>>> SO ONE LEVEL YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE POLITICAL AND GOVERNING
INCENTIVES FOR THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES RUNNING FOR
REELECTION ARE ALIGNED, RIGHT?
THE GOVERNING IMPERATIVE BEING
HANDLING THE CRISIS WELL,
MINIMIZING THE HARM TO AMERICANS
AND CREATING CONDITIONS FOR A
SAFE ECONOMIC REBOUND.
IF THE PRESIDENT COULD DO THOSE
THINGS, THAT WOULD ALSO
OBVIOUSLY POLLITICALLY WORK OUT
TO HIS BENEFIT.
THIS IS NOT AN ABSTRACTION.
WE’VE SEEN EXACTLY THAT HAPPEN
IN A LOT OF STATES WHERE
GOVERNORS, BOTH DEMOCRAT AND
REPUBLICAN WHO HAVE DONE WELL ON
THOSE GOVERNING ISSUES ARE SEEN
CRAZILY HIGH APPROVAL RATINGS.
IN MASSACHUSETTS 84% APPROVE
AREPUBARE
AREPUBARE AHOW CHARLIE BAKER HANDLED THE
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK. GAVIN NEWSOM HIT 83% APPROVAL
FOR HIS PERFORMANCE LAST MONTH,
NEARLY DOUBLE HIS PRECORONAVIRUS
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. JAY INSLEE IS UP.
HE RECEIVED A 75% POSITIVE
APPROVAL RATING IN OTHER POLLS.
THESE TWO THINGS, HOW WELL YOU
GOVERN AND DEAL WITH THE CRISIS.
THEY SHOULD BE ALIGNED.
THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
CANNOT, IS INCAPABLE OF
ADDRESSING THE GOVERNING
CHALLENGE BEFORE HIM.
IT IS TOO MUCH FOR HIM.
HE IS NOT UP TO IT.
ALSO HE DOESN’T REALLY WANT TO
DO IT.
DO IT. HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THAT
STUFF.
STUFF. AND SO AS NYU PROFESSOR JAY
ROSEN SAID THE PLAN IS TO
DEFAULT ON PUBLIC PROBLEM
SOLVING.
SOLVING. TO NOT ACTUALLY SOLVE EITHER THE
PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM OR THE
ECONOMIC PROBLEM BUT RATHER TO
CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT BOTH HAVE
BEEN SOLVED, EVEN THOUGH OF
COURSE THEY HAVEN’T.
IT WILL BE A PROPAGANDA AND
DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN TO MAKE
PEOPLE THINK THAT THINGS ARE
GREAT.
GREAT. AS THE DEATH TOLL GOES UP AND UP
AND UP AND THE ECONOMY SINKS TO
NEAR GREAT DEPRESSION ERA
LEVELS.
LEVELS. WE SEEN ALL THIS FROM THE
BEGINNING OF THIS CRISIS.
TWO MONTHS AGO, THEY SAID THE
VIRUS IS GOING TO JUST GO AWAY.
>> NOW THE VIRUS THAT WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT HAVING TO DO, A
LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT GOES
AWAY IN APRIL WITH THE HEAT.
YOU HAVE 15 PEOPLE AND THE 15
WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS IS GOING
TO BE DOWN TO CLOSE TO ZERO.
IT’S GOING TO DISAPPEAR ONE DAY
IT’S LIKE A MIRACLE.
IT WILL DISAPPEAR.
>> THE RISK OF CONTRACTING THE
CORONAVIRUS TO THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC REMAINS LOW.
>> WE HAVE CONTAINED THIS.
WE HAVE CONTAINED THIS.
I WON’T SAY AIRTIGHT BUT PRETTY
CLOSE TO AIRTIGHT.
>> NOT AIRTIGHT BUT PRETTY CLOSE
TO AIRTIGHT.
TO AIRTIGHT. NOW WE’RE HEARING BASICALLY THE
EXACT SAME KIND OF NONSENSICAL
PROPAGANDA, GASLIGHTING BUT THIS
TIME THE ECONOMY THAT WE’VE
DEFEATED THE VIRUS, THE ECONOMY
IS OPENING UP AND EVERYTHING IS
GOING TO BE GREAT.
>> HAVE WE REACHED THE BOTTOM OF
THE UNEMPLOYMENT PICTURE?
IS APRIL AS BAD AS ITS GOING TO
GET?
GET? >> WELL, I THINK WE ARE
TRANSITIONING OUT STEWARD.
>> PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TOWARDS
REOPENING AND I THINK WHEN YOU
SEE THAT, IT IS A TURNING POINT.
I DON’T THINK THAT’S AN UNFAIR
WORD TO USE.
IT NOT UNREALISTIC TO HOPE THIS
IS A TURNING POINT.
>> I SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF
THE TUNNEL VERY STRONGLY.
THIS DEMAND IS GOING TO BE
INCREDIBLE.
INCREDIBLE. NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE AN
INCREDIBLE YEAR FOR OUR ECONOMY.
>> THIS IS HOW THEY’VE TREATED,
THIS IS HOW TRUMP HAS TREATED
AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR HIM
EVERY SINGLE GOVERNING CHALLENGE
THEY FACED.
THEY FACED. THEY JUST LIE ABOUT IT EVERY
TIME FROM THE SHARPIE MAP OF THE
HURRICANE TO THE PERFECT PHONE
CALL UKRAINE, TO I NEVER MET ANY
OF THESE WOMEN TO THE MUELLER
REPORT COMPLETELY EXONERATES ME.
IT’S ALWAYS A STRATEGY.
TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, IT HAS
ALWAYS KIND OF WORKED FOR HIM.
>> JUST REMEMBER WHAT YOU’RE
SEEING AND WHAT YOU’RE READING
IS NOT WHAT’S HAPPENING.
>> WE’VE SEEN THE PRESIDENT AND
ADMINISTRATION DO THIS OVER AND
OVER AND NOW THEY’RE GOING TO