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Trump is culpable in deaths of Americans, says Noam Chomsky
Professor argues US president is stabbing citizens in back while pretending to be saviour

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Sun 10 May 2020 19.01 EDT


Donald Trump is culpable in the deaths of thousands of Americans by using the coronavirus pandemic to boost his electoral prospects and line the pockets of big business, Prof Noam Chomsky has said.

In an interview with the Guardian, the radical intellectual argued the US president was stabbing average Americans in the back while pretending to be the country’s saviour during the worst health crisis in at least a century.

He said Trump, who will seek re-election later this year, had cut government funding for healthcare and research into infectious disease for the benefit of wealthy corporations.

Chomsky said: “That’s something that Trump has been doing every year of his term, cutting it back more. So [his plan is] let’s continue to cut it back, let’s continue to make sure that the population is as vulnerable as we can make it, that it can suffer as much as possible, but will of course increase profits for his primary constituents in wealth and corporate power.”

Chomsky also said the president had abandoned his duties by forcing individual state governors to take responsibility for combating the virus: “It’s a great strategy for killing a lot of people and improving his electoral politics.”


Coronavirus US live: decision to shelve reopening guidance reportedly came from highest levels of White House – as it happened
Document was created by top disease investigators with detailed advice for local authorities



Fri 8 May 2020 19.47 EDT First published on Fri 8 May 2020 08.45 EDT


Trump fumes as White House staffers test positive and death toll nears 80,000 – as it happened

Summary
The decision to shelve detailed guidance on reopening communities came from the highest levels of the White House, according to emailed obtained by the AP. The White House said that the CDC’s head had not approved the guidelines, but documents suggested that he had okayed them.
Donald Trump said the coronavirus would go away without a vaccine, but offered no evidence to back the claim. Trump believes that everyone that lives through the virus will be immune. Meanwhile, the US recovery lags way behind Europe, even as states reopen.

Trump Reportedly Weighed Letting COVID-19 ‘Wash Over’ U.S., But Was Warned Of Grim Toll
“Mr. President, many people will die,” he was told by Dr. Anthony Fauci, according to The Washington Post.

By Mary Papenfuss

President Donald Trump asked his top health adviser last month why officials couldn’t simply let COVID-19 “wash over the country,” infecting people, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

In his haste to jumpstart the economy, Trump posed a frightening scenario to Dr. Anthony Fauci during a task force meeting in the Situation Room. No COVID-19 countermeasures would be taken so that people would quickly become infected, with some recovering to create a protective herd immunity, sources told the newspaper.

“Why don’t we let this wash over the country?” Trump asked, a question others told the Post the president has raised repeatedly in the Oval Office. Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, realized with surprise that Trump was serious, the Post reported.

“Mr. President,” Fauci responded, according to the Post. “Many people would die.”

Trump’s public comments during that time also indicate he was considering such a scenario to get the economy moving again — despite the toll. He said repeatedly that the “cure cannot be worse than the problem itself,” implying that saving lives could be less important than saving the economy. He has claimed without evidence that more people would die from a weak economy than from a pandemic.

No matter what his words say, Trump's actions are, "Let it wash over the US."

Spiritually, metaphysically, I cannot confirm whether anyone has a soul. ... But if you interpret soul to mean the heart of the matter then yes, narcissists are soulless, they fake everything having to do with a soul. They just have no emotions and are dead inside. The thought of 1.2 million dying to benifit themselfs makes since, because a narcissist has no concern for one death or for 1 million deaths. They are incapable of relating.

In Trump's eyes, there is no worthier person to die for than Trump himself.

Donald Trump
Trump is culpable in deaths of Americans, says Noam Chomsky
Professor argues US president is stabbing citizens in back while pretending to be saviour

Coronavirus – latest updates
See all our coronavirus coverage
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

@RJPartington
Sun 10 May 2020 19.01 EDT


Donald Trump is culpable in the deaths of thousands of Americans by using the coronavirus pandemic to boost his electoral prospects and line the pockets of big business, Prof Noam Chomsky has said.

In an interview with the Guardian, the radical intellectual argued the US president was stabbing average Americans in the back while pretending to be the country’s saviour during the worst health crisis in at least a century.

He said Trump, who will seek re-election later this year, had cut government funding for healthcare and research into infectious disease for the benefit of wealthy corporations.

Chomsky said: “That’s something that Trump has been doing every year of his term, cutting it back more. So [his plan is] let’s continue to cut it back, let’s continue to make sure that the population is as vulnerable as we can make it, that it can suffer as much as possible, but will of course increase profits for his primary constituents in wealth and corporate power.”

