>> WE HAVE MADE THIS SO MUCH HARDER BY BEING SO BAD AT IT.
I CAN’T STRESS THAT ENOUGH.
LOOK, THIS IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE
HARD BUT IT DIDN’T NEED TO BE
THIS COMPLICATED AND THE WAY IT
WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN THIS
COMPLICATED IS IF AT THE
BEGINNING WHEN WE THE PEOPLE
MADE THIS TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE
EX-,
EX-, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, PERSONAL TO GO
INTO LOCKDOWN, THEY HAD FAME
EVER --
EVER -- TIME FRAMES THEY FOLLOWED AND
GOT THE COUNTRY READY THERE ARE
TWO WORDS TO TALK ABOUT STRATEGY
THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN TALKING
ABOUT THIS, SECURITY AND
PREDICTABILITY.
PREDICTABILITY. YOU WANT ON ONE HAND SECURITY
AND HEALTH AND WANT IT IN THE
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. FOR AWHILE THOSE WILL REQUIRE
UNUSUAL THINGS FOR US IN THE
ECONOMIC DIMENSION THERE HAS TO
BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT OF THE
ECONOMY, OF WAGES IN PARTICULAR
TO SAY NOTHING OF BYES THEMSELFU
THEMSELVES TO BE SECURE FROM THE
VIRUS BUT THE OTHER THING YOU
NEED IS PREDICTABILITY.
THAT THE PARTICULARLY TRUE IN
THE ECONOMY, RIGHT?
WE NEED TO SAY SIX MONTHS FROM
NOW WE’LL BE DOING X.
HERE IS WHERE WE EXPECT TO BE
AND THAT’S ALSO TRUE WITH THE
VIRUS.
VIRUS. PEOPLE WILL NOT LOCKDOWN FOREVER
IF THEY DON’T BELIEVE TIME IS
BEING USED WELL AND DON’T SEE
WHAT IS COMING.
THE WORD QUARANTINE COMES FROM
THE WORD 40, 40 DAYS ORIGINALLY
WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS MANY,
MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
COMPLETELY HAS FAILED TO EXECUTE
A PLAN AND SO WHAT THEY’VE BEEN
IN IS AN INCREDIBLY COSTLY
HOLDING PATTERN THEY ARE NOW NO
LONGER WILLING TO PAY THE COST
OF, AND IT’S THE MOST PROFOUND
AND FAR REACHING FAILURE OF
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP PROBABLY IN
OUR LIFETIME.
OUR LIFETIME. >> I WANT TO GO BACK TO A TWEET
YOU DID IN APRIL AT THE END OF
THE MONTH, APRIL 29th.
YOU SAID DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT
WANT TO BE IN CHARGE OF ANY OF
THIS.
THIS. HE WANTS TO PLAY PRESIDENT ON
TV.
TV. HE DOESN’T WANT RESPONSIBILITY
FOR GOVERNANCE IN TIME OF CRISIS
AND IN EVERY WAY HE CAN, HE’S
REFUSING TO DO THAT JOB AND
LASHING OUT AT THOSE WHO ASK HIM
TO DO IT, AND EZRA, THAT’S WHAT
WE’RE SEEING IN THE POINT YOU
MADE ABOUT THE GUIDELINES BEING
ANNOUNCED AFTER WE WANT TO CLOSE
THINGS DOWN.
THINGS DOWN. WE WANT PEOPLE TO SOCIALLY
DISTANCE.
DISTANCE. THE WHITE HOUSE GUIDELINES.
BUT AFTER ISSUING THE
GUIDELINES, THEY HAD NO STRATEGY
WHATSOEVER ON HOW TO ACHIEVE
SOMETHING BENEFICIAL DURING THAT
TIME PERIOD.
TIME PERIOD. IT’S LIKE THE GUIDELINES CAME UP
AND THEY SAT THERE AND HOPED.
>> GUIDELINES ARE NOT A PLAN.
ALSO, THE PRESIDENT NEVER
FOLLOWED THE GUIDELINES.
TO THIS MOMENT IS NOT FOLLOWING
THE GUIDELINES IS ROUTINELY
CONTRADICTING THEM.
CONTRADICTING THEM. THE WHOLE THING IS WILD.
THINK ABOUT A HYPOTHETICAL HERE.
IMAGINE THIS WAS THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. IMAGINE IT WAS THE HILLARY
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION.
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION. YOU REMEMBER AS I DO, LAWRENCE,
A COUPLE WEEKS A I GO IN WHAT WE
CALL THE STIMULUS 3.5 THAT IT
WAS DESCRIBED AS A CONCESSION TO
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. IT WAS $25 BILLION AND A MANDATE
TO HAVE A NATIONAL TESTING
STRATEGY.
STRATEGY. CAN YOU IMAGINE A CLINTON
ADMINISTRATION ON THIS?
HOW DESPERATE THEY WOULD BE FOR
THE MONEY TO DO TESTING, HOW
MANY BULLET POINTS THEIR TESTING
STRATEGY WOULD HAVE?
A NORMAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
BY THE WAY, NOT JUST A
DEMOCRATIC ONE, IF GOVERNOR DA
DA’WAYNE WAS PRESIDENT OR MARCO
RUBIO WERE PRESIDENT, THEY WOULD
BE DESPERATE TO HAVE A PLAN
HERE.
HERE. THE FINANCING FOR FINANCING FOR
STRUCTURE FOR A PLAN.
AND TO BE CARRYING IT OUT SO
WHEN THEY RAN FOR RE-ELECTION
THIS YEAR THEY COULD SAY WE
SAVED THE COUNTRY.
BUT DONALD TRUMP, THE REASON IT
WAS A DEMOCRATIC CONCESSION,
WHICH IT ACTUALLY WAS, WAS
DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO
HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR TESTING.
HE HAS WANTED FROM THE BEGINNING
TO PUT THIS ENTIRE THING ON
STATES AND CITIES, WHICH DO NOT
HAVE THE RESOURCES, THE POWER,
THE COORDINATION CAPACITY TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEMS IN THE
TESTING SUPPLY CHAIN, NOT TO
MENTION THE INNOVATION TO GET
THE SORT OF 20, 25, 35 MILLION
TESTS A DAY WE WILL ULTIMATELY
NEED TO OPEN UP SAFELY IN THE
ABSENCE OF A VACCINE.
HE HAS NEVER WANTED THIS.
HE WANTS TO BE THE HEAD OF
STATE.
STATE. HE ENJOYS DOING THESE PRESS
CONFERENCES.
CONFERENCES. WHICH IS WHY HE KEEPS DOING THEM
DESPITE THE FACT THEY’VE OFTEN
BEEN BAD FOR HIM.
AND NOW AS PEOPLE ARE PULLING
HIM OFF OF.
BUT HE HAS NEVER WANTED TO DOT
HARD WORK OF DAILY GOVERNANCE.