Covid-19 ‘blindsided the world’, says Trump
US President Donald Trump says he will propose ‘very substantial’ economic measures to Congress, including tax relief and aid for workers in the gig economy who worry about calling in sick, in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. – EPA pic, March 10, 2020.
CONCERN that President Donald Trump himself could be exposed to Covid-19 through contact with two Republican lawmakers loomed yesterday, the day US stocks plummeted, feeding growing national anxiety. Trump, who flew back to Washington after a weekend golfing at his Florida resort and having dinner with Brazil’s right-wing president, has spent weeks dismissing the seriousness of the threat.
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