Chomsky also said the president had abandoned his duties by forcing individual state governors to take responsibility for combating the virus: “It’s a great strategy for killing a lot of people and improving his electoral politics.”


Coronavirus US live: decision to shelve reopening guidance reportedly came from highest levels of White House – as it happened
Document was created by top disease investigators with detailed advice for local authorities



Fri 8 May 2020 19.47 EDT First published on Fri 8 May 2020 08.45 EDT


Trump fumes as White House staffers test positive and death toll nears 80,000 – as it happened

Summary
The decision to shelve detailed guidance on reopening communities came from the highest levels of the White House, according to emailed obtained by the AP. The White House said that the CDC’s head had not approved the guidelines, but documents suggested that he had okayed them.
Donald Trump said the coronavirus would go away without a vaccine, but offered no evidence to back the claim. Trump believes that everyone that lives through the virus will be immune. Meanwhile, the US recovery lags way behind Europe, even as states reopen.

Trump Reportedly Weighed Letting COVID-19 ‘Wash Over’ U.S., But Was Warned Of Grim Toll
“Mr. President, many people will die,” he was told by Dr. Anthony Fauci, according to The Washington Post.

By Mary Papenfuss

President Donald Trump asked his top health adviser last month why officials couldn’t simply let COVID-19 “wash over the country,” infecting people, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

In his haste to jumpstart the economy, Trump posed a frightening scenario to Dr. Anthony Fauci during a task force meeting in the Situation Room. No COVID-19 countermeasures would be taken so that people would quickly become infected, with some recovering to create a protective herd immunity, sources told the newspaper.

“Why don’t we let this wash over the country?” Trump asked, a question others told the Post the president has raised repeatedly in the Oval Office. Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, realized with surprise that Trump was serious, the Post reported.

“Mr. President,” Fauci responded, according to the Post. “Many people would die.”

Trump’s public comments during that time also indicate he was considering such a scenario to get the economy moving again — despite the toll. He said repeatedly that the “cure cannot be worse than the problem itself,” implying that saving lives could be less important than saving the economy. He has claimed without evidence that more people would die from a weak economy than from a pandemic.

No matter what his words say, Trump's actions are, "Let it wash over the US."

Spiritually, metaphysically, I cannot confirm whether anyone has a soul. ... But if you interpret soul to mean the heart of the matter then yes, narcissists are soulless, they fake everything having to do with a soul. They just have no emotions and are dead inside. The thought of 1.2 million dying to benifit themselfs makes since, because a narcissist has no concern for one death or for 1 million deaths. They are incapable of relating.

In Trump's eyes, there is no worthier person to die for than Trump himself.

Donald Trump
Trump is culpable in deaths of Americans, says Noam Chomsky
Professor argues US president is stabbing citizens in back while pretending to be saviour

Coronavirus – latest updates
See all our coronavirus coverage
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

@RJPartington
Sun 10 May 2020 19.01 EDT


Donald Trump is culpable in the deaths of thousands of Americans by using the coronavirus pandemic to boost his electoral prospects and line the pockets of big business, Prof Noam Chomsky has said.

In an interview with the Guardian, the radical intellectual argued the US president was stabbing average Americans in the back while pretending to be the country’s saviour during the worst health crisis in at least a century.

He said Trump, who will seek re-election later this year, had cut government funding for healthcare and research into infectious disease for the benefit of wealthy corporations.

Chomsky said: “That’s something that Trump has been doing every year of his term, cutting it back more. So [his plan is] let’s continue to cut it back, let’s continue to make sure that the population is as vulnerable as we can make it, that it can suffer as much as possible, but will of course increase profits for his primary constituents in wealth and corporate power.”

Chomsky also said the president had abandoned his duties by forcing individual state governors to take responsibility for combating the virus: “It’s a great strategy for killing a lot of people and improving his electoral politics.”


Coronavirus US live: decision to shelve reopening guidance reportedly came from highest levels of White House – as it happened
Document was created by top disease investigators with detailed advice for local authorities



Fri 8 May 2020 19.47 EDT First published on Fri 8 May 2020 08.45 EDT


Trump fumes as White House staffers test positive and death toll nears 80,000 – as it happened

Summary
The decision to shelve detailed guidance on reopening communities came from the highest levels of the White House, according to emailed obtained by the AP. The White House said that the CDC’s head had not approved the guidelines, but documents suggested that he had okayed them.
Donald Trump said the coronavirus would go away without a vaccine, but offered no evidence to back the claim. Trump believes that everyone that lives through the virus will be immune. Meanwhile, the US recovery lags way behind Europe, even as states reopen.

