President Trump justified his decision to be optimistic about the country’s ability to persist through the coronavirus pandemic.
“I don’t want to be negative. I’m a positive person. Somebody said, ‘Oh, I wish he’d be more negative.’ They literally have that in one of the wonderful newspapers today. ‘I wish he’d be more negative.’ Well, this is really easy to be negative about, but I want to give people hope, too,” Trump said during a press conference on Tuesday.
Recommended Stories
“You know, I’m a cheerleader for the country,” he continued. “We are going through the worst thing that the country has probably ever seen. … But, you know, we lose more here potentially than you lose in world wars as a country. So, there is nothing positive, there’s nothing great about it, but I want to give people in this country hope. I think it’s very important.”
Several leaders in the United States have warned against “premature optimism” during the pandemic. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said, “Giving people false hope will crush their spirits and will kill more people.”
