Trump’s White House in chaos on coronavirus’ most tragic day
CNNCNN — The chaos and confusion rocking President Donald Trump’s administration on the most tragic day yet of the coronavirus pandemic was exceptional even by his own standards. Trump’s acting Navy secretary quit after an episode in which he called an aircraft carrier captain dismissed for raising the alarm about virus infections among his crew “stupid.” Then Trump insisted he hadn’t seen January memos by a top White House official warning about the pandemic at the same time the President was dismissing it as a threat. CNN’s KFile reported Tuesday that her replacement, Kayleigh McEnany, recently said that thanks to the President, “we will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here.” Trump’s top economic adviser Larry Kudlow admitted that a small business rescue program was off to “a bad start” after recipients struggled to register funds, only for the President to celebrate the program’s roaring success – and to credit his daughter Ivanka with personally creating 15 million jobs. I don’t want to create havoc and shock.” Trump nominates a new foil – the WHO Unlike the President, the World Health Organization has warned for weeks about the gravity of coronavirus.