President Trump sent Kim Jon Un a letter after Kim fired two more missiles in the Sea of Japan. According to North Korea’s news agency, Mr. Kim wants attention from President Trump. He got Trump’s attention after firing missiles for the third time in two months, and after South Korea and Japan let Mr. Trump know they want him to calm Kim down.
Mr. Trump sent the North Korean leader a letter to let him know the United States will help his country fight the COVID-19 pandemic. No one knows what Trump actually said in that letter, but it’s clear the president wants to let the nervous dictator know he’s still working on a plan to reduce the sanctions, according to the New York Times.
Mike Pence and his wife tested negative for the bug after one of Pence’s aids came down with what the president calls the invisible enemy. Mr. Trump and Mike and Karen Pence got their test results back in record-breaking time. Several reports claim Americans who took the test had to wait a week to get their test results. Plus, there are not enough tests to out there to give health officials the information they need to determine if Trump’s plan will flatten the curb over the next three weeks.
Healthcare workers say they don’t have enough personal protective equipment to handle the numbers of cases that need hospital care, and there’s a shortage of ventilators and other equipment needed to treat patients. Mr. Trump finally put the Defense Protection Act in play, but the president said most companies volunteered to start making masks and ventilators. Trump still didn’t give the command to stop normal production and start producing the equipment needed to treat patients.
Despite Trump’s lethargic initial response to the coronavirus pandemic, his coronavirus approval rating is 53%. Mr. Trump’s daily press conferences started off strong and focused. But as the case and death counts increase, the president seems to be back stirring the blame pot. He wants to blame China for the economic and social fiasco he faces.
At Least four lawmakers decided to cut their financial losses after they got an early intelligence report on the coronavirus. Senator Richard Burr decided to sell $1.7 million worth of stocks before the stock market crashed.
Senator Kelly Loeffler sold a boatload of stock around the same time, and so did Senators Dianne Feinstein and Jim Inhofe. They all say they didn’t sell it because they got inside information, but Burr did the same thing in 2008 when the market crashed.
