People Think Mnuchin Accidentally Said Trump Admin’s Most Honest Thing About COVID-19
People think Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s slip of the tongue on Friday could be the most honest thing ever said by someone in President Donald Trump’s administration.
During a telephone interview for CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Mnuchin said, “We’re working on mass distribution of the virus.” He presumably meant to say the Trump White House was working on the mass distribution of a vaccine to combat the spread of COVID-19.
Check out the clip here:
"We're working on mass distribution of the virus." — Treasury Sec. Steve Mnuchin, who we hope is working on mass distribution of the ~vaccine~ and not the virus. pic.twitter.com/DqaTC1ZTmD
— The Recount (@therecount) November 20, 2020
But folks on Twitter took it as a Freudian slip, seeing how Trump’s mishandling of the pandemic has allowed the coronavirus to ravage the country, killing more than 250,000 Americans to date and infecting nearly 12 million.
Trump intentionally misled citizens for months by downplaying the threat of the virus in public, while in private acknowledging its dangers.
The outgoing president also ignored his own government’s advice on how to mitigate its spread and hosted multiple crowded campaign rallies attended by maskless supporters.
I mean they are working on mass distribution of the virus. https://t.co/fXfr6AnAph
— Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis (@KendraWrites) November 20, 2020
When trump says "I've been loyal to the special interests" and Steve Mnuchin says "we're working on mass distribution of the virus," those aren't Freudian slips.
Those are FACTS.— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) November 20, 2020
Honesty is always the best policy. https://t.co/OAUd18Tbd1
— Wajahat "Wears a Mask Because of a Pandemic" Ali (@WajahatAli) November 20, 2020
They already succeeded with mass distribution of the virus. It's the worst in the world, largely because of their anti-science attitude.
— Jeanthejust (@Jeanthejust) November 20, 2020