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NEW REPORT & VIDEO: Trump Made America’s Greatest Recession

By August 6, 2020No Comments

Trump’s Botched Response to the Pandemic Tanked the Economy

His Continued Failure to Get the Virus Under Control Is Preventing the Kind of Economic Recovery Enjoyed by the Rest of The World

Today, Protect Our Care’s Coronavirus War Room is releasing a new report outlining the scope of the catastrophic economic impacts caused by Trump’s inability to get the virus under control and his ongoing failure to confront the pandemic effectively. The Coronavirus War Room is also releasing a video highlighting the key points of the new report. 

Donald Trump’s failure on the pandemic response has been well documented. With more than 157,000 Americans dead, 4.7 million and counting infected, and tens of millions reeling from the economic collapse, Donald Trump and his administration have worsened the crisis at every turn. 

His driving message can be boiled down to his now infamous response: “It is what it is.”

Mocking masks, undermining experts, failing to offer a nation-wide comprehensive testing plan, and allowing the expiration of what little extended benefits and support for those affected by the economic downturn have placed American families in a more precarious situation than ever before.

Here is a breakdown of the new report detailing the economic reality currently facing Americans:

  • Under President Trump’s tenure, the United States has experienced its worst-ever GDP contraction 
  • More Americans filed for unemployment since the pandemic began than at any other point in modern American history
  • The United States’ economic catastrophe is closely tied to President Trump’s refusal to take the virus seriously
    • President Trump refused to ramp up testing to levels recommended by experts to get the economy moving
    • President Trump has ridiculed mask-wearing, which economists say could help the economy get back on track
  • President Trump’s economic response to the pandemic has benefitted billionaires, corporations, himself and his donors — while shutting out Americans desperate for a lifeline
  • While other countries that took aggressive action to contain the virus have seen their economies begin to recover, the United States is facing a prolonged period of economic contraction

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Read the full report here.