Encouraged to look alive and well after his recent hospitalization in Covid-1 for, Donald Trump held his first rally since being diagnosed, addressing a large, masculine crowd in Florida – a state he desperately needs to win.
Eleven days after he declared the infection, he proudly told his cheerful supporters, “I am very powerful.” “I will go to that audience. I’ll go there, I’ll kiss everyone in that audience. I will kiss guys and beautiful women – everyone, “he added, his voice still a little hoarse.
In the weeks leading up to election day and early voting, Trump is eager to return to the full schedule of individual rallies as he wanders to catch supporters. His Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, is ahead in the polls with an average of 10.4 points as of Friday. Trump is also losing the support of seniors, the most vulnerable to epidemics that have already killed more than 214,000 Americans.
Under fierce pressure to strengthen support, Trump and his campaign have sought to reduce the risk of coronavirus. The president’s reckless, masculine bravado’s own performance seems to be the key to that strategy, as Trump confines his opponent to the brittle and his basement.
At a rally outside Orlando on Monday night, seniors were among the crowd chanting “USA” and “We love you”. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintains that the highest risk events during an epidemic are that “it becomes difficult for individuals to have a space of at least ft ft and attendees travel outside the local area”. Or less rally sum.
Although the rally took place outside where the virus is less likely to spread, the lack of social distance from those present and the masking at Trump events also raised concerns.
Earlier in the day, the country’s top infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci said holding large rallies “asks for trouble”, and told CNN that there are cases of coronavirus in many parts of the country so Americans should be vigilant. “We’ve found that when you have a collection settings situation where there are a lot of people without masks, the data speaks for itself.” “It happens. And now it’s a worse time than that, because when you look at what’s going on in the United States, it’s really very troubling.”
The president’s physician, meanwhile, issued a statement noting that Trump was conducting rapid tests on Abbott Pharmaceuticals and had obtained “negative results” on “continuous days.” As has been characteristic in recent weeks, Dan Conley left out key information – including what days and how many. He also offered that rapid tests – which are less accurate than PCR tests performed in labs – were not used “in isolation to determine the President’s negative state” and cited “additional clinical and laboratory data”, much of Trump’s condition. Leaving details. Obscure.
Biden held a different campaign event on Monday – addressing a spare, socially distant crowd in Cincinnati. Condemning the president’s response to the epidemic, the Democratic nominee asked rhetorically: “How many empty chairs are around the dinner table because of his negligence?”
But, just as Biden discussed his plans to address the epidemic, so did Trump – the US discussed his hopes of landing a man on Mars and blurred the media. The president’s classic stump speeches returned Monday night, divorced from reality, to his pre-crying voice saying “pays” for the Mexico border wall.
The president plans to hold rallies in war-torn states all week without any new security precautions.
Trump also insisted he is ahead in Nevada, Arizona and North Carolina. That it certainly isn’t – and hasn’t been for months – is probably the best explanation for why the president is eager to get back on the election campaign schedule.
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