Did Trump do the right thing when he lied about the coronavirus?

[BmorePat87]

(09-10-2020, 12:46 PM)Mer Wrote: I know I'll get ridiculed for this, but from my perspective he was trying to prevent mass hysteria. Just like down playing something that might scare the heck out of one of your children when describing it to them.

I don't believe lying is a good trait but if we knew everything our presidents have hidden from the public over the years we'd probably never come out of the house or trust our government ever again.

Dill, you may not be far off about protecting votes but I also feel the liberal media is pushing panic to make Trump look bad and steal votes.

BTW there should at least 1 Yes vote. I misread the wording and clicked "No" on accident.

I think there's an argument to be made, but it flies out the window when he responded by calling reactions to it overblown, told the public it was no big deal as states sought to respond to it, and attacks efforts to enact basic precautions. 

There's a difference between keeping national security threats you're handling from the public and keeping information about public health a secret, especially when you need the public to cooperate to stop it.

It's also hard to suggest he's trying to prevent mass hysteria when he has a track record of lying to create fear and panic and when we didn't see mass hysteria in the nations impacted months before we were.