Trump Reportedly Weighed Letting COVID-19 ‘Wash Over’ U.S., But Was Warned Of Grim Toll
“Mr. President, many people will die,” he was told by Dr. Anthony Fauci, according to The Washington Post.

By Mary Papenfuss

President Donald Trump asked his top health adviser last month why officials couldn’t simply let COVID-19 “wash over the country,” infecting people, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

In his haste to jumpstart the economy, Trump posed a frightening scenario to Dr. Anthony Fauci during a task force meeting in the Situation Room. No COVID-19 countermeasures would be taken so that people would quickly become infected, with some recovering to create a protective herd immunity, sources told the newspaper.

“Why don’t we let this wash over the country?” Trump asked, a question others told the Post the president has raised repeatedly in the Oval Office. Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, realized with surprise that Trump was serious, the Post reported.

“Mr. President,” Fauci responded, according to the Post. “Many people would die.”

Trump’s public comments during that time also indicate he was considering such a scenario to get the economy moving again — despite the toll. He said repeatedly that the “cure cannot be worse than the problem itself,” implying that saving lives could be less important than saving the economy. He has claimed without evidence that more people would die from a weak economy than from a pandemic.

No matter what his words say, Trump's actions are, "Let it wash over the US."

Spiritually, metaphysically, I cannot confirm whether anyone has a soul. ... But if you interpret soul to mean the heart of the matter then yes, narcissists are soulless, they fake everything having to do with a soul. They just have no emotions and are dead inside. The thought of 1.2 million dying to benifit themselfs makes since, because a narcissist has no concern for one death or for 1 million deaths. They are incapable of relating.

In Trump's eyes, there is no worthier person to die for than Trump himself.

Donald Trump
Trump is culpable in deaths of Americans, says Noam Chomsky
Professor argues US president is stabbing citizens in back while pretending to be saviour

Coronavirus – latest updates
See all our coronavirus coverage
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

@RJPartington
Sun 10 May 2020 19.01 EDT


Donald Trump is culpable in the deaths of thousands of Americans by using the coronavirus pandemic to boost his electoral prospects and line the pockets of big business, Prof Noam Chomsky has said.

In an interview with the Guardian, the radical intellectual argued the US president was stabbing average Americans in the back while pretending to be the country’s saviour during the worst health crisis in at least a century.

He said Trump, who will seek re-election later this year, had cut government funding for healthcare and research into infectious disease for the benefit of wealthy corporations.

Chomsky said: “That’s something that Trump has been doing every year of his term, cutting it back more. So [his plan is] let’s continue to cut it back, let’s continue to make sure that the population is as vulnerable as we can make it, that it can suffer as much as possible, but will of course increase profits for his primary constituents in wealth and corporate power.”

Chomsky also said the president had abandoned his duties by forcing individual state governors to take responsibility for combating the virus: “It’s a great strategy for killing a lot of people and improving his electoral politics.”


Coronavirus US live: decision to shelve reopening guidance reportedly came from highest levels of White House – as it happened
Document was created by top disease investigators with detailed advice for local authorities



Fri 8 May 2020 19.47 EDT First published on Fri 8 May 2020 08.45 EDT


Trump fumes as White House staffers test positive and death toll nears 80,000 – as it happened

Summary
The decision to shelve detailed guidance on reopening communities came from the highest levels of the White House, according to emailed obtained by the AP. The White House said that the CDC’s head had not approved the guidelines, but documents suggested that he had okayed them.
Donald Trump said the coronavirus would go away without a vaccine, but offered no evidence to back the claim. Trump believes that everyone that lives through the virus will be immune. Meanwhile, the US recovery lags way behind Europe, even as states reopen.

Trump Reportedly Weighed Letting COVID-19 ‘Wash Over’ U.S., But Was Warned Of Grim Toll
“Mr. President, many people will die,” he was told by Dr. Anthony Fauci, according to The Washington Post.

By Mary Papenfuss

President Donald Trump asked his top health adviser last month why officials couldn’t simply let COVID-19 “wash over the country,” infecting people, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

In his haste to jumpstart the economy, Trump posed a frightening scenario to Dr. Anthony Fauci during a task force meeting in the Situation Room. No COVID-19 countermeasures would be taken so that people would quickly become infected, with some recovering to create a protective herd immunity, sources told the newspaper.

“Why don’t we let this wash over the country?” Trump asked, a question others told the Post the president has raised repeatedly in the Oval Office. Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, realized with surprise that Trump was serious, the Post reported.

