Remember 2008 when we had a global financial crisis and Americans decided to vote for Barack Obama? That is what I thought about today when I saw the news about utter chaos on Wall Street and worldwide financial markets. Fears of contracting the coronavirus, which the media is covering nonstop, and a dispute between Russia and Saudia Arabia on what to do about oil production and prices seem to be the driving factors of this new crisis.
This morning President Trump tweeted that Saudia Arabia and Russia are arguing over the price and flow of oil. That and fake news are the reasons for the market drop. He points out in another tweet that last year 37,000 Americans died from the common flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 deaths per year. Nothing is shut down, no panic like there is now. The U.S. currently has 546 cases of the coronavirus and there have been 22 deaths. He pats himself on the back for his administration's early decision to stop travel to and from certain parts of the world.
Fake news? That might not be accurate. It isn't so much that the news is fake; it is that every bit of bad news about the coronavirus from all over the world is being broadcast, giving the impression that there is nothing that can be done to stop its spread.
Please, fellow American voters! Don't make the same mistake you made in 2008! Do you really believe Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders can handle this better than Trump! No way!
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