03-09-2020, 04:58 PM
Biden on Trump's coronavirus response: 'I wish he would just be quiet'
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/48...t-be-quiet
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Monday he wished President Trump would “just be quiet” and let health experts have a greater say during the coronavirus outbreak.
“I wish he would just be quiet, I really mean it. That's an awful thing to say about a president, but be quiet, just let the experts speak and acknowledge whatever they suggest to him is what we should be doing,” Biden said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Last Word” airing Monday night.
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Host Lawrence O’Donnell asked Biden if he thought the market reaction was in response to suspicions that Trump has not been truthful in his public remarks about the outbreak.
Biden said that while he believes that’s the case, it doesn't mean the markets would not have gone down anyway.
“But it wouldn't collapse, I don't think. Now, who can say? But I think there's no confidence in the president in anything he says or does,” Biden said. “He turns everything into what he thinks is a political benefit for himself, and he's actually imploding in the process. But here's a lot of innocent bystanders being badly hurt.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/48...t-be-quiet
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Monday he wished President Trump would “just be quiet” and let health experts have a greater say during the coronavirus outbreak.
“I wish he would just be quiet, I really mean it. That's an awful thing to say about a president, but be quiet, just let the experts speak and acknowledge whatever they suggest to him is what we should be doing,” Biden said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Last Word” airing Monday night.
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Host Lawrence O’Donnell asked Biden if he thought the market reaction was in response to suspicions that Trump has not been truthful in his public remarks about the outbreak.
Biden said that while he believes that’s the case, it doesn't mean the markets would not have gone down anyway.
“But it wouldn't collapse, I don't think. Now, who can say? But I think there's no confidence in the president in anything he says or does,” Biden said. “He turns everything into what he thinks is a political benefit for himself, and he's actually imploding in the process. But here's a lot of innocent bystanders being badly hurt.”
