ADTwenty minutes later, as Palin’s fever dreamlike performance was ending, Trump was beginning his prime-time address on the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. Immediately after Trump’s speech, clarifications and corrections followed. And the health insurance industry was not promising to “waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments” as Trump said in his speech. By then, U.S. stock futures were tumbling by nearly 4 percent in reaction to Trump’s speech. Trump’s address was meant to calm the waters,” wrote Edward Luce of the Financial Times.

Source: Washington Post March 12, 2020 10:43 UTC