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Ben Shapiro on Trump coronavirus address: Whoever greenlit that 'bleep show' should be fired

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Mar 15, 2020, 2:33:39 PM3/15/20
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Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro did not hold back in his criticisms
of President Trump's national address on coronavirus Wednesday night,
which he said was "marred by a bunch of screw-ups" that hampered the
administration's efforts to contain the outbreak.

"Whoever greenlit this bleep show should be fired," Shapiro said on "The
Ben Shapiro Show" Wednesday.

" I mean, seriously, it’s not entirely Trump's fault because he has
speechwriters who do this thing for him," Shapiro continued, but "it did
not steady the markets, it did not make people feel more secure."

Trump announced in his remarks Wednesday that the U.S. is suspending all
travel from Europe to the U.S. for 30 days beginning Friday at midnight in
an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus.

The president said the new travel exemptions do not apply to the United
Kingdom, but failed to clarify that U.S. citizens and permanent residents
could return from Europe, forcing the administration to issue
clarifications Thursday.

"Whoever put that in the teleprompter needs to be fired forthwith."

— Ben Shapiro
"If you’re going to give a speech like this, you have to have everything
locked down," Shapiro said. "You’re trying to provide a sense of solidity
... that you know what you’re doing. That the federal government has
thought these policies out and that they are providing serious guidance to
people."

"Look, President Trump was serious about coronavirus which was a good
thing," he continued, "but when you give a speech like this, you’ve got to
make sure that everything is locked down."

Shapiro further criticized Trump for suggesting that trade and cargo would
be subject to the Europe travel ban, again forcing a clarification from
the White House that only humans would be affected.

"Trump getting serious last night was a good thing even if the speech was
a bit of a screwup."

— Ben Shapiro
"Mistake number two is that he announced that there would be basically
bans on the importation of European goods which would shut down the entire
global economy," Shapiro explained. "It turns out of course, that his
executive order does no such thing. It doesn’t apply to trade and goods
... it applies only to humans."

Trump posted a clarification on his Twitter account Wednesday evening, but
Shapiro said someone must be held accountable for the initial confusion.

Donald J. Trump
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Hoping to get the payroll tax cut approved by both Republicans and
Democrats, and please remember, very important for all countries &
businesses to know that trade will in no way be affected by the 30-day
restriction on travel from Europe. The restriction stops people not goods.

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"It’s in the teleprompter so I'm not sure how it’s an accident," he said.
"Whoever put that in the teleprompter needs to be fired forthwith."

After rattling off additional descrepencies he found throughout Trump's
speech, Shapiro turned his criticism to the mainstream media for taking
issue with the president's labeling of the outbreak -- which originated in
Wuhan, China -- as a '"foreign virus."

"Trumps’s speech has serious problems ... but the media’s response is
overwhelmingly stupid ... like incredibly stupid," Shapiro said.

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"It’s good that the president is now taking this seriously because his
prior response has been insufficient and put Trump aside, the
administration’s response has been quite serious."

Shapiro went on, "The administration is on top of this to the extent that
any federal administration is on top of it ... the problem has been a
disconnect for Trump getting serious. Last night was a good thing even if
the speech was a bit of a screwup," he said.

CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta said moments after the
address that Trump’s remarks could be seen as “smacking of xenophobia,” an
indication that the media "has really gone off the rails," Shapiro said.

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Jim @Acosta says it is "going to come across to a lot of Americans as
smacking of xenophobia" with regards to Trump pointing out the coronavirus
started out in Wuhan, China.

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"Trump last night said, 'This is a major government response to the
foreign virus,' and this immediately lead people in the media to whine
about the fact that Trump said that the Wuhan virus is a foreign virus."

" I have a question ... why is that a big deal? " Shapiro continued. "It
is a foreign virus. Why is that a problem? Is that an element of
xenophobia? Seriously? This is what you’re focused on ... that Trump
points out that another major virus comes from China and that maybe this
will have implications on U.S. policy and yet your initial takeaway is
'that’s Trump being a racist against Chinese people?"

"That’s really where you’re going with this?" he went on.

"I'm sorry, I'm not going to consider you a serious person if you think
that a major problem is for the President of the United States to point
out that a foreign virus is indeed a foreign virus."

Shapiro concluded, "if you’re really bi---ing at this point about calling
it a foreign virus, your priorities are completely and utterly misplaced."


--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.

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denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
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truck.

Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.

Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.

President Trump has boosted the economy, reduced illegal immigration,
appointed dozens of judges and created jobs.

Senile loser and NAMBLA supporter Nancy Pelosi got "Trumped" on February
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> " I mean, seriously, it’s not entirely Trump's fault <<-- WRONG!

All of Trump's fuckups are never his fault. He will *always* find
someone else to blame.

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