“Mr. President,” Fauci responded, according to the Post. “Many people would die.”

Trump’s public comments during that time also indicate he was considering such a scenario to get the economy moving again — despite the toll. He said repeatedly that the “cure cannot be worse than the problem itself,” implying that saving lives could be less important than saving the economy. He has claimed without evidence that more people would die from a weak economy than from a pandemic.

No matter what his words say, Trump's actions are, "Let it wash over the US."

Spiritually, metaphysically, I cannot confirm whether anyone has a soul. ... But if you interpret soul to mean the heart of the matter then yes, narcissists are soulless, they fake everything having to do with a soul. They just have no emotions and are dead inside. The thought of 1.2 million dying to benifit themselfs makes since, because a narcissist has no concern for one death or for 1 million deaths. They are incapable of relating.

In Trump's eyes, there is no worthier person to die for than Trump himself.

Donald Trump
Trump is culpable in deaths of Americans, says Noam Chomsky
Professor argues US president is stabbing citizens in back while pretending to be saviour

Coronavirus – latest updates
See all our coronavirus coverage
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

@RJPartington
Sun 10 May 2020 19.01 EDT

What a lie! It was Gov Cuomo who signed that shameful law mandating that nursing home patients with Covid-19 be returned to the nursing homes where, guess what?, they've infected many thousands of other nursing home patients and staff. It was the Chinese who bought up and hoarded the personal protective gear. You can't lay this at Trump's feet, as much as so many liberals would like to. People do have to return to work, but we need to do this carefully. Regardless, people are going to die from Covid-19. Even Cuomo acknowledged that there were a lot of people who were staying at home who STILL managed to catch it! Personally, I have no solution for this Chinese-caused pandemic, except avoid crowds, wash your hands and keep your hands away from your face. Good luck, everyone.

Donald Trump
Trump is culpable in deaths of Americans, says Noam Chomsky
Professor argues US president is stabbing citizens in back while pretending to be saviour

Coronavirus – latest updates
See all our coronavirus coverage
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

@RJPartington
Sun 10 May 2020 19.01 EDT


Donald Trump is culpable in the deaths of thousands of Americans by using the coronavirus pandemic to boost his electoral prospects and line the pockets of big business, Prof Noam Chomsky has said.

In an interview with the Guardian, the radical intellectual argued the US president was stabbing average Americans in the back while pretending to be the country’s saviour during the worst health crisis in at least a century.

He said Trump, who will seek re-election later this year, had cut government funding for healthcare and research into infectious disease for the benefit of wealthy corporations.

Chomsky said: “That’s something that Trump has been doing every year of his term, cutting it back more. So [his plan is] let’s continue to cut it back, let’s continue to make sure that the population is as vulnerable as we can make it, that it can suffer as much as possible, but will of course increase profits for his primary constituents in wealth and corporate power.”

Chomsky also said the president had abandoned his duties by forcing individual state governors to take responsibility for combating the virus: “It’s a great strategy for killing a lot of people and improving his electoral politics.”


Coronavirus US live: decision to shelve reopening guidance reportedly came from highest levels of White House – as it happened
Document was created by top disease investigators with detailed advice for local authorities



Fri 8 May 2020 19.47 EDT First published on Fri 8 May 2020 08.45 EDT


Trump fumes as White House staffers test positive and death toll nears 80,000 – as it happened

Summary
The decision to shelve detailed guidance on reopening communities came from the highest levels of the White House, according to emailed obtained by the AP. The White House said that the CDC’s head had not approved the guidelines, but documents suggested that he had okayed them.
Donald Trump said the coronavirus would go away without a vaccine, but offered no evidence to back the claim. Trump believes that everyone that lives through the virus will be immune. Meanwhile, the US recovery lags way behind Europe, even as states reopen.

Trump Reportedly Weighed Letting COVID-19 ‘Wash Over’ U.S., But Was Warned Of Grim Toll
“Mr. President, many people will die,” he was told by Dr. Anthony Fauci, according to The Washington Post.

By Mary Papenfuss

President Donald Trump asked his top health adviser last month why officials couldn’t simply let COVID-19 “wash over the country,” infecting people, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

In his haste to jumpstart the economy, Trump posed a frightening scenario to Dr. Anthony Fauci during a task force meeting in the Situation Room. No COVID-19 countermeasures would be taken so that people would quickly become infected, with some recovering to create a protective herd immunity, sources told the newspaper.

“Why don’t we let this wash over the country?” Trump asked, a question others told the Post the president has raised repeatedly in the Oval Office. Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, realized with surprise that Trump was serious, the Post reported.

