“In most religions, mourning is a finite ritual. For Trump, it lasted just a few seconds Monday.
“We continue to mourn with thousands of families across the country whose loved ones have been stolen from us by the invisible enemy,” he said of the human toll of the coronavirus at a Rose Garden news conference as he glanced toward the spot behind his podium where prepared notes usually sit. “We grieve by their side.”
“It was a rare moment in which Trump talked about the aspect of the coronavirus he has been least interested in talking about in near-daily briefings: death.
“And then, in less time than it would have taken to read some of the recent reports about his neglect of the human toll of the pandemic and lack of empathy for victims, he praised several major corporations that are partnering with the government to ramp up production of testing for the virus.”
(https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-s-very-brief-period-coronavirus-mourning-n1193826)
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