A hidden Congress who votes almost unanimously for hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies, a president who suggests injecting bleach into the lungs and a Democratic candidate locked in his basement who warns by video against an indefinite postponement of the presidential election. Begun in an unreal atmosphere of political fiction, Trump's mandate risks ending in that, tragicomic, of a catastrophic film.
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Locked in the White House, deprived of visits and travel, surrounded by televisions, Trump made the daily press conference devoted to the virus his main means of communication with the Americans. Every day at the end of the afternoon, surrounded by his collaborators and his medical advisers, the president gives a strange television show, a mixture of information on the situation and a press conference with broken sticks interspersed with personal comments and foucades. Without preparation or script, the session regularly takes unexpected turns, between political declarations by the president, digressions sometimes eccentric and acrimonious exchanges with journalists.
Would it be possible to give an injection inside the body for cleaning, since you see, it attacks the lungs ... It sounds interesting
Donald trumpThursday, the American president extrapolated on the possibility of destroying Covid-19 inside the body by ultraviolet or household cleaning products. After Bill Bryan, Undersecretary for Homeland Security, presented the results of a study into the lifespan of the Covid-19, highlighting its vulnerability to humidity, heat, ultraviolet light, and also to disinfectants like bleach or household alcohol, Trump has made some comments on the subject. "I asked a question that many of you are asking and which seems interesting to me ... Suppose we direct a very powerful light inside the body ... through the skin or in another way?", suggested the President. "And then the disinfectant, which destroys the virus in a minute ... Would it be possible to make an injection inside the body for cleaning, since you see, it attacks the lungs ... It seems interesting", a- he added, while his advisers struggled to hide their dismay. Trump said on Friday that his remarks were "sarcastic." But detergent producers have been quick to issue warnings to dissuade consumers from ingesting them.
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Not far from the White House, a more serious but almost as strange atmosphere reigned at the Capitol. Meeting for the first time since March 27, Congress voted a new $ 484 billion astronomical aid measure, mostly for small businesses; 100 billion were voted for hospitals.
The American parliamentarians had returned to Washington by taking the few planes that still fly in the United States, or by train or car. Some have traveled several days to reach the American capital. Most wore masks during the session. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic President of the House of Representatives, had tied a silk scarf over her nose. Only a dozen elected officials, almost all Republicans, had their faces uncovered, a sign that the attitude towards the pandemic remains partly a political affair: the Republican States, the least affected, are often the most critical of them. distancing measures, while the democratic states oppose a premature resumption of economic activity.
"A guy asleep in his basement"
The question also arises for the presidential election on November 3. "Yeah! Very good question. I can't tell you what's going to happen, ” said Trump, who notably opposes postal voting. The president also attacked the Democratic candidate Joe Biden, confined to his residence in Wilmington, Delaware. "We have a guy asleep in the basement of a house who doesn't want to argue because they keep him locked up because of the virus," added Trump.
"I can't wait to argue with Donald Trump," said Biden. “I'm ready: Zoom, Skype or in person. When he wants, where he wants! ” But the likely Democrat candidate also warned of the possibility that Trump would not let the ballot run normally. "I think he will try to postpone the elections in one way or another, to find reasons why they cannot take place. It's the only way he can win. ”