerns, especially given the President’s past minimization of the risk from the virus, is also a credible explanation.
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- in_cahoots 6y agoTrump and his team had a rally and other campaign events after Hicks came down sick. If it turns out that Trump was symptomatic before those events it’s a huge lack of discretion and maybe even criminal. In theory he has access to a test with a 15-minute turnaround time. So why the delay in diagnosing? His team also refused to be tested before the debate. Imagine if it comes out that they knew they were having an outbreak and showed up anyway without masks. It sounds like a conspiracy theory but I can see it happening- the alternative would have been to cancel the debate at the last minute, which has terrible optics. If his team had suddenly worn masks it would have been an indication they knew something was up.
- foogazi 6y agoIn terms of Nat Sec does that information need to be out there ?