Trump dispatched National Guard Troops and said Things Are Really Working Out Today

Listen to this article

U.S President Donald Trump called on the American people to be calm. He also assured them during a press conference that things are really working out today. The president gave a quick statement today during a press conference with coronavirus task force head Mike Pence. It was apparently design to calm Americans who are worried about the coronavirus. Trump said in his statement, “We’re prepared, and we’re doing a great job with it. So just stay calm. It’ll go away, just stay calm”. The statements came during a meeting discussing possible plans and spending on coronavirus responses. The economic adviser Larry Kudlow and U.S Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin joined the president and vice president at the meeting.

A news outlet has indicated that Trump and Pence discussed various possible responses, including payroll tax cuts, paid sick leave for hourly employees, and an infrastructure program. Senator Lindsey Graham said, “They have five or six ideas. Trying to help people that were going to be laid off, targeted packages to parts of the economy that were going to get hit. You know, the inability to travel and hold events, the hospitality industry”. Trump insisted that the government would protect the airline and cruise ship industries. He said, “We want to protect our shipping industry, our cruise industry, we want to protect our airline industry, very important. But everyone has to be vigilant and be careful. But be calm”.

The National Guard troops (coronavirus epicenter just outside of New York City) were dispatched to New Rochelle, New York. They will operate a satellite testing site and set up a one-mile, two-week containment area in the city. Public schools in the contamination zone will be closed until 25 March. Westchester County has already reported 108 confirmed coronavirus cases. The concentration of cases in New Rochelle is partially due to the infection of a lawyer from Manhattan. Trump did not mention the deployment of the National Guard during his statement. Trump said, “The consumer is ready, the consumer is so powerful in our country with what we’ve done, with tax cuts and regulation cuts and all of those things. The consumer has never been in a better position than they are right now”.