President Donald Trump on Wednesday appointed Vice President Mike Pence to lead a task force to combat the spread of the coronavirus, defying calls to appoint an outside expert to coordinate the response.
"I know full well the importance of presidential leadership, the importance of administration leadership and the vital role of partnerships of state and local governments and health authorities in responding to the potential threat of dangerous infectious diseases," Pence said. More broadly, Trump boasted about the country's ability to fend off the coronavirus. He cited Johns Hopkins University rankings showing the United States was among the most thoroughly prepared countries to handle a viral outbreak. And he tried to allay concerns by arguing the flu has had a significantly higher impact on U.S. public health this year.
Trump said of the 15 people currently infected, eight have left the hospital and five others have fully recovered. He did not address the California case, which may be the first U.S. coronavirus infection without a known link to travel abroad.
DedododoDedadada !! Bahahaha !
Misspelled 'any expert, or literally anyone even vaguely qualified or knowledgeable, whatsoever' there.
Pence is not an expert! Talk about fake!! Trump lies!
rolandsmartin 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂we are doomed
rolandsmartin Trump didn't want an expert. He wanted someone with zero independence who would do & say what he was told to.
Don’t worry, he’ll pray very hard that it doesn’t harm anyone that his faith feels is important. 😒
Trump also made him a map 😖😂
hollyrpeete VP POUNCE is a expert, in not getting it done. Remember how HIV went out of control when he was Governor of Indiana
Why have a doctor or scientist in charge when Plastic Mike is available?
He'll pray it away.
Testing the VP management skills. At least we know he can pray.
He will pray it away OMG!
It appears regardless of good accurate information and suggestions Trump goes the opposite way. Pence is the last person who should be in charge of spearheading the Coronavirus. He doesn’t believe in scientific evidence & while Gov Indiana exacerbated spread of HIV virus..
The experts are already in place in America=more fake news from the media once again?
Frieda89869029 Also makes him the scapegoat when things go wrong.
All Pence did was get up there and lavish praise on his boss that’s all he ever does.
Hey mike, could you have kissed his ass any harder. Your knees must hurt by now.
Gotta keep that corruption in house. We all know that's all trump cares about...getting away with whatever the fuck he wants, zero consequences.
How about someone with a medical, infectious disease background in charge? Even the Surgeon General (an anesthesiologist - but at least he has a MPH)? In normal times, it would be the Surgeon General speaking about the situation. realDonaldTrump GOP DNC coronavirususa
Great, no science background, plan; thoughts and prayers people, thoughts and prayers.
he will let people die this time too.
Pence is about as useless as an eraser on a pen’s head!
Mike will do a great job, good pick.
He will do nothing....on purpose.
I remember when the people of Indiana wanted VP Mike Pence gone because he screwed up Indiana. Then the same dumbasses voted for him to come screw up the country.
TrueFactsStated How about just an expert?
Only Certified Loyal Trump Minions need apply. Medical knowledge? Who NEEDS it when they'll do ANYTHING for their Mad King Trump.
In what world is it ok to shun experts and go with a guy who has proven he will make it worse? Welcome to hell.
Trump vs Nature. Interesting.
Trumps Enemies Found Trumps Weak Link! See how Trumps Military Fights against the Corona Virus Pandemic?
IMPOTUS is setting Mikey up to fail, so he can replace his VP with Nicky or Tulsi.
Trump can’t have outsiders because he can’t control them
We are doomed
The wrong man on the wrong place... Just to coordinate the Corona virus. He will make a bigger mess out of it, and then help it cover up or Trump will call this virus a Democratic Hoax. Both options are pure evil. No thank you, I told with pleasure the truth.
Always the negative
Americans don’t trust Trump to protect Americans interests over his. Trump is just awful. He’s the worst person to be President during a public health crisis. TrumpIsANationalSecurityThreat TrumpLies coronavirususa Pencedemic GOPComplicitTraitors
Pray the coronavirus away, that’s all we can do
DeanLeh 😑
More failure by an inept admin to put a serious expert in charge...Smoke and mirrors will not address the big question of transmission surrounding Coronavirus...
Erniedougls1
Welcome to the idiocracy
Trump on cue is taking no responsibility & made Pence the fall guy.
ANY expert!!!! Not just outside. Obviously Wall Street was not happy. Dow was tanking after hours as Trump was talking.
Adding a little faith healing for men only
Yall dont never see no one with no 'Budwiser Virus' so how did Obama get the Chinamen making Mexican beer into a bioweapon?
I have confidence in Pence. All this second guessing is not helping the situation.
So glad a person who shuns science in favour of faith has been put in charge of this.
Pence is there because trump can control (lie) the narrative.
Oh great. A man who denies science and has absolutely no medical or health training at all. Of course it makes sense he has yet to name anyone qualified for any position. Ivanka DeVos Carson kushner etc etc
You don't need to be a doctor to manage a project. You need to be a leader who can motivate people into action. Trump appointed the right man for the job.
God help us all.
Could he at least have picked a doctor?
Someone he can control to spin the news his way
He can't trust outside help they lie to the American people.
Moscow_a_Lago Pense is a sure failure and a natural fall-guy for trump.
Awesome, a denier of basic sciencentific principles, this ought to go well...
What's his plan? Coast-to-coast prayer breakfasts?
TRUMP is running scared!
I've said it before...
No surprise
This is like getting your car mechanic to do do your brain surgery .
It’s easy to be the “expert” in a room with Trump. He probably looked around at Mike, Jared, Bill and Mick and just enni-miny-moe’d it.
Ready to throw Mikey under the bus.
We're So Screwed..
I wouldn't trust him as the point person at the Sundae Station of a 7 y.o.'s Birthday Party! He's an idiot - science denier. This administration is trying to get us all killed!
Hey, why should Trump go outside his circle of sycophants to tell him bad news when he can appoint those who will only tell him what will make him happy? Sharp as a marble that one is!
O.M.G.
“Jesus take the wheel.”
We're doomed.
Loyalty to himself is all that matters.
'Flu Guru'
His circle is collapsing
Thoughts and prayers
CNN are trying to stoke fear into the American people
Loyalty over knowledge.
That should go well. No science, everyone pray.
What a joke, he wanted to just pray to end hiv
Great choice. A man whom disregards science and believes thoughts and prayers solve problems. trump MikePence coronavirususa
Scary
oh look! an albatross...
That’s what one does when one doesn’t actually two shits about protecting people... just protecting one’s self image by putting in someone to control what info gets out.
Because absolutely everything with Trump is political.
I really thought he’d appoint Ben Carson lol
Mike Pence, the ‘Colt Severs’ of the Wu Flu-FallGuy
Let Fredo do the job.
Mike Pence is a child of the Devil. The virus will take him down first and then Trump.
So he can control the messaging.
These words will surely haunt him.
Pence doesn't know how to deal with HIV outbreak how can he deal with a pandemic? 🤷♀️ allgonnadie
Is he going to pray it away?
We used to make masks in the US but now China has all the raw materials and equipment to make them. Our lawmakers thought that was a great idea!
what could possibly go wrong?
The President or in this case the Vice President was elected to make these types of decisions China wanted our borders open, Trump immediately closed them Pence will continue the administration's work with the CDC to prevent, manage and hopefully soon eradicate this threat
Non-zero chance he blames coronavirus on the gays.
SERIOUSLY?
I mean California is sold out of surgical masks and they are being sold for $100 a box on eBay so he's doing great so far.
An outside expert might hear a phone call and testify.
We're all going to die.⚰
Better than this..
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