Speaking to MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on Friday, two foreign policy experts explained the shocking ways in which President Donald Trump has ignored the ongoing attacks on US elections in Russia’s hands. Trump has spoken to Vladimir Putin five or six times since it was discovered that Moscow paid bribes for the deaths of Americans. He did not focus on it; he confessed because he thinks the report was a hoax.
But when Wallace turned to the doctor on her panel to ask about the next steps of the coronavirus, things looked even worse.
“President Trump is in a dilapidated political state because of his interactions and failure to lead the country through a global pandemic,” Wallace began. “You said we would stop being America if things got much worse – you said a few weeks ago. You first drew my attention to the disinformation that was spread about the pandemic and faxes. What strikes you about this Intel report is that Russia is now actively working to persuade Biden to help Trump deal with the spectacle of disinformation spread across the pandemic and faxes. Facebook and Twitter both took down some of Trump’s disinformation because it related to infection risks for children. It’s probably like a mole if you had to put it all down. “
“Yes, there are a number of things, we will call this chaotic Friday, we are projecting a lot of chaos across the country as we go into the fall,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Fax Development. “Look, we are currently in the US, leading the world in the number of new cases and deaths in the last seven days, and this has been true for the last few months. So, our epidemic is still spiraling out of control. The new estimates are 300,000 dead by December and possibly 400,000 dead by January.To put that number into perspective, that’s the number of Americans who died in World War II.We are dealing with something of that magnitude, and still no plan for control. ”
He went on to say that at the same time there is no real plan to deal with the virus, there are so many conspiracy theories coming from the president and the White House.
“Including those nominated by the White House ran the Chinese Communist Party or the blame of the World Health Organization,” said Drs. Hotez about the conspiracy. “Part of this is a larger anti-science disinformation campaign. And we’ve also learned that the Russians are involved in spreading false information about faxes, and we have this horrible number now that – depending on whose survey you want to view, between 25% and 50% of Americans will COVID-19 refuse faxes, even if they become available next year. ”
The anti-science movement started as an anti-fax movement, he said, and now it has evolved into people who oppose contact, social distance and wearing masks. It adds deaths further, he explained.
“I wrote an article a few weeks back,” he added. “It predicts a chaotic time in the country, as the president’s demand numbers are dropping because of COVID-19. And the White House remains deflected by blaming China, and the World Health Organization. Then, immediately after that, scientists attacked Dr. Fauci. This will further the goal of scientists. So, put your table table up in the straight and locked position. It will be a difficult autumn. I’m scared. ”
Wallace asked about Jenny McCarthy, who she said spent years undoing the damage she did with her anti-vaccine movement. Using this as a case study, she asked Dr. Hotez how to predict the impact of a president for anti-science on the pandemic.
“Yes, we could have this virus and can still contain it,” he said. “But it requires leadership at the federal level, and there has never been an interest in letting the federal level lead this. It was always put forward by the states, and the federal government will provide FEMA support and backup support. ”
He noted that there has never been an attempt by the president to encourage people to wear masks or track contact.
“This is why we have the worst COVID-19 epidemic in the world,” said Drs. Hotez. “We talk about this as in the past, but the worst is yet to come. We will double the number of deaths in the coming months and now we know it is not just deaths. We see injuries to the lungs, to the vascular system, to the heart, neurological deficits, cognitive deficits. This will plague the country for years and years, even after the vaccine is out. “
Wallace closed the panel by thanking her for ‘scaring the bejesus away from me.’
See the segment below:
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