“Mr. President,” Fauci responded, according to the Post. “Many people would die.”

Trump’s public comments during that time also indicate he was considering such a scenario to get the economy moving again — despite the toll. He said repeatedly that the “cure cannot be worse than the problem itself,” implying that saving lives could be less important than saving the economy. He has claimed without evidence that more people would die from a weak economy than from a pandemic.

No matter what his words say, Trump's actions are, "Let it wash over the US."

Spiritually, metaphysically, I cannot confirm whether anyone has a soul. ... But if you interpret soul to mean the heart of the matter then yes, narcissists are soulless, they fake everything having to do with a soul. They just have no emotions and are dead inside. The thought of 1.2 million dying to benifit themselfs makes since, because a narcissist has no concern for one death or for 1 million deaths. They are incapable of relating.

In Trump's eyes, there is no worthier person to die for than Trump himself.

Donald Trump
Trump is culpable in deaths of Americans, says Noam Chomsky
Professor argues US president is stabbing citizens in back while pretending to be saviour

Coronavirus – latest updates
See all our coronavirus coverage
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

@RJPartington
Sun 10 May 2020 19.01 EDT


Donald Trump is culpable in the deaths of thousands of Americans by using the coronavirus pandemic to boost his electoral prospects and line the pockets of big business, Prof Noam Chomsky has said.

In an interview with the Guardian, the radical intellectual argued the US president was stabbing average Americans in the back while pretending to be the country’s saviour during the worst health crisis in at least a century.

He said Trump, who will seek re-election later this year, had cut government funding for healthcare and research into infectious disease for the benefit of wealthy corporations.

Chomsky said: “That’s something that Trump has been doing every year of his term, cutting it back more. So [his plan is] let’s continue to cut it back, let’s continue to make sure that the population is as vulnerable as we can make it, that it can suffer as much as possible, but will of course increase profits for his primary constituents in wealth and corporate power.”

Chomsky also said the president had abandoned his duties by forcing individual state governors to take responsibility for combating the virus: “It’s a great strategy for killing a lot of people and improving his electoral politics.”


Coronavirus US live: decision to shelve reopening guidance reportedly came from highest levels of White House – as it happened
Document was created by top disease investigators with detailed advice for local authorities



Fri 8 May 2020 19.47 EDT First published on Fri 8 May 2020 08.45 EDT


Trump fumes as White House staffers test positive and death toll nears 80,000 – as it happened

Summary
The decision to shelve detailed guidance on reopening communities came from the highest levels of the White House, according to emailed obtained by the AP. The White House said that the CDC’s head had not approved the guidelines, but documents suggested that he had okayed them.
Donald Trump said the coronavirus would go away without a vaccine, but offered no evidence to back the claim. Trump believes that everyone that lives through the virus will be immune. Meanwhile, the US recovery lags way behind Europe, even as states reopen.

Trump Reportedly Weighed Letting COVID-19 ‘Wash Over’ U.S., But Was Warned Of Grim Toll
“Mr. President, many people will die,” he was told by Dr. Anthony Fauci, according to The Washington Post.

By Mary Papenfuss

President Donald Trump asked his top health adviser last month why officials couldn’t simply let COVID-19 “wash over the country,” infecting people, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

In his haste to jumpstart the economy, Trump posed a frightening scenario to Dr. Anthony Fauci during a task force meeting in the Situation Room. No COVID-19 countermeasures would be taken so that people would quickly become infected, with some recovering to create a protective herd immunity, sources told the newspaper.

“Why don’t we let this wash over the country?” Trump asked, a question others told the Post the president has raised repeatedly in the Oval Office. Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, realized with surprise that Trump was serious, the Post reported.

“Mr. President,” Fauci responded, according to the Post. “Many people would die.”

Trump’s public comments during that time also indicate he was considering such a scenario to get the economy moving again — despite the toll. He said repeatedly that the “cure cannot be worse than the problem itself,” implying that saving lives could be less important than saving the economy. He has claimed without evidence that more people would die from a weak economy than from a pandemic.

No matter what his words say, Trump's actions are, "Let it wash over the US."

Spiritually, metaphysically, I cannot confirm whether anyone has a soul. ... But if you interpret soul to mean the heart of the matter then yes, narcissists are soulless, they fake everything having to do with a soul. They just have no emotions and are dead inside. The thought of 1.2 million dying to benifit themselfs makes since, because a narcissist has no concern for one death or for 1 million deaths. They are incapable of relating.

In Trump's eyes, there is no worthier person to die for than Trump himself.