Surprisingly positive jobs numbers had the president gleeful today that the upswing indicated America’s ills were on the mend
The country had descended into the most destabilizing protests in half a century. Major cities were under curfew. America’s once-buzzing commercial hubs had boarded up their windows, fearful of looting and vandalism. The president was threatening to deploy the military to “dominate” American streets. The possibility of a protest-fueled coronavirus resurgence loomed.
The numbers had him ebullient, gleeful that the upswing indicated all of America’s ills were on the mend. It was a great day, he said, for American workers. It was a great day, he said, for the fight against the coronavirus. It was a great day, he said, for “equality” and “race relations.” It was a great day, he hoped, for George Floyd — whose killing at the hands of Minneapolis police sparked the protests that have upended the nation.
He recalled watching TV that morning, calling the inaccurate economic predictions the “greatest miscalculation in the history of business shows.” He predicted an economic recovery “better than a ‘v’ — this is a rocket ship.” He mused about buying “a trailer, what do they call that? An RV” and traveling the country with the first lady. “Thank goodness I’m in perfect shape,” he said at another point, talking about how obesity increased the dangers of coronavirus.
He reveled in a similarly celebratory mood on Friday. His meandering stream of consciousness remarks took so long that a White House staffer emerged from the Oval Office with a tray of water for economic adviser Larry Kudlow, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Small Business Administrator Jovita Carranza and the others huddled behind the president in dark, heavy business suits. Kudlow dabbed his brow with a handkerchief as they stood in the sun.
But around the White House, there were omnipresent signs that not everything was getting better. An expanded security perimeter still encircled the White House, with no indication it was coming down soon. On the streets of D.C., several thousand National Guard troops remained.affixed a new